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Justine Triet: French director takes top prize at Cannes

French director Justine Triet became the third woman to win the top prize Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday with her gripping and icy "Anatomy of a Fall".. Triet co-wrote her Palme-winning film with her partner Arthur Harari, an actor and director.

The winners at the 76th Cannes Film Festival

The 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival ended Saturday in the South of France with the awarding of its top prize, the Palme d'Or. Here is a list of the winners: - Palme d'Or: Justine Triet for "Anatomy of a Fall"  - Grand Prix: Jonathan Glazer for "The Zone of Interest" - Best director: Tran Anh Hung for "The Pot-au-Feu" - Best actress: Merve Dizdar for "About Dry Grasses" - Best actor: Koji Yakusho for "Perfect Days" - Best screenplay: Yuji Sakamoto for "Monster" - Jury prize: Aki Kaurismaki for "Fallen Leaves" - Camera d'Or for best first film: Thien An Pham for "Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell" - Best short film: Flora Anna Buda for "27"  eab/er/rox

Japan's versatile veteran Koji Yakusho wins best actor at Cannes

Japan's Koji Yakusho won best actor at Cannes on Saturday for "Perfect Days" by German director Wim Wenders, a touching tale about a Tokyo toilet cleaner.. Germany's Wenders, 77, won the top prize Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1984 for "Paris, Texas" and best director three years later for "Wings of Desire". 

Who is Jonathan Glazer? Cannes-winning British director

Jonathan Glazer, who won the runner-up prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival on Saturday for his Holocaust drama "The Zone of Interest", has made just a handful of films in 20 years.. - 'The Zone of Interest' (2023) - After a decade in which he only made a couple of short films, Glazer has returned with another unique offering -- looking at the disturbing ordinary private life of a Nazi officer at the Auschwitz concentration camp. 

'Brahmastra' grabs gongs at Bollywood awards in UAE

Fantasy adventure "Brahmastra: Part One -- Shiva" won a series of prizes as the glitzy International Indian Film Academy Awards show started in Abu Dhabi on Saturday.. The IIFA show, one of a number of Indian awards ceremonies, is aimed at reaching international audiences and has been held in several countries since its debut in London in 2000. aem-th/it

Hundreds working for Germany in Russia forced to quit, leave

Hundreds of civil servants and local employees working for German institutions in Russia will need to leave the country or lose their jobs in the coming days following an order by Moscow, Germany's foreign ministry said Saturday.. Russian employees should not be required to leave the country, but will lose their jobs since German institutions will no longer be able to employ them, the ministry said -- clarifying initial indications the locals would have to leave too.

Ken Loach likes to 'hide camera' says his cinematographer

Ken Loach is one of the most familiar faces at Cannes, where Saturday he is in the running for a record-breaking third Palme d'Or, but when you shoot one of the British maestro's movies it's all about staying hidden.. He shot classics for Loach including "My Name is Joe" (1998) and "The Wind that Shakes the Barley" (2006), that won Loach's first Palme d'Or at Cannes.

Roger Waters dismisses 'Nazi' suit criticism as political

Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters on Saturday slammed the controversy that erupted after he donned a Nazi-style uniform at a Berlin concert as politically motivated.. In a statement released on Saturday Waters dismissed the criticism as politically motivated.

'Patrol' film exposes Nicaragua forest threat from beef industry

Surrounded by fallen trees and languid cows, illegal cattle rancher Chacalin surveys a clearing deep inside one of Nicaragua's largest remaining protected rainforests.. Many are in the pocket of wealthy cattle ranchers living outside the reserve, and are paid to clear the land before the cows arrive.