2017 Cannes Film Festival

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The 70th Cannes Film Festival took place from 17 to 28 May 2017, in Cannes, France.[2] Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar was the president of the jury for the main competition. Italian actress Monica Bellucci hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.[3][4] Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for his comedy-drama film The Square.[5][6][7]

Opening filmIsmael's Ghosts
Closing filmThe Square
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
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2017 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 70th Cannes Film Festival featuring a still of Italian actress Claudia Cardinale at a rooftop in Rome in 1959[1]
Opening filmIsmael's Ghosts
Closing filmThe Square
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsPalme d'Or:
The Square
Hosted byMonica Bellucci
No. of films19 (In Competition)
Festival date17–28 May 2017
Websitewww.festival-cannes.com/en/
Cannes Film Festival
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The festival celebrated its 70th edition with a special anniversary section featuring some of the new works from well established filmmakers. The official poster of the festival featured Italian actress Claudia Cardinale.[1] The actress responded: "'I am honored and proud to be flying the flag for the 70th Festival de Cannes, and delighted with this choice of photo. It's the image I myself have of the Festival, of an event that illuminates everything around ... Happy anniversary!"[8]

The festival opened with Ismael's Ghosts by Arnaud Desplechin, and closed with The Square.[9][10]

Pedro Almodóvar, Main competition jury president
Uma Thurman, Un Certain Regard jury president
Sandrine Kiberlain, Caméra d'or jury president

Juries

Main competition

Un Certain Regard

Caméra d'or

Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition

Independent juries

Nespresso Grand Prize (Critics' Week)

  • Kleber Mendonça Filho, Brazilian filmmaker - Jury President[13]
  • Diana Bustamante Escobar, Colombian film producer and artistic director of FICCI
  • Eric Kohn, American film critic
  • Hania Mroué, Lebanese director of Metropolis Cinema
  • Niels Schneider, French-Canadian actor

L'Œil d'or

  • Sandrine Bonnaire, French actress and filmmaker - Jury President[14]
  • Lorenzo Codelli, Italian film critic
  • Dror Moreh, Israeli filmmaker
  • Thom Powers, American programmer and festival director
  • Lucy Walker, British filmmaker

Queer Palm

  • Travis Mathews, American filmmaker - Jury President[15]
  • Yair Hochner, Israeli film director, founder and artistic director of TLVFest
  • Paz Lazaro, Spanish film programmer
  • Didier Roth-Bettoni, French journalist and film historian
  • Lidia Leber Terki, French filmmaker

Official selection

In Competition

The following films were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or:[9][10]

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English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
L'Amant doubleFrançois OzonFrance, Belgium
The BeguiledSofia CoppolaUnited States
BPM (Beats per Minute) (QP)120 battements par minuteRobin CampilloFrance
The Day After그 후Hong Sang-sooSouth Korea
A Gentle CreatureКроткаяSergei LoznitsaFrance, Ukraine, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Russia
Good TimeJosh and Benny SafdieUnited States
Happy EndMichael HanekeFrance, Germany, Austria
In the FadeAus dem NichtsFatih AkinGermany, France
Jupiter's MoonJupiter holdjaKornél MundruczóHungary
The Killing of a Sacred DeerYorgos LanthimosIreland, United Kingdom
LovelessНелюбовьAndrey ZvyagintsevRussia, France, Belgium, Germany
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)Noah BaumbachUnited States
Okja옥자Bong Joon-hoSouth Korea, United States
RadianceNaomi KawaseJapan
RedoubtableLe RedoutableMichel HazanaviciusFrance
RodinJacques DoillonFrance, Belgium
The SquareRuben ÖstlundSweden, Germany, France, Denmark
WonderstruckTodd HaynesUnited States
You Were Never Really HereLynne RamsayUnited Kingdom, France
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(QP) indicates film eligible for the Queer Palm.

