Question : Julia Ducournau has become the first female director in 28 years to win the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’or. She belongs to which country ?
(a)France
(b) Peru
(c) Mali
(d) Rawanda
Answer : (a)
Related facts—
- JuliaDucournauhas recently(July 2021) becomethefirstfemaledirectorin28yearstowintheCannesFilmFestival’sPalmed’or.
- She belongs to France.
Titane —
- ItisnotablethatJuliaDucournau’s’Titane’haswontheCannesPalmed’or.
- Titane is a 2021 body horror-thriller film written and directed by Julia Ducournau. It stars Agathe Rousselle, Vincent Lindon, Garance Marillier and Laïs Salameh.
Spike Lee —
- The awards of the 74th Cannes Film Festival were decided by a jury chaired by Spike Lee and handed out at the event’s closing ceremony in the Grand Theatre Lumiere on July 17, 2021.
Remarkable fact —
- For the first time in history, women outnumbered men five to four in the Cannes Film Festival’s main international competition jury.
- Ducournau is only the second female director to ever win the Cannes top prize.
- New Zealand’s Jane Campion was the first woman to win the Palme d’or for “The Piano” in 1993.
By — Pankaj Pandey.
Link:
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