With some preemptive help from jury president Spike Lee, the Cannes Film Festival has announced director Julia Ducournau’s provocative Titane as the winner of the 2021 Palme d’Or.
To see photos of every Palme d’Or winning film, click here or on the image above.The festival first gave out its highest honor in 1939, but the award hasn’t always been called the Palme d’Or, nor has it always been given to just one film.
Originally, the award was dubbed the “Grand Prix du Festival Internationale du Film,” a mouthful of a moniker with a little less luster than “Palme d’Or.” In the years since the award’s inception, Cannes has bounced back and forth between the two designations.
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