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Cannes Film Fes­ti­val 2017: Palme d’Or predictions

28 May 2017

Words by David Jenkins

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A woman with curly hair wearing a cream-coloured off-the-shoulder dress, sitting in a dimly lit room with three lit candles in front of her.
Three sce­nar­ios for who might win big at this year’s prize giving.

The 2017 Cannes Film Fes­ti­val is all but over. All that’s left to do is dole out the sil­ver­ware. Yes, the com­pe­ti­tion selec­tion this year was shaky to say the least, but something’s got to win. Here are three poten­tial sce­nar­ios for how it might go down tonight.

This would be our per­fect selec­tion of win­ners, based on the films we loved.

Palme: The Beguiled by Sofia Coppola

Grand prix: You Were Nev­er Real­ly Here by Lynne Ramsay

Actor: Robert Pat­tin­son in Good Time

Actress: Vasili­na Makovt­se­va for A Gen­tle Creature

Direc­tor: Todd Haynes for Wonderstruck

Script: Robin Campil­lo for 120 Beats Per Minute

Jury: The Day After by Hong Sang-soo

We would be hap­py with this selec­tion, based on what we think the jury might go for.

Palme: 120 Beats Per Minute by Robin Campillo

Grand prix: You Were Nev­er Real­ly Here by Lynne Ramsay

Actor: Robert Pat­tin­son for Good Time

Actress: Nicole Kid­man for The Beguiled / Sacred Deer

Direc­tor: Sofia Cop­po­la for The Beguiled

Script: Love­less by Andrey Zvyagintsev

Jury: The Square by Ruben Östlund

Fol­low­ing bad awards for the pre­vi­ous two years, this is prob­a­bly the most like­ly scenario.

Palme: L’Amant Dou­ble by François Ozon

Grand prix: Le Redoubtable by Michel Hazanavicius

Actor: Vin­cent Lin­don for Rodin

Actress: Diane Kruger for for In the Fade

Direc­tor: Kornél Mundruczó for Jupiter’s Moon

Script: Sergei Loznit­sa for A Gen­tle Creature

Jury: Radi­ance by Nao­mi Kawase

The awards will be announced at 6pm (GMT) on Sun­day 28 May

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