Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films o ...
took place from 6 to 17 July 2021, after having been originally scheduled from 11 to 22 May 2021. American director
Spike Lee
Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, has produced more than 35 films since 1983. He made his directorial debut ...
was invited to be the head of the jury for the festival for a second time, after the
COVID-19 pandemic in France
The COVID-19 pandemic in France has resulted in confirmed cases of COVID-19 and deaths.
The virus was confirmed to have reached France on 24 January 2020, when the first COVID-19 case in both Europe and France was identified in Bordeaux. Th ...
scuttled plans to have him head the jury of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival.
The Official Selection was announced on 3 June 2021. French film director
Leos Carax
Alex Christophe Dupont (born 22 November 1960), best known as Leos Carax (), is a French film director, critic and writer. Carax is noted for his poetic style and his tortured depictions of love. His first major work was ''Boy Meets Girl (1984 f ...
's musical film ''
Annette Annette may refer to:
Film and television
* '' Walt Disney Presents: Annette'', 1950s television series
* ''Annette'' (film), a 2021 musical film
Other
* Annette (given name), list of people with the name
* Annette Island, Alaska
* Tropical Stor ...
Un Certain Regard
(, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob.
The section presents 20 films w ...
section. The
Honorary Palme d'Or
The Palme d'Or (; en, Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festival's highest prize was the Grand Prix du Fe ...
was awarded to American actress and filmmaker
Jodie Foster
Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress and filmmaker. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and the ho ...
, and Italian filmmaker
Marco Bellocchio
Marco Bellocchio (; born 9 November 1939) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor.
Life and career
Born in Bobbio, near Piacenza, Marco Bellocchio had a strict Catholic upbringing – his father was a lawyer, his mother a schoolt ...
.
The
Palme d'Or
The Palme d'Or (; en, Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festival's highest prize was the Grand Prix du Fe ...
went to ''
Titane
''Titane'' (, "Titanium") is a 2021 body horror drama film, drama film written and directed by Julia Ducournau. The French-Belgian co-production stars Agathe Rousselle in her feature film debut as Alexia, a woman who, after being injured in a ...
'', directed by
Julia Ducournau
Julia Ducournau (; born 18 November 1983) is a French film director and screenwriter. She made her feature film debut in 2016 with ''Raw (film), Raw''. At the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, she won the Palme d'Or for her film ''Titane'', which made he ...
, who became the second female director to win the award and the first to win not jointly with another director (in 1993
Jane Campion
Dame Elizabeth Jane Campion (born 30 April 1954) is a New Zealand filmmaker. She is best known for writing and directing the critically acclaimed films ''The Piano'' (1993) and '' The Power of the Dog'' (2021), for which she has received a tot ...
had won jointly with
Chen Kaige
Chen Kaige (; born 12 August 1952) is a Chinese film director and a leading figure of the fifth generation of Chinese cinema.Berry, Michael (2002). "Chen Kaige: Historical Revolution and Cinematic Rebellion" in Speaking in Images: Interviews wit ...
). At the awards ceremony on 17 July 2021, jury head Spike Lee made a gaffe by accidentally announcing the festival's top prize winner at the start of the night instead of the end.
Mistress of ceremonies was the actress
Doria Tillier
Doria Tillier (born 27 March 1986) is a French actress.
Life and career
She was born to a mathematician father and a mother who restores paintings, and she was a student in one of the oldest and most prestigious French high schools, Lycée Condo ...
.
Juries
Main competition
*
Spike Lee
Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, has produced more than 35 films since 1983. He made his directorial debut ...
, American director, Jury President
*
Mati Diop
Mati Diop (born 22 June 1982) is a French-Senegalese filmmaker and actress who starred in the 2008 film '' 35 Shots of Rum''. She also directed the 2019 film '' Atlantics'', for which she became the first black female director to be in contentio ...
, French-Senegalese director and actress
*
Mylène Farmer
Mylène Jeanne Gautier (; born 12 September 1961), known professionally as Mylène Farmer (), is a Canadian-born French singer, songwriter, occasional actress, writer, and entrepreneur. Having sold more than 30 million records in France, she is ...
, Canadian-French singer and songwriter
*
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Margalit Ruth "Maggie" Gyllenhaal (; born November 16, 1977) is an American actress and filmmaker. Part of the Gyllenhaal family, she is the daughter of filmmakers Stephen Gyllenhaal and Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal, Naomi Achs, and the older sister o ...
