Thanks in large part to its elegant French setting the Cannes Film Festival is easily the fanciest event in all the land. Like other galas and affairs some of Hollywood’s biggest stars grace the festival to watch and promote some of the hot ticket films of the year. Some of those films just got a lot hotter now that the winners of the festival have been announced, with names like Joaquin Phoenix, Sofia Coppola and Diane Kruger walking away with top honors. Coppola’s win is even sweeter now that she’s the second woman in the festival’s 70-year history to take home Best Director (with Taylor Sheridan taking the award in the Un Certain Regard category for WIND RIVER).
Here is the full list!
2017 Main Competition Winners:
Palme d’Or: THE SQUARE
Gran Prix: 120 BEATS PER MINUTE
Jury Prize: LOVELESS
Best Director: Sofia Coppola, THE BEGUILED
Best Actor: Joaquin Phoenix, YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE
Best Actress: Diane Kruger, IN THE FADE
Best Screenplay (TIE): Lynn Ramsay – YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE; Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthymis Filippou, THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER
Camera d’Or: Léonor Sérraille – JEUNE FEMME
2017 Un Certain Regard winners:
Un Certain Regard Prize: Mohammad Rasoulof – A MAN OF INTEGRITY
Best Actress: Jasmine Trinca – FORTUNATA
Best Poetic Narrative: Mathieu Amalric – BARBARA
Best Direction: Taylor Sheridan – WIND RIVER
Jury Prize: Michel Franco – APRIL'S DAUGHTER
Congrats to all the winners, and if we weren't already anxious to see your movies you better believe we are now.
THE BEGUILED arrives June 23, and WIND RIVER follows on August 4.