She may not have won an award, but many will agree that the big winner at Cannes this year was German actress Sandra Hueller, who starred in the festival's top two films. . She gained international acclaim for "Requiem" (2006), playing a woman with epilepsy in a religious community that believes she is possessed, which won her the best actress award at the Berlin Film Festival.
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 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 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".
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.
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 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 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.
Song Kang-ho says he feels the weight of responsibility as one of the most recognisable faces of Korean cinema after the global success of "Parasite". . I feel the responsibility," he said.
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.
