Cannes  Film  Festival  2023 Awardee's  List

The 76th Cannes Film Festival concluded recently with the highly regarded Palme d’Or going to the crime drama, Anatomy of a Fall, directed by Justine Triet. Triet became the third female director to win the prestigious Palme d’Or, after competing with 20 other films. Triet had previously been nominated for Sibyl in 2019 and this win places her alongside Jane Campion and Julia Ducournau as the only third woman to achieve this honor. Other winners at the festival included Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone Of Interest (Grand Prix), Tran Anh Hung for The Pot-Au-Feu (Best Director), Merve Dizdar for About Dry Grasses (Best Actress), and others.

Important Points:

  1. The 76th Cannes Film Festival took place in 2023.
  2. The Palme d’Or was awarded to the film Anatomy of a Fall, directed by Justine Triet.
  3. Triet is the third female director to be awarded the Palme d’Or.
  4. Other awards included The Grand Prix to Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone Of Interest and Best Director to Tran Anh Hung for The Pot-Au-Feu.
  5. Record seven female directors were included in the competition in 2023.