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
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.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pays homage on Saturday to his executed Islamic predecessor in an attempt to rally his conservative base on the eve of a historic runoff vote.. Erdogan survived a putsch attempt against his own Islamic-rooted government in 2016.
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.
With military courts, intimidation of the press and mass arrests, Pakistan's rulers are seeking to destroy former prime minister Imran Khan's support ahead of elections, analysts say.. - Fighting the courts - Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has openly criticised the Supreme Court after they ruled Khan's arrest on graft charges illegal and ordered him freed, calling it a "funeral of justice".
Neuralink, Elon Musk's brain-implant company, has won US approval to test on humans.. - Animal testing - The FDA approval for human testing comes at a great relief for Neuralink which until now had been testing its implants in monkeys and other animals.
Suffering a massive economic crisis and surrounded by countries at war, Turkey is witnessing a resurgence of nationalism that has impacted the fate of its biggest election of modern times.. Now, surrounded by wars stretching from Syria to Ukraine, and living through its worst cost-of-living crisis since the 1990s, Turks are embracing nationalism again.
Democrats and Republicans inched towards a deal Friday, ahead of a long weekend, to extend the US debt ceiling and avoid a crippling default that could hit the world's biggest economy within days.. This year, the increasingly hard-right Republican Party has decided to turn the debt ceiling into leverage to force Biden to roll back favorite Democratic spending priorities.
