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Cannes 2024: From ‘Anora’ to ‘All We Imagine As Light’, here’s the list of winners at the 77th Cannes Film Festival

The winners at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, as selected by a jury led by director Greta Gerwig, were announced on Saturday. The event saw Sean Baker’s Anora clinch the prestigious Palme d’Or, outshining fierce competition from Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine As Light and Mohammed Rasoulof’s The Seed of the Sacred Fig, both of which secured the Grand Prix …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

'All We Imagine As Light' scripts history at Cannes Films Festival 2024, Payal Kapadia’s film wins Grand Prix

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Indian film 'All We Imagine as Light' has scripted history at the awards ceremony on the last day of the 77th Cannes Film Festival. Payal Kapadia's feature film has won the Grand Prix at the festival. 'All We Imagine as Light' creates history 'All We Imagine as Light' was premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival on May 23 in …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Cannes Film Festival 2024 winners: Full list as Anora wins the coveted Palme D'Or while Selena Gomez and Jesse Plemons earn top acting prizes

Daily Mail

The 77th Cannes Film Festival has come to its most glorious moment with the winners finally announced at Saturday's closing ceremony. The 2024 Cannes Film Festival winners were announced on Saturday, with Anora receiving the coveted Palm D'Or prize Also conquering the podium was Selena Gomez, who earned the Best Actress gong for her role in Jacques Audiard's Emilia Perez, …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Cannes 2024: Sean Baker’s ‘Anora’ wins Palme d’Or at Cannes 2024, fifth consecutive win for Neon

The Hindu

Sean Baker’s Anora clinched the prestigious Palme d’Or, outshining fierce competition from Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine As Light and Mohammed Rasoulof’s The Seed of the Sacred Fig, which secured the Grand Prix and Special Prix awards respectively. The world has to be reminded that watching a film at home while scrolling through your phone and checking emails and messages …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Cannes 2024: Payal Kapadia’s ‘All We Imagine as Light’ scripts history for India, wins Grand Prix

The Hindu

In a historic win for India, Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light bagged the Grand Prix, the second-highest award at the Cannes Film Festival, on Saturday night. The only Indian film to ever win the Palme d’Or — then known as Grand Prix du Festival International du Film — is Chetan Anand’s Neecha Nagar. In 1994, Malayalam director Shaji …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Anora, US film on exotic dancer, wins Cannes’ top award Palme d’Or

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The second prize went to All We Imagine as Light, the first Indian entry to the festival in 30 years. Anora, a darkly funny and touching drama about a young exotic dancer who becomes involved with a Russian oligarch’s son, has won the Cannes Film Festival’s top prize, the Palme d’Or. Jury members including US actor Lily Gladstone and Japanese …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

All We Imagine As Light: What international reviews say about Payal Kapadia's historic Grand Prix winner

Hindustan Times

International praise has poured in after the historical premiere of Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine As Light, India's first film in 30 years to compete for the Palme d'Or, the highest honour of the Cannes Film Festival. “Few films have ever so beautifully captured the lonesome romance of Mumbai after dark.” “A mood of romantic and emotional insecurity hangs over …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

The 2024 Cannes Film Festival has begun. Here's what to expect

ABC

International stars, auteur directors and the adorable border collie from Anatomy of a Fall are taking on La Croissette, as the 77th Festival de Cannes kicks off. Held from May 14 to 25, the 2024 edition of the prestigious film festival in the south of France features Francis Ford Coppola's long-awaited epic Megalopolis; a drama where Sebastian Stan plays a …

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8 months, 1 week ago

2024 Cannes competition jury revealed: Lily Gladstone, Eva Green join Greta Gerwig

The Hindu

The full competition jury for the 2024 Cannes Film Festival has been revealed. Joining jury head Greta Gerwig are filmmakers Hirokazu Kore-eda, Nadine Labaki and Juan Antonio; actors Lily Gladstone, Eva Green, Omar Sy and Pierfrancesco Favino; and writer-photographer Ebru Ceylan. Eva Green is a celebrated French actress while Hirokazu Kore-eda is a Japanese auteur who won the Palme d’Or …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala nurses' story breaks India's Palme d'Or jinx in Cannes

