The French director Justine Triet won the Palme d’Or for the film “Anatomie d’une chute”, which directly translates to “Anatomy of a fall”. This is the main award during the French film festival in Cannes, one of the most prestigious film awards in the world. THE PALM D’OR: It was actress Jane Fonda who presented Justine Triet with the prestigious award. Photo: CHRISTOPHE SIMON / AFP Director Justine Triet says the film “Anatomie d’une chute” is based on the idea of a living nightmare. In the film, the main character Sandra is convicted of having taken the life of her partner Samuel – despite the fact that there are many doubts in the case. Photo: ANATOMIE D’UNE CHUTE / Les Films Pelléas Photo: ANATOMIE D’UNE CHUTE / Les Films Pelléas Photo: ANATOMIE D’UNE CHUTE Les Films Pelléas See photos from the red carpet before the award ceremony here: The Danish Game of Thrones actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and his wife, singer Nukaaka Coster, took a selfie on the red carpet. Actress Eva Longoria in front of a huge press corps. Spice Girl and actress Geri Horner star with David Harbor and Orlando Bloom in the film “Gran Turismo”. Orlando Bloom is among the guests. The award-winning director Quentin Tarantino and his wife Daniella Pick. The American acting legend Jane Fonda (85) waves like so many times before. Jane Fonda was helped up the stairs. British model Ikram Abdi Omar was dressed in stripes from head to toe. Norwegian hope in the short film class The Norwegian short film “Tits” was one of 11 films that competed for the award for best short film. Filmmaker Eivind Landsvik and his team had thus already beaten out over 4,000 other submitted entries. NORMAN IN WHITE DRESS: Filmmaker Eivind Landsvik poses with other nominees in the short film category. Photo: VALERY HACHE / AFP Only once before has a Norwegian film won the award. It’s been 17 years. Nor did Norway go all the way to the top this year. The winner was the short film “27”, directed by French-Hungarian Flora Anna Buda. WINNER: Director Flora Anna Buda was happy to accept the award for the year’s best short film. Photo: GONZALO FUENTES / Reuters Satisfied with nomination Producer Ulrik Wold tells news that they do not see this as a defeat. He is in Cannes himself and thinks the whole experience has been completely unreal. – We are still delighted! It is impossible to be dissatisfied with this. Imagine being nominated in Cannes! We have won in every possible way. SATISFIED: Ulrik Wold is a producer and has helped make the film “Tits”. Photo: Press photo from the Cannes Film Festival Now they are looking forward to showing the film to several festivals throughout the summer, first at the Short Film Festival in Grimstad in June. He does not know when the film might become available to stream on the internet. Norwegian winner of the student prize Not all Norwegians go home empty-handed from France. On Thursday, Norwegian Marlene Emilie Lyngstad made history when she went all the way to the top in the festival’s student competition “La Cintéf”. “Norwegian Offspring” was her graduation film when she finished her education at the Danish Film School, writes the film website Montages.
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