Barbie’s mastermind Greta Gerwig has been bopping around this year’s Cannes Film Festival as the jury president, leading the charge on which movie would be crowned the Palme d’Or this evening. Francis Ford Coppola’s fever dream Megalopolis, Yorgos Lanthimos’s twisted Kinds of Kindness, and the Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice were among the 22 contenders for the coveted award but the honor was bestowed upon Sean Baker’s Anora. During his speech, Baker dedicated his award to “all sex workers past, present and future†and advocated for seeing films in a more community environment: “The future of cinema is where it started, in a movie theater.â€
However, tonight’s show isn’t just about the big prize; George Lucas joined Meryl Streep and Studio Ghibli as Honorary Palme d’Or recipients, with his award presented by Coppola. Plus, Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Perez received two awards: one for best actress, which included four of the film’s stars, and the jury prize.
Here are all the categories and winners for tonight’s Cannes Film Festival 2024 closing ceremony.
Palme d’Or Winner
Anora by Sean Baker
Grand Prix
All We Imagine As Light by Payal Kapadia
Jury Prize
Emilia Perez by Jacques Audiard
Best Director
Miguel Gomes for Grand Tour
Best Actress
Adriana Paz, Zoe Saldaña, Karla SofÃa Gascón, and Selena Gomez for Emilia Pérez
Best Actor
Jesse Plemons for Kinds of Kindness
Best Screenplay
The Substance by Coralie Fargeat
Caméra d’Or
Winner: Armand by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
Special Mention: Mongrel by Wei Liang Chiang & You Qiao Yin
Short Film Palme d’Or
Winner: The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent by NebojÅ¡a SlijepÄević
Special mention: Bad for a Moment by Daniel Soares
Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard Prize: Black Dog by Guan Hu
Un Certain Regard Jury Prize: The Story of Souleymane by Boris Lojkine
Un Certain Regard Best Director:Â
The Damned by Roberto Minervini
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl by Rungano Nyoni
Un Certain Regard Performance Prize:
Anasuya Sengupta for The Shameless
Abou Sangare for The Story of Souleymane
Un Certain Regard Youth Prize: Holy Cow by Louise Courvoisier
Special Mention: Norah by Tawfik Alzaidi
Honorary Palme d’Or
Meryl Streep
Studio Ghibli
George Lucas
Cinéfondation
First Prize: Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know… by Chidananda S Naik
Second Prize:
Out of the Window Through the Wall by Asya Segalovich
The Chaos She Left Behind by Nikos Kolioukos
Third Prize: Bunnyhood by Mansi Maheshwari
Immersive Competition
Colored by Tania de Montaigne, Stéphane Foenkinos, Pierre-Alain Giraud