Cannes Un Certain Regard Awards Ceremony Gets Under Way (Updating Live)
It was Un Certain Regard, the second most prestigious section at the Cannes Film Festival, that brought arguably the event’s biggest surprise hit this year. Jordan Firstman’s directorial debut “Club Kid,” which played to thunderous applause on the first Friday of the festival, was acquired by a whopping $17 million by A24 after a multiple-bidder race that remains the biggest sell of the festival so far. Could that acclaim translate to prizes?
This year’s Un Certain Regard jury is presided over by French actress Leila Bekhti, who first rose to prominence through Jacques Audiard’s Cannes Grand Prize-winning “A Prophet.” Bekhti was joined by French director Thomas Cailley, whose “Animal Kingdom” opened UCR in 2023, plus Senegalese producer Angele Diabang, Italian director Laura Samani, and Lebanese composer Khaled Mouzanar.
Full list of winners:
Prix Un Certain Regard:
Jury Prize: “Iron Boy,” directed by Louis Clichy
Best Screenplay:
Best Performance: Daniela Marín Navarro, Marina de Tavira and Mariangel Villegas for “Forever Your Maternal Animal” and Bradley Fiomona Dembeasset for “Congo Boy”
Best Director:
More to come…
This year’s Un Certain Regard jury is presided over by French actress Leila Bekhti, who first rose to prominence through Jacques Audiard’s Cannes Grand Prize-winning “A Prophet.” Bekhti was joined by French director Thomas Cailley, whose “Animal Kingdom” opened UCR in 2023, plus Senegalese producer Angele Diabang, Italian director Laura Samani, and Lebanese composer Khaled Mouzanar.
Full list of winners:
Prix Un Certain Regard:
Jury Prize: “Iron Boy,” directed by Louis Clichy
Best Screenplay:
Best Performance: Daniela Marín Navarro, Marina de Tavira and Mariangel Villegas for “Forever Your Maternal Animal” and Bradley Fiomona Dembeasset for “Congo Boy”
Best Director:
More to come…