, American actress, director, and producer
*
Jessica Hausner
Jessica Hausner (born 6 October 1972) is an Austrian film director and screenwriter. She received international attention in 2001 when her film ''Lovely Rita'', a portrait of a young girl who feels confined by family constraints, was screened i ...
, Austrian director and screenwriter
*
Mélanie Laurent
Mélanie Laurent (; born 21 February 1983) is a French actress, filmmaker, and singer. The recipient of two César Awards and a Lumières Award, she is an accomplished actress in the French film industry. Globally, she is best known for her rol ...
, French actress and director
*
Kleber Mendonça Filho
Kleber Mendonça Filho (; born 3 November 1968) is a Brazilian film director, screenwriter, producer, and critic.
Life and career
With a degree in journalism from the Federal University of Pernambuco, Kleber Mendonça Filho began his career as ...
, Brazilian director, film programmer, and critic
*
Tahar Rahim
Tahar Rahim (born 4 July 1981) is a Franco-Algerian actor. He is known for his starring role as Malik El Djebena in the 2009 award-winning French movie '' A Prophet'' by Jacques Audiard, FBI Agent Ali Soufan in '' The Looming Tower'', Judas in ...
, French actor
*
Song Kang-ho
Song Kang-ho (born January 17, 1967) is a South Korean actor. Song made his film debut in '' The Day a Pig Fell into the Well'' (1996), and came to national prominence with a series of critically acclaimed performances, including ''No. 3'' (1997 ...
, South Korean actor
Un Certain Regard
*
Andrea Arnold
Andrea Arnold, OBE (born 5 April 1961) is an English filmmaker and former actor. She won an Academy Award for her short film ''Wasp'' in 2005. Her feature films include ''Red Road'' (2006), ''Fish Tank'' (2009), and ''American Honey'' (2016), ...
, British director, Jury President
*
Daniel Burman
Daniel Burman (born 29 August 1973, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine film director, screenplay writer, and producer.
According to film critic Joel Poblete, who writes for ''Mabuse'', a cinema magazine, Daniel Burman is one of the members of the ...
, Argentine director
*Michael Angelo Covino, American director and actor
*
Mounia Meddour
Mounia Meddour (born 15 May 1978) is a Franco-Algerian film director.
Biography
Meddour's father is the Algerian director Azzedine Meddour and her mother comes from Russia. She studied in a journalism school, then trained in cinema and audiovi ...
, Algerian director
*
Elsa Zylberstein
Elsa Zylberstein (born Elsa Florence Zylbersztejn, 16 October 1968) is a French film, TV, and stage actress. After studying drama, Zylberstein began her film career in 1989, and has appeared in more than 60 films. She won the César Award for Be ...
, French actress
Caméra d'or
*
Mélanie Thierry
Mélanie Thierry is a French actress.
Early life and career
Mélanie Thierry began her career as a model in France, then moved into acting. She began with a series of roles in French productions, and at the age of 17 appeared in the internationa ...
, French actress, Jury President
*Audrey Abiven, French director of Tri Track (post-synchronization company)
*
Éric Caravaca
Éric Caravaca (born 21 November 1966) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter.Sameh Alaa, Egyptian director
*
Kaouther Ben Hania
Kaouther Ben Hania ( ar , كوثر بن هنية; born 1977) is a Tunisian film director. '' Beauty and the Dogs'' (2017), her best-known film, was selected as the Tunisian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards. He ...
, Tunisian director
*Carlos Muguiro, Spanish director
*
Tuva Novotny
Tuva Moa Matilda Karolina Novotny Hedström (born 21 December 1979) is a Swedish actress, director, and singer.
She was born in Stockholm, and was raised in Åmot, Brunskog, outside Arvika. She is the daughter of Czech film director David Ja ...
, Swedish director and actress
*Nicolas Pariser, French director
* Alice Winocour, French director
Independent juries
International Critics' Week
*
Cristian Mungiu
Cristian Mungiu (; born 27 April 1968) is a Romanian filmmaker. He won the Palme d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival for his film ''4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days'', which he wrote and directed. He has also won the awards for Best Screenplay an ...
