CANNES — Spike Lee jumped the gun, announcing Palme d’Or winner “Titane” before the other prizes at the Cannes Film Festival awards. The mix-up may have been unplanned, potentially robbing the awards of their usual suspense, but created an entirely unpredictable energy as those in the room tried to imagine how they’d get the train back on the track.
With “Titane,” French genre original Julia Ducournau (“Raw”) delivers a radical horror vision — a portrait of a serial killer impregnated by a car who disguises her gender and goes incognito as a lonely fireman’s long-lost son — sure to make waves as it rolls out in the wider world. The choice marks the second time a woman-made movie has topped the show.
The first winner to accept an award was “Nitram” star Caleb Landry Jones, who earned the best actor prize for his stunning performance as the perpetrator of Australian Port Arthur Massacre. Best actress honors went to Norwegian thesp Renate Reinsve for her luminous turn in “The Worst Person in the World.”
Leos Carax earned the director prize for “Annette.”
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Japanese director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi was awarded best screenplay for his three-hour adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s ”Drive My Car,” which finds new depths in author’s 40-page short story.
Special jury prizes were given to Nadav Lapid “Ahed’s Knee” and Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s “Memoria.”
Jury president Spike Lee presided over a majority-female group that included French-Senegalese actor-director Mati Diop, American actor-filmmaker Maggie Gyllenhaal, Austrian director Jessica Hausner, French actor-helmer Mélanie Laurent, Brazilian helmer Kleber Mendonça Filho, French actor Tahar Rahim, South Korean actor Song Kang-ho and cult French singer Mylene Farmer.
Cannes’ prestigious first-feature prize, the Camera d’Or, was awarded to Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović’s ”Murina,” a Croatian coming-of-age story about a young woman negotiating her attraction to a stranger who arrives on her remote island. Selected by a special jury headed by Mélanie Thierry (“Tralala”) from among 31 debut features across all sections of the festival, the Directors’ Fortnight discovery was produced by Martin Scorsese.
The prizes are being updated live below…
COMPETITION
Palme d’Or: “Titane”
Grand Prix:
Director: Leos Carax, “Annette”
Actor: Caleb Landry Jones, “Nitram”
Actress: Renate Reinsve, “The Worst Person in the World”
Jury Prize — TIE: Nadav Lapid “Ahed’s Knee” AND Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s “Memoria”
Screenplay: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, ”Drive My Car”
OTHER PRIZES
Camera d’Or: ”Murina,” Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović
Short Films Palme d’Or: “All the Crows in the World,” Tang Yi
Short Films Special Mention: “August Sky,” Jasmin Tenucci
Golden Eye Documentary Prize:
Ecumenical Jury Prize:
Queer Palm: “The Divide”
UN CERTAIN REGARD
Un Certain Regard Award: “Unclenching the Fists,” Kira Kovalenko
Jury Prize: “Great Freedom,” Sebastian Meise
Prize for Ensemble Performance: “Bonne Mere,” Hafsia Herzi
Prize for Courage: “La Civil,” Teodora Ana Mihai
Prize for Originality: “Lamb,” Valdimar Johannsson
Special Mention: “Prayers for the Stolen,” Tatiana Huezo
DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT
Europa Cinemas Label: “A Chiara,” Jonas Carpignano
Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers Prize: “Magnetic Beats,” Vincent Maël Cardona
CRITICS’ WEEK
Nespresso Grand Prize: “Feathers,” Omar El Zohairy
Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers Prize: Elie Grappe and Raphaëlle Desplechin, “Olga”
GAN Foundation Award for Distribution: Elie Grappe and Raphaëlle Desplechin, “Zero Fucks Given”
Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award: Sandra Melissa Torres, “Amparo”
CINÉFONDATION
First Prize: “The Salamander Child,” Theo Degen
Second Prize: “Salamander,” Yoon Daewoon
Third Prize — TIE: “Love Stories on the Move”, Carina-Gabriela Dasoveanu AND “Cantareira,” Rodrigo Ribeyro
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