Cannes 2021: Julia Ducournau’s ‘Titane’ wins Palme d’Or

Jury president Spike Lee appeared to accidentally let slip Titane’s win early on stage.Julia Ducournau’s Titane has been awarded the Palme d’Or at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival (July 6-17).Scroll down for full list of winnersDucournau becomes the first solo female filmmaker to take home the Palme d’Or (Jane Campion’s The Piano shared the award in 1993 with Chen Kaige’s Farewell My Concubine).During Saturday’s closing ceremony at the Grand Théâtre Lumière, jury president Spike Lee appeared to accidentally let slip Titane’s win early on stage, before several of the other awards had been announced.

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