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On February 1, submission for the XX Kazan International Muslim Film Festival started. The submission will last till June 1, 2024. The Selection Committee will finish its work by the beginning of July. After this, the official selection will be announced.
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ALTERNATIVA FILM PROJECT call for entries: Development Lab

 

Deadline: 28.04.2024

Bukhara, Almaty and online, June-October 2024
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Home Film News 69th Festival de Cannes Awards
Monday, 23 May 2016 00:00

69th Festival de Cannes Awards

 

The Jury of the 69th Festival de Cannes, presided by George Miller, has revealed the names of the 2016 prize-winners during the Awards Ceremony. Laurent Lafitte welcomed the prize-givers and winners onto the stage of the Grand Théâtre Lumière, to the sound of music playing. The American actor, Mel Gibson, had the honour of awarding the Palme d’or to the best of the 21 films in Competition.

 

The French actor, Jean-Pierre Léaud, received an honorary Palme d'or for his collected works from Arnaud Desplechin.

 

I, DANIEL BLAKE by Ken Loach, Palme d’or, was screened at the end of the Awards Ceremony to close this 2016 edition of the Festival.

 

 

FEATURE FILMS

 

Palme d'or
I, DANIEL BLAKE by Ken LOACH

 

Grand Prix
JUSTE LA FIN DU MONDE (It's Only the End of the World) by Xavier DOLAN

 

Award for Best Director Ex-Aequo 
Cristian MUNGIU for BACALAUREAT (Graduation)
Olivier ASSAYAS for PERSONAL SHOPPER

 

Award for Best Screenplay
Asghar FARHADI for FORUSHANDE (The Salesman)

 

Jury Prize
AMERICAN HONEY by Andrea ARNOLD

 

Award for Best Actress
Jaclyn JOSE in MA' ROSA by Brillante MENDOZA

 

Award for Best Actor
Shahab HOSSEINI in FORUSHANDE (The Salesman) by Asghar FARHADI

 

SHORT FILMS

 

Palme d'or 
TIMECODE by Juanjo GIMENEZ

 

Special disctinction
A MOÇA QUE DANÇOU COM O DIABO (The Girl Who Danced With the Devil) by João Paulo MIRANDA MARIA

 

CAMÉRA D’OR

DIVINES by Houda BENYAMINA presented during The Directors' Fortnight

 

The Jury of the CST has awarded the VULCAN AWARD OF THE TECHNICAL ARTIST to: 
SEONG-HIE RYU, for the artistic direction, with great inspiration, for the film MADEMOISELLE (The Handmaiden/Agassi) by PARK Chan-Wook.

 

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