As we wait with baity bated breath for the Palme d’Or and other major awards to be handed out tomorrow night, Steve Pond at The Wrap has the rundown on tonight’s preliminary prizes from other Cannes juries:
HaHaHa, a Korean film directed by Hong Sangsoo, has won the top prize at the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival.
Octubre (October), written and directed by Diego and Daniel Vega, was awarded the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize, while the Best Actress award was shared by Eva Bianco, Victoria Raposo and Adela Sanchez from the Argentinian film Los Labios (The Lips).
The International Federation of Film Critics, meanwhile, somewhat surprisingly awarded the top FIPRESCI award to actor-turned-director Mathieu Amalric’s Tournee (On Tour), which had not generally received positive reviews.
FIPRESCI chose the Hungarian film Pal Adrienn as the best film in Un Certain Regard, and Olivier Laxe’s Todos vos sodes capitans as the best of the Directors Fortnight or Critics’ Week.
The Cannes Ecumenical Jury awarded its main prize to Xavier Beauvois’ Des homes et des Dieux (Of Gods and Men), with special mentions to Mike Leigh’s Another Year and Lee Chang-dong’s Poetry.
The Cinefoundation awards for student films were also announced:
First prize:
Taulukauppiatt (The Painting Sellers) by Juho Kuosmanen
Second prize:
Coucou-Les-Nuages (Anywhere Out of the World) by Vincent Cardona
Third prizes:
Hinkerort Zorasune (The Fifth Column) by Vatche Boulghourjian
Ja Vec Jesam Sve Ono Sto Zelim da Imam (I Already Own Everything I Want to Have) by Dane Komljen
