The main awards for film festival will be announced tonight.
Maintaining its focus on first-time filmmakers and global narratives, the jury awarded the Best Feature Film in Un Certain Regard category to The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo, directed by Chilean filmmaker Diego Céspedes.
In a press statement, the organisers of the Cannes Film Festival say that the jury was chaired by British director, screenwriter and cinematographer Molly Manning Walker and included French-Swiss director and screenwriter Louise Courvoisier, Croatian festival director Vanja Kaludjercic, Italian director and producer Roberto Minervini and Argentinian actor Nahuel Pérez Biscayart.
It adds that the Jury Prize went to A Poet, directed by Simón Mesa Soto, while Arab and Tarzan Nasser received the Best Director’s award for Once Upon a Time in Gaza.
As per the statement, Frank Dillane was named Best Actor for his performance in Urchin, directed by Harris Dickinson, while Cleo Diára won Best Actress for her role in I Only Rest in the Storm, directed by Pedro Pinho. The Best Screenplay award was presented to Pillion, written by Harry Lighton, which is also his debut feature.
The organisers of the international film festival say that the full selection of Un Certain Regard will be screened again in Paris from May 28 to June 3 at Pathé Convention and UGC Gobelins theatres.
India’s sole entry in the competition, Neeraj Ghaywan’s Homebound, did not receive any awards.
The main awards for film festival will be announced tonight as the festival heads to a conclusion.