Cannes Film Festival 2021 – Official Selection & Award Nominees

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Date 6 July 2021 - 17 July 2021

Palme d'Or

6.2

Titane

Julia Ducournau

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6.6

The Restless Les intranquilles

Joachim Lafosse

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6.3

Ahed's Knee Ha-berech

Nadav Lapid

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6.4

Everything Went Fine Tout s'est bien passé

Francois Ozon

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Lingui Lingui

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

7.7

The Worst Person in the World Verdens verste menneske

Joachim Trier

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7.2

Drive My Car Doraibu mai kâ / Drive My Car

Ryusuke Hamaguchi

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7.4

Hytti nro 6

Juho Kuosmanen

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6.8

Petrov's Flu Petrovy v grippe

Kirill Serebrennikov

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7.5

The French Dispatch

Wes Anderson

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6.9

Nitram

Justin Kurzel

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6.0

Memoria

Apichatpong Weerasethakul

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Casablanca Beats Haut et fort

Nabil Ayouch

6.6

Benedetta

Paul Verhoeven

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7.9

A Hero Ghahreman

Asghar Farhadi

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7.1

Red Rocket

Sean Baker

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5.1

Flag Day

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6.8

Paris, 13th District Les Olympiades

Jacques Audiard

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6.1

Annette

Leos Carax

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6.5

The Divide La fracture

Catherine Corsini

5.5

France

Bruno Dumont

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5.6

The Story of My Wife

Ildikó Enyedi

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6.1

Bergman Island

Mia Hansen-Løve

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6.4

Tre piani Tre piani / Kolm korrust

Nanni Moretti

FIPRESCI Prize / Competition

7.2

Drive My Car Doraibu mai kâ / Drive My Car

Ryusuke Hamaguchi

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FIPRESCI Prize / Parallel Sections

Feathers Feathers

Omar El Zohairy

Winner

FIPRESCI Prize / Un Certain Regard

7.2

Playground La naissance des arbres

Laura Wandel

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Palme d'Or - Best Short Film

All the Crows in the World Tian xia wu ya

Yi Tang

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In the Soil Det er i jorden

Casper Rudolf Emil Kjeldsen

Displaced Pa vend

Samir Karahoda

The Right Words Haut les coeurs

Adrian Moyse Dullin

Through the Haze Noite Turva

Diogo Salgado

North Pole North Pole

Marija Apcevska

August Sky Céu de Agosto

Jasmin Tenucci

Sideral Sideral

Carlos Segundo

Absence Xue yun

Lang Wu

Orthodontics Orthodontics

Mohammadreza Mayghani

Best Actor

6.9

Nitram

Caleb Landry Jones

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Best Actress

7.7

The Worst Person in the World Verdens verste menneske

Renate Reinsve

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Best Director

6.1

Annette

Leos Carax

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Best Screenplay

7.2

Drive My Car Doraibu mai kâ / Drive My Car

Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Oe Takamasa

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Canal+ Award / Best Short

Brutalia, Days of Labour Brutalia, ergasimes meres

Manolis Mavris

Winner

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On Solid Ground Über Wasser

Jela Hasler

Inherent Inherent

Nicolai G.H. Johansen

An Invitation Fang ke

Hao Zhao, Yeung Tung

Lili Alone Lili Alone

Jing Zou

Safe Safe

Ian Barling

If It Ain't Broke If It Ain't Broke

Elinor Nechemya

Intercom 15 Interfon 15

Andrei Epure

Noir-soleil Noir-soleil

Marie Larrivé

Black Soldier Soldat noir

Jimmy Laporal-Trésor

Cinefondation Award

The Salamander Child L'enfant salamandre

Théo Degen

Winner

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Saint Android Saint Android

Lukas von Berg

Red Shoes Rudé boty

Anna Podskalská

Beasts Among Us Bestie wokól nas

Natalia Durszewicz

Cicada Cicada

Daewoen Yoon Second Prize

Love Stories on the Move Prin oras circula scurte povesti de dragoste

Carina-Gabriela Dasoveanu Joint Third Prize (tied with Cantareira)

Fonica M-120 Fonica M-120

Olivér Rudolf

The Cat from the Deep Sea Oyogeruneko

Menglu Huang

Cantareira Cantareira

Rodrigo Ribeyro Joint Third Prize (tied with Prin oras circula scurte povesti de dragoste)

Frida Frida

Aleksandra Odic

Billy Boy Billy Boy

Sacha Amaral

Bill and Joe Go Duck Hunting Bill and Joe Go Duck Hunting

Auden Lincoln-Vogel

Free Men Frie mænd

Óskar Kristinn Vignisson

The Fall of the Swift La caída del vencejo

Gonzalo Quincoces

Night Visit Habikur

Mya Kaplan

Other Half Other Half

Lina Kalcheva

King Max King Max

Adèle Vincenti-Crasson

Golden Camera

6.8

Murina

Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic

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6.0

Are You Lonesome Tonight? Re dai wang shi

Wen Shipei

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A Radiant Girl Une jeune fille qui va bien