, Romanian director and screenwriter, Jury President
*Didar Domehri, French producer
*
Camélia Jordana
Camélia Jordana Aliouane (born 15 September 1992) is a French-Algerian pop singer. She rose to fame after participating in the television show ''Nouvelle Star'', the French version of ''Pop Idol'', in 2009, where she came in third.
Life and ca ...
, French actress, composer and singer
*Michel Merkt, Swiss producer
*Karel Och, Czech artistic director of the
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ( cs, Mezinárodní filmový festival Karlovy Vary) is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival is one of the oldest in the world and has become ...
L'Œil d'or
*
Ezra Edelman
Ezra Benjamin Edelman (born August 6, 1974) is an American documentary producer and director. He won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming for directing ' ...
, American director, Jury President
*
Julie Bertuccelli
Julie Mathilde Charlotte Claire Bertuccelli is a French director born February 12, 1968, in Boulogne-Billancourt.
She is particularly known for her documentary La Cour de Babel released in 2014 and the feature film The Tree (2010 film), L'Arbre ...
, French director
*Iris Brey, French journalist, author and critic
*
Déborah François
Déborah François (; born 24 May 1987) is a Belgian actress. She is best known for her starring role in the Palme d'Or-winning film, '' The Child'' (2005), directed by the Dardenne brothers. In 2009, she won a César Award for Most Promising ...
, Belgian actress
* Orwa Nyrabia, Syrian director, producer and artistic director of the
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) is the world's largest documentary film festival held annually since 1988 in Amsterdam. Over a period of twelve days, it has screened more than 300 films and sold more than 250,000 tic ...
Queer Palm
*
Nicolas Maury
Nicolas Maury (born 14 October 1980 in Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, Haute-Vienne) is a French actor and filmmaker. He is most noted for his regular role as Hervé in the television series ''Call My Agent! (Dix pour cent)'', and his directorial debut fi ...
, French actor and director, Jury President
* Josza Anjembe, French director, screenwriter and journalist
*
Roxane Mesquida
Roxane Mesquida (born 1 October 1981) is a French-American actress and model based in Los Angeles.
Mesquida grew up in Le Pradet, a little town located in southern France. Her mother, writer Françoise Mesquida, is French/Spanish and her father ...
, French actress
*Vahram Muratyan, French artist and graphic designer
*Aloïse Sauvage, French actress and singer
Official selection
In competition
The following films were selected to compete for the
Palme d'Or
The Palme d'Or (; en, Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festival's highest prize was the Grand Prix du Fe ...
:
:(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected to compete in the ''
Un Certain Regard
(, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob.
The section presents 20 films w ...
'' section:
:(CdO) indicates film eligible for the
Caméra d'Or
The Caméra d'Or ("''Golden Camera''") is an award of the Cannes Film Festival for the best first feature film presented in one of the Cannes' selections (Official Selection, Directors' Fortnight
The Directors' Fortnight (french: Quinzaine des ...
as a feature directorial debut.
:(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
Out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
Cannes Premiere
The following films were selected to be screened in the ''Cannes Premiere'' section:
:(CdO) indicates film eligible for the
Caméra d'Or
The Caméra d'Or ("''Golden Camera''") is an award of the Cannes Film Festival for the best first feature film presented in one of the Cannes' selections (Official Selection, Directors' Fortnight
The Directors' Fortnight (french: Quinzaine des ...
as a feature directorial debut.
Special Screenings
:(CdO) indicates film eligible for the
Caméra d'Or
The Caméra d'Or ("''Golden Camera''") is an award of the Cannes Film Festival for the best first feature film presented in one of the Cannes' selections (Official Selection, Directors' Fortnight
The Directors' Fortnight (french: Quinzaine des ...
as a feature directorial debut.
Cinema for the Climate
Ephemeral section of films about environment:
Short films
Out of 3,739 entries, the following films were selected to compete for the Short Film Palme d'Or.
:(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
Cinéfondation
The
Cinéfondation
La ''Cinéfondation'' is a foundation under the aegis of the Cannes Film Festival, created to inspire and support the next generation of international filmmakers.
It was created in 1998 by Gilles Jacob. Since then it has developed complementary ...
section focuses on films made by students at film schools. The following 17 entries (13 live-action and 4 animated films) were selected out of 1,835 submissions. Four of the films selected represent schools participating in Cinéfondation for the first time.
:(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
Cannes Classics
The full line-up for the Cannes Classics section was announced on 22 June 2021.
