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American filmmaker Sean Baker won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the comedy-drama film Anora. [ 5 ] The official poster for the festival featuring a still image from the movie Rhapsody in August (1991) by Akira Kurosawa , selected for the 1991 edition , was designed by Hartland Villa.
Anora premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 21, 2024, [25] [26] and won the festival's Palme d'Or on May 25. [27] It earned a 10-minute standing ovation at the end of its screening. [ 28 ] It became the fifth consecutive Palme d'Or winner distributed by Neon in the United States, [ 29 ] and the first American-produced film to win the ...
The Palme d'Or (French pronunciation: [palm(ə) dɔʁ]; English: Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded to the director of the Best Feature Film of the Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival. [1]
CANNES — Nine years after being named one of Variety’s Directors to Watch, Sean Baker won the Palme d’Or for “Anora,” a rowdy whirlwind romance between an exotic dancer (Mikey Madison ...
Sean Baker's “Anora,” a comic but devastating Brooklyn odyssey about a sex worker who marries the son of a wealthy Russian oligarch, won the Cannes Film Festival's top award, the Palme d'Or.
Mohammad Rasoulof’s ‘Seed of the Sacred Fig’ Shakes Up Cannes With 2024 Record 12-Minute Standing Ovation, Becoming Palme d’Or Frontrunner Ramin Setoodeh and Ellise Shafer May 24, 2024 at ...
The 77th Cannes Film Festival draws to a close Saturday with the presentation of its top award, the Palme d'Or, along with an honorary tribute for George Lucas.. The closing ceremony is set to begin at 6:45 p.m. local time, 12:45 p.m. U.S. Eastern time.
Meryl Streep will receive the honorary Palme d’Or on the opening night of the 77th edition of Cannes Film Festival, Variety has learned. Luring the Oscar winner is yet another feat for this ...