With the 72nd Cannes Film Festival wrapped up in the beautiful south of France, it's time to see what the jury selected. Their winners were as such...
PALME D'OR
Bong Joon-ho receiving his Palme from Catherine Deneuve
PARASITE (Bong Joon-Ho, South Korea)
Bong Joon-Ho already has major fans all over the world given the success of his Korean pictures like Memories of a Murder, The Host, and his internationally minded films Okja and Snowpiercer. Our favourite by him is definitely the mesmerizing Mother (2009). Can't wait to see this one! More on Parasite...
GRAND PRIX
ATLANTIQUE (Mati Diop, France/Senegal)
Diop, is as we've noted, the first black female director ever selected for the Cannes competition and her film walks away with the Grand Prix. That's quite a debut film experience... More on that film here.
BEST DIRECTOR
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardeen, THE YOUNG AHMED (Belgium) More on that film. The Belgian brothers never leave Cannes without a prize, even if critics consider the film in question a minor work.
JURY PRIZE (TIE)
Often viewed as "third place" but generally a film that is passionately loved by some part of the jury but not a consensus pick.
Ladj Ly receiving his jury prize for LES MISERABLES
LES MISERABLES (Ladj Ly, France). More on that film.
BACURAU (Kleber Mendonça Filho, Brazil). More on that film.
BEST ACTOR
Antonio Banderas, PAIN & GLORY (Spain). More on that film.
BEST ACTRESS
Emily Beecham, LITTLE JOE (UK). More on that film.
BEST SCREENPLAY
Céline Sciamma, PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE (France). More on that film here, which many suspected would win the Palme but it had to settle for Screenplay. We had the pleasure of interviewing Sciamma a few yearsback when My Life as a Zucchini, which she wrote, was up for an Oscar.
SPECIAL MENTION
Elia Suleiman, IT MUST BE HEAVEN
CAMERA D'OR
This prize is decided amongst first films playing in either the Main Competition, Un Certain Regard, or in this case the winner is from Critics Week.
NUESTRAS MADRES (César Díaz, Guatemela)
This film concerns a trial around the civil war and a young anthropologist in search of people who've gone missing, including his own father.
SHORT FILMS COMPETITION
Palme d'Or: THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US AND THE SKY (Vasilis Kekatos, Greece)
Two strangers meet at an old gas station. (This film is now qualified to compete for an Oscar nomination for Live Action Short Film.)
Special Distinction by the Jury: MONSTRUO DIOS (Agustina San Martín, Argentina)
This translates to "Monster God" and the official synopsis is "God is now a power plant. On a misty night cows escape, a child is chosen, and a girl tries to find freedom.
COMMISSION SUPÉRIEURE TECHNIQUE
CST Artist Technician Prize: Flora Volpeliere, editing, and Julien Poupard as set and lighting designer for LES MISERABLES
Special Jury Mention: Claire Mathon, Cinematography for PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
and... Lee Ha-Jun's Art Direction for PARASITE
CINEFONDATION AND UN CERTAIN REGARD WINNERS - PREVIOUSLY COVERED