While this year’s Oscars marked a victory for U.S. independent moviemaking, with Sean Baker’s “Anora” nabbing four major awards, including best picture, it was also a big win for the Cannes Film Festival, which is set on the French Riviera.
Through “Anora,” “Emilia Perez,” “The Substance,” and “Flow,” the Cannes Film Festival collected a record nine statuettes out of 31 nominations, largely ahead of the Venice Film Festival with Walter Salles’ “I’m Still Here,” which won best international feature film, and three nods for Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist,” including best actor for Adrien Brody.
“Anora,” which also won best director, best actress for Mikey Madison, original screenplay and editing,
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