Question: Who was the recipient of the Best Picture Award (PALME D’OR) at the 71st Cannes Film Festival?
(a) Lovelace
(b) The Square
(c) Manbiki Kazoku (Shoplifts)
(d) In the Fed
Answer: (c)
Related Facts:
- The 71st annual Cannes Film Festivalwas held from 8 to 19 May 2018.
- Australian actress Cate Blanchettacted as President of the Jury.[3] The Japanese film Shoplifters, directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, won the Palme d’Or.
- Festival was launched from Ashghar Farhadi’s psychological thriller ‘Everybody Knows’.
- TheFestival was concluded with the film ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’.
- Some of the major awards presented in theFestival are:
- Grand Prix- ‘BlackkklansMan’ (Black Klansman) Director-Spike Lee.
- Juri Prize- ‘Capharnaum’ Director-Nadine Labaki.
- Best Director-Pawel Pawli Kowski Film-Cold War.
- Best Actor – Marcello Fonte, Film-Dogman
- Best Actress – Samal Yeslyamova, Film – Ayka
- Best Short Film (PALME D’OR) – ‘All these creatures’, director-Charles Williams
- Best budding director (CAMERA D’OR) – Lukas Dhont, Film-graphic ‘GIRL’.
- At the festival, late actress Sridevi was given the TITAN Reginald F Lewis Film Icon Award.
- It was received by filmmaker Subhash Ghai and producer Namrata Goyal on behalf of his family.
Reference:
https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/infos-communiques/communique/articles/71st-festival-de-cannes-awards
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180509-cannes-film-review-everybody-knows
http://en.rfi.fr/culture/20180519-terry-gilliams-man-who-killed-don-qixote-finally-wraps-71st-festival
https://www.mid-day.com/articles/sridevi-honoured-at-the-71st-cannes-film-festival/19434196