19 films hailing from 21 different countries played in competition in the Un Certain Regard section of Cannes 2015. Announced today, the top prize went to an Icelandic film, Grímur Hákonarson's “Hrútar,” and the Best Director award went to Japanese filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa for his “Journey To The Shore.” The jury, comprised of president Isabella Rossellini (filmmaker - United States, Italy), and jurors Haifaa al-Mansour (director - Saudi Arabia), Panos H. Koutras (director - Greece), Nadine Labaki (director, actress - Lebanon), and Tahar Rahim (actor - France) gave out film prizes.
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Here’s Rossellini’s statement:
“We, the jury, would like to thank the Festival de Cannes for inviting us to be part of the Jury for Un Certain Regard. The experience of watching nineteen films from twenty-one countries was memorable. It was like taking a flight over our Planet and its inhabitants… Any...
