And the 2017 winners at the 70th Cannes Film Festival are...
OFFICIAL COMPETITION
Palme d’Or
The Square by Robin Östlund
70th Anniversary Award
Nicole Kidman
Grand Prix
120 Beats Per Minute (BPM) by Robin Campillo
Best Director
Sofia Coppola for The Beguiled
Best Screenplay
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou)
and
You Were Never Really Here (Lynne Ramsay)
Jury Prize
Nelyubov (Loveless) by Andrey Zvyagintsev
Best Actor
Joaquin Phoenix for You Were Never Really Here
Best Actress
Diane Kruger for Aus Dem Nichts (In the Fade)
Camera d’Or
Jeune Femme (Léonor Sérraille)
Best short film
A Gentle Night (Qui Yang)
Short film special mention
Katto (Teppo Airaksinen)
UN CERTAIN REGARD
First prize
A Man of Integrity by Mohammad Rasoulof
Jury prize
April’s Daughter by Michel Franco
Best director
Wind River by Taylor Sheridan
Jury award for performance
Jasmine Trinca of Sergio Catellito’s Fortunata
Special award for Poetry of Cinema
Mathieu Almaric for Barbara
SEMAINE DE LA CRITIQUE
Grand Prix Nespresso
MAKALA by Emmanuel Gras
Prix Révélation France 4
GABRIEL E A MONTANHA by Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa
Prix Découverte Leica Cine du court métrage
LOS DESHEREDADOS by Laura Ferrés
Prix Fondation Gan à la Diffusion
Version Originale Condor, French distributor for
GABRIEL E A MONTANHA by Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa
SACD Prize
Léa Mysius, director of AVA
Canal+ prize for short films
NAJPIEKNIEJSZE FAJERWERKI EVER by Aleksandra Terpi?ska
INTERNATIONAL CRITICS’ PRIZES
Competition
BPM (Beats Per Minute) – Robin Campillo, France
Un Certain Regard
Closeness – Kantemire Balagov, Russia
Directors’ Fortnight/Critics’ Week
The Nothing Factory – Pedro Pinho, Portugal
CINÉFONDATION
The Cinéfondation Selection consisted of 16 student films, chosen out of 600 entries coming from 626 film schools around the world.
First Prize
PAUL EST LÀ (Paul Is Here )
directed by Valentina MAUREL
INSAS, Belgium
Second Prize
HEYVAN (AniMal )
directed by Bahram & Bahman ARK
Iranian National School of Cinema, Iran
Third Prize
DEUX ÉGARÉS SONT MORTS (Two Youths Died )
directed by Tommaso USBERTI
La Fémis, France
QUINZAINE DES RÉALISATEURS
The SACD prize
Un beau soleil intérieur/Bright sunshine in
by Claire Denis
and
L’Amant d’un jour/Lover for a Day
by Philippe Garrel (ex aequo)
Europa Cinemas
A Ciambra
by Jonas Carpignano
ART CINEMA AWARD
The Rider
by Chloé Zaho
The Illy prize for a short film
Retour à Genoa City
by Benoît Grimalt
PIERRE ANGÉNIEUX EXCELLENS
IN CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD
Christopher Doyle is this year’s recipient of the prestigious Pierre Angénieux ExcelLens in Cinematography award that serves to recognise the works of iconic directors of photography. His signature sumptuous colour palette and languorous, has lent a distinctive camera style to most of Wong Kar Wai’s films.
L’OEIL D’OR DOCUMENTARY AWARD
Visages Villages directed by Agnès Varda and JR.
THE ECUMENICAL JURY AWARD
Radiance by Naomi Kawase (Official Competition)
PALM DOG
The winner
Bruno, the pet poodle belonging to the characters played by Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson in The Meyerowitz Stories. The Palm Dog award consists of a citation and a leather collar for the lucky canine.
The Grand Jury prize – the German shepherd Lupo from Lea Mysius’s Ava.
The Dogmanitarian Award, which marks the mutually enriching bonds between humans and canines, went to Lesley Caron, the owner of the 17-year-old Shih Tzu named Tchi Tchi. “Dogs deserve their place on the awards circuit, and I am truly proud to share this award with Tchi Tchi,” Caron declared.
Three security dogs at the Festival were given special jury prizes on behalf of all sniffer dogs for their help in saving lives. “This award salutes all the dogs around the world who are involved in the fight against terrorism,” said British film critic Kate Muir, a Palm Dog jury member.
That’s all, folks!
