70th Cannes International Film Festival

France, May 17 - May 28 2017

The jury

Alissa Simon (US), Thomas Aidan (France), Rodrigo Fonseca (Brazil), Barbara Lorey de Lacharriere (France), Pierre Pageau (Canada), Eva Peydró (Spain), Silvana Silvestri (Italy), Mode Steinkjer (Norway), Vidyashankar Jois (India)

Awarded films

120 Beats Per Minute by Robin Campillo
(France, 2017, 140 mins)
Closeness by Kantemir Balagov
(Russia, 2017, 118 mins)
The Nothing Factory by Pedro Pinho
(Portugal, 2017, 176 mins)

Reports

Un Certain Regard by Alissa Simon
Closeness: A Masterful Debut by Eva Peydró
The Highest Level of Ambition by Mode Steinkjer
Defense of the Last Scene by Silvana Silvestri
Modern Times in An Anarchist Suit by Rodrigo Fonseca
Only One Film by Thomas Aidan
Man Of Integrity by Pierre Pageau

The FIPRESCI Jury awarded three prizes: two in the Official Selection – one for the Competition and one for “Un Certain Regard” –, and a third one for either “The Critics Week” or the “Directors Fortnight”.

FIPRESCI wishes to thank the UniFrance Pavilion for their kind hospitality, hosting and therefore supporting our jury’s work.