Un Certain Regard

The films competing in the Un Certain Regard section were announced at a press conference on 13 April 2017. Barbara, directed by Mathieu Amalric, was announced as the opening film for the Un Certain Regard section.[9][10][16] The following films were selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section:

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English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
After the War (CdO)Après la guerreAnnarita ZambranoFrance
April's DaughterLas hijas de abrilMichel FrancoMexico
Barbara (opening film)Mathieu AmalricFrance
Beauty and the Dogsعلى كف عفريتKaouther Ben HaniaFrance, Tunisia, Sweden, Norway, Lebanon, Switzerland
Before We Vanish散歩する侵略者Kiyoshi KurosawaJapan
Closeness (CdO)ТеснотаKantemir BalagovRussia
The Desert Bride (CdO)La novia del desiertoCecilia Atán and Valeria PivatoArgentina, Chile
DirectionsПосокиStephan KomandarevBulgaria, Germany, Republic of Macedonia
FortunataSergio CastellittoItaly
A Man of IntegrityلِردMohammad RasoulofIran
Montparnasse Bienvenue (CdO)Jeune FemmeLéonor SerrailleFrance, Belgium
Out (CdO)VychladnutieGyörgy KristófSlovakia
The SummitLa cordilleraSantiago MitreArgentina, France, Spain
Until the Birds Return (CdO)En Attendant les hirondellesKarim MoussaouiFrance
Walking Past the Future路過未來Li RuijunChina
WesternValeska GrisebachGermany, Austria, Bulgaria
Wind River (CdO)Taylor SheridanUnited States, France, United Kingdom
The WorkshopL'AtelierLaurent CantetFrance
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(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[9][10][16]

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English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Based on a True StoryD'après une histoire vraieRoman PolanskiFrance, Poland
Blade of the Immortal無限の住人Takashi MiikeJapan, United Kingdom, South Korea
Faces Places (ŒdO)Visages VillagesAgnès Varda and JRFrance
How to Talk to Girls at PartiesJohn Cameron MitchellUnited Kingdom, United States
Ismael's Ghosts (opening film)Les fantômes d'IsmaëlArnaud DesplechinFrance
Midnight Screenings
A Prayer Before DawnJean-Stéphane SauvaireFrance, United Kingdom, United States, China
The Merciless불한당Byun Sung-hyunSouth Korea
The Villainess악녀Jung Byung-gil
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(ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the Œil d'or as documentary.

Special Screenings

The following films were selected to be screened in the Special Screenings section:[16]

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English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
12 Days (ŒdO)12 JoursRaymond DepardonFrance
Claire's CameraLa caméra de ClaireHong Sang-sooSouth Korea, France
Demons in Paradise (CdO) (ŒdO)Jude RatnamFrance, Sri Lanka
Golden Years (QP)Nos années follesAndré TéchinéFrance
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (ŒdO)Bonni Cohen and Jon ShenkUnited States
The King (ŒdO)Eugene JareckiUnited States
Napalm (ŒdO)Claude LanzmannFrance
Plot 35 (ŒdO)Carré 35Éric CaravacaFrance, Germany
Sea Sorrow (ŒdO)Vanessa RedgraveUnited Kingdom
They (CdO) (QP)Anahita GhazvinizadehUnited States, Qatar
The Venerable W. (ŒdO)Le Vénérable W.Barbet SchroederFrance, Switzerland
Zombillenium (CdO)ZombilléniumArthur de Pins and Alexis DucordFrance, Belgium
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(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.
(ŒdO) film eligible for the Œil d'or as documentary.
(QP) film eligible for the Queer Palm.

Virtual Reality

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English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Flesh and SandCarne y arenaAlejandro González IñárrituUnited States
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70th Anniversary Events

The following films were selected to be screened in the 70th Anniversary section:

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English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
24 Frames ۲۴ فریمAbbas KiarostamiIran, France
Come Swim (short)Kristen StewartUnited States
Top of the Lake: China Girl (6 episodes)Jane Campion and Ariel KleimanUnited Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, United States
Twin Peaks: The Return (Part 1 and 2)David LynchUnited States
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Cinéfondation

The Cinéfondation section focuses on films made by students at film schools. The following 16 entries (14 fiction films and 2 animation films) were selected out of 2,600 submissions. Four of the films selected represent schools participating in Cinéfondation for the first time.[17]

