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2016 Cannes Film Festival

November 18th, 2016 |

Author: davidrwalker

2016 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL WINNERS

Winners of the five main prizes at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival were as follows: –

Palm d’Or: I, Daniel Blake directed by Ken Loach

Best Director: shared between :

Cristian Mungiu for Graduation

and

Olivier Assayas for Personal Shopper starring Kristen Stewart

Best Actor: Shahab Hosseini for The Salesman

Best Actress: Jaclyn Jose for Ma’ Rosa

Best Screenplay: Asghar Farhadi for The Salesman

Queer Palm Award: The Lives of Thérèse directed by Sébastien Lifshitz (documentary)

Posted in Cannes, Cristian Mungiu, Ken Loach, Olivier Assayas |

Tags: Jaclyn Jose, Kristen Stewart, Shahab Hosseini |

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2012 Cannes Film Festival

April 5th, 2013 |

Author: davidrwalker

2012 Cannes Film Festival Winners

Winners of the five main prizes at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival were as follows: –

Palm d’Or: – Amour directed by Michael Haneke

Best Director: Carlos Reygadas for Post Tenebras Lux

Best Actor: Mads Mikkelsen for The Hunt

Best Actress: Cristina Flutur and Cosmina Stratan for Beyond the Hills

Best Screenplay: Beyond the Hills written and directed by Cristian Mungiu

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Cannes_Film_Festival

Posted in Cannes, Carlos Reygadas, Cristian Mungiu, Michael Haneke |

Tags: Cosmina Stratan, Cristina Flutur, Mads Mikkelsen |

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2007 Cannes Film Festival

March 26th, 2013 |

Author: davidrwalker

2007 Cannes Film Festival Winners

Winners of the five main prizes at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival were as follows: –

Palm d’Or – Cristian Mungiu for 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

Best Director – Julian Schnabel – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Best Actor: Konstantin Lavronenko – The Banishment

Best Actress: Jeon Do-yeon in Secret Sunshine

Best Screenplay: Fatih Akın for Auf der anderen Seite (The Edge of Heaven)

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Cannes_Film_Festival

Posted in Cannes, Cristian Mungiu, Julian Schnabel |

Tags: Jeon Do-yeon, Konstantin Lavronenko |

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