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The 70th Cannes Film Festival took place from 17 to 28 May 2017, in Cannes, France. [2] Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar was the president of the jury for the main competition.
From 1964 to 1974, the festival temporarily resumed a Grand Prix. [1] In 1975, the Palme d'Or was reintroduced and has since remained the festival's symbol, awarded each year to the director of the winning film, presented in a case of pure red Morocco leather lined with white suede. [1] Palme d'Or awarded to Apocalypse Now at the 1979 Cannes ...
First film to win three awards. Barton Fink in 1991 (Palme d'Or, Best Director and Best Actor). [54] First Latin American to win the Best Actress award. Norma Aleandro (from Argentina) for The Official Story in 1985. [306] First Brazilian to win the Best Actress award. Fernanda Torres for Love Me Forever or Never in 1986. [307] First Korean ...
Payal Kapadia accepted the Grand Prix — the festival’s second-highest award — for “All We Imagine as Light,” the first Indian film selected for competition in 30 years.
An adaptation of the World War 2 novel by Martin Amis (who passed away during the festival), the haunting film depicts the private life of the German commandant (Christian Friedel) responsible for ...
The Short Film Palme d'Or (French: Palme d'Or du court métrage) is the highest prize given to a short film at the Cannes Film Festival. [1] [2] Since the creation of the Cinéfondation section in 1998, a common Official Jury awards the Short Film Palme d'Or as well as the prizes for the three best films of the Cinéfondation.
Cannes seen from Le Suquet. The Cannes Film Festival (/ k æ n /; French: Festival de Cannes [fɛstival də kan]), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (Festival international du film), is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around the world.
The film, which was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival where it won two other awards, follows a department store clerk (Mara) falling for an older, married woman (Blanchett).