Wednesday, July 21, 2021

74th Cannes Film Festival 2021-Awards-Palme d'or to TITANE directed by Julia DUCOURNAU,Grand Prix to Asghar FARHADI & Juho KUOSMANEN

 

74th Festival de Cannes
All the Awards!



 12 days long the 74th Festival de Cannes has ended with the cinema as a great international event full of discoveries, encounters, and sharing.

 American actress-director Jodie Foster was awarded an honorary Palme d'or at the Opening Ceremony on 6 July, Italian filmmaker Marco Bellocchio has received the distinction at the closing ceremony for his exceptional career. The trophy was presented to him by Paolo Sorrentino.

On the stage of the Grand Théâtre Lumière, the Master of Ceremonies, Doria Tillier, was joined by the Feature Film Jury chaired by Spike Lee and composed of Mati Diop, Mylène Farmer, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jessica Hausner, Mélanie Laurent, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Tahar Rahim and Song Kang-ho, for the announcement of the 2021 Awards.

 

FEATURE FILMS

Palme d'or

TITANE directed by Julia DUCOURNAU



French filmmaker Julia Ducournau became the second-ever female director to win the Palme d’Or, with her audacious Titane. The last time a woman scooped the top prize was in 1993 when Jane Campion shared honors in a tie between her The Piano and Chen Kaige’s Farewell My Concubine.



Grand Prix (ex aequo)

GHAHREMAN (A Hero) directed by Asghar FARHADI




 HYTTI N°6 (Compartment N°6) directed by Juho KUOSMANEN




Best Director

Leos CARAX for ANNETTE




Best Screenplay

HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke & TAKAMASA Oe for DRIVE MY CAR

 

 

Jury Prize (ex aequo)

MEMORIA directed by Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL


HA’BERECH (Ahed's Knee) directed by Nadav LAPID



Best Performance by an Actress

Renate REINSVE in VERDENS VERSTE MENNESKE (The Worst Person in the World)
directed by Joachim TRIER



Best Performance by an Actor

Caleb LANDRY JONES in NITRAM
directed by Justin KURZEL

SHORT FILMS

Palme d'or

TIAN XIA WU YA (All the Crows in the World) directed by TANG Yi



Special Mention

CÉU DE AGOSTO (August Sky) directed by Jasmin TENUCCI

 

CAMERA D'OR

MURINA directed by Antoneta ALAMAT KUSIJANOVIĆ unveiled in the frame of LA QUINZAINE DES RÉALISATEURS


The 74th Awards

The winners of the 74th Festival de Cannes © V. HACHE / AFP


HIGHER TECHNICAL COMMISSION(CST)

CST Award for Technical Artistry

 

Vladislav OPELIANTS (Russia), Chief Director of Photography, PETROV'S FLU by Kirill SEREBRENNIKOV



CST Young Film Technician Award

Armance DURIX, Head Sound Engineer, MI IUBITA, MON AMOUR by Noémie MERLANY

The final Screening of the 74th Festival de Cannes: OSS 117, Alerte rouge en Afrique noire (From Africa with Love), the third part of the adventure of Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath was shown to festival-goers at the end of the Awards Ceremony in the presence of director Nicolas Bedos, actors Jean Dujardin and Pierre Niney and cast and crew.


 

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