Who are the three women who won the golden palm at the Cannes Film Festival?

It is the prize that everyone wants. Since the creation of the Cannes Film Festival, the golden palm has been the Grail for directors from all over the world. Few women have won this prize, which reflects the state of an industry that has long been dominated by men. Only in 1993 Jane Campion broke this crystal ceiling by winning the golden palm for The plan lessoneven if on equal merit with Goodbye my concubine Of Chen Kaige. Two decades follow in which men are the masters: Terrence Malick, Bong Joon-Ho he is Brothers Dardenne On two occasions. Finally, in 2021, Julia Ducournau won the prize for Titanfollowed by Justine Triet in 2023 with Anatomy of Une Chute. Sign of a slow but constant change. We retrace the three salient moments of the Cannes Film Festival.

Jane Campion

He was the first director to win the golden palm. Before passing behind the camera in the 80s, the New Zealand studied anthropology and then painting. Took the first steps as director with Peelwinner of the golden palm for short films in Cannes in 1986, then with two feature films before the definitive consecration on the Croisette. The lesson piano It tells the fate of a silent woman married by force with a stranger in the eighteenth century New Zealand. The emotional depth and narrative strength of the film conquered the jury, chaired at the time by Louis Malle. After making the story, Jane Campion continued to produce a series of sensitive and feminist works, including the series Top of the Lakewith Elisabeth Mossand the film Bright Star. His love story with the Cannes Film Festival continued: in 2014 he was president of the jury of the feature films of the 67th edition of the Festival.

Julia Ducournau

Formed to La Fémis, Julia Ducournau He made his appearance on the French cinema scene with the short film Juniorwhich laid the foundations for a production obsessed with the transformations of the body. In 2016 he won the Fipresci Prize in Cannes with Serious (2016), between Gore and transition narration. But it is with Titanin 2021, that Julia Ducournau has a sensation and wins the golden palm. In this film, Agathe Rousselle He plays the survivor of a violent car accident that took place during the childhood, who left her a metal plate in the head and a carnal passion for racing cars. Four years later, the French returned with a bang in Alphathe story of a thirteen year old, played by Mélissa Boroswhich lives in a future in which a mysterious virus transforms people into marble statues. Not surprising that the film has received a divided welcome, but is the role of art is not to feed the discussion?

Justine Triet

It was an almost evidence for all the Festival visitors. In 2023, Justine Triet He won the golden palm at the Cannes Film Festival for his fourth feature film, Anatomy of a fall. This test film, with an impeccable cast, has relaunched the international career of the filmmaker, but also of Swann Arlaud And of the dog Messi, both who became darlings of social networks. He also won three César, in addition to the Golden Globe and the Oscar for the best original screenplay with his partner, Arthur Harari. After directing Laetitia dosch inThe Bataille de Solférino, Virginie Efira in Victoria And Adèle Exarchopoulos in Sybilthe French director could direct an international star in his next project, according to what is reported by Variety.