Cannes Film Festival 2017 ends with just as much grandeur as the last 70 years. The thousands of films, masterclasses, and fashion on the red carpet represents the best in film and arts.
The juries enjoyed film after film. The jury members include:
Feature Films Jury
- Pedro ALMODÓVAR – President
(Director, Screenwriter, Producer – Spain) - Maren ADE (Director, Screenwriter, Producer – Germany)
- Jessica CHASTAIN (Actress, Producer – United States)
- FAN Bingbing (Actress, Producer – China)
- Agnès JAOUI (Actress, Screenwriter, Director, Singer – France)
- PARK Chan-wook (Director, Screenwriter, Producer – South Korea)
- Will SMITH (Actor, Producer, Musician – United States
- Paolo SORRENTINO (Director, Screenwriter – Italy)
- Gabriel YARED (Composer – France)
Un Certain Regard
- Uma Thurman
- Mohamed Diab
- Reda Kateb
- Joachim Lafosse
- Karel Och
Cinéfondation
- Cristian Mungiu
- Clotilde Hesme
- Athina Rachel Tsangari
- Barry Jenkins
- Eric Khoo
The closing ceremonies ended the festival with honoring the top films with a presentation. Nicole Kidman in regards to her honor, states (video from Nashville Tennessee) “I feel blessed to be able to work in this profession. The 70th celebration was incredible; it was the celebration of cinema and stories.” This season Cannes Film Festival continues to draw positive attention to the top world-class film festival. Looking forward to 70 more years at Cannes.
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Feature Films
PALME D’OR
THE SQUARE by Ruben ÖSTLUND
70th Anniversary Award
Nicole KIDMAN
GRAND PRIX
120 BATTEMENTS PAR MINUTE (BPM – Beats Per Minute)
by Robin CAMPILLO
BEST DIRECTOR
Sofia COPPOLA for THE BEGUILED
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR
Joaquin PHOENIX in YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE by Lynne RAMSAY
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS
Diane KRUGER in AUS DEM NICHTS (In The Fade) by Fatih AKIN
JURY PRIZE
NELYUBOV (Loveless) by Andrey ZVYAGINTSEV
BEST SCREENPLAY EX-ÆQUO
Yorgos LANTHIMOS and Efthimis FILIPPOU
for THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER
Lynne RAMSAY
for YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE
SHORT FILMS
PALME D’OR
XIAO CHENG ER YUE (A Gentle Night) by QIU Yang
MENTION DISTINCTION BY THE JURY
KATTO (The Ceiling) by Teppo AIRAKSINEN
CAMÉRA D’OR
“UN CERTAIN REGARD” PRIZE
LERD (UN HOMME INTÈGRE – A MAN OF INTEGRITY)
by Mohammad Rasoulof
PRIZE FOR BEST ACTRESS
JASMINE TRINCA for FORTUNATA by Sergio Castellitto
PRIZE FOR THE BEST POETIC NARRATIVE
BARBARA de Mathieu Amalric
PRIZE FOR BEST DIRECTION
Taylor Sheridan for WIND RIVER
JURY PRIZE
LAS HIJAS DE ABRIL (APRIL’S DAUGHTER) by Michel Franco
JEUNE FEMME (Montparnasse Bienvenüe) by Léonor SERRAILLE
presented at UN CERTAIN REGARD
The CST Jury awarded the VULCAIN PRIZE FOR ARTIST-TECHNICIAN to Josefin ASBERG
The Cinéfondation and Short Films
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
Awards
€15,000 grant for the First Prize, €11,250 for the Second and €7,500 for the Third.
The winner of the First Prize is also guaranteed the presentation of his/her first feature film at the Festival de Cannes.
Rerun in Paris
The awarded films will be screen at Cinéma du Panthéon on May 30th at 7 p.m.
All the films of the Cinéfondation selection will screen at the Cinémathèque Française on May 31st & June 1st.
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