After two truncated years of pandemic-related disruptions, film festivals around the world returned with full-flowing in-person events this year.
Berlin kicked things off with Carla Simon’s Catalonia-set drama Alcarràs scooping the Golden Bear. The top prizes at Venice, San Sebastian, Sundance, London, and Locarno were also all scooped by women filmmakers.
Over in Cannes, Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund joined the esteemed group of filmmakers to win the Palme d’Or twice with his satire of the super-rich Triangle Of Sadness.
Other two-time winners include Francis Ford Coppola, Ken Loach, and Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. In celebration, Östlund led a series of celebratory primal screams on the Croisette.
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