Kani Kusruti, Chhaya Kadam, Payal Kapadia and Divya Prabha pose with the Grand Prix Award for ‘All We Imagine As Light’ at the Palme d’Or winners photocall at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France on May 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: Pascal Le Segretain
The winners of the 77th Cannes Film Festival were announced on Saturday, selected by a jury headed by director Greta Gerwig. Sean Baker’s performance at the event Anora Beating tough competition from Payal Kapadia to win the prestigious Palme d’Or award We all imagine ourselves as light and Mohammed Rasoulof seed of the sacred figThey both received the Grand Prix and Special Prix awards, respectively.
Kapadia’s film was the first Indian film to participate in the main competition at Cannes in 30 years. Malayalam director Shaji N Karun’s 1994 classic film based on rural background Swaham It was the last film from India to compete for the Palme d’Or. The only Indian film to have won the Palme d’Or – then known as the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film – is by Chetan Anand. low town (1946). Mrinal Sen’s drama based on a domestic maid dismissed Won the Jury Prize in 1983.
The jury for the 77th Cannes was chaired by barbie Directed by Greta Gerwig and starring such notables as Lily Gladstone, Hirokazu Koreeda, Eva Green, Omar Sy, Ebru Ceylan and others.
(L-R) Jury members Pierfrancesco Favino, Nadine Labaki, Lily Gladstone, Jury President Greta Gerwig, members Juan Antonio Bayona, Eva Green, Omar Sy, Ebru Ceylan and Hirokazu Kore-eda attend the red carpet at the closing ceremony of the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France on May 25, 2024. | Photo credit: Andreas Rentz
The complete list of winners is as follows:
Competition
Palme d’Or , AnoraSean Baker
Grand Prix , We all imagine ourselves as lightPayal Kapadia
Jury Prize , Emilia Perez
Special Awards – Mohammed Rasoulof, seed of the sacred fig
best Actor — Jesse Plemons, Types of kindness
best Actress – Group of Emilia PerezCarla Sofia Gascon, Zoe Saldana, Selena Gomez and Adriana Paz
Best Director – Miguel Gomes, Grand Tour
Best Screenplay — Coralie Fargeat,Substance
Best First Feature (Camera d’Or) , ArmandHalfdan Ulmann Tondel
Other awards
Camera d’Or Special Mention , mongrelChiang Wei Liang, Yu Qiao Yin
Short Film Palme d’Or , The Man Who Couldn’t Keep SilentNebojsa Sljepcevic
Short Film Special Mention , bad for a momentDaniel Soares
Golden Eye Documentary Award , Ernest Cole: Lost and Found And Brink of dreams
Queer Palm , Three kilometers from the end of the world
Palme Dog – Cody, Palm Dog
Fipresci Prize (competition) , seed of the sacred figmohammed rasoulof
FIPRESCI AWARD (UNITED NATIONS AWARD) , The Story of Suleimanboris lozhkin
Fipresci Prize (parallel section) , Namibia Desertyoko yamanaka
The uncertain honour of the United Nations
United Nations Definitive Honour Award , black DogGuan Hu
Jury Prize , The Story of Suleimanboris lozhkin
Best Director Award – (ex aquo) DamnedRoberto Minervini; On becoming a guinea fowlRungano Nyoni
Performance Awards , shamelessAnasuya Sengupta; The Story of SuleimanAbu Sangar
Youth Awards , Holy cow! (Vint Dierks)Louise Courvoisier
Special mention , NoraTawfiq Alzaidi
Directors’ Fortnight
Europa Cinemas Label , ReverseJonas Trueba
Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers Award , this life of mineSophie Fillières
Viewers’ Choice Awards , Global LanguageMatthew Rankin
Critics’ Week
Grand Prize , Simon of the MountainFederico Luis
French Touch Awards , Blue Sun PalaceConstance Tsang
Gan Foundation Award for Distribution – Journal2Fest, Julie stays quiet
Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award – Ricardo Teodoro, Child
Leitz Cine Discovery Award (Short Film) , Guille SellaMontsouris Park
