Cannes 2017: Claire Denis and Chloe Zhao Win Top Directors’ Fortnight Prizes

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Major names highlighted the winners for Cannes 2017’s Directors’ Fortnight prizes with Chloe Zhao’s The Rider, which was picked up by Sony Pictures Classics, grabbing the Art Cinema Award and French directing legend Claire Denis tying with Philippe Garrel for the Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers Prize with their films Let the Sunshine In (with Juliette Binoche) and Lover For a Day, respectively. A Cambria, which was executive produced by Martin Scorsese, won the Europa Cinemas Label Award.

CANNES 2017 DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT PRIZES

ART CINEMA AWARD

The Rider, (Chloe Zhao, U.S.)

EUROPA CINEMAS LABEL AWARD

A Ciambra, (Jonas Carpignano, Italy, Brazil, U.S.)

SOCIETY OF DRAMATIC AUTHORS AND COMPOSERS (SACD) PRIZE

Let the Sunshine In, (Claire Denis, France); Lover For a Day, (Philippe Garrel, France)

ILLY SHORT FILM PRIZE

Back To Genoa City, (Benoit Grimalt, France)

Erik Anderson

Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013. 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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