Well, another Cannes Film Festival has come to a close. Here in America, coverage of this year’s festival felt considerably more low-key than previous festivals. In fact, the conventional wisdom — again, here in America — seems to be that this year’s festival was a disappointment. Personally, I think there’s just some hurt feelings that only two American films were selected to compete this year.
Neither Paper Tiger nor The Man I Love won anything. (Fear not, I’m sure that James Gray will be back with another drama about the Russian mafia next year.) Instead, the Palme d’Or went to Fjord, a film about a traditional Catholic family that finds itself being targeted by a group of progressives. The Guardian gave Fjord a negative review so I imagine it’s pretty good. I look forward to seeing it. It should be noted that, as of the last few years, winning the Palme d’Or has been a plus when it comes to a film’s Oscar chances. (Even the now universally-derided Emilia Perez starting things off by winning at Cannes.) We’ll see if the same holds true for Fjord.
Here are the winners from Cannes:
Palme d’Or: Fjord by Cristian Mungiu
Grand Prix: Minotaur by Andrey Zvyagintsev
Jury Prize: The Dreamed Adventure by Valeska Grisebach
Best Director:
Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo for The Black Ball
Paweł Pawlikowski for Fatherland
Best Actress: Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto for All of a Sudden
Best Actor: Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagne for Coward
Best Screenplay: Emmanuel Marre for A Man of His Time
Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard Prize: Everytime by Sandra Wollner
Jury Prize: Elephants in the Fog by Abinash Bikram Shah
Special Jury Prize: Iron Boy by Louis Clichy
Best Actress: Daniela Marín Navarro, Marina de Tavira and Mariangel Villegas for Forever Your Maternal Animal
Best Actor: Bradley Fiomona Dembeasset for Congo Boy
Caméra d’Or
Caméra d’Or: Ben’Imana by Marie Clémentine Dusabejambo
Short Films Competition
Short Film Palme d’Or: For the Opponents by Federico Luis
Through the Shattered Lens 