Sandrine Kiberlain

Neptune Frost Neptune Frost

Saul Williams, Anisia Uzeyman

6.4

Rien à foutre

Emmanuel Marre, Julie Lecoustre

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Freda Freda

Gessica Geneus

6.7

The Tale of King Crab Re Granchio

Alessio Rigo de Righi, Matteo Zoppis

7.2

Playground La naissance des arbres

Laura Wandel

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Clara Sola Clara Sola

Nathalie Álvarez Mesén

Amparo Amparo

Simón Mesa Soto

The Sea Ahead Albahr 'amamakum

Ely Dagher

Moneyboys Moneyboys

C.B. Yi

A Brighter Tomorrow De bas étage

Yassine Qnia

5.6

Robust Robuste

Constance Meyer

My Brothers and I Mes frères et moi

Yohan Manca

Feathers Feathers

Omar El Zohairy

6.4

Anaïs in Love Les amours d'Anaïs

Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet

Olga Olga

Elie Grappe

The Heroics Les héroïques

Maxime Roy

Small Body Piccolo corpo

Laura Samani

A Night of Knowing Nothing A Night of Knowing Nothing

Payal Kapadia

Streetwise Gaey wa'r

Jiazuo Na

The Hill Where Lionesses Roar La colline où rugissent les lionnes

Luàna Bajrami

The Gravedigger's Wife Guled & Nasra

Khadar Ayderus Ahmed

La civil La civil

Teodora Mihai

Bruno Reidal, Confessions of a Murderer Bruno Reidal

Vincent Le Port

6.4

Lamb

Valdimar Jóhannsson

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7.2

Hit the Road Jaddeh Khaki

Panah Panahi

Magnetic Beats Les magnétiques

Vincent Maël Cardona

My Beloved Mi iubita, mon amour

Noémie Merlant

Libertad Libertad

Clara Roquet

Jury Prize

6.3

Ahed's Knee Ha-berech

Nadav Lapid

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6.0

Memoria

Apichatpong Weerasethakul

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Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

7.2

Drive My Car Doraibu mai kâ / Drive My Car

Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Winner

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Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention

7.4

Hytti nro 6

Juho Kuosmanen

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Un Certain Regard Award

5.9

Unclenching the Fists Razzhimaya kulaki

Kira Kovalenko

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Rehana Rehana Maryam Noor

Abdullah Mohammed Saad

7.6

Great Freedom Grosse Freiheit

Sebastian Meise

6.7

After Yang

Kogonada

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My Brothers and I Mes frères et moi

Yohan Manca

6.4

Lamb

Valdimar Jóhannsson

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Moneyboys Moneyboys

C.B. Yi

Women Do Cry Zhenite naistina plachat

Vesela Kazakova, Mina Mileva

Let It Be Morning Vayehi Boker

Eran Kolirin

6.7

Blue Bayou

Justin Chon

Freda Freda

Gessica Geneus

6.8

The Innocents De uskyldige

Eskil Vogt

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Streetwise Gaey wa'r

Jiazuo Na

7.4

Prayers for the Stolen Noche de fuego

Tatiana Huezo

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7.2

Playground La naissance des arbres

Laura Wandel

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7.2

Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle Onoda

Arthur Harari

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Good Mother Bonne mère

Hafsia Herzi

5.2

House Arrest Delo

Aleksey German Jr.

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Commitment Hasan Baglilik Hasan

Semih Kaplanoğlu

La civil La civil

Teodora Mihai

SACD Award / Critics' Week

Olga Olga

Raphaëlle Desplechin, Elie Grappe

Winner

Award / Grand Prix

7.4

Hytti nro 6

Juho Kuosmanen

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7.9

A Hero Ghahreman

Asghar Farhadi

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François Chalais Award

7.9

A Hero Ghahreman

Asghar Farhadi

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Golden Coach Honorary Golden Palm

Marco Bellocchio

Winner

Jodie Foster

Winner

Un Certain Regard Jury Prize

7.6

Great Freedom Grosse Freiheit

Sebastian Meise

Winner

Label Europa Cinemas

6.9

A Chiara

Jonas Carpignano

Winner

Chopard Trophy / Female Revelation

Jessie Buckley

Winner

Chopard Trophy / Male Revelation

Kingsley Ben-Adir

Winner

Special Distinction / Short Film

August Sky Céu de Agosto

Jasmin Tenucci

Winner

SACD Prize (Directors' Fortnight)

Magnetic Beats Les magnétiques

Catherine Paillé, Vincent Maël Cardona, Chloé Larouchi, Romain Compingt, Rose Philippon, Maël Le Garrec

Winner

Un Certain Regard Award - Special Mention

7.4

Prayers for the Stolen Noche de fuego

Tatiana Huezo

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Illy Prize

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Anxious Body Anxious Body

Yoriko Mizushiri

Queer Palm

6.5

The Divide La fracture

Catherine Corsini

Winner

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Venus by Water Shui bian Wei Na Si

