Cannes 2014 Predictions: Mommy and Winter’s Sleep Top Predix
It’s almost time for the 67th Cannes Film Festival to wrap up and give out its awards so you know what that means…Awardswatch predictions! Despite a slightly shortened festival, the buzz this year has been very high and many films. And, as with every year, some headscratchers as to why certain things made it into competition (The Search, Captives) and why some from Un Certain Regard did not (Bird People, for one, as championed by NYT critic Manhola Dargis). The talk this week has been around Cannes wunderkind Xavier Dolan and his fifth film, Mommy. At just 25, his career has been a prolific one, with all of his films appearing at the festival. Mommy is his first In Competition film. Also atwitter has been Naomi Kawase’s Still the Water, but probably not in the way she was hoping for. After having been very vocal about winning the Palme this year for her “masterpiece,” when the film was unveiled it was met with mixed reviews, criticism and even a walkout by Dargis (see above article). Kawase has previously won at Cannes; the Camera d’Or in 1997 for Suzaku and the Grand Prix in 2007 for The Mourning Forest. One wonders if the jury decides to award her anything but the Palme will she protest it on stage like Theo Angelopoulos when he lost the Palme to Emir Kuristica’s Underground in 1995?
Every year there’s a biggie that gets shockingly snubbed. Last year it was Italy’s The Great Beauty, which, ironically, went on to win the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.
2010: Another Year
2011: Le Havre
2012: Holy Motors
2013: The Great Beauty
2014: ?
Who will it be this year?
Below are predictions from Awardswatch members, myself included. What do you think? Join the conversation here or in the forums.
Erikdean
Palme d’Or – Winter Sleep
Grand Prix – Goodbye to Language 3D
Prix du Jury – The Wonders
Director – Xavier Dolan, Mommy
Actor – Gaspard Ulliel, Saint Laurent
Actress – Juliette Binoche, Clouds of Sils Maria
Screenplay – Mr. Turner
Rage Colored Glasses
Palme d’or: Mommy
Grand Prix: Leviathan
Prix du Jury: Timbuktu
Director: Naomi Kawase, Still the Water
Actor: Timothy Spall, Mr. Turner
Actress: Marion Cotillard, Two Days One Night
Screenplay: Winter Sleep
Jonathan
Palme d’Or: Two Days, One Night
Grand Prix: Leviathan
Prix du Jury: The Wonders
Director: Abderrahmane Sissako, Timbuktu
Actor: Timothy Spall, Mr. Turner
Actress: Anne Dorval, Mommy
Screenplay: Winter Sleep
Kostas
Palme d’Or: Mommy
Grand Prix: Leviathan
Prix du Jury: Timbuktu
Director: Alice Rohrwacher, The Wonders
Actor: Timothy Spall, Mr. Turner/Channing Tatum, Foxcatcher
Actress: Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
Screenplay: Winter Sleep
just me
Palme d’Or: The Wonders
Grand Prix: Timbuktu
Prix du Jury: Mommy
Director: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Two Days, One Night
Actor: Haluk Biginer, Winter Sleep
Actress: Anne Dorval, Mommy
Screenplay: Leviathan
Shy_Hallaman
Palme d’Or: Winter Sleep
Grand Prix: Leviathan
Prix du Jury: Still the Water
Director: Bertrand Bonello, Saint Laurent
Actor: Timothy Spall, Mr. Turner
Actress: Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
Screenplay: Mommy
SALO
Palme d’Or: Goodbye to Language 3D
Grand Prix : Leviathan
Jury Prize: The Wonders & Timbuktu (tie)
Best Director: Xavier Dolan, Mommy
Best Actor: Channing Tatum, Foxcatcher
Best Actress: Kristen Stewart, Clouds of Sils Maria
Best Screenplay: Winter Sleep
caseyfan14
Palme d’Or: Winter Sleep
Grand Prix: Leviathan
Prix du Jury: The Wonders
Director: Naomi Kawase, Still the Water
Actor: Timothy Spall, Mr. Turner
Actress: Marion Cotillard, Two Days One Night
Screenplay: Mommy
Sliced Peach
Palme d’Or: Mommy
Grand Prix: The Wonders
Prix du Jury: Leviathan
Director: Naomi Kawase, Still the Water
Actor: Timothy Spall, Mr. Turner
Actress: Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
Screenplay: Two Days, One Night
Atonement.
Palme D’Or: Winter Sleep
Grand Prix: Goodbye to Language 3D
Prix du Jury: Timbuktu
Director: Xavier Dolan, Mommy
Screenplay: The Wonders
Actor: Steve Carrell, Foxcatcher
Actress: Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
DirkDiggler
Palme d’Or: Mommy
Grand Prix: Winter Sleep
Prix du Jury: Leviathan
Director: Naomi Kawase, Still the Water
Actor: Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Actress: Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
Screenplay: Maps to the Stars
Consensus:
Palme D’Or – Mommy/Winter Sleep (4 mentions each)
Grand Prix – Leviathan (5)
Prix du Jury – The Wonders/Timbuktu (4)
Director – Naomi Kawase, Still the Water (4)
Actor – Timothy Spall, Mr. Turner (6)
Actress – Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night (7)
Screenplay – Winter Sleep (4)
Mommy is the only film that shows up in every set of predictions somewhere.
He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
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