“Blue Is The Warmest Color” wins Palme d'Or at CannesMay 26, 2013 - 22:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Abdellatif Kechiche's Blue Is The Warmest Color took the Palme d'Or at the closing ceremony for the festival, The Hollywood Reporter said. Mistress of ceremonies Audrey Tautou presided over the event, while one of the most illustrious juries in recent memory handed out the awards. President Steven Spielberg and his jury of Oscar winners Nicole Kidman, Ang Lee and Christoph Waltz along with Daniel Auteuil, Cristian Mungiu, Lynne Ramsay, Vidya Balan and Naomi Kawase picked the prizes from this year’s selection of 20 films. Palme d’Or: Abdellatif Kechiche, Blue Is The Warmest Color Grand Prix: Coen Brothers, Inside Llewyn Davis Best Director: Amat Escalante, Heli Best Screenplay: Jia Zhangke, A Touch of Sin Best Actress: Berenice Bejo, The Past Best Actor: Bruce Dern, Nebraska Jury Prize: Hirokazu Kore-eda, Like Father, Like Son Camera d'Or: Anthony Chen, Ilo Ilo The ceremony is to be followed by a screening of closing film Zulu, premiering out of competition, and a private beachside dinner. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |