The eleven days of the Cannes marathon ended on Saturday evening with the traditional closing ceremony of the event. Once again, the big scandals of the past have given way to small annoyances. No trace of these few grievances has emerged for the highlight of this annual meeting of world cinema. Le Figaro summarizes all the prizes awarded at the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival.
Palme d'or - Anatomy of a fall
Ruben Östlund presented the Palme d'Or of the 2023 edition of the festival to Anatomy of a Fall, by Justine Triet. "This is a historic turning point," congratulated Jane Fonda before the announcement of the winner, recalling the record presence of seven female directors in official competition. "We have to make room for young filmmakers," said Justine Triet, after having violently charged the management of the pension reform by the "neoliberal government". She is the third female director, after Jane Campion and Julia Ducournau, to receive the festival's top prize.
Grand Prize - The Zone of Interest
It took Julia Ducournau to announce it, under the auspices of Roger Corman: Jonathan Glazer's The Zone of Interest was awarded the Grand Prix.
Jury Prize - Les Feuilles mortes
The Dead Leaves team by Aki Kaurismäki was rewarded by the jury. "Twist and shout!" said Finnish actress Alma Pöysti, with joy on her lips.
Best Actor - Kōji Yakusho (Perfect Days)
Japanese actor Kōji Yakusho received from Denis Ménochet, the Best Actor Award for his headlining role in Perfect Days, the new Wim Wenders. The actor plays a model and solitary employee composed with meticulous impressionism by Kōji Yakusho.
Best Director Award - Trần Anh Hùng (The Passion of Dodin Bouffant
)The jury singled out Trần Anh Hùng for his staging of Dodin Bouffant's The Passion, the story of a love story in nineteenth-century kitchens.
Best Actress - Merve Dizdar (Les Herbes sèches
)Turkish actress Merve Dizdar, starring in Dry Herbs, by Nuri Bilge Ceylon. In receiving her award, the actress dedicated her award "to women who struggle", mentioning in passing "knowing very well what it is to be a woman from this region of the world". A weight that helped him bring to life his character, an art teacher returned to his native village.
Best Screenplay - Yuji Sakamoto (Monster
)Filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda picked up the screenplay award, in the absence of the winning scriptwriter, Yuji Sakamoto. The story of the film is about a child victim of bullying whose suddenly different behavior suddenly challenges and then worries his mother.
Caméra d'or - The Golden Butterfly Tree
The jury rewarded the "sensory experience" of The Golden Butterfly Tree, the film by Thien Am Pham, Vietnamese director whose third film this is.
Short film - 27
The prize for Best Short Film was awarded to 27, by Flóra Anna Buda, by filmmaker Ildikó Enyedi and actress Stacy Martin. A special mention was given to Fár by Icelandic Gunnur Martinsdóttir Schlüter.
Un Certain Regard - How to Have Sex
How to Have Sex, the first film by British filmmaker Molly Manning Walker, will now be able to give lessons on how to win the Un Certain Regard award. Chaired by John C. Reilly, the jury of the selection crowned this feature film that tells the story of partying, alcohol and, above all, sexual assault. "I wanted to tell this story from a female perspective," said the award-winning director, who is only 29 years old.
Critics' Week - Tiger Stripes
The Critics' Week jury awarded its prize to Tiger Stripes, by Malaysian filmmaker Amanda Nell Eu. The film is about a 12-year-old girl, the first in her class to experience the changes in her teenage body. And to learn a terrible secret. Serious way. The director claimed a film "irreverent and uncompromising".
Queer Palm - Monster
And one more palm in the quiver of the Japanese Hirokazu Kore-eda. Winner of the Jury Prize at the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, in 2013, for Tel père, tel fils; then a Palme d'Or in 2018 for A Family Affair, the filmmaker was awarded this year by the Queer Palm for Monster. The award has been given since 2010 to films for their treatment of LGBT+ subjects.
The Golden Eye - The Daughters of Olfaand The Mother of All Lies
This year, L'Œil d'or has produced two Maghreb family films. The prize for best documentary was awarded by the Civil Society of Multimedia Authors (Scam) ex aequo to Filles d'Olfa, by Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia) and La mère de tous les mensonges, by Asmae El Moudir (Morocco).
International Critics' Award - The Zone of Interest, Les Colons & Levante
The jury of the International Federation of Film Press (Fipresci) crowned its favorite films of the official competition as well as parallel selections of Un Certain Regard and La Semaine de la Critique. The journalists were respectively won over by Jonathan Glazer's The Zone of Interest, Chilean Felipe Galvez's The Colonists, and Brazilian filmmaker Lillah Halla's Levante.
Palme Dog - Messi (Anatomy of a Fall)
)Messi finally rewarded for his work in the cinema! The dog, rather than the footballer, received the canine interpretation award for his role in Justine Triet's latest film. He plays a boarder collie named Snoop, who "impressed the jury during a dramatic scene in which he simulated the disease very convincingly."
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