Cannes Film Festival 2024 winners: See full list

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Cannes Film Festival 2024 winners: See full list

With 22 films in the pipeline this year, the 2024 Cannes Film Festival’s highly regarded competition is said to offer an early taste of this year’s Oscar contenders, as well as a glimpse at how the Industry insiders around the world look at the work of their peers.

This year also marked the first time an American female director led the competition jury: Barbie manager Greta Gerwig is its president, so there’s an argument to be made that the winners of the authoritative competition, announced at a ceremony Saturday evening, May 25, reflect where the artist got his picture. enjoy seeing the wind blow.

As the jury emerged from its mansion on Saturday, led by Gerwig, one red carpet commentator mused about the voting body’s sometimes contentious deliberations. “Sometimes they argue for hours,” one person said. But this time, the closing ceremony of the 11-day festival started relatively on schedule and announced the winners of the coveted prizes.

Perhaps the biggest surprise of the night, the Best Actress award was shared between four stars of the show. Jacques Auditorium‘S Emilia Perez, Adriana Paz, Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofia GasconAnd Selena Gomez. In other surprising news, Seeds of the Holy Fig Treewas nominated for a special jury award for best screenplay, likely with a nod from the Iranian writer/director by Mohammad Rasoulof escaped arrest in his home country after years of criticizing the country’s government. The night’s biggest award, the Palme d’Or, went to the film that caused the most buzz at the festival: Anoraa film set in New York from Sean Baker about a prostitute in Brooklyn (Mikey Madison), the person involved in the relationship with the customer.