Cannes: 'Embrace of the Serpent,' 'My Golden Days' take Directors' Fortnight honors
The winners of the Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) were revealed at the Cannes Film Festival Friday, with Colombian film "Embrace of the Serpent" and French film "My Golden Days" each taking prizes.
Ciro Guerra's "Embrace of the Serpent" took the Art Cinema Award in the non-competitive sidebar, while Arnaud Desplechin's "My Golden Days" ("Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse") won the SACD prize for a French-language film.
"Mustang" by Deniz Gamze Ergüven won the Europa Cinemas award, "Papé" by Nicolas Polixène took the Oceans France Ô Prize and Fyzal Boulifa's "Rate Me" took the Illy Prize for a short film, with mention for "The Exquisite Corpus" by Peter Tscherkassky.
