77th Festival de Cannes Award Winners

Been looking for an article/post/news etc. with ALL #Cannes2024 winners and surprise: couldn't find one! So, even if is not easy for me to sit down and write, decided to do the annual post that includes Official Selection, Quinzaine, Semanine, La Cinef, Marche du Film and Collateral Award winners in one place.

From what I was able to follow daily plus many winners, I believe 2024 edition was a successful one and perhaps we have to thank all sections film selection responsible and well, yes, also to Thierry Frémaux for a great unexpected selection in the main competition.

In the official selection there were twenty-two (22) films in competition and with maybe 2 or 3 exceptions, films were outstanding as there were films from master filmmakers I truly adore like Jacques Audiard, Jia Zhang-ke, Yorgos Lanthimos, Kirill Serebrennikov, Christophe Honore, Paolo Sorrentino, and David Cronenberg plus films by Payal Kapadia (remember 2021 Cannes Golden Eye winner documentary A Night of Knowing Nothing?), Sean Baker, Andrea Arnold (remember Fish Tank?), Agathe Reidinger (1st film), Gilles Lellouche, Michel Hazanavicius, Frances Ford Coppola (from trailer is quite different to what I imagined, now I'm curious), Karim Ainouz, Paul Schrader, Magnus Von Horn, Mohammed Rasoulof, Coralie Fargeat and 2024 Queer Palm winner by Emanuel Parvu. All right one missing, by an extraordinary director Ali Abbasi (remember outstanding Holy Spider), The Apprentice, a film I know will eventually watch because the director but gee the subject matter is one that highly dislike, sigh.

In general my perception is that there are many award winner films with stories lead by female characters and perception don't come from main competition winners but from all below winners, which I believe is all right, especially when female directors get to tell the tales and this edition has several female directors telling stories about women.

On a light note is interesting to find that Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, the winner of 2024 Camera d'Or with his film Armand, is the grandson of none other than Liv Ullmann and Ingmar Bergman! Those are ultra big cinema shoes to fill but seems Halfdan is on his way to do it.

Much more to tell but let's get to the list hoping you will find it as interesting as I did. Enjoy!!!

The Winners

Main Competition

Palme d'Or: Anora, Sean Baker, USA

Grand Prix: All We Imagine as Light, Payal Kapadia, France, India, Netherlands, and Luxembourg

Jury Prize: Emilia Pérez, Jacques Audiard, France

Best Director: Miguel Gomes for Grand Tour, Portugal, Italy and France
Special Award: Mohammad Rasoulof for The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Germany, France and Iran

Best Screenplay: Coralie Fargeat for The Substance, Coralie Fargeat, UK, USA, and France

Best Actress: Selena Gomez, Karla Sofia Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, and Adriana Paz in Emilia Pérez, Jacques Audiard, France
Best Actor: Jesse Plemons in Kinds of Kindness, Yorgos Lanthimos, USA and UK

Camera d'Or: Armand, Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, Norway
Special Mention: 白衣蒼狗 Mongrel, Liang Chiang and You Qiao Yin, Taiwan, Singapore and France

Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard Prize: 狗阵 Gou Zhen (Black Dog), Guan Hu,  China
Jury Prize: L'Histoire de Souleymane (The Story of Souleymane), Boris Lojkine, France
Special Mention: نورة Norah, Tawfik Alzaidi, Saudi Arabia
Best Director Prize: (tie)
Rungano Nyoni for On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, Zambia, UK and Ireland
Roberto Minervini for The Damned, Italy, Canada, USA and Belgium
Youth Award: Vingt Dieux (Holy Cow), Louise Courvosier, France
Best Actress: Anasuya Sengupta in The Shameless, Konstantin Bojanov, Switzerland, Bulgaria, France, Taiwan and India
Best Actor: Abou Sangare in L'Histoire de Souleymane (The Story of Souleymane), Boris Lojkine, France

