A few hours before the announcement of the Cannes Film Festival 2024 prize list , a final parallel prize was awarded today: the Prix de la Citoyenneté. This is the sixth year running that this prize has been awarded to one of the films in the official competition for its artistic qualities and its values of humanism, secularism and universalism.
This year's jury, chaired by French director Valérie Donzelli, included French actress Agathe Bonitzer, journalist and RFI culture editor Isabelle Chenu, German director Claus Drexel and Belgian director and writer Frederic Sojcher .
The jury unanimously awarded the Prix de la Citoyenneté 2024 to the film Bird by British filmmaker Andrea Arnold, declaring: "A cinematic gesture carried by a poetry, a humanism in a punk energy that elevates beings to beauty and the love of others . Bird is a film carried by the grace of its director and actors."
Created by theClap Citizen Cannes association, chaired by Franco-Moroccan filmmaker Nabil Ayouch, last year's Prix de la Citoyenneté was awarded to Kaouther Ben Hania's film Les Filles d'Olfa, with a special mention for Wang Bing's film Jeunesse.
Cannes Festival 2024: The latest news and information about the 77th edition
The Cannes Film Festival returns to the Croisette for its 77th edition from May 14 to 25, 2024. Click here for all the latest news and information! [Read more]
Cannes Festival 2024: The latest news and information about the 77th edition
