The work “All We Imagine as Light” took the Grand Prix; The best actress award was shared between the protagonists of “Emilia Pérez”
The film “The daughter-in-law” won the Palme d’Or at the 77th Cannes Festival, in France. The festival announced the winners this Saturday (May 25, 2024).
The American work is directed by independent filmmaker Sean Baker. The production is about a girl who works as a stripper and falls in love with the son of a Russian oligarch.
The film “Destination Motel”by Ceará director Karim Ainouz, represented Brazil in the dispute for the Palme d’Or, the event’s biggest prize.
This year’s award jury was chaired by the American Greta Gerwig. American actress Lily Gladstone, Italian actor Pierfrancesco Favino, Turkish screenwriter Ebru Ceylan, Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda, Lebanese filmmaker Nadine Labaki and Spanish filmmaker Juan Antonio Bayona also joined the jury.
Read the list of winners:
- Palme d’Or: Anora, by Sean Baker;
- Grand Prix: All We Imagine as Light, by Payal Kapadia;
- Jury Prize: Emilia Pérez, by Jacques Audiard;
- Best Direction: Miguel Gomes, for Grand Tour;
- Best Actor: Jesse Plemons, for Kinds of Kindness;
- Best actress: Adriana Paz, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldaña were awarded jointly, by Emilia Pérez;
- Best Screenplay: Coralie Fargeat, for The Substance;
- Golden Camera: Armand, by Halfdan Ullmann Tondel;
- Special Prize: Mohammad Rasoulof, for The Seed of the Sacred Fig.
Brazil
In total, 6 Brazilian films were selected for the Cannes Festival. Read which ones:
- “Destination Motel”by Karim Aïnouz, in the Palme d’Or;
- “Yellow”short film by André Hayato Saito, in the Palme d’Or;
- “Baby”by Marcelo Caetano, at Critics’ Week;
- “Sky fall”by Eryk Rocha and Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha, at the Quinzena dos Cineastas Exhibition;
- “The Girl and the Pot”by Valentina Homem, at Critics’ Week;
- “Bye, Bye Brasil”, by Cacá Diegues, at the Cannes Classics Exhibition.
The protagonist of the film “Baby”Ricardo Teodoro, was considered the best new actor at Critics’ Week, one of the event’s parallel shows.
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