Hindustan Times

It took two nurses from Kerala to end a devastatingly long spell of absence from Palme d'Or contention for Indian cinema. Prabha and Anu, the central characters of Mumbai-born director Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine As Light, have helped India return to the prestigious competition section of the Cannes film festival, frequented for decades by masters like Satyajit Ray and …

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

Payal Kapadia' s All We Imagine As Light will be first Indian film to compete at Cannes Film Festival in 30 years

Hindustan Times

After a very, very long wait of three decades, an Indian movie would play at the top competition slot of the up coming Cannes Film Festival: Writer-director Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine As Light. Earlier in 2017, Kapadia's Afternoon Clouds was part of the Cinefondation section, which also takes place during the Festival along with the Critics' Week and Director’s …

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

Cannes sets lineup with Lanthimos, Coppola and Trump film 'The Apprentice'

Hindustan Times

New films from Yorgos Lanthimos, Andrea Arnold and Francis Ford Coppola, as well as a portrait of 1980s Donald Trump, will compete for the Palme d'Or at the 77th Cannes Film Festival next month, organizers announced Thursday. Among the 19 films selected for competition is Lanthimos' “Kinds of Kindness,” the Greek director's follow-up to the Oscar-winning “Poor Things.” Its cast …

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

Cannes sets lineup with Lanthimos, Coppola and Trump film ‘The Apprentice’

Associated Press

New films from Yorgos Lanthimos, Andrea Arnold and Francis Ford Coppola, as well as a portrait of 1980s Donald Trump, will compete for the Palme d’Or at the 77th Cannes Film Festival next month, organizers announced Thursday. Among the 19 films selected for competition is Lanthimos’ “Kinds of Kindness,” the Greek director’s follow-up to the Oscar-winning “Poor Things.” Its cast …

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

Cannes sets lineup with Lanthimos, Coppola and Trump film 'The Apprentice'

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Among the 19 films selected for competition is Lanthimos' …

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9 months ago

George Lucas to receive honorary Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival

Hindustan Times

George Lucas will receive an honorary Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival next month, festival organisers announced on Tuesday. Lucas will be honoured at the closing ceremony to the 77th French film festival on May 25. George Lucas will receive an honorary Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival this year He joins a short list of those to receive …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Anatomy of a Fall wins Palme d’Or, French filmmaker Justine Triet becomes third woman to get Cannes' top prize

Hindustan Times

French director Justine Triet became the third female director to win the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or for her film Anatomy of a Fall on Saturday, beating out 20 other films in competition for the top prize at Cannes Film Festival 2023. French director Justine Triet poses with her trophy during a photocall after she won the Palme d'Or for …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Cannes closes Saturday with presentation of the Palme d'Or

The Independent

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1 year, 7 months ago

A first-time filmmaker makes a mark in Cannes competition with a Senegalese drama

Associated Press

CANNES, France — Most filmmakers in the Cannes Film Festival’s top-rung competition lineup are well-known directors who have been around for decades. One dramatic exception this year is Ramata-Toulaye Sy, a French-Senegalese filmmaker whose first film, “Banel & Adama,” landed among the 21 films competing for the Palme d’Or. “It’s only now that I realize that being in competition means …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Cannes 2023: A first-time filmmaker makes a mark in the competition with a Senegalese drama

The Hindu

Most filmmakers in the Cannes Film Festival’s top-rung competition lineup are well-known directors who have been around for decades. One dramatic exception this year is Ramata-Toulaye Sy, a French-Senegalese filmmaker whose first film, Banel & Adama, landed among the 21 films competing for the Palme d’Or. “It’s only now that I realize that being in competition means being in a …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Cannes 2023: Helen Mirren's blue hair, Michael Douglas receives an honorary Palme d'Or, and more

