Cannes:
Iranian director Jafar Panahi accepted the Palme d’Or for “It Was Simply an Accident,” a movie immediately impressed by his time in jail on the 78th Cannes Movie Competition.
Panahi’s movie is stuffed with equal components absurdist humour and rage, following 5 characters who consider they’ve recognized the prosecutor who tortured them throughout their very own detention, however as a result of they have been all blindfolded in jail, nobody is assured that their captor is identical man.
The awards ceremony unfolded roughly as deliberate on a turbulent final day for the in any other case calm occasion, which was hit with an influence blackout mid-morning — a large regional outage that disrupted screenings and triggered basic confusion amongst attendees. Luckily, the competition had backup turbines operating, guaranteeing that the present would go on on the Palais, the place jury president Juliette Binoche and eight different movie artists took the stage to current their awards, reported Selection.
Neon additionally co-produced the Grand Prix winner, Norwegian director Joachim Trier’s layered household drama “Sentimental Worth,” a few troublesome filmmaker making an attempt to reconcile along with his estranged daughter by casting her in his most private movie so far — a proposal she will’t assist however interpret as the person’s most egotistical gesture but.
Accepting the award, Trier thanked Cannes for fostering a spot “the place we are able to determine with one another in contemplation, in empathy,” including, “I do not assume artwork is simply one thing you do for function or understanding. We do not know why we do it. It is one thing I watch my babies do. They sing and dance earlier than they’ll converse. However it’s one other language, it might be a language of unification.”
“Little Sister” star Nadia Melliti received the perfect actress prize. Greatest actor honours went to Wagner Moura for “The Secret Agent,” by which he performs a father who disguises his id in an try to evade assassination throughout Brazil’s army dictatorship. Kleber Mendonca Filho received greatest director for a similar movie, as per the outlet.
Alice Rohrwacher introduced the Digital camera d’Or trophy for first characteristic to “The President’s Cake” director Hasan Hadi, who accepted the primary award ever introduced to an Iraqi movie in Cannes, reported Selection.
Along with Binoche, this yr’s majority-female jury included Italian actress Alba Rohrwacher, Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia, French-Moroccan author Leila Slimani, American stars Halle Berry and Jeremy Sturdy, South Korean auteur Hong Sangsoo, Mexican director Carlos Reygadas and Congolese filmmaker Dieudo Hamadi.
Full checklist of prizes under.
COMPETITION
Palme d’Or: “It Was Simply an Accident,” Jafar Panahi
Grand Prix: “Sentimental Worth,” Joachim Trier
Director: Kleber Mendonca Filho, “The Secret Agent”
Actor: Wagner Moura, “The Secret Agent”
Actress: Nadia Melliti, “Little Sister”
Jury Prize — TIE: “Sirat,” Olivier Laxe AND “Sound of Falling,” Mascha Schilinski
Particular Award (Prix Particular): “Resurrection,” Bi Gan
Screenplay: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, “Younger Moms”
OTHER PRIZES
Digital camera d’Or: “The President’s Cake,” Hasan Hadi
Digital camera d’Or Particular Point out: “My Fther’s Shadow,” Akinola Davies Jr.
Brief Movie Palme d’Or: “I am Glad You are Lifeless Now,” Tawfeek Barhom
Brief Movie Particular Point out: “Ali,” Adnan Al Rajeev
Golden Eye Documentary Prize: “Imago,” Deni Oumar Pitsaev
Golden Eye Particular Jury Prize: “The Six Billion Greenback Man,” Eugene Jarecki
Queer Palm: “Little Sister,” Hafsia Heerzi
Palme Canine: Panda, “The Love That Stays”
FIPRESCI Award (Competitors): “The Secret Agent,” Kleber Mendonca Filho
FIPRESCI Award (Un Sure Regard): “Urchin,” Harris Dickinson
FIPRESCI Award (Parallel Sections): “Dandelion’s Odyssey,” Momoko Seto
UN CERTAIN REGARD
Un Sure Regard Award: “The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo,” Diego Cespedes
Jury Prize: “A Poet,” Simon Mesa Soto
Greatest Director Prize: Tarzan and Arab Nasser, “As soon as Upon a Time in Gaza”
Efficiency Awards: Cleo Diara, “I Solely Relaxation within the Storm”; Frank Dillane, “Urchin”
Greatest Screenplay: Harry Lighton, “Pillion”
Particular Point out: “Norah,” Tawfik Alzaidi
DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT
Europa Cinemas Label: “Wild Foxes,” Valery Carnoy
Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers Prize: “Wild Foxes,” Valery Carnoy
Viewers Selection Award: “The President’s Cake,” Hasan Hadi
CRITICS’ WEEK
Grand Prize: “A Helpful Ghost,” Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke
French Contact Prize: “Imago,” Deni Oumar Pitsaev
GAN Basis Award for Distribution: Le Pacte, “Left-Handed Woman”
Louis Roederer Basis Rising Star Award: Theodore Pellerin, “Nino”
Leitz Cine Discovery Prize (quick movie): “L’mina,” Randa Maroufi
Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers Prize: Guillermo Galoe and Victor Alonso-Berbel, “Sleepless Metropolis”
Canal Brief Movie Award: “Erogenesis,” Xandra Popescu
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