In our critics survey of one of the best motion pictures on the Cannes Movie Pageant annually, it’s frequent to have the critics IndieWire’s polled disagree with the awards given by the competition jury itself. That isn’t the case for Cannes 2024. The very best motion pictures of the competition, picked by 55 critics, representing 5 continents, had been topped by Sean Baker’s “Anora” in our ballot, which, after all additionally received the Palme d’Or.
Final yr, Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Curiosity” topped our ballot, differing from the Palme d’Or outcome, which went to Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall.” It have to be mentioned that voter enthusiasm in our ballot for “The Zone of Curiosity” was even that a lot stronger: It acquired almost half of all votes for finest movie. “Anora,” which stars Mikey Madison, acquired a couple of quarter of the general votes for finest movie this time (13 votes out of the 55 critics) with Mohammad Rasoulof’s “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” falling simply two votes brief from tying it. Payal Kapadia’s “All We Think about as Mild” and Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Perez” every garnered 9 votes, tying them for third place.
Miguel Gomes’ “Grand Tour” and Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance” rounded out the highest group for Greatest Movie and earned further honors elsewhere.
Intriguingly, “The Substance” didn’t even rank in our Greatest Screenplay class despite the fact that it received Greatest Screenplay from the competition jury within the Cannes closing ceremony awards. As a substitute, Sean Baker topped each Greatest Screenplay and Greatest Director in our ballot, in addition to Greatest Movie, with Fargeat coming in second for Greatest Director. Her ugly imagining of the politics of fame, magnificence, and youth was hailed for its model and unforgettable brio.
Rasoulof’s “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” additionally got here in second within the Greatest Screenplay class, although it’s absent from Greatest Director recognition. That is an intriguing phenomenon we’ve seen on this ballot through the years: The critics who vote are very able to distinguishing a screenplay from the opposite formal qualities of a movie. Therefore, Gabriel Sherman’s script for “The Apprentice” seems on the Greatest Screenplay record right here, whereas the movie itself seems in no different classes.
The unusually excessive variety of ties this time round speaks to a relative lack of consensus within the beneath classes, at the least when you look previous “Anora” and “The Seed of the Sacred Fig.”
Additionally, final yr, for the primary time, IndieWire requested the critics to decide on Greatest First Movie at Cannes. In 2023 they picked Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s “Banel and Adama” and Molly Manning Walker’s “Learn how to Have Intercourse.” This time round it was overwhelming acclamation for Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel’s “Armand,” starring Renate Reinsve.
See the total outcomes beneath. For extra of IndieWire’s Cannes protection, go right here.
Greatest Movie
1. “Anora,” Sean Baker
2. “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” Mohammad Rasoulof
(tie) 3. “All We Think about as Mild,” Payal Kapadia
(tie) 3. “Emilia Perez,” Jacques Audiard
(tie) 5. “Grand Tour,” Miguel Gomes
(tie) 5. “The Substance,” Coralie Fargeat
Greatest Screenplay
1. “Anora,” Sean Baker
2. “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” Mohammad Rasoulof
(tie) 3. “All We Think about as Mild,” Payal Kapadia
(tie) 3. “The Apprentice,” Gabriel Sherman
(tie) 3. “Grand Tour,” Telmo Churro, Maureen Fazendeiro, Miguel Gomes, Mariana Ricardo
(tie) 3. “Sorts of Kindness,” Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou
Greatest Director
1. “Anora,” Sean Baker
2. “The Substance,” Coralie Fargeat
(tie) 3. “Emilia Perez,” Jacques Audiard
(tie) 3. “Grand Tour,” Miguel Gomes
Greatest First Movie
“Armand,” Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
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