Sunday, May 31, 2015

2015 Cannes Film festival Winners



The 68th annual Cannes Film Festival is officially a wrap. At today's closing ceremony, the main competition jury, led by Joel and Ethan Coen, awarded the Palme d'Or to Jacques Audiard for his drama "Dheepan." "Son of Saul," the acclaimed Holocaust drama from first-time filmmaker Laszlo Nemes, won the Grand Prix (runner-up) award. Below find the full list of winners.




  • Palme d'Or: "Dheepan," Directed by Jacques Audiard
  • Grand Prix: "Son of Saul," Directed by Laszlo Nemes
  • Best Director: "The Assassin," Directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien for 
  • Best Screenplay: "Chronic," Written by Michel Franco
  • Camera d'Or (Best First Feature): "La Tierra y la Sombre," Directed by Cesar Acevedo
  • Jury Prize: "The Lobster," Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
  • Best Actress: Rooney Mara for "Carol" and Emmanuelle Bercot for "Mon Roi" (Shared Prize)
  • Best Actor: Vincent Lindon for "The Measure of a Man"
  • Palme d'Or (Short Film): "Waves '98," Directed by Ely Dagher

The Lobster, which won the Jury Prize, generated more than 12,400 mentions while Dheepan drew close to 7,700. Lazslo Neme’s Grand Prize winner, Son Of Saul, topped 7,000. Way To Blue ranked films by calculating numbers for “overall buzz” and “intent-to-view,” as well as most buzzed about topics and stars from a sample size of 990,000 mentions from May 13-24.

However, that figure was down 29% compared to Cannes 2014, when stars such as Robert Pattinson – a big draw for fans on social media – attended the festival. Overall, Mad Max: Fury Road generated the most mentions with close to 19,000 mentions while Todd Haynes’ Competition title Carol, starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, came second with nearly 17,400.

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