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31/05/22 14:50 PM IST

Palme d’Or

In News 
  • The Swedish satire Triangle of Sadness, directed by Ruben Östlund, won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival recently.
About Award 
  • Palme d’Or translates to ‘The Golden Palm’.
  • The Palme d’Or is considered one of the most prestigious awards in the film industry.
  • The winner – 2022: The Swedish satire Triangle of Sadness, directed by Ruben Östlund.
  • It is awarded to the film adjudged the best among those contending at the Cannes Film Festival.
  • Cannes is one of the “big five” international film festivals — the other four being the Venice Film Festival, the Berlin International Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival and the Sundance Film Festival.
  • Chetan Anand’s Neecha Nagar is the only Indian film to win the award.
  • Mann’s Marty (1955), Billy Wilder’s The Lost Weekend (1946), and Bong Joon-ho‘s Parasite (2019), are the only three films to have won both the Palme d’Or and the Oscar for Best Picture.
Cannes Festival 
  • The first Cannes festival was held in 1939, then delayed until 1946 because of World War II.
  • The top prize in 1946, then called the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film, was awarded to one film from each of the participating countries – including India.
  • Chetan Anand’s Neecha Nagar is the only Indian film to win the award, itself never released in India.
  • In 1955, by which time the award was being given to only one film, it was renamed Palme d’Or and given to Delbert Mann’s Marty.
Source- Indian Express 

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