She was assigned to Anora di Sean Baker the Palme d’Or of the 77th Cannes Film Festival. The jury chaired by Greta Gerwig will decide. “My whole life goal has been to go to Cannes,” the director said as he arrived on the Croisette. Her film is about a New York stripper who goes from the city’s underworld to the luxury villas of Russian oligarchs. A real success for an independent director like him, who blossomed late.
The Camera d’or for the best first work of the entire Festival selection was won by Armand by Halfdan Ullmann Tondel. The jury chaired by Emmanuelle Béart and Baloji assigned it. The award for Best Screenplay, awarded by the jury chaired by Greta Gerwig, was won by The Substance by Coralie Fargeat.
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Four performers then won the award for best actress. It’s about Adriana Paz, Zoe Saldana, Karla Sofia Gascon and Selena Gomez, all for the film Emilia Perez by Jacques Audiard. While the award for best actor was won by Jesse Plemons for Kinds of kindness by Yorgos Lanthimos. The special prize went to the film The seed of the sacred fig by Mohammad Rasoulof; the award for best director to Miguel Gomes for Grand tour; the jury prize goes to Emilia Perez by Jacques Audiard. Finally, the Grand Prix was won by All we imagine as light by Payal Kapadia.
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