Film Festivals

2023 Cannes Film Festival Winners – Un Certain Regard [Video]

Published on July 24, 2023

This year’s Un Certain Regard selection was a pretty sturdy class and the jury comprised of John C. Reilly, Alice Winocour, Paula Beer, Davy Chou and Émilie Dequenne made some excellent palmares decisions here. One of the most unforgettable award ceremonies in recent time due to the winner being “on her way back”, the charismatic John C. Reilly charmed the audience.

Un Certain Regard Prize
HOW TO HAVE SEX directed by Molly Manning Walker

New Voice Prize
AUGURE (OMEN) directed by Baloji

Ensemble Prize
CROWRÃ (THE BURITI FLOWER) directed by João Salaviza & Renée Nader Messora

Freedom Prize
GOODBYE JULIA directed by Mohamed Kordofani

Directing Prize
Asmae El Moudir in KADIB ABYAD (THE MOTHER OF ALL LIES)

Jury’s Prize
LES MEUTES (HOUNDS) directed by Kamal Lazraq

Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).