Cannes Festival 2016 - nominees

The Cannes Film Festival is held every year at the end of May on the Cote d'Azur of France. Actors and actresses, directors and producers, models and show business stars come from all over the world to take part in a prestigious competition, present their paintings, and show off to the public.

Competition programs of the Cannes Film Festival

Within the framework of the festival in Cannes, several competitive programs have been established - the main one, the "Special Look", in which short films take part, and Cinema Pannason, a program of films produced by inexperienced filmmakers.

Undoubtedly, the most prestigious award that all cinematographers of the world seek to get is the Golden Palm branch, which is awarded for the victory in the main competitive program.

In addition, the honorary jury of the film festival, headed by the president, has the right to give other prizes for an excellent performance of the role or an excellent direction.

Nominees for the main award in the framework of the Cannes Festival 2016

Within the framework of the Cannes Film Festival in 2016, the following nominees fought for the main award:

• "Personal buyer", France, director - Olivier Assayas;
• "Laving", USA-United Kingdom, Jeff Nichols;
• "It's just the end of the world", Canada-France, Xavier Dolan;
• "Stranger", France, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne;
• "Mistress", South Korea, Pak Chang-Uk;
• "American Cutie", USA-Great Britain, Andrea Arnold;
• "I, Daniel Blake", France-United Kingdom, Ken Loach;
• "Ma'Rosa", the Philippines, Briande Mendoza;
• "Neon Demon", USA-Denmark-France, Nicholas Winding Refn;
• "Juliet", Spain, Pedro Almodovar;
• "Stone disease", France, Nicole Garcia;
• "Stand Straight", France, Alain Girody;
• "Graduation", Romania-Belgium-France, Christian Mungiu;
• Paterson, USA, Jim Darmusch;
• "Aquarius", Brazil, Kleber Mendoza Filho;
• "The traveling salesman", France-Iran, Asghar Farhadi;
• "She", Germany-Belgium-France, Paul Verhoeven;
• "Sieranewada", Romania-France-Croatia-Macedonia-Bosnia and Herzegovina, Christy Puyu;
• "The Last Face", USA, Sean Penn;
• "In a quiet pool", France, Bruno Dumont;
• "Tony Erdmann", Germany-Austria, Maren Ade.

Following the voting of the honorary jury of the main award of the Cannes Film Festival in 2016, the social drama "I, Daniel Blake" was recounted, which tells about the life of a childless working woman, who recently can not earn a living due to health problems. The protagonist of this film is forced to apply to state bodies for receiving social benefits, however, he can not do this because he does not understand how to use modern technologies correctly.

It is worth noting that most viewers and film critics were dissatisfied with the decision of the jury. In the opinion of the townsfolk, the most important film festival award was the film "Tony Erdmann" from the director Marena Ade, during which the overwhelming majority of the audience could not hold back tears .

Other nominations for the festival in Cannes in 2016

For all other nominations of the International Cannes Festival in 2016, the contestants received the Silver Palm Branch and recognition of the merits of certain filmmakers, namely:

• the best director is Olivier Assayas ("Personal Buyer") and Christian Mungiu ("Graduation");
• a great prize of the ecumenical (Christian) jury - the picture "This is just the end of the world";
• special jury prize - comedy "American cutie";
• the best actress is Jacqueline José ("Ma'Rosa");
• the best male performer is Shaab Hosseini ("Salesman");
• the best screenwriter - Asghar Farhadi ("The Salesman").

Cannes 2016 - nominees of the program "Special View"

In the program "A special look" to the court of the honorary jury the following pictures were presented:

• "(M) student", Russia, director - Kirill Serebrenikov;
• "The happiest day in the life of Olli Maki", Finland, Juho Kuosmainen;
• "Harmony", Japan, Koji Fukada;
• "Captain Fantastic", USA, Matt Ross;
• "Transplant", France, Dolphin and Muriel Kulen;
• "Red Turtle", Netherlands, Michael Dudock de Wit.

• Arrested son of Sean Penn and Robin Wright
• Sean Penn: failure of the literary debut and old love wounds
• Sean Penn frankly told about his relationship with ex-wife Robin Wright

The main award of the film festival was awarded to an interesting film by a Finnish director.