The winners of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival have been announced following a lavish closing ceremony on Saturday evening in the south of France. Taking the top prize, the Palme d’Or in the official selection was Titane, the latest film from Julia Ducournau. The film has been picked up for distribution by Film4 and Altitude later this year.
Picking up the Grand Prix was Ashgar Farhadi’s latest, Ghahreman (A Hero), while Le Caraz picked up Best Director for the big Cannes 2021 opener, musical Annette.
The other winners were as follows.
Palme d’or
TITANE directed by Julia DUCOURNAU
Grand Prix (ex aequo)
GHAHREMAN (A Hero) directed by Asghar FARHADI
HYTTI N°6 (Compartment N°6) directed by Juho KUOSMANEN
Best Director
Leos CARAX for ANNETTE
Best Screenplay
HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke & TAKAMASA Oe for DRIVE MY CAR
Jury Prize (ex aequo)
MEMORIA directed by Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL
HA’BERECH (Ahed’s Knee) directed by Nadav LAPID
Best Performance by an Actress
Renate REINSVE in VERDENS VERSTE MENNESKE (The Worst Person in the World)
directed by Joachim TRIER
Best Performance by an Actor
Caleb LANDRY JONES in NITRAM
directed by Justin KURZEL
SHORT FILMS
Palme d’or
TIAN XIA WU YA (All the Crows in the World) directed by TANG Yi
Special Mention
CÉU DE AGOSTO (August Sky) directed by Jasmin TENUCCI
CAMERA D’OR
MURINA directed by Antoneta ALAMAT KUSIJANOVI? unveiled in the frame of LA QUINZAINE DES RÉALISATEURS
HIGHER TECHNICAL COMMISSION(CST)
CST Award for Technical Artistry
Vladislav OPELIANTS (Russia), Chief Director of Photography, PETROV’S FLU by Kirill SEREBRENNIKOV
CST Young Film Technician Award
Armance DURIX, Head Sound Engineer, MI IUBITA, MON AMOUR by Noémie MERLANY
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