Quinzaine des Cinéastes (Directors' Fortnight)
SACD Award: Ma vie, ma gueule (This Life of Mine, Sophie Fillieres, France
Europa Cinemas Award: Volveréis (The Other Way Around), Jonás Trueba, France and Spain
People's Choice: Une langue universelle (Universal Language), Matthew Rankin, Canada

Carrose d'Or: Andrea Arnold

Semaine de la Critique
Feature Films
Grand Prix: Simon de la Montaña (Simon of the Mountain), Federico Luis, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay
Prize of the Jury: Blue Sun Palace, Constance Tsang, USA
Rising Star Award: Baby, Marcelo Caetano, Brazil, France and Netherlands
GAN Foundation Support for Distribution: Jour2fête for Julie Zwijgt (Julie Keeps Quiet), Leonardo Van Dijl, Belgium and Sweden
SACD Award: Leonardo Van Dijl and Ruth Becquart authors of Julie Zwijgt (Julie Keeps Quiet), Leonardo Van Dijl, Belgium and Sweden
Short Films
Canal+ Award: Noksan (Absent), Cem Demirer, Turkey 24'
Leitz Cine Discovery Prize for short film: Montsouris (Montsouris Park), Guil Sela, France 14'
Next Step Award: A Girl Unknown, Zou Jing, China and France

Best Immersive Work: Noire (Colored), Tania de Montaigne, Stéphane Foenkinos and Pierre-Alain Giraud, France and Taiwan

Short Films
Palm d'Or: Covjek koji nije mogao sutjeti (The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent), Nebojše Slijepčevića, Croatia, France, Bulgaria and Slovenia 13'
Special Mention: Mau por um momento (Bad For A Moment), Daniel Soares, Portugal 15'

La Cinef
First Prize: Sunflowers Were The First Ones to Know... , Chidananda S Naik, India, 16'
Second Prize: (tie)
Το Χάος που Άφησε Πίσω της (The Chaos She Left Behind), Nikos Kolioukos, Greece 33'
Out The Window Through The Wall, Asya Segalovich,  USA 22'
Third Prize: Bunnyhood, Mansi Maheshwari,  UK 9'

Marché du Film

Docs-in- Progress Awards
Docs-in Progress Award: Only on Earth, Robin Petré, Denmark and Spain
Think-Film Impact Award: Dreamers, Imam Hasanov, Azerbaijan
DAE Award: Portrait of Friendship, Faezeh Nikoozad, Germany
Rise and Shine Award: The Stationery Traveller, Fernando Lavanderos and Sebastian Pereira, Chile
Alphapanda Award: 从来 Always, Demin Chen, China and USA
Al Jazeera Documentary Award: Aliyá, Yeridá, Rafael Guendelman, Chile
Post-Production Award: My Father's House, Mahdi Fleifel, Palestine and Denmark

Feature Films
Goes to Cannes Award: Don't Let the Sun (Catch You Crying), Jacqueline Zünd, Swuitzerland and Italy

Collateral Awards

FIPRESCI
Main Competition:  The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Mohammad Reasoulof, Germany, France and Iran
Un Certain Regard: L'Histoire de Souleymane (The Story of Souleymane), Boris Lojkine, France
Director's Fortnight: ナミビアの砂漠 Namibia no sabaku (Desert of Namibia, Yôko Yamanaka, Japan

Ecumenical Jury Award: The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Mohammad Reasoulof, Germany, France and Iran
Special Prize 50 Years of Ecumenical Jury Award: Wim Wenders

AFCAE Art House Cinema Award: The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Mohammad Reasoulof, Germany, France and Iran
Special Mention: All We Imagine as Light, Payal Kapadia, France, India, Netherlands, and Luxembourg

L'Œil d'Or Documentary Award (tie)
Ernest Cole: Lost and Found, Raoul Peck, France
Rafaat einy il sama (The Brink of Dreams), Nada Riyadh and Ayman El Amir, Egypt, France, Denmark, Qatar and Saudi Arabia

