SAGindie once again returned to France for the Cannes Film Festival as a major sponsor of the The American Pavilion. This year had everything: Film screenings! Roundtables! Karaoke! Spike Lee! You can check out photos from our American Pavilion exploits on Facebook for more highlights.
Cannes 2017 also screened a rather impressive lineup of films, including new works from Sofia Coppola, Todd Haynes, Yorgos Lanthimos, The Safdie Brothers, John Cameron Mitchell, Bong Joon-ho, and Jane Campion. And Nicole Kidman only starred in about half of them! There were also some awards of note, particularly with Sofia Coppola becoming only the second female director in history (after Campion Yuliya Solntseva in 1961) to win the Best Director Prize.
2017 Cannes Film Festival Award Winners:
Feature Films
- Palme d’Or: The Square
- 70th Anniversary Award: Nicole Kidman
- Grand Prix: 120 Battements Par Minute (BPM – Beats Per Minute)
- Jury Prize: Nelyubov (Loveless)
- Best Director Prize: Sofia Coppola, The Beguiled
- Best Screenplay (Ex-Aequo): Yorgos Lanthimos & Efthimis Filippou, The Killing of a Sacred Deer and Lynne Ramsay, You Were Never Really Here
- Best Actress: Diane Kruger, Aus Dem Nichts (In the Fade)
- Best Actor: Joaquin Phoenix, You Were Never Really Here
- Vulcain Prize for Artist-Technician: Josefin Asberg, The Square
Short Films
- Palm d’Or – Short Film: Xiao Cheng Er Yue (A Gentle Night)
- Short Film Special Jury Distinction: Katto (The Ceiling)
Golden Camera Award (For Best First Feature)
- Caméra d’Or: Jeune Femme (Montparnasse Bienvenüe)
Un Certain Regard
- Prize of Un Certain Regard: Lerd (A Man of Integrity)
- Un Certain Regard Prize for Best Actress: Jasmine Trinca, Fortunata
- Un Certain Regard Prize for Best Director: Taylor Sheridan, Wind River
- Un Certain Regard Prize for Best Poetic Narrative: Barbara
- Un Certain Regard Jury Prize: Las Hijas de Abril (April’s Daughter)
Cinéfondation
- 1st Prize: Paul Est Là (Paul Is Here)
- 2nd Prize: Heyvan (Animal)
- 3rd Prize: Deux Égarés Sont Morts (Two Youths Died)
Congrats to this year’s award-winners!
WHAT WERE YOUR CANNES 2017 HIGHLIGHTS?
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