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The Ten Main Categories and Prizes at 78th Cannes Film Festival


The Cannes Film Festival, a prestigious event held annually in Cannes, France, celebrates cinematic excellence from around the globe. While numerous awards are presented, ten main categories stand out as the most coveted. These accolades recognize outstanding achievements in filmmaking, from the overall best film to individual performances and technical brilliance.

The most prestigious award is the **Palme d'Or**, which honors the best feature film in the official competition. Winning this award can significantly boost a film's profile, securing wider distribution and critical acclaim. Recent Palme d'Or winners include "Anora" (2024), a story about a young escort who marries the son of a Russian oligarch, and "Anatomy of a Fall" (2023), a gripping courtroom drama.

The **Grand Prix** is the second-highest honor, recognizing a film for its originality and spirit of inquiry. In 2024, "All We Imagine as Light," which follows the lives of two nurses in Mumbai, received this award. The **Jury Prize** is another significant award, given to a film or performance that particularly impressed the jury.



For individual achievements, the festival presents the **Prix d'interprétation féminine** (Best Actress) and the **Prix d'interprétation masculine** (Best Actor), celebrating outstanding performances. The **Prix de la mise en scène** (Best Director) acknowledges directorial vision and execution, with Miguel Gomes winning in 2024 for "Grand Tour." The **Prix du scénario** (Best Screenplay) honors exceptional writing.

In the short film category, the **Palme d'Or du court métrage** is awarded. Recognizing debut features, the **Caméra d'Or** is given to the best first film presented across all sections of the festival. **Un Certain Regard** awards films with unique visions and storytelling, often highlighting emerging talents. Lastly, **Cinéfondation** celebrates the work of film students from around the world.

These ten main categories represent the pinnacle of achievement at the Cannes Film Festival, shaping the landscape of international cinema and recognizing the diverse talents that bring compelling stories to the screen.


75th Cannes Film Fest 2022

The Stars at Noon is a 1986 novel by Denis Johnson. It was published by Alfred A. Knopf on September 12, 1986. The novel follows an unnamed American woman during the Nicaraguan Revolution of 1984. It has been adapted into the 2022 film Stars at Noon by Claire Denis. The novel follows an unnamed American woman, supposedly a journalist, living in Managua, Nicaragua in 1984, during Sandinista rule. She originally traveled to Nicaragua as an observer for an anti-war group. She is disgusted with the corruption of both the Sandinistas and "the stupid CIA." She hustles as a prostitute at the Inter-Continental Hotel in Managua, hoping to leave Nicaragua one day. At the hotel, she eventually meets an unnamed English oil businessman whom she falls in love with. When the Englishman has falling out with Costa Ricans, the two flee together toward border. An American who is most likely a CIA agent tracks them and pressures her to sell out the Englishman.

Movie “Stars at Noon”, filmed in Panama, wins the Grand Jury Prize at the 75th Cannes Film Festival. The film "Stars at Noon" won the Grand Prix, Jury Prize, at the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, during the closing gala held on May 28 in that French town. The film was shot entirely in Panama as a result of the visit of French filmmaker Claire Denis to the 3rd edition of IFF Panama in 2014.

The Executive Director of the IFF Panama Foundation, Pituka Ortega Heilbron, was an associate producer of the film, leading the wonderful Panamanian team that made this award-winning production a reality at Cannes: “this film becomes a window to the world of our country and our cinema,” Ortega Heilbron said excitedly. Also in this edition of the Cannes Festival, the first film from Costa Rica exhibited in the Un Certain Regard section of the Festival was presented: “Sunday and the fog”.

The film directed by Ariel Escalante was recognized with the 1st place of the Primera Mirada 2021 Fund, and also obtained a special mention during the First Central American and Caribbean Co-Production Forum- IFF Panama Film Match. IFF Panama has accompanied Ariel Escalante from its development to the post-production period of the film. The Primera Mirada fund is granted with the support of the Inter-American Development Bank and the IFF Panama Film Match is carried out with the support of the IDB Group's innovation laboratory, the IDB Lab.


Driven by our mission to connect, foster relationships and get more productions in the region, IFF Panama arrived at the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival. We continue to create business opportunities for the industry in Panama, Central America and the Caribbean. In turn, the IFF Panama Foundation continues to strengthen the cinema chain as a social and economic tool in Panama, Central America and the Caribbean through the generation of new exhibition/distribution channels with the help of new technologies and alliances with innovative ventures. , companies and key actors, as is the case of the virtual talks of the IFF Panama Forcinema program (Cinema Integration and Strengthening Program for Central America and the Caribbean), which is currently being carried out.

The 11th edition of IFF Panama will take place from December 2 to 4, 2022 where it is expected to premiere the film "Starts at Noon".

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