Cannes Film Festival Results

Well this was another year with another group of "what the?" winners and the two most highly praised movies (Volver, Babel) get lesser awards

Results:

Golden Palm - The Wind That Shakes The Barley (Ken Loach)

Grand Prize of the Jury - Flandres (Bruno Dumont)

Jury Prize - Red Road (Andrea Arnold)

Best Director - Babel (Alejandro González Iñárritu)

Best Screenplay - Volver (Pedro Almodóvar)

Best Actor - The Cast of Days of Glory/Indigènes

Best Actress - The Cast of Volver

I was hoping for Babel, or if not that, Volver, to win. They definitely looked the most exciting looking out of any of the competition. They at least got something here, though. Giving the entire cast awards is kind of a cop-out, in my opinion. Finally, Marie-Antionette is shut out, they could have given it a techniacl prize but none was awarded this year. All very bizarre but interesting.