“Triangle of Sadness” wins Palme d’Or at Cannes 2022
by KM, Movie Lightbox
Ruben Östlund’s biting social satire “Triangle of Sadness” has won the Palme d’Or at the 75th Cannes Film Festival. It is the second time that the Swedish director won the prestigious prize at the festival. He won five years ago for his first film in competition “The Square”.
“Triangle of Sadness” follows a couple who were invited for a luxury cruise with a rogues’ gallery of super-rich passengers, everything appears “Instagrammable” until heavy seasickness hits the passengers. “When we started to make this film, I think that we have one goal, to really try to make an exciting film for the audience. We want them to ask questions, we wanted after the screening (for people) to go out together and have something to talk about”, said Östlund during his acceptance speech.
Grand Prix has been jointly awarded to Lukas Dhont’s tender drama on childhood and friendship, “Close” and “Stars At Noon” by Claire Denis starring Margaret Qualley and Joe Alwyn. South Korea’s Park Chan-wook was named Best Director for his neo-noir film “Decision to Leave”. A special 75th Anniversary Prize was given to the Dardenne Brothers for their film “Tori and Lokita”. The awards were selected by a nine-member jury presided by French actor Vincent Lindon.
The prestigious festival now on its 75th year has attempted to bring back the pre-pandemic glamour and celebration of world cinema. With the war in Ukraine at the backdrop, the festival sparks dialogues about the value of cinema in a socio-political context. At the end of Ruben Östlund’s speech, he invited the crowd to join him and bellow a primal ‘scream of happiness’. A scream of joy inside the Palais which could also mean that cinema is very much alive and back!
Here’s the full list of prize winners at the 75th Cannes Film Festival (2022):
Feature Films - Competition
Palme d'or
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS directed by Ruben ÖSTLUND
Grand Prix (jointly awarded)
CLOSE directed by Lukas DHONT
STARS AT NOON directed by Claire DENIS
Award for Best Director
PARK Chan-Wook for HEOJIL KYOLSHIM (DECISION TO LEAVE)
Award for Best Screenplay
Tarik SALEH for WALAD MIN AL JANNA (BOY FROM HEAVEN)
Jury Prize (jointly awarded)
EO directed by Jerzy SKOLIMOWSKI
LE OTTO MONTAGNE (THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS) directed by Charlotte VANDERMEERSCH & Felix VAN GROENINGEN
75th anniversary Prize
TORI ET LOKITA (TORI AND LOKITA) directed by Jean-Pierre & Luc DARDENNE
Award for Best Actress
Zar AMIR EBRAHIMI in HOLY SPIDER
directed by Ali ABBASI
Award for Best Actor
SONG Kang-ho in BROKER
directed by KORE-EDA Hirokazu
Short Films
Palme d'or
HAI BIAN SHENG QI YI ZUO XUAN YA (THE WATER MURMURS) directed by JIANYING CHEN
Special Mention
LORI (MELANCHOLY OF MY MOTHER'S LULLABIES) directed by Abinash Bikram SHAH
Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard Prize
LES PIRES (THE WORST ONES) directed by Lise AKOKA & Romane GUERET
Jury Prize
JOYLAND directed by Saim SADIQ
Best Director Prize
Alexandru BELC for METRONOM
Best Performance Prize (jointly awarded)
Vicky KRIEPS in CORSAGE directed by Marie KREUTZER
Adam BESSA in HARKA directed by Lotfy NATHAN
Best Screenplay Prize
MEDITERRANEAN FEVER directed by Maha HAJ
« Coup de cœur » Prize
RODEO directed by Lola QUIVORON
Caméra d'or
WAR PONY directed by Riley KEOUGH and Gina GAMMELL,
presented as part of the UN CERTAIN REGARD Official Selection
Special Mention
PLAN 75 directed by HAYAKAWA Chie
La Cinef
First Prize
IL BARBIERE COMPLOTTISTA (A Conspiracy Man) directed by Valerio FERRARA
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Italie
Second Prize
DI ER (Somewhere) directed by LI Jiahe
Hebei University of Science and Technology School of Film and Television, Chine
Joint Third Prize
GLORIOUS REVOLUTION directed by Masha NOVIKOVA
London Film School, Royaume Uni
LES HUMAINS SONT CONS QUAND ILS S’EMPILENT (Humans Are Dumber When Crammed up Together) directed by Laurène FERNANDEZ
La CinéFabrique, France
Higher Technical Commission (CST)
The CST jury has awarded the CST ARTIST-TECHNICIAN AWARD 2022 to the entire sound crew headed up by Andréas Franck, Bent Holm, Jacob Ilgner and Jonas Rudels for the film TRIANGLE OF SADNESS by Ruben Östlund and the CST Young Film Technician Award to Marion Burger, head set designer for the film UN PETIT FRÈRE (MOTHER AND SON) by Léonor Serraille.
Image courtesy of Cannes Film Festival.