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English Title Original Title Director(s) School
Afternoon CloudsPayal KapadiaFTII, India
AnimalحیوانBahman and Bahram ArkIranian National School of Cinema, Iran
Atlantis, 2003Атлантида, 2003Michal BlaškoFTF VŠMU, Slovakia
BreathlessÀ perdre haleineLéa KrawczykLa Poudrière, France
CamouflageImge ÖzbilgeKASK, Belgium
Empty on the OutsideVazio do Lado de ForaEduardo Brandão PintoUFF, Brazil
Give Up The GhostMarian MathiasNYU Tisch School of the Arts, United States
Heritageבן ממשיךYuval AharoniTAU, Israel
InvisiblyLáthatatlanÁron SzentpéteriAcademy of Drama and Film in Budapest, Hungary
LejlaStijn BoumaSarajevo Film Academy, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Little Manifesto Against Solemn CinemaPequeño manifiesto en contra del cine solemneRoberto PortaUniversidad del Cine, Argentina
Paul Is HerePaul est làValentina MaurelINSAS, Belgium
Tokeru溶けるAya IgashiToho Gakuen Film Techniques Training College, Japan
Towards the Sun迎向邊疆公路Wang Yi-lingNTUA, Taiwan
Two Youths DiedDeux Égarés sont mortsTommaso UsbertiLa Fémis, France
Wild HorsesRory StewartNFTS, United Kingdom
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Short Films Competition

Out of 4,843 entries, the following films were selected to compete for the Short Film Palme d'Or.[17]

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English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Across My LandFiona GodivierUnited States
The CeilingKattoTeppo AiraksinenFinland
DamianaAndrés Ramírez PulidoColombia
A Drowning ManMahdi FleifelUnited Kingdom, Denmark, Greece
A Gentle Night小城二月Qiu YangChina
Grandpa WalrusPépé le morseLucrèce AndreaeFrance
Lunch Timeوقت ناهارAlireza GhasemiIran
Push ItJulia ThelinSweden
Time to GoKoniec widzeniaGrzegorz MołdaPoland
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Cannes Classics

The full line-up for the Cannes Classics section was announced on 3 May 2017.[18]

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English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Restorations
All That Jazz (1979)Bob FosseUnited States
L'Atalante (1934)Jean VigoFrance
Babatu (1976)Babatou, les trois conseilsJean RouchNiger, France
The Ballad of Narayama (1983)楢山節考Shōhei ImamuraJapan
The Battle of the Rails (1946)La Bataille du railRené ClémentFrance
Belle de Jour (1967)Belle de jourLuis BuñuelFrance, Italy
Blow-Up (1966)BlowupMichelangelo AntonioniUnited Kingdom, Italy, United States
Dream of Light aka The Quince Tree Sun (1992)El sol del membrilloVíctor EriceSpain
Duo (1968)Pas de deuxNorman McLarenCanada
The Earrings of Madame de... (1953)Madame de...Max OphülsFrance, Italy
Harpya (1979)Raoul ServaisBelgium
I Even Met Happy Gypsies (1967)Skupljači perjaAleksandar PetrovićYugoslavia
In the Realm of the Senses (1976)愛のコリーダNagisa OshimaJapan, France
L'Interview (1998)Xavier GiannoliFrance
Lucía (1968)Humberto SolásCuba
Man of Iron (1981)Człowiek z żelazaAndrzej WajdaPoland
Matzor (1969) מצורGilberto TofanoIsrael
Merry-Go-Round (1956)KörhintaZoltán FábriHungary
Mirror of Holland (1950)Spiegel van HollandBert HaanstraNetherlands
Native Son (1951)Pierre ChenalArgentina, United States
Soleil O (1970)Med HondoFrance, Mauritania
Paparazzi (1964)Jacques RozierFrance
Peel (1986)Jane CampionAustralia
A River Runs Through It (1992)Robert RedfordUnited States
The Seine Meets Paris (1957)La Seine a rencontré ParisJoris IvensFrance
Unforgiven (1992)Clint EastwoodUnited States
The Wages of Fear (1953)Le Salaire de la peurHenri-Georges ClouzotFrance, Italy
The Way (1982)YolYılmaz GüneyTurkey, Switzerland, France
When the Day Breaks (1999)Wendy Tilby and Amanda ForbisCanada
Whither? (1957)إلى أين؟Georges NasserLebanon
Documentaries about Cinema
Becoming Cary Grant (ŒdO) Mark Kidel United States, United Kingdom, France
The Belgian Road to Cannes (ŒdO) La belge histoire du Festival de Cannes Henri de Gerlache Belgium
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life (ŒdO) Sally Aitken Australia
Filmworker (ŒdO) Tony Zierra United States
Restless Child (ŒdO) Jean Douchet, l'enfant agité Fabien Hagège, Guillaume Namur and Vincent Haasser France
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(ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the Œil d'or as documentary.

