Without filter gives a second Palme d’Or to Ruben Östlund

05/28/2022 – CANNES 2022: Prizes also, among others, for Lukas Dhont, Claire Denis, the Dardennes, Jerzy Skolimowski, Felix Van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch, and Tarik Saleh

At the end of an edition where the competition had rarely generated so much uncertainty, with no clear favorites emerging in the media and with a very large number of contenders with fierce supporters and fierce detractors, the jury (chaired by Vincent Lindon) of the competition of the 75th Cannes film festival delivered an expanded list of 10 awards, a sign that Nebula had probably won the deliberations as well. From this deep well emerged the most dazzling light Without filter [+lire aussi :
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The rest of the list is a clever mix of sure values ​​and new faces. On the experienced side stand out the Frenchwoman Claire Dennis with the Grand Prix ex-aequo for Stars at Noon [+lire aussi :
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The rising values, rewarded for their first accession to this level, are the Belgian Lukas Dhont with the Grand Prix ex-aequo for Close [+lire aussi :
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It should be noted that the Camera d’Or crowning the best first feature presented on the Croisette (awarded by a jury chaired by the Spanish actress Rossy de Palma) distinguished war pony Americans Riley Keough and Gina Gammella special mention going to Map 75 [+lire aussi :
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Finally, the Palme d’Or for the short film crowned The Water Murmurs of the Chinese Jianying Chena special mention going to the Nepalese film Lori (Melancholy of My Mother’s Lullabies) of Abinash Bikram Shah.

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Palme d’Or
Without filter [+lire aussi :
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