From 17th-25th May, the French Riviera sparkled as global stars, industry heavies, events organiser and cinephiles attended the 75th Festival de Cannes . After a cancelled 2020 and reduced 2021 festival, the event was back to its glorified self. Twenty one films competed in the official selection and hundreds of others screening in various other sections as well as market screenings.
Crowds were thrilled with the presence of the likes of Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Kylie Minogue, Marion Cottiard, Lea Sedoux and other talent. Baz Luhmann and Catherine Martin wowed audiences and press with the biopic Elvis. George Miller charmed with his romantic and poetic 3000 Years of Longing. Virginie Efira glowed as mistress of ceremonies for the opening and closing ceremonies.
The strong Algerian presence included director Rachid Bouchareb and actors Reda Kateb, Tahar Rahim, Lyna Koudri, Sami Guesmi, Karim Leklou, Mohamed Mouffok, Abdelkader Hoggui, Kader Mazidi, Théo Cholbi, Omar Boulakerba and Ahmed Benaissa’s who’s profound role in the masterpiece Goutte D’Or and passing on the same day was both shocking and mystical- a powerful, real disappearing act. RIP Ahmed- your brilliant, refined talent and kindness will never be forgotten.
Parties, events, networking, swims, and lots of cinema talk were shared by all and the power of cinema to bring people together and widen perspectives was evident and heart warming. Rendez vous on Lalla TV and Ruby TV for all the interviews, stories, backstage antics and more.
A bientôt! ( ou ‘à rodwa inchallah’ as we say in Algeria!)
Winners
| Feature Films |
| Palme d’or TRIANGLE OF SADNESS directed by Ruben ÖSTLUND Grand Prix (jointly awarded) CLOSE directed by Lukas DHONT STARS AT NOON directed by Claire DENIS Award for Best Director PARK Chan-Wook for HEOJIL KYOLSHIM (DECISION TO LEAVE) Award for Best Screenplay Tarik SALEH for WALAD MIN AL JANNA (BOY FROM HEAVEN) Jury Prize (jointly awarded) EO directed by Jerzy SKOLIMOWSKI LE OTTO MONTAGNE (THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS) directed by Charlotte VANDERMEERSCH & Felix VAN GROENINGEN 75th anniversary Prize TORI ET LOKITA (TORI AND LOKITA) directed by Jean-Pierre & Luc DARDENNE Award for Best Actress Zar AMIR EBRAHIMI in HOLY SPIDER directed by Ali ABBASI Award for Best Actor SONG Kang-ho in BROKER directed by KORE-EDA Hirokazu |
| Short Films |
| Palme d’or HAI BIAN SHENG QI YI ZUO XUAN YA (THE WATER MURMURS) directed by JIANYING CHEN Special Mention LORI (MELANCHOLY OF MY MOTHER’S LULLABIES) directed by Abinash Bikram SHAH |
| Un Certain Regard |
| Un Certain Regard Prize LES PIRES (THE WORST ONES) directed by Lise AKOKA & Romane GUERET Jury Prize JOYLAND directed by Saim SADIQ Best Director Prize Alexandru BELC for METRONOM Best Performance Prize (jointly awarded) Vicky KRIEPS in CORSAGE directed by Marie KREUTZER Adam BESSA in HARKA directed by Lotfy NATHAN Best Screenplay Prize MEDITERRANEAN FEVER directed by Maha HAJ « Coup de cœur » Prize RODEO directed by Lola QUIVORON |
| Caméra d’or |
| WAR PONY directed by Riley KEOUGH and Gina GAMMELL, presented as part of the UN CERTAIN REGARD Official Selection Special Mention PLAN 75 directed by HAYAKAWA Chie |
| La Cinef |
| First Prize IL BARBIERE COMPLOTTISTA (A Conspiracy Man) directed by Valerio FERRARA Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Italie Second Prize DI ER (Somewhere) directed by LI Jiahe Hebei University of Science and Technology School of Film and Television, Chine Joint Third Prize GLORIOUS REVOLUTION directed by Masha NOVIKOVALondon Film School, Royaume Uni LES HUMAINS SONT CONS QUAND ILS S’EMPILENT (Humans Are Dumber When Crammed up Together) directed by Laurène FERNANDEZLa CinéFabrique, France |
| Higher Technical Commission (CST) |
| The CST jury has awarded the CST ARTIST-TECHNICIAN AWARD 2022 to the entire sound crew headed up by Andréas Franck, Bent Holm, Jacob Ilgner and Jonas Rudels for the film TRIANGLE OF SADNESS by Ruben Östlund and the CST Young Film Technician Award to Marion Burger, head set designer for the film UN PETIT FRÈRE (MOTHER AND SON) by Léonor Serraille. |
