If the 2015 Academy Awards was a great way to look back on the best films of the last year, the Canned Film Festival 2015 awards are the perfect place to look forward to some of the finest movies to look forward to over the coming months. The winners were announced at the awards ceremony last night (24th May 2015) and unsurprisingly for a jury that has been presided over by the Coen brothers there are more than a few surprises in the mix.
The jury also included Guilliermo Del Tor (Pacific Rim), Sienna Miller (Black Mass), Jake Gyllenhaal (Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time), along with Rossy De Palma, Sophie Marceau, Rokia Traoré and Xavier Dolan. In addition to each of the awards below, the 2015 ceremony also payed tribute to French film director, Agnès Varda, by awarding her an Honorary Palme d’or for her contribution to film.
Competition:
With significant contenders like the upcoming adaptation of Macbeth starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cottilard and Yargos Lanthimos’ The Lobster, the main prize at the festival, the Palm d’Or, went to French film, Dheepan, (pictured above) directed by Jacques Audiard. It tells the story of three Shri Lankan refugees, a former soldier, a young woman and a little girl, who come together to escape the civil war in their homeland. They pose as a family and despite barely knowing each other they end up settling in a housing project outside Paris and attempt to build a new life.
Other big winners include László Nemes’ Auschwitz tragedy, Saul Fia, which picked up the Grand Prix; Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s martial arts epic, Nie Yinniang, for which he won the Best Director award; and Michel Franco, who was awarded the Best Screenplay for his portrait of a nurse for the terminally ill who struggles to form relationships outside of his work, Chronic.
Palme d’Or – Dheepan, directed by Jacques Audiard
Grand Prix – Saul Fia (Son Of Saul), directed by László Nemes
Award for Best Director – Hou Hsiao-Hsien for Nie Yinniang (The Assassin)
Award for Best Screenplay – Michel Franco for Chronic
Award for Best Actress – Emmanuelle Bercot in Mon Roi and Rooney Mara in Carol
Award for Best Actor – Vincent Lindon in La Loi Du Marché (The Measure Of A Man)
Jury Prize – The Lobster, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
Palme d’Or – Short Film – Waves ’98, directed by Ely Dagher
Un Certain Regard:
Prize of Un Certain Regard – Hrútar (Rams), directed by Grímur Hakonarson
Jury Prize – Un Certain Regard – Zvizdan (The High Sun), directed by Dalibor Matanic
Directing Prize of Un Certain Regard – Kishibe No Tabi (Journey To The Shore), directed by Kurosawa Kiyoshi
Un Certain Talent Prize – Comoara (The Treasure), directed By Corneliu Porumboiu
Promizing Future Prize – Nahid, directed by Ida Panahandeh and Masaan, directed by Neeraj Ghaywan
Cinefondation:
1st Prize Cinéfondation – Share, directed by Pippa Bianco
2nd Prize Cinéfondation – Locas Perdidas (Lost Queens), directed by Ignacio Juricic Merillán
3rd Prize Cinéfondation – Victor Xx, directed by Ian Garrido López and The Return Of Erkin, directed by Maria Guskova
Golden Camera:
Caméra D’or – La Tierra Y La Sombra, directed by César Augusto Acevedo
