It was the second straight
Palme victory for an Asian director.
It is followed closely in the 'slow cinema' stakes by the 'Mektoub My Love: Intermezzo', the second part of a steamy trilogy by the French-Tunisian Abdellatif Kechiche, who won the
Palme d'Or with 'Blue is the Warmest Colour'.
Lynne Ramsay; Xavier Giannoli; Alice Winocour; Pascale Ferran; JoEuo Salaviza; Jim Jarmusch; Nuri Bilge Ceylan, and Jane Campion -- who remains to this day the only director who received both the short film
Palme d'Or and the
Palme d'Or for a feature -- have also made their first steps in Cannes with this selection.
Residents of
Palme Couture Residences will also benefit from the Nakheel Promenade currently under development.
"The building certification for the 'Royal Penthouse' at
Palme Couture was received in June and we had a deal confirmed in August itself," said Kareem Fahmy, CEO of Innovate Living, the developer.
The molten metal is poured into the mould, which is then dipped in cold water to break the plaster and leave behind a golden
Palme.
Kiarostami's Taste of Cherry, starring Homayon Ershadi, won him
Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997.
VETERAN British filmmaker Ken Loach has won the
Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for his latest film I, Daniel Blake, which was set in Newcastle.
SEAN Penn will be competing for the
Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
Thirty years ago, on Feb 28, 1986, at 11.21pm, Swedish Prime Minister Olof
Palme was fatally shot while walking in Stockholm.
Stockholm, Jumada I 16, 1437, Feb 25, 2016, SPA -- The unsolved 1986 assassination of Swedish prime minister Olof
Palme was a national "trauma," a prosecutor said Thursday, days ahead of the 30th anniversary of the tragedy.