The 2024 Cannes Film Festival is lastly coming to an in depth — however not with out a large splash. Crossing the Croissette one final time, stars and filmmakers alike are about to search out out who’s taking house this yr’s prizes.
Guessing the Palme d’Or winner has become a beloved pastime for fans and critics alike, however the perfect a part of any Cannes Awards ceremony are the surprises. This yr’s jury, led by Greta Gerwig and together with Lily Gladstone, Ebru Ceylan, Eva Green, Nadine Labaki, J.A. Bayona, Pierfrancesco Favino, Hirokazu Kore-eda, and Omar Sy, has been fairly tight-lipped about its preferences, however there are definitely a couple of standouts amongst the 22 movies in competitors.
“Megalopolis,” Francis Ford Coppola’s decades-in-the-making ardour venture noticed him return to Cannes after a few years, but was met with a mixed response regardless of IndieWire’s personal appreciation for the movie. One of the true standouts of the fest was Sean Baker’s “Anora,” one other examination of life as a intercourse employee from the filmmaker, which obtained a 10-minute standing ovation and excessive reward amongst critics. There’s additionally a variety of buzz round Mohammed Rasoulef’s movie “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” and particularly the filmmaker’s escape from his home country of Iran after being sentenced to eight years in jail there. Payal Kapadia profitable for her movie “All We Imagine as Light” would even be historic, marking the primary time an Indian movie had ever gained the Palme d’Or.
Others vying for the highest prize of the Palme d’Or embrace Andrea Arnold, Jacques Audiard, David Cronenberg, Paul Shrader, Karim Aïnouz, Ali Abassi, Kirill Serebrennikov, Yorgos Lanthimos, Coralie Forgeat, Miguel Gomes, Paolo Sorrentino, and Jia Zhangke, amongst others.
The award ceremony will start Saturday, May 25, at 6:45 p.m. Central European Summer Time (CEST), which interprets to 12:45 p.m. ET or 9:45 a.m. PT within the United States.
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