Cannes 2024 Awards: 'Anora' Starring Mikey Madison Wins the Palme

Winners of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival awards, including the coveted Palme d'Or, were revealed at a glamorous ceremony in Cannes, France this weekend. The awards included many of my favorite films at the festival, and this year THE BEST film of actually won the top prize. Huzzah!! This doesn't always happen, but I loved Anora and had a feeling it would win ever since the screening on Tuesday earlier this week (read my full review). American filmmaker Sean Baker and his NYC film Anora won the Palme d'Or this year, following up Justine Triet's win for for Anatomy of a Fall last year. Congrats to Sean Baker and star Mikey Madison! I also would've been happy with Rasoulof's The Seed of the Sacred Fig winning, but it took home a special prize. Jacques Audiard's musical Emilia Perez also won two awards, and Jesse Plemons won the Best Actor award for his three performances in Yorgos Lanthimos' Kinds of Kindness. I'm impressed and mostly happy with this year's selection of winners from the competition. Recap all the Cannes 2024 awards below. // Continue Reading ›

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