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Justine Triet becomes third female director to win the Palme d’Or, while A-listers turn out on the Côte d’Azur
French mystery-thriller Anatomie d’une Chute ( Anatomy of a Fall ) just claimed the Palme d’Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival. Director Justine Triet clinched the much-heralded top prize for her gripping courtroom drama revolving around a writer accused of murdering her husband. She is the third female director to win since the award’s inception in 1955. The thriller stars Sandra Hüller, who also appears in winner of the Grand Prix, The Zone of Interest . On accepting, Triet verbally attacked the French government for its handling of the pension protests. “These protests were... repressed in a shocking way,” she said in
her speech, after being presented with the award by veteran movie star Jane Fonda. The Grand Prix, the second- highest prize, went to British director Jonathan Glazer for the aforementioned The Zone of Interest . Loosely based on the late Martin Amis novel of the same name, the wartime film portrays a Nazi family living next to Auschwitz. Meanwhile, Japan’s Kōji Yakusho secured the best actor award for his portrayal of a middle- aged man from Tokyo who cleans toilets in Perfect Days ; and Turkey’s Merve Dizdar secured best actress for About Dry Grasses . Elsewhere, Vietnamese-French filmmaker Tran Anh Hùng was named best director for The Pot-au- Feu , which features Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel and is set in a 19th-century Loire Valley chateau. “She is the third female director to win the award since its inception in 1955”
There were also awards for the old guard: Michael Douglas was handed an honorary Palme d’Or (akin to a lifetime achievement award), as well as a teary-eyed Harrison Ford, just before the world premiere of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny . Some of the other big names spotted on La Croisette over the 12 days included Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Quentin Tarantino and Sean Penn.
ONLY THE BEST Anatomie d’une Chute won out over some fierce competition
Shift 4 Cine opens brand-new London facility
Rental house Shift 4 has opened an innovative cinematography unit next to its London broadcast division, housing a highly experienced team, top- of-the-range cinema gear and a stylish and adaptable facility. The unit is designed to help DOPs, directors and producers build the visual grammar for their projects. Users can choose from a selection of lenses,
test in the multipurpose Look Development Studio, customise aesthetics in the adjoining Grading Suite, consult with the Special Optical Projects team to optimise glass for a truly bespoke image, as well as prep in the Cine Space complete with all of its state-of-the-art production tools. For more details, visit shift-4.com/Shift4Cine
SHOOTING RANGE Shift 4’s new unit helps DOPs hone in on a specific look
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