Lin Wang

6.6

Benedetta

Paul Verhoeven

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6.8

Paris, 13th District Les Olympiades

Jacques Audiard

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6.4

Everything Went Fine Tout s'est bien passé

Francois Ozon

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Neptune Frost Neptune Frost

Saul Williams, Anisia Uzeyman

Women Do Cry Zhenite naistina plachat

Vesela Kazakova, Mina Mileva

7.1

Returning to Reims (Fragments) Retour à Reims (Fragments)

Jean-Gabriel Périot

7.1

Softie Petite nature

Samuel Theis

Bruno Reidal, Confessions of a Murderer Bruno Reidal

Vincent Le Port

6.4

Anaïs in Love Les amours d'Anaïs

Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet

6.2

Titane

Julia Ducournau

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7.6

Great Freedom Grosse Freiheit

Sebastian Meise

Ghost Song Ghost Song

Nicolas Peduzzi

Moneyboys Moneyboys

C.B. Yi

The Hill Where Lionesses Roar La colline où rugissent les lionnes

Luàna Bajrami

7.4

Hytti nro 6

Juho Kuosmanen

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Gan Foundation Support for Distribution / Gan Foundation Award for Distribution

6.4

Rien à foutre

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Un Certain Regard - Ensemble Prize

Good Mother Bonne mère

Hafsia Herzi

Winner

Palm Dog

7.2

The Souvenir Part II The Souvenir: Part II

Rosie, Dora, Snowbear

Winner

Queer Palm - Short Film

The Fall of the Swift La caída del vencejo

Gonzalo Quincoces

Winner

Frida Frida

Aleksandra Odic

Winner

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The Right Words Haut les coeurs

Adrian Moyse Dullin

Cicada Cicada

Daewoen Yoon

Simone Is Gone Simone est partie

Mathilde Chavanne

On Solid Ground Über Wasser

Jela Hasler

Billy Boy Billy Boy

Sacha Amaral

Brutalia, Days of Labour Brutalia, ergasimes meres

Manolis Mavris

King Max King Max

Adèle Vincenti-Crasson

François Chalais Award - Special Mention

Freda Freda

Gessica Geneus

Winner

Golden Eye

A Night of Knowing Nothing A Night of Knowing Nothing

Payal Kapadia We were all won over by a film with a strong artistic vision, which combines the personal and the political in a hypnotic way. For a first film, that makes it even more amazing.

Winner

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Black Notebooks: Ronit Cahiers Noirs

Shlomi Elkabetz

Flickering Ghosts of Loves Gone By Et j'aime à la fureur

André Bonzel

The Storms of Jeremy Thomas The Storms of Jeremy Thomas

Mark Cousins

7.2

The Story of Film: A New Generation

Mark Cousins

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7.7

Babi Yar. Context

Sergey Loznitsa

7.1

Above Water Marcher sur l'eau

Aïssa Maïga

Futura Futura

Francesco Munzi, Pietro Marcello, Alice Rohrwacher

All About Yves Montand Montand est à nous

Yves Jeuland

Satoshi Kon: The Illusionist Satoshi Kon, l'illusionniste

Pascal Vincent

7.1

Returning to Reims (Fragments) Retour à Reims (Fragments)

Jean-Gabriel Périot

7.4

Ice on Fire

Leila Conners

Val Val

Ting Poo, Leo Scott

New Worlds: The Cradle of Civilization New Worlds: The Cradle of Civilization

Andrew Muscato

Buñuel: A Surrealist Filmmaker Buñuel, un cineasta surrealista

Javier Espada

Bigger Than Us Bigger Than Us

Flore Vasseur

7.0

Animal

Cyril Dion

Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking

Francesco Zippel

H6 H6

Ye Ye

Invisible Demons Invisible demons: tuhon merkit

Rahul Jain

7.8

The Velvet Queen La panthère des neiges

Marie Amiguet

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I'm So Sorry I'm So Sorry

Liang Zhao

7.5

JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass

Oliver Stone

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5.9

Jane by Charlotte Jane par Charlotte

Charlotte Gainsbourg

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The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground

Todd Haynes

7.1

Cow

Andrea Arnold

7.4

Marx può aspettare

Marco Bellocchio

6.1

The Year of the Everlasting Storm

Jafar Panahi, Laura Poitras, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, David Lowery, Malik Vitthal, Anthony Chen, Dominga Sotomayor Castillo

Golden Eye - Special Mention

7.7

Babi Yar. Context

Sergey Loznitsa A film with masterful editing and a director who has meticulously woven a lost part of the story into the continuum of our collective memory.

Winner

Cannes Soundtrack Award / Best Composer

6.1

Annette

Ron Mael, Russell Mael

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6.8

Paris, 13th District Les Olympiades

Rone

Winner

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