Thursday, December 5, 2024

Cannes Film Festival Award Winners: Coppola Shunned for Risk Taking $120 Mil “Megalopolis,” Palme d’Or to “Anora,” Jury Prize to “Emilia Perez,” Grand Prize “All We Imagine are Light”

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Cannes Film Festival winners are being announced right now on the Croisette. Keep refreshing…

The Palme D’or has gone to Sean Baker and his “Anora.” Baker, an American who works on a small budget, also directed the much admired “The Florida Project,” “red Rocket,” and “Tangerine.”

The Award for Best Director goes to MIGUEL GOMES for GRAND TOUR.

This means the Cannes jury has shunned Francis Ford Coppola and his $120 million bet, “Megalopolis.” The film still has no US distributor as well. Putting “Megalopolis” into competition was a mistake, of course. Last year, Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” was shown out of competition. Coppola’s legacy, besides his great films, is one of taking huge chances that don’t always work out.

So now what? Coppola will return to the US with a lot of foreign distribution deals but nothing at home, and no awards with which to promote the film. This is going to be tricky. But we always root for him!

The Jury Prize goes to EMILIA PÉREZ by JACQUES AUDIARD.

The Grand Prize goes to ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT by PAYAL KAPADIA.

The Award for Best Actor goes to JESSE PLEMONS in KINDS OF KINDNESS by YÓRGOS LÁNTHIMOS.

FOUR WAY TIE! The Award for Best Actress goes to ADRIANA PAZ, ZOE SALDAÑA, KARLA SOFÍA GASCÓN, SELENA GOMEZ in EMILIA PÉREZ de JACQUES AUDIARD.

The Award for Best Screenplay goes to CORALIE FARGEAT for THE SUBSTANCE.

The Special Award for Best Screenplay goes to THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG by MOHAMMAD RASOULOF

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Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.

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