Since May 14, the international film world has been meeting on the Croisette for the Cannes Film Festival. At the end of each festival, the main prize, the Golden Palm for the best film in competitionTonight, Anora was awarded the festival’s main prize by Sean Baker (Florida Project).
Sean Baker’s Anora wins the Palme d’Or at Cannes
The jury, under the presidency of director, screenwriter and actress Greta Gerwig (Barbie), surprised with a few decisions, but the Golden Palm was awarded to one of the critics’ favorites at the 77th edition of the festival. Anora is a Mixture of tragicomedy and fast-paced thriller and is about an erotic dancer who spontaneously marries an oligarch’s son and has to prevent the marriage from being annulled. (Click here for a first impression of the magnificent winning film from Cannes.)
The Grand Jury Prize was awarded to Indian director Payal Kapadia for her drama All We Imagine as Light, about three nurses who find their own way and come together in Mumbai. The directorial debut is the first Indian film in 30 years to make it into the Cannes competition.
Awards for Jesse Plemons, Zoe Saldana and Selena Gomez
Unlike the Oscars, the jury of the Cannes competition has a certain amount of freedom when awarding the prize, which is noticeable this year among the actors. Instead of one award winner, four actresses were awarded the prize for best actress: Adriana Paz, Zoe Saldana, Karla Sofía Gascón and Selena Gomez received the prize for their performances in the unusual gangster musical Emilia Perez, in which a former drug lord discovers his life as a woman.
In the men’s category, Jesse Plemons received the best actor award for his three roles in the episodic thriller Kinds of Kindness by Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things).
The competition prizes of the 77th Cannes International Film Festival
Golden Palm: Anora by Sean Baker (click here for a first impression of Anora)
Grand Prix: All We Imagine as Light by Payal Kapadia
Jury Prize: Emilia Perez by Jacques Audiard
Award for Direction: Miguel Gomes for Grand Tour
Award for the actress: Adriana Paz, Zoe Saldana, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez for Emilia Perez
Price for the actor: Jesse Plemons for Kinds of Kindness (First Impressions from Cannes)
Price for the screenplay: Coralie Fargeat for The Substance (First Impressions from Cannes)
Special prize for the best screenplay: The Seed of the Sacred Fig by Mohammad Rasoulof
Greta Gerwig, Lily Gladstone and Eva Green on the jury
Director Greta Gerwig chaired the jury of the international competition this year. She decided on the awards together with Turkish author and photographer Ebru Ceylan, US actress Lily Gladstone, her French colleague Eva Green, Lebanese author and director Nadine Labaki, Spanish director JA Bayona, Italian actor Pierfrancesco Favino, Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda and French actor Omar Sy.
The 77th Cannes International Film Festival took place from May 14 to 25 in the French coastal town. Cannes is considered the most important film festival in the world.