AwardsWatch - Cannes Film Festival

Cannes 2017 Winners: The Square wins the Palme, Nicole Kidman given 70th anniversary prize

Erik Anderson May 27, 2017

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Ruben Östlund’s satirical drama The Square has won the Palme D’Or of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. The tale of... Read More

Cannes 2017: Winner Predictions

Erik Anderson May 26, 2017

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Predictions for the top prizes at the Cannes Film Festival are never easy. While there are critics’ reviews and polls upon... Read More

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

Erik Anderson May 26, 2017

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Major names highlighted the winners for Cannes 2017’s Directors’ Fortnight prizes with Chloe Zhao’s The Rider, which was picked up by... Read More

Cannes Unveils ‘Wonderstruck,’ the First Oscar Player of the Festival

Erik Anderson May 18, 2017

The 2017 Cannes Film Festival has just kicked off and the new film from Todd Haynes, Wonderstruck, was first out of the gate and gives... Read More

A Brief History of Oscar and the Cannes Film Festival and Who Might Win This Year

Erik Anderson May 16, 2017

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The 70th Cannes Film Festival kicks off this week (Thursday, to be exact) but did you know that only Cannes Palme... Read More

Cannes Schedule Revealed; ‘Wonderstruck’ Up First plus Masterclasses from Eastwood and Cuarón

Erik Anderson May 11, 2017

The full schedule of all films for the 2017 Cannes Film Festival has been announced and Todd Haynes’ Wonderstruck will be first out of the gate... Read More

2016 Cannes: I, Daniel Blake Wins Palme, Andrea Arnold Wins Third Jury Prize

Erik Anderson May 20, 2016

[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake took home the coveted Palme D’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. It is Loach’s... Read More

First Look: ‘Loving,’ starring Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton

Erik Anderson May 16, 2016

With the unveiling of Jeff Nichols’s Loving at the Cannes Film Festival to mostly rapturous reviews (especially for Ruth Negga) comes the first clip of the... Read More

Cannes 2016 Distribution Watch: What’s Been Picked Up

Erik Anderson May 15, 2016

[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Sometimes it seems that for all of the prestige and pageantry of the Cannes Film Festival most American audiences will never see... Read More

Can ‘Elle’ Earn Isabelle Huppert Her First Oscar Nomination?

Erik Anderson May 11, 2016

[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] So very often the world’s most celebrated actresses never find themselves in the Oscar conversation until something so extraordinary comes along,... Read More

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