Justine Triet's fourth feature, Anatomy of a Fall, produced by Les Films Pelléas and Les Films de Pierre, received the prestigious Palme d'Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, while Trần Anh Hùng received Best Director for The Taste of Things.
Two years after Julia Ducournau won the Palme d'Or for Titane, Triet's top honor is another extraordinary demonstration of the vitality of French women directors.
The 76th Cannes International Film Festival has announced its prize list, awarding the Palme d'Or to Justine Triet for Anatomy of a Fall, produced by Marie Ange Luciani (Les Films de Pierre) and David Thion and Philippe Martin (Les Films Pelléas). Triet is the third woman director to be honored in this way at Cannes – and the second French woman after Julia Ducournau, who was a member of the jury this year. Unifrance congratulates Justine Triet and her entire artistic team, as well as her producers.
In addition, Unifrance is delighted that Trần Anh Hùng was awarded the Best Director Award for The Taste of Things, starring Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel. We also congratulate the teams behind 27, produced by Miyu Productions, which garnered the Palme d'Or in the short film category, and the co-production Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell (Deuxième Ligne Films) by Tien Ân Pham, which won the Camera d'Or.
This awards list reflects the vitality of French cinema, with films that will travel the world, and demonstrates the strength of independent French production.
Last but not least, congratulations to all the French films and co-productions that won awards in the other sections (Un Certain Regard, Directors' Fortnight, and Critics' Week).
These numerous awards testify to the resurgence of our cinema and its openness to the world. Unifrance will accompany each film in its singularity as these titles set out to conquer international audiences.
We thank all the filmmakers, artists, and partners in France and around the world who do their utmost to uphold the values of our cinema.
French films honored at the 76th Cannes Film Festival
- Palme d’Or: Anatomy of a Fall by Justine Triet
- Best Director Award: Trần Anh Hùng for The Taste of Things
- Best Actress Award: Merve Dizdar for About Dry Grasses by Nuri Bilge Ceylan (minority-French co-production)
- Caméra d'Or: Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell by Tien Ân Pham (minority-French co-production)
- Palme d'Or - Short Film: 27 by Flóra Anna Buda
- Un Certain Regard Jury Prize: Hounds by Kamal Lazraq (minority-French co-production)
- Oeil d'Or for Best Documentary (ex-aequo): Four Daughters by Kaouther Ben Hania
- Un Certain Regard - New Voice Prize: Omen by Baloji Tshiani (minority-French co-production)
- Un Certain Regard - Freedom Prize: Goodbye Julia by Mohamed Kordofani (minority-French co-production)
- Ecumenical Jury Special Mention: The Old Oak by Ken Loach (minority-French co-production)
- Un Certain Regard - FIPRESCI Prize: The Settlers by Felipe Galvez (minority-French co-production)
French films honored at Critics' Week 2023
- Grand Prize: Tiger Stripes by Amanda Nell Eu (minority-French co-production)
- SACD Prize: The Rapture by Iris Kaltenbäck
- GAN Foundation Distribution Prize: Pyramide Distribution for Inshallah a Boy by Amjad Al Rasheed (minority-French co-production)
- FIPRESCI Prize/Critics' Week: Power Alley by Lillah Halla (minority-French co-production)
- Louis Roederer Foundation Revelation Prize: Jovan Ginić for Lost Country by Vladimir Perisič
- French Touch Prize: It's Raining in the House by Paloma Sermon-Daï (French co-production share not specified)
French films honored at Directors' Fortnight 2023
- SACD Prize: A Prince by Pierre Creton