Cinéma de la Plage

The Cinéma de la Plage is a part of the Official Selection of the festival. The outdoors screenings at the beach cinema of Cannes are open to the public.[19]

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English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
All About My Mother (1999) Todo sobre mi madre Pedro Almodóvar Spain
August 32nd on Earth (1998) Un 32 Août sur terre Denis Villeneuve Canada
Bugsy Malone (1976) Alan Parker United Kingdom
Chariots of Fire (1981) Hugh Hudson United Kingdom
Djam Tony Gatlif France, Greece, Turkey
Missing (1982) Costa Gavras United States
Saturday Night Fever (1977) John Badham United States
Weekend at Dunkirk (1964) Week-end à Zuydcoote Henri Verneuil France, Italy
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Parallel sections

Critics' Week

The full selection for the Critics' Week section was announced on 21 April 2017, at the section's website.[20][21] Sicilian Ghost Story, directed by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza, was selected as the opening film for the Critics' Week section, while Brigsby Bear, directed by Dave McCary, was selected as its closing film. The feature film competition included, for the first time in the section's history, an animated film and a documentary film.[21]

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
In Competition
Ava (CdO)Léa MysiusFrance
The Family (CdO)La familiaGustavo Rondón CórdovaVenezuela, Chile, Norway
Gabriel and the MountainGabriel e a montanhaFellipe Gamarano BarbosaBrazil, France
Makala (ŒdO)Emmanuel GrasFrance
Oh Lucy! (CdO)Atsuko HirayanagiJapan, United States
Los PerrosMarcela SaidChile, France
Tehran Taboo (CdO)تهران تابوAli SoozandehGermany, Austria
Short Films Competition
The Best Fireworks Ever Najpiękniejsze fajerwerki ever Aleksandra Terpińska Poland
Children Leave at Dawn Les Enfants partent à l'aube Manon Coubia France
Los Desheredados (ŒdO) Laura Ferrés Spain
Ela - Sketches on a Departure Ela - Szkice na Pozegnanie Oliver Adam Kusio Germany
Exposure Le Visage Salvatore Lista France
Jodilerks Dela Cruz, Employee of the Month Carlo Francisco Manatad Philippines, Singapore
Möbius Sam Kuhn United States, Canada
Real Gods Require Blood Moin Hussain United Kingdom
Selva Sofía Quirós Ubeda Costa Rica, Argentina, Chile
The Tesla World Light Tesla: lumière mondiale Matthew Rankin Canada
Special Screenings
After School Knife Fight Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel France
Bad Bunny Coelho Mau Carlos Conceição Portugal, France
Bloody Milk (CdO) Petit Paysan Hubert Charuel France
Brigsby Bear (CdO) (closing film) Dave McCary United States
Islands Les Îles Yann Gonzalez France
Sicilian Ghost Story (opening film) Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza Italy
A Violent Life Une vie violente Thierry de Peretti France
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(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.
(ŒdO) film eligible for the Œil d'or as documentary.

Directors' Fortnight

The full selection for the Directors' Fortnight section was announced on 20 April 2017, at the section's website.[22][23][24]

