With 22 movies within the operating this 12 months, the juried competitors 2024’s Cannes Film Festival arguably provides an early style of this 12 months’s Oscar contenders, in addition to a peek at how trade insiders from across the globe view the work of their friends.
This 12 months additionally marks the primary time an American feminine director has led the competitors’s jury: Barbie director Greta Gerwig is its president, so there’s an argument to be made that the winners of the juried competitors, which have been introduced at a night ceremony on Saturday, May 25, mirror the place the influential artist sees the wind blowing.
As the jury emerged from its villa on Saturday, led by Gerwig, a crimson carpet commentator mused concerning the typically contentious deliberations of the voting physique. “Sometimes they argue for hours,” one mentioned. But this time, the 11-day competition’s closing ceremony began comparatively on schedule, and introduced the winners of the coveted awards.
In maybe the nights largest shock, the very best actress award was break up between the 4 stars of Jacques Audiard‘s Emilia Perez, Adriana Paz, Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, and Selena Gomez. In different surprising information, The Seed Of The Sacred Fig, was singled out for a particular jury prize for finest screenplay, a probable nod to Iranian author/director Mohammad Rasoulof’s escape from arrest in his dwelling nation after years spent criticizing its authorities. The night time’s largest prize, the Palme d’Or, went to the fest’s most buzzed about movie: Anora, a New-York set film from Sean Baker a couple of Brooklyn intercourse employee (Mikey Madison) who enters right into a relationship with a shopper.
Here’s the complete checklist of the winners of the 77th Cannes Film Festival:
Honorary Palme d’Or
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Camera d’Or (Best First Film)
WINNER: Armand (Directed by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel)
Special point out: Mongrel (Directed by Wei Liang Chiang and You Qiao Yin)
Prix du scénario (Best Screenplay)
WINNER: Coralie Fargeat for The Substance
Prix Spécial est attribué (Special award for Best Screenplay)
WINNER: The Seed Of The Sacred Fig (Written and directed by Mohammad Rasoulof)
Prix de la mise en scène (Best Director)
WINNER: Miguel Gomes for Grand Tour
Prix d’interprétation masculine (Best Actor)
WINNER: Jesse Plemons for Okinds Of Kindness
Prix d’interprétation féminine (Best Actress)
WINNERS: Adriana Paz, Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, and Selena Gomez for Emilia Pérez
Prix du Jury (Jury Prize)
WINNER: Emilia Pérez (Directed by Jacques Audiard)
Grand Prix (Grand Prize)
WINNER: All We Imagine As Light (Directed by Payal Kapadia)
Palme d’Or (Golden Palm)
WINNER: Anora (Directed by Sean Baker)
Short Film Palme d’Or
WINNER: The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent (Directed by Nebojša Slijepčević)
Special point out: Bad For A Moment (Directed by Daniel Soares)