Anora: Sean Baker’s Sex Worker Romantic Dramedy Scores Big (Top Winner, Cannes Film Fest 2024)

Sean Baker’s Anora, a touching dramedy in which a sex worker falls in love with the son of a Russian oligarch, energized Cannes Fest with lengthy standing ovation.

Cannes Film Fest 2024: Directors–Guiraudie, Alain (“Stranger by the Lake”)

His 2013 film Stranger by the Lake was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival where he won the award for Best Director.

Emilia Perez: Entire Ensemble of Women (including Trans) Earned Best Actress at Cannes Film Fest 2024

“Each of the actresses is a standout but together they’re transcendent”–Greta Gerwig

Cannes Film Fest 2024: And the Winner Is…U.S. Indie Company Neon (5 Palme d’Or in a Row)

U.S. distributor Neon only had two movies in the main Competition of 2024 Cannes Film Fest: Anora and The Seed of the Sacred Fig.

Cannes Film Fest 2024: Payal Kapadia Makes History, First India to Earn Grand Prix (for “All We Imagine As Light”)

It is the first Indian movie in three decades to compete in Cannes’ main competition.