The Hindu

The Cannes Film Festival opened its 76th edition with a parade of stars, including the much-debated return of Johnny Depp. Depp's prominence on the festival's first day — he plays Louis XV in the opening night film, “Jeanne du Barry” — has been a hot topic in the leadup to the premiere. Depp received a warm welcome Tuesday night, smiling …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Ruben Östlund named Cannes Film Festival jury president

The Hindu

Swedish director Ruben Östlund, two-times winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, has been named jury president for this year's competition. “I am happy, proud, and humbled to be trusted with the honour of Jury president for this year’s Competition at the Festival de Cannes,” said Östlund. The director’s film Triangle of Sadness, winner of last year’s …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Filmmaker Ruben Ostlund on heading the jury of 76th Cannes Film Festival: 'Privilege to be part of it'

Firstpost

The Cannes Film Festival has appointed Swedish filmmaker and two-time Palme d’Or winner Ruben Ostlund as the jury president for its upcoming 76th edition. “I am happy, proud, and humbled to be trusted with the honour of jury president for this year’s Competition at the Festival de Cannes. Nowhere in the film world is the anticipation as strong as when …

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2 years, 7 months ago

'Triangle of Sadness' wins Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Fest

The Hindu

May 29, 2022 02:09 am | Updated 12:58 pm IST - CANNES, France Ruben Ostlund’s social satire “Triangle of Sadness” won the Palme d’Or at the 75th Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, handing Ostlund one of cinema's most prestigious prizes for the second time. The festival also named Korean star Song Kang Ho best actor for his performance in Japanese …

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Cannes to wrap with presentation of Palme d'Or on Saturday

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Cannes 2024: From ‘Anora’ to ‘All We Imagine As Light’, here’s the list of winners at the 77th Cannes Film Festival

'All We Imagine As Light' scripts history at Cannes Films Festival 2024, Payal Kapadia’s film wins Grand Prix

Cannes Film Festival 2024 winners: Full list as Anora wins the coveted Palme D'Or while Selena Gomez and Jesse Plemons earn top acting prizes

Cannes 2024: Sean Baker’s ‘Anora’ wins Palme d’Or at Cannes 2024, fifth consecutive win for Neon

Cannes 2024: Payal Kapadia’s ‘All We Imagine as Light’ scripts history for India, wins Grand Prix

Anora, US film on exotic dancer, wins Cannes’ top award Palme d’Or

All We Imagine As Light: What international reviews say about Payal Kapadia's historic Grand Prix winner

The 2024 Cannes Film Festival has begun. Here's what to expect

2024 Cannes competition jury revealed: Lily Gladstone, Eva Green join Greta Gerwig

Kerala nurses' story breaks India's Palme d'Or jinx in Cannes

Payal Kapadia' s All We Imagine As Light will be first Indian film to compete at Cannes Film Festival in 30 years

Cannes sets lineup with Lanthimos, Coppola and Trump film 'The Apprentice'

Cannes sets lineup with Lanthimos, Coppola and Trump film ‘The Apprentice’

Cannes sets lineup with Lanthimos, Coppola and Trump film 'The Apprentice'

George Lucas to receive honorary Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival

Anatomy of a Fall wins Palme d’Or, French filmmaker Justine Triet becomes third woman to get Cannes' top prize

Cannes closes Saturday with presentation of the Palme d'Or

A first-time filmmaker makes a mark in Cannes competition with a Senegalese drama

Cannes 2023: A first-time filmmaker makes a mark in the competition with a Senegalese drama

Cannes 2023: Helen Mirren's blue hair, Michael Douglas receives an honorary Palme d'Or, and more

Ruben Östlund named Cannes Film Festival jury president

Filmmaker Ruben Ostlund on heading the jury of 76th Cannes Film Festival: 'Privilege to be part of it'

'Triangle of Sadness' wins Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Fest

Cannes to wrap with presentation of Palme d'Or on Saturday