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Cannes![]() Cannes Festival News and Dailies I Cannes Market Dailies Les Dailies du Festival I Les News du Marché ARCHIVES Market coverage 2018 I Festival coverage 2018 Cannes Market 2017 coverage Cannes festival 2017 coverage I Video gallery I Image gallery I Conference Future of Cinema in Cannes I PROMOTE YOUR FILM I VIDEO SERVICES IN CANNES Filmfestivals.com has become the number 1 online media on cannes with 606 articles published last year. 12 newsletters reaching close to 2 M film professionals...![]() Closing of the "Cannes 2020 Special”: I'm Afraid to Forget Your Face wins the Palme d'or for Short FilmsSameh Alaa, winner of the 2020 Palme d’or for Short films © P. Le Segretain/GettyImages By hosting a three-day "Cannes 2020 Special” of screenings on the Croisette for Cannes general public to whom the Festival wished to send a sign of goodwill, the Festival de Cannes and the Mayor of Cannes set out to celebrate cinema in a city synonymous with this art form, showcase the global film industry's creative dynamism in these challenging times and hold a cultural event at a time when the arts are needed more urgently than ever before.
Following the attack on the Basilica of Notre-Dame in Nice, a black carpet was rolled out instead of the customary red one with a minute’s silence observed at the beginning of the ceremony to pay tribute to the victims and in protest against terrorist attacks.
The Short Film jury made up of Damien Bonnard, Rachid Bouchareb, Claire Burger, Charles Gillibert, Dea Kulumbegashvili and Céline Sallette got up on stage where they were surrounded by the young filmmakers entered in the competition.
The film I AM AFRAID TO FORGET YOUR FACE directed by Sameh Alaa was named the unanimous winner of the Palme d’or.
In the wake of a new generation of compelling young Egyptian filmmakers featuring in the Official Selection in recent years, this is the first time an Egyptian film has won the Palme d'or for Short Films at the Festival de Cannes. Meanwhile, the film Souad by fellow Egyptian director Ayten Amin was also chosen for the Official Selection 2020.
The Palme d'or award ceremony was followed by a screening of Bruno Podalydès' comedy Les Deux Alfred (French Tech) starring Sandrine Kiberlain and Denis Podalydès, with the film’s crew in attendance. In a Palais des Festivals filled to capacity, the film got a great reception, as did the three other feature films screened – Un Triomphe (The Big Hit) by Emmanuel Courcol, Asa ga Kuru (True Mothers) by Naomi Kawase and Dasatskisi (Beginning) by Dea Kulumbegashvili.
The Festival de Cannes was the first film festival to be impacted by the pandemic last spring. The "Cannes 2020 Special" held for Cannes general public took place just a few hours before the latest lockdown ordered by the French government began. 02.11.2020 | Cannes's blog Cat. : AWARDS
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