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
A CiambraJonas CarpignanoItaly, France, Germany
Alive in France (ŒdO)Abel FerraraFrance
BushwickCary Murnion and Jonathan MilottUnited States
The Dragon Defense (CdO)La Defensa del DragónNatalia SantaColombia
The Florida ProjectSean BakerUnited States
FrostŠerkšnasŠarūnas BartasLithuania, France, Poland, Ukraine
I Am Not a Witch (CdO)Rungano NyoniUnited Kingdom, France, Germany, Zambia
The IntruderL'IntrusaLeonardo Di CostanzoItaly, France, Switzerland
Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of ArcJeannette, l'enfance de Jeanne d'ArcBruno DumontFrance
Just to Be SureÔtez-moi d'un DouteCarine TardieuFrance, Belgium
Let the Sunshine In (opening film)Un beau soleil intérieurClaire DenisFrance
Lover for a DayL'Amant d'un jourPhilippe Garrel
Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts (QP)Marlina Si Pembunuh Dalam Empat BabakMouly SuryaIndonesia
Mobile HomesVladimir de FontenayCanada, France
Nothingwood (CdO) (ŒdO) (QP)Sonia KronlundFrance, Germany
Patti Cake$ (CdO) (closing film)Geremy JasperUnited States
Pure Hearts (CdO)Cuori PuriRoberto De PaolisItaly
The RiderChloé ZhaoUnited States
West of the Jordan River (Field Diary Revisited) (ŒdO)ממערב לירדןAmos GitaiIsrael
Special Screenings
The Nothing Factory A Fábrica de Nada Pedro Pinho Portugal
Short Films
Água Mole Laura Goncalves and Alexandra Ramires Portugal
Back to Genoa City (ŒdO) Retour à Genoa City Benoit Grimalt France
La Bouche Camilo Restrepo France
The Burden Min Börda Niki Lindroth von Bahr Sweden
Copa-Loca Christos Massalas Greece
Crème de menthe Philippe David Gagné and Jean-Marc E. Roy Canada
Farpões, Baldios Marta Mateus Portugal
Mada Alexandre Martins Brazil
Tijuana Tales Jean-Charles Hue France
Trešnje Dubravka Turić Croatia
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(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.
(ŒdO) film eligible for the Œil d'or as documentary.
(QP) film eligible for the Queer Palm.

ACID

ACID, an association of French and foreign film directors, demonstrates its support for nine films each year, seeking to provide support from filmmakers to other filmmakers.[25][26] The full ACID selection was announced on 21 April 2017:[27]

Feature films

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
The AssemblyL'AssembléeMariana OteroFrance
Before Summer EndsAvant la fin de l'étéMaryam GoormaghtighFrance, Switzerland
BelindaMarie DumoraFrance
Coby (QP)Christian Sonderegger
Kiss and CryLila Pinell, Chloé Mahieu
Last LaughZhang TaoHong Kong, France
No FarewellsSans AdieuChristophe AgouFrance
ScaffoldlingMatan YairIsrael, Poland
The Starry Sky Above MeLe Ciel étoilé au-dessus de ma têteIlan KlipperFrance
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(QP) indicates film eligible for the Queer Palm.

Special Screenings

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Comfort and Consolation in FrancePour le réconfortVincent MacaigneFrance
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ACID Trip #1 - Serbia

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Dos PatriasKosta RistićSerbia, Cuba
Emergency ExitIzlaz u slučaju opasnostiVladimir TagićSerbia
A Handful of StonesKamen u ruciStefan Ivancić
HumidityVlažnostNikola LjucaSerbia, Netherlands, Greece
If I had it my way I would never leaveMarko Grba SinghSerbia
Requiem for Mrs. JRekvijem za gospodju J.Bojan VuletićSerbia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Russia, France, Germany
TransitionTranzicijaMilica TomovićSerbia
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Official awards

Ruben Östlund, winner of the 2017 Palme d'Or
Robin Campillo, winner of the Grand Prix

In Competition

Honorary Palme d'Or

Un Certain Regard

Cinéfondation

  • First Prize: Paul Is Here by Valentina Maurel[30]
  • Second Prize: Animal by Bahman and Bahram Ark
  • Third Prize: Two Youths Died by Tommaso Usberti

Caméra d'Or

Short Films Competition

Independent awards

FIPRESCI Prizes

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

Critics' Week

  • Nespresso Grand Prize: Makala by Emmanuel Gras[32]
  • France 4 Visionary Award: Gabriel and the Mountain by Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa
  • Leica Cine Discovery Prize for Short Film: Los Desheredados by Laura Ferrés
  • Gan Foundation Support for Distribution Award: Gabriel and the Mountain by Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa
  • SACD Award: Ava by Léa Mysius
  • Canal+ Award: The Best Fireworks Ever by Aleksandra Terpińska

Directors' Fortnight

L'Œil d'or

Queer Palm

Palm Dog

Prix François Chalais

Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist

Cannes Soundtrack Award

Chopard Trophy

References

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