Looking back on the Festival:
Travelled back from Cannes yesterday and arrived home exhausted (from the journey and 10 days of non-stop film viewing) after midnight. The whole experience was tremendous - I saw 28 films over the 10 days, including 16 from Spain/Latin America - especially the latter.
Some really great Latin American films and fantastic to see yesterday's announcement that Embrace of the Serpent / El abrazo de la serpiente (Ciro Guerra, Colombia) has won the top Art Cinema Award at this year's Quainzaine des Réalisateurs at Cannes - an absolutely beautiful film and thoroughly deserved.
Also Paulina / La patota (Santiago Mitre, Argentina) won the top Critic's Week Nespresso Grand Prize and Land and Shade / Tierra y sombra (César Acevedo, Colombia) won both the France 4 Visionary Award and Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers Prize.
See reports: Hollywood Reporter;Variety
Other Latin American highlights for me were:
The Chosen Ones / Las elegidas (David Pablos, Mexico)
Ixcanul Volcano (Jayro Bustamante, Guatemala/France)
Allende, my grandfather, Allende / Allende mi abuelo Allende (Marcia Tambutti, Chile)
but some great films all round.
As far as the competition films are concerned, my top 2 (from those I got to see) are:
Carol (Todd Haynes, UK) and Son of Saul (Lazlo Nemes, Hungary)
- two completely different films, of course.
Peter Bradshaw has given his predictions here.
And of course my other favourite (not in competition) is Asif Kapadia's amazing Amy Winehouse Documentary - a brilliant film - and of course, he's a Westminster alumnus!
Here are a few images from an incredible week:
A. Fresco mural by the bus terminal, Cannes centre
Red carpet arrivals at the Lumiere cinema, Cannes Film Festival
International Village, Cannes Film Festival
In the European Pavillion, Cannes Film Festival
In the Marché du Film
Looking across Cannes bay from the Salle du Soixantième cinema terrace
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