Restorations
Documentaries
Cinéma de la plage
The following films have been selected to be screened out of competition, in the "Cinéma de la plage" section.
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following films were selected to be screened in the
International Critics' Week
The International Critics' Week (french: Semaine de la Critique) was founded in 1962 and is organized by the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics. It was created following the showing of '' The Connection'' directed by Shirley Clarke which had been ...
.
Features
:(CdO) indicates film eligible for the
Caméra d'Or
The Caméra d'Or ("''Golden Camera''") is an award of the Cannes Film Festival for the best first feature film presented in one of the Cannes' selections (Official Selection, Directors' Fortnight
The Directors' Fortnight (french: Quinzaine des ...
as a feature directorial debut.
Short films
:(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
Special screenings
:(CdO) indicates film eligible for the
Caméra d'Or
The Caméra d'Or ("''Golden Camera''") is an award of the Cannes Film Festival for the best first feature film presented in one of the Cannes' selections (Official Selection, Directors' Fortnight
The Directors' Fortnight (french: Quinzaine des ...
as a feature directorial debut.
:(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
Invitation
Films from
Morelia International Film Festival
The Morelia International Film Festival (''Spanish'': ''Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia''; FICM) was founded in 2003 in the city of Morelia, Michoacán, México. It is an annual event that takes place during the second week of October.
F ...
:
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were selected to be screened in the
Directors' Fortnight
The Directors' Fortnight (french: Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) is an independent selection of the Cannes Film Festival. It was started in 1969 by the French Directors Guild after the events of May 1968 resulted in cancellation of the Cannes festiv ...
section:
Features
:(CdO) indicates film eligible for the
Caméra d'Or
The Caméra d'Or ("''Golden Camera''") is an award of the Cannes Film Festival for the best first feature film presented in one of the Cannes' selections (Official Selection, Directors' Fortnight
The Directors' Fortnight (french: Quinzaine des ...
as a feature directorial debut.
:(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
Special screenings
Short and medium-length films
:(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
Awards
Official awards
In Competition
The following awards were presented for films shown In Competition:
*
Palme d'Or
The Palme d'Or (; en, Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festival's highest prize was the Grand Prix du Fe ...
: ''
Titane
''Titane'' (, "Titanium") is a 2021 body horror drama film, drama film written and directed by Julia Ducournau. The French-Belgian co-production stars Agathe Rousselle in her feature film debut as Alexia, a woman who, after being injured in a ...
'' by
Julia Ducournau
Julia Ducournau (; born 18 November 1983) is a French film director and screenwriter. She made her feature film debut in 2016 with ''Raw (film), Raw''. At the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, she won the Palme d'Or for her film ''Titane'', which made he ...
*
Grand Prix
Grand Prix ( , meaning ''Grand Prize''; plural Grands Prix), is a name sometimes used for competitions or sport events, alluding to the winner receiving a prize, trophy or honour
Grand Prix or grand prix may refer to:
Arts and entertainment ...
:
** ''
A Hero
''A Hero'' ( fa, قهرمان, Qahremaan) is a 2021 drama film written and directed by Asghar Farhadi. Starring Amir Jadidi, Mohsen Tanabandeh and Sahar Goldoost. In June 2021, the film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or. At the 2021 Can ...
'' by
Asghar Farhadi
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Best Director Best Director is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards. It may refer to:
Film awards
* AACTA Award for Best Direction
* Academy Award for Best Director
* BA ...
:
Leos Carax
Alex Christophe Dupont (born 22 November 1960), best known as Leos Carax (), is a French film director, critic and writer. Carax is noted for his poetic style and his tortured depictions of love. His first major work was ''Boy Meets Girl (1984 f ...
for ''
Annette Annette may refer to:
Film and television
* '' Walt Disney Presents: Annette'', 1950s television series
* ''Annette'' (film), a 2021 musical film
Other
* Annette (given name), list of people with the name
* Annette Island, Alaska
* Tropical Stor ...
''
*
Best Actress
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Caleb Landry Jones
Caleb Landry Jones (born December 7, 1989) is an American actor and musician, known for his roles as Banshee in '' X-Men: First Class'', Jeremy Armitage in '' Get Out'', Red Welby in ''Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'', Ty Carter in '' T ...
for ''
Nitram
''Nitram'' is a 2021 Australian biographical film, biographical psychological drama film directed by Justin Kurzel from a screenplay by Shaun Grant. The film revolves around the life and behaviors of a mentally distressed young man called "Nitr ...
