Cannes: Hirokazu Kore-eda's 'Shoplifters' wins Palme d'Or; Spike Lee, Nadine Labaki, and Pawel Pawlikowski take home major prizes
After another festival filled with red carpet glamour, new films from celebrated auteurs, and a dash of controversy for good measure, Cate Blanchett's jury finally announced their picks for the best of the 71st annual Cannes Film Festival earlier today. Once the dust settled on the Netflix dispute that overshadowed much of the pre-festival hype, several films emerged as contenders for the top prize, the coveted Palme d'Or. As critics and festival-goers debated the merits of many films in competition, a consensus began to form around several favorites.
So without further delay, here are the winners of this year's Cannes Film Festival!
Palme d'Or- SHOPLIFTERS, dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
Grand Prix- BLACKKKLANSMAN, dir. Spike Lee
Jury Prize- CAPERNAUM, dir. Nadine Labaki
Best Director- Pawel Pawlikowski, Cold War
Best Actor- Marcello Fonte, Dogman
Best Actress- Samal Yeslyamova, Akya
Best Screenplay- (TIE) Alice Rohrwacher, Happy as Lazzaro and Nader Saeiver, Three Faces
Camera d'Or- GIRL, dir. Lukas Dhont
Honorary Palme d'Or- Jean-Luc Godard, The Image Book
This year's awards ceremony was filled with plenty of snubs and surprises, but I can't say anything too shocking happened in the end. Many believed that a woman would win the Palme d'Or this year, but that hope didn't come to fruition. Alice Rohrwacher walked away with a screenplay award for her beloved Happy as Lazzaro, while Nadine Labaki's Capernaum finished in third place with the Jury Prize. The acting prizes, unlike last year when Hollywood stars Joaquin Phoenix and Diane Kruger won for buzzy turns, went to relative unknowns, who starred in two films that went mostly unnoticed by critics. Meanwhile, other festival favorites took home important prizes. Pawel Pawlikowski received Best Director for Cold War, Spike Lee finally won an award from Cannes for BlacKkKlansman, and French cinema icon Jean-Luc Godard was handed a new honorary Palme for his contributions to the medium of film. Perhaps the biggest omission of the day was Lee Chang-dong's Burning, which set the record for the Screen International Jury Poll, but left the ceremony empty-handed.
In the end, the most coveted prize in world cinema went to Hirokazu Kore-eda, one of the more acclaimed filmmakers working today. His film, Shoplifters, was widely praised by critics, and it seems set to become a factor in the Best Foreign Language race. Winning the Golden Palm will certainly help its case moving forward.
After such a contentious year for Cannes, it was nice to see everyone walk away mostly happy with the results. There were very few complaints on Twitter, and the wins for Kore-eda, Lee, and Pawlikowski were almost unanimously praised. We'll see how Cannes adapts to this rocky year, but I'm excited by the buzz I heard coming out of the 2018 festival, and I look forward to checking out many of these films in the coming months. And with that, we're done with festival coverage here for a few months. Now it's time to wait for Venice.
So without further delay, here are the winners of this year's Cannes Film Festival!
Palme d'Or- SHOPLIFTERS, dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
Grand Prix- BLACKKKLANSMAN, dir. Spike Lee
Jury Prize- CAPERNAUM, dir. Nadine Labaki
Best Director- Pawel Pawlikowski, Cold War
Best Actor- Marcello Fonte, Dogman
Best Actress- Samal Yeslyamova, Akya
Best Screenplay- (TIE) Alice Rohrwacher, Happy as Lazzaro and Nader Saeiver, Three Faces
Camera d'Or- GIRL, dir. Lukas Dhont
Honorary Palme d'Or- Jean-Luc Godard, The Image Book
This year's awards ceremony was filled with plenty of snubs and surprises, but I can't say anything too shocking happened in the end. Many believed that a woman would win the Palme d'Or this year, but that hope didn't come to fruition. Alice Rohrwacher walked away with a screenplay award for her beloved Happy as Lazzaro, while Nadine Labaki's Capernaum finished in third place with the Jury Prize. The acting prizes, unlike last year when Hollywood stars Joaquin Phoenix and Diane Kruger won for buzzy turns, went to relative unknowns, who starred in two films that went mostly unnoticed by critics. Meanwhile, other festival favorites took home important prizes. Pawel Pawlikowski received Best Director for Cold War, Spike Lee finally won an award from Cannes for BlacKkKlansman, and French cinema icon Jean-Luc Godard was handed a new honorary Palme for his contributions to the medium of film. Perhaps the biggest omission of the day was Lee Chang-dong's Burning, which set the record for the Screen International Jury Poll, but left the ceremony empty-handed.
In the end, the most coveted prize in world cinema went to Hirokazu Kore-eda, one of the more acclaimed filmmakers working today. His film, Shoplifters, was widely praised by critics, and it seems set to become a factor in the Best Foreign Language race. Winning the Golden Palm will certainly help its case moving forward.
After such a contentious year for Cannes, it was nice to see everyone walk away mostly happy with the results. There were very few complaints on Twitter, and the wins for Kore-eda, Lee, and Pawlikowski were almost unanimously praised. We'll see how Cannes adapts to this rocky year, but I'm excited by the buzz I heard coming out of the 2018 festival, and I look forward to checking out many of these films in the coming months. And with that, we're done with festival coverage here for a few months. Now it's time to wait for Venice.
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