Queer Palm
Feature Film: Trei kilometri până la capătul lumii (Three Kilometers to the End of the World), Emanuel Pârvu, Romania
Short Film: Las Novias del Sur (Southern Brides), Elena López Riera, Switzerland and Spain

Prix de la Citoyenneté: Bird, Andrea Arnold, UK, USA, France and Germany

28th Prix François Chalais: The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Mohammad Reasoulof, Germany, France and Iran
Prix Cinéma Positif: La plus précieuse des marchandises (The Most Precious of Cargoes), Michel Hazanavicius, France
Prix Pierre Chevalier: Émilie Tronche and Les Valseurs for animated TV series Samuel, France and Spain

Prix CST de l’Artiste-Technicien: Daria D'Antonio cinematographer on Parthenope, Paolo Sorrentino, France and Italy
Prix CST de la Jeune Technicienne de Cinéma: Evgenia Alexandrova cinematographer on Les Femmes Au Balcon (The Balconettes), Noémie Merlant, France

Cannes Soundtrack Award: Clément Ducol and Camille for Emilia Pérez, Jacques Audiard, France

Prix de la Meillure Creation Sonore: Armand, Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, Norway
Special Mention: Flow, Gints Zilbalodis, Belgium, France and Latvia

EcoProd Awards
Prix EcoProd: (tie)
Le Roman de Jim (Jim's Story), Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu, France
Maria (Being Maria), Jessica Palud, Japan and France
Special Jury Prize: Niki, Celine Sallette, France

22nd Prix Unifrance Short Films
Grand Prix: Ce qui appartient à César (Changing Rooms), Violette Gitton, France 17'
Special Jury Prize: Palestine Islands, Nour Ben Salem and Julien Menanteau, France and Palestine 22'
Prix Grand Action: Palestine Islands, Nour Ben Salem and Julien Menanteau, France and Palestine 22'
Best Performance Award: Benjamin Siksou in Robespierre, Pierre Menahem, France 24'
Prix BeTV (Belgium): Suleyman, Mehdi Hamnane and Yanis Hamnane, France 26"
Prix Movistar (Spain): Soleil gris (Ashen Sun), Camille Monnier, France and Belgium 12'
Prix RTBF (Belgium): Palestine Islands, Nour Ben Salem and Julien Menanteau, France and Palestine 22'

Grand Rail d'Or Award: La Pampa (Block Pass), Antoine Chevrollier, France
Petit Rail d'Or Award: Taniec w Narożniku (Dancing in the Corner), Jan Bujnowski, Polnd 13'

Lights on Women Award: Viv Li for Across the Waters, France 15'

12th Pierre Angénieux
Pierre Angénieux Tribute: Santosh Sivan, India
Angénieux Special Encouragement: Kadri Koop, Estonia

Prix Cinéma France Culture
Prix France Culture Cinéma Consécration: Bertrand Bonello
Prix France Culture Cinéma des étudiants: La Chimera, Alice Rohrwacher, Italy, France, Swuitzerland and Turkey
Prix France Culture Cinéma des étudiants-documentary: Notre Corps (Our Body), Claire Simon, France
Coup de cœur des jeunes ACID-France Culture: How to Save a Dead Friend, Marusya Syroechkovskaya, Sweden, Norway, France and German (documentary)

Palm Dog Awards
Palm Dog: Kodi in Le procès du chien (Dog on Trial), Laetitia Dosch, France
Grand Prix du Jury: Xin 狗阵 Gou Zhen (Black Dog), Guan Hu,  China
The Mutt Moment Award: (tie)
Chippy in Megalopolis, Francis Ford Coppola, USA
Dave in Bird, Andrea Arnold, UK, USA, France and Germany
Feisty Hound Ensemble in Kinds of Kindness, Yorgos Lanthimos, USA and UK

Chopard Throphy for up-and-coming talent
Sophie Wilde
Mike Faist

Honorary Palm d'Or
Meryl Streep
George Lucas