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. An alumnus of the University of Tokyo and the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, he started getting attention in his home country with the graduate film ''Passion'' (2008).
Hamaguc ...
Jury Prize
A jury is a sworn body of people (jurors) convened to hear evidence and render an impartial verdict (a finding of fact on a question) officially submitted to them by a court, or to set a penalty or judgment.
Juries developed in England duri ...
Nadav Lapid
Nadav Lapid () is an Israeli screenwriter and film director. Film critics consider him to be among the most internationally acclaimed filmmakers from Israel.
Biography
Lapid was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to a family of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. ...
** ''
Memoria
Memoria was the term for aspects involving memory in Western classical rhetoric. The word is Latin, and can be translated as "memory".
It was one of five canons in classical rhetoric (the others being inventio, dispositio, elocutio, and pronunt ...
'' by
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Apichatpong Weerasethakul ( th, อภิชาติพงศ์ วีระเศรษฐกุล; ; ) is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Working outside the strict confines of the Thai film studio system ...
Un Certain Regard
* Un Certain Regard Award: '' Unclenching the Fists'' by Kira Kovalenko
* Un Certain Regard Jury Prize: '' Great Freedom'' by Sebastian Meise
* Un Certain Regard Ensemble Prize: '' Bonne mère'' by Hafsia Herzi
* Un Certain Regard Prize of Courage: '' La Civil'' by Teodora Mihai
* Un Certain Regard Prize of Originality: ''
Lamb
Lamb or The Lamb may refer to:
* A young sheep
* Lamb and mutton, the meat of sheep
Arts and media Film, television, and theatre
* ''The Lamb'' (1915 film), a silent film starring Douglas Fairbanks Sr. in his screen debut
* ''The Lamb'' (1918 ...
'' by Valdimar Jóhannsson
* Un Certain Regard Special Mention: '' Prayers for the Stolen'' by
Tatiana Huezo
Tatiana Huezo Sánchez (; born 9 January 1972) is a film director of Salvadoran and Mexican nationality, residing in Mexico. Her first film, ' (2011), a documentary about the Salvadoran Civil War, has been awarded internationally. In 2016 she p ...
Golden Camera
*
Caméra d'Or
The Caméra d'Or ("''Golden Camera''") is an award of the Cannes Film Festival for the best first feature film presented in one of the Cannes' selections (Official Selection, Directors' Fortnight
The Directors' Fortnight (french: Quinzaine des ...
: ''
Murina
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Taxonomy
Species list based on American Society of Mammalogists and ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) is an Am ...
* Short Film Palme d'Or: ''All the Crows in the World'' by Tang Yi
* Special Mention: ''August Sky'' by Jasmin Tenucci
Cinéfondation
* First Prize: ''The Salamander Child'' by Théo Degen
* Second Prize: ''Cicada'' by Yoon Daewoen
* Third Prize:
** ''Love Stories on the Move'' by Carina-Gabriela Daşoveanu
** ''Cantareira'' by Rodrigo Ribeyro
Honorary Palme d'Or
*
Honorary Palme d'Or
The Palme d'Or (; en, Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festival's highest prize was the Grand Prix du Fe ...
:
Jodie Foster
Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress and filmmaker. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and the ho ...
and
Marco Bellocchio
Marco Bellocchio (; born 9 November 1939) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor.
Life and career
Born in Bobbio, near Piacenza, Marco Bellocchio had a strict Catholic upbringing – his father was a lawyer, his mother a schoolt ...
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. An alumnus of the University of Tokyo and the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, he started getting attention in his home country with the graduate film ''Passion'' (2008).
Hamaguc ...
* Un Certain Regard: ''
Playground
A playground, playpark, or play area is a place designed to provide an environment for children that facilitates play, typically outdoors. While a playground is usually designed for children, some are designed for other age groups, or people ...
'' by
Laura Wandel
Laura Wandel is a Belgian film director and screenwriter.
She made her feature-length debut in 2021 with ''Playground'', a drama film following the life of a seven-year-old girl dealing with the children's and adult's worlds. ''Playground'' pre ...
