Rithy Panh’s “The Missing Picture” wins Cannes Un Certain Regard prize

Rithy Panh’s “The Missing Picture” wins Cannes Un Certain Regard prize

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Un Certain Regard sidebar announced its winners on the second to last day of the festival, with the jury awarding the top prize to Rithy Panh for The Missing Picture, in a casual ceremony in the Palais' Salle Bunuel, The Hollywood Reporter said.

Cannes Jury Prize winner Thomas Vinterberg presided over the announcement. Along with Vinterberg, Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi, French actress Ludivine Sagnier, Rio Film Festival director Ilda Santiago and Spanish producer Enrique Gonzalez Macho selected the winners from 18 films in the parallel section.

Vinterberg presented Panh with his prize, while Panh gave gratitude to the jury and all involved with the festival, as well as to cinemaphiles for supporting film.

Panh's story of his family's nightmarish experience during the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia during the 1970s is expressively told through first-person narration but acted through clay figures.

The Jury Prize was awarded to Hany Abu-Assad for Omar. Best First Film went to Fruitvale Station, writer-director Ryan Coogler's debut film about a shooting on Oakland mass transit that was a hit at the Sundance Film Festival in January.

Best Director went to Alain Guiraudie for Stranger by the Lake. The A Certain Talent honor went to Diego Quemada Diez for his directing work and the ensemble cast of The Golden Cage (La Jaula de oro), who thanked his cadre of young actors for "making [his] dream come true."

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