By Jose Alberto Hermosillo
The 70th Festival de Cannes Award Winners had many surprises, here is the complete list:
COMPETITION
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| Palm d'Or Winner The Square by Ruben Östlund, Photo Jose Hermosillo © Festival in LA 2017 |
Palme d’Or:
“The Square” (Ruben Östlund)
70th Anniversary Award: Nicole Kidman
Grand Prix: “BPM (Beats Per Minute)” (Robin Campillo)
Director: Sofia Coppola, “The Beguiled”
Actor: Joaquin Phoenix, “You Were Never Really Here”
Actress: Diane Kruger, “In the Fade”
Jury Prize: “Loveless” (Andrey Zvyagintsev)
Screenplay — TIE:
“The Killing of a Sacred Deer” (Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou) and
“You Were Never Really Here” (Lynne Ramsay).
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| © Bronx (Paris).Photo: Claudia Cardinale © Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche/Getty Images |
Camera d’Or:
“Jeune femme” (Montparnasse-Bienvenüe) (Léonor Serraille)
Short Films Palme d’Or: “Xiao Cheng Er Yue” (Qiu Yang)
Short Films Special Mention: “Katto” (Teppo Airaksinen)
Golden Eye Documentary Prize: “Faces Places” (Visages Villages) (Agnès Varda, JR)
Ecumenical Jury Prize: “Radiance” (Naomi Kawase)
UN CERTAIN REGARD
Un Certain Regard Award:
“A Man of Integrity,” Mohammad Rasoulof
Best Director: Taylor Sheridan, “Wind River”
Jury Prize: Michel Franco, “April’s Daughter”
Best Performance: Jasmine Trinca, “Fortunata”
Award for Poetry of Cinema: Mathieu Amalric, “Barbara”
DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT
Art Cinema Award: “The Rider” (Chloe Zhao)
Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers Prize — TIE:
“Lover for a Day” (Philippe Garrel) and
“Let the Sunshine In” (Claire Denis)
Europa Cinemas Label: “A Ciambra” (Jonas Carpignano)
CRITICS’ WEEK
Grand Prize: “Makala” (Emmanuel Gras)
Visionary Prize: “Gabriel and the Mountain” (Felipe Barbosa)
Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers Prize: “Ava” (Léa Mysius)
FIPRESCI
Competition: “BPM (Beats Per Minute)”
Un Certain Regard: “Closeness” (Kantemir Balagov)
Directors’ Fortnight: “The Nothing Factory” (Pedro Pinho).
CINEFONDATION
FIRST PRIZE
SECOND PRIZE
Iranian National School of Cinema, Iran
THIRD PRIZE
The CST Jury decided to award the VULCAIN PRIZE FOR ARTIST-TECHNICIAN to:
Josefin ASBERG for her remarkable artistic contribution to match the inventiveness of the film
THE SQUARE.
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Palme d’Or: “The Square” (Ruben Östlund)
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Best Screenplay — TIE:
“The Killing of a Sacred Deer” (Yorgos Lanthimos).
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| Jury Prize:“April’s Daughters” (Michel Franco). |