* Parallel section: ''
Feathers
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Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
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Ryusuke Hamaguchi
is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. An alumnus of the University of Tokyo and the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, he started getting attention in his home country with the graduate film ''Passion'' (2008).
Hamaguc ...
Feathers
Feathers are epidermal growths that form a distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on both avian (bird) and some non-avian dinosaurs and other archosaurs. They are the most complex integumentary structures found in vertebrates and a premier ...
'' by Omar El Zohairy
* Leitz Cine Discovery Prize for Short Film: ''Lili Alone'' by Zou Jing
* Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award: Sandra Melissa Torres for '' Amparo''
Directors' Fortnight
* Europa Cinemas Label Award for Best European Film: ''A Chiara'' by
Jonas Carpignano
Jonas Carpignano (; born January 16, 1984) is an Italian-American film director. He is known for the films '' Mediterranea'', '' A Ciambra'', and '' A Chiara''.
Early life and career
Carpignano was born in The Bronx, New York City on January 16, ...
* SACD Award for Best French-language Film: ''Magnetic Beats'' by Vincent Maël Cardona
* Carrosse d'Or:
Frederick Wiseman
Frederick Wiseman (born January 1, 1930) is an American filmmaker, documentarian, and theater director. His work is "devoted primarily to exploring American institutions". He has been called "one of the most important and original filmmakers wor ...
L'Œil d'or
*
L'Œil d'or
''L'Œil d'or, le prix du documentaire'' — Cannes (, "The Golden Eye, The Documentary Prize — Cannes") is a documentary film award created in 2015. It is awarded to the best documentary presented in one of the sections of the Cannes Film Festi ...
: ''
A Night of Knowing Nothing
''A Night of Knowing Nothing'' is a documentary film, directed by Payal Kapadia and released in 2021. An exploration of university student life in India, the film centres on letters written by L., a student at the Film and Television Institute ...
Catherine Corsini
Catherine Corsini (born 18 May 1956) is a French film director, screenwriter and actress. Her film ''Replay (2001 film), Replay'' was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Her 2012 film ''Three Worlds (film), Three Worlds'' competed in the ...
Prix François Chalais
*
François Chalais Prize
The François Chalais Prize (French: ''Prix François Chalais'') is awarded at two main events, the Cannes Film Festival (since 1997) and the Young Reporters' Awards (since 1999). It was created to pay tribute to French journalist and film histori ...
: ''
A Hero
''A Hero'' ( fa, قهرمان, Qahremaan) is a 2021 drama film written and directed by Asghar Farhadi. Starring Amir Jadidi, Mohsen Tanabandeh and Sahar Goldoost. In June 2021, the film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or. At the 2021 Can ...
'' by
Asghar Farhadi
Asghar Farhadi ( fa, اصغر فرهادی, ; born 7 May 1972)Soureh Movie Database
* Special Mention: ''
Freda Freda may refer to:
* Frida (given name), also spelled ''Freda''
* Freda (surname)
* Freda (character) from The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
* Ford Freda, a motor vehicle introduced in the Japanese market in 1995
* Freda Sandstone, a member of t ...
Ron Mael
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Russell Mael
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Annette Annette may refer to:
Film and television
* '' Walt Disney Presents: Annette'', 1950s television series
* ''Annette'' (film), a 2021 musical film
Other
* Annette (given name), list of people with the name
* Annette Island, Alaska
* Tropical Stor ...
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Rone
Rone is the pseudonym of Tyrone Wright (born 1980), an internationally renowned street artist based in Melbourne, Australia.
History
Rone grew up in the city of Geelong, Victoria, before moving to Melbourne in 2001. In 2002, he started dec ...
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Paris, 13th District
''Paris, 13th District'' (french: Les Olympiades) is a 2021 French drama film directed by Jacques Audiard, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Céline Sciamma and Léa Mysius, loosely based on the short comic stories ''Amber Sweet'' and ''Kill ...
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Palm Dog Award
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The Souvenir Part II
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Jessie Buckley
Jessie Buckley (born 28 December 1989) is an Irish actress and singer. The recipient of a Laurence Olivier Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and three BAFTA Awards, she was listed at number 38 on ''The Irish Times'' list of ...
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Kingsley Ben-Adir
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CNC
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Development Support for Best Project in La Résidence
* Saleh Kashefi for the project "Mammad"
* Inbar Horesh for the project "Birth Right"
2021
File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...