The 2024 Cannes Movie Pageant is lastly coming to an in depth — however not with no large splash. Crossing the Croissette one final time, stars and filmmakers alike are about to search out out who’s taking residence this yr’s prizes.
Guessing the Palme d’Or winner has turn out to be a beloved pastime for followers and critics alike, however one of the best 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 Inexperienced, Nadine Labaki, J.A. Bayona, Pierfrancesco Favino, Hirokazu Kore-eda, and Omar Sy, has been fairly tight-lipped about its preferences, however there are actually 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, however was met with a combined response regardless of IndieWire’s personal appreciation for the movie. One of many actual standouts of the fest was Sean Baker’s “Anora,” one other examination of life as a intercourse employee from the filmmaker, which acquired a 10-minute standing ovation and excessive reward amongst critics. There’s additionally numerous buzz round Mohammed Rasoulef’s movie “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” and particularly the filmmaker’s escape from his residence nation of Iran after being sentenced to eight years in jail there. Payal Kapadia profitable for her movie “All We Think about as Mild” would even be historic, marking the primary time an Indian movie had ever received 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, Might 25, at 6:45 p.m. Central European Summer time Time (CEST), which interprets to 12:45 p.m. ET or 9:45 a.m. PT in the USA.
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