Awards night at the 74th Cannes Film Festival was special with so many of the top prizes going to women. Women constituted the majority of the feature film competition jury- five out of nine - for the first time in the festival's history.
Feature Films
PALME D'OR
TITANE
Julia DUCOURNAU
HONORARY PALME D'OR
JODIE FOSTER
CAMÉRA D'OR
DIRECTORS' FORTNIGHT
MURINA
Antoneta ALAMAT KUSIJANOVIC
Un Certain Regard
(six of the nine prizes awarded to women)
The five-member Un Certain Regard Jury had three women.
UN CERTAIN REGARD PRIZE
RAZZHIMAYA KULAKI
(UNCLENCHING THE FISTS)
Kira KOVALENKO
ENSEMBLE PRIZE
BONNE MÈRE
(GOOD MOTHER)
Hafsia HERZI
COURAGE PRIZE
LA CIVIL
Teodora Ana MIHAI
SPECIAL MENTION - UN CERTAIN REGARD
NOCHE DE FUEGO
(PRAYERS FOR THE STOLEN )
Tatiana HUEZO
Two other festival juries - one for the Camera d'or award, the other for Cinéfondation and Short Films - were also headed by women.
3RD PRIZE CINÉFONDATION (EX-AEQUO)
PRIN ORAS CIRCULA SCURTE POVESTI DE DRAGOSTE
(LOVE STORIES ON THE MOVE)
Carina-Gabriela DASOVEANU
PALME D'OR FOR SHORT FILMS
ALL THE CROWS IN THE WORLD (Hong Kong)
Tang Yi New York University student.
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23.07.2021 | Moira Jean Sullivan's blog