If you love to gamble, it’ll probably pay off to bet on Neon at the Cannes Film Festival . For the fifth year in a row, the independent film studio has won the Palme d’Or, with Sean Baker’s Anora being this year’s winner ( Anatomy of a Fall , Triangle Of Sadness , Titane , and Parasite won previously). Baker is also the first American filmmaker to win since 2011’s The Tree of Life .
Anora follows Better Things ’s Mikey Madison as the titular character and stripper who marries a Russian oligarch’s son, whose parents try to break up their marriage. In his acceptance speech, Baker also reminds the audience of the importance of watching movies in the cinema: “The world has to be reminded that watching a film at home, while scrolling through your phone and checking emails and half-paying attention is just not the way, although some tech companies would like us to think so. Watching a film with others in a movie theater is one of the great communal experiences.
We share laughter, sorrow, anger, fear and hopefully have a catharsis with our friends and strangers. So I say the future of cinema is where it started: in a movie theater.” Director #SeanBaker , who just won the #PalmedOr de #Cannes for his movie #ANORA , delivered a passionate acceptance speech, saying filmmakers need to fight for keeping movie theatres alive and that he sees the future of cinema exactly where it started: in a movie theatre!!! 🔥❤️👏🏻 pic.
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