Forest Whitaker Palme d'honneur du 75e Festival de Cannes
After Jodie Foster in 2021, it's the actor Forest Whitaker who will be the guest of honour at the opening ceremony of the 75th Cannes Festival, broadcast live by France Télévisions and Brut. Just like Jeanne Moreau, Bernardo Bertolucci, Manoel de Oliveira, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Agnès Varda or Alain Delon, he will receive a Palm gold honour, which salutes a brilliant artistic career and a rare personality as well as a discreet but affirmed commitment to the great humanitarian actions of our time.
« 34 years ago, coming to Cannes for the first time changed my life and confirmed that dedicating myself to seeking different relations with humanity through cinema was the right decision. It is always a privilege to come back for this beautiful festival, to expose my work there but also to be inspired by the greatest artists in the world. I am incredibly honoured to be celebrated as part of the 75th anniversary of the Festival. »
Forest Whitaker
Palme gold honour of the 75th Cannes Festival
On that occasion, For the Sake of Peaceby Christophe Castagne and Thomas Sametin and produced by Forest Whitaker, will be projected on Wednesday, 18 May Special session.
For the Sake of Peace
In 2011After an endless war of independence, South Sudan became the youngest nation in the world. Two years later, a terrible civil war devastated this already ruined country. 350,000 people have lost their lives and millions of South Sudanese have fled to border countries. Despite a fragile peace process, uncontrollable outbreaks of violence erupted everywhere. In this context, This film follows the journey of a woman and a man carried by the same hope of a peaceful future. Each in their community, Nandege and Gatjang are Pioneers of Peace.
The Palm of Honour
The Palme d'honneur is the name given to a set of honorary prizes given irregularly since the creation of the Festival de Cannes. Depending on the case, these awards are sometimes named or nicknamed Palm Palm, Palm gold honour or Special price. Although it was announced as an annual award in 2011The Palme d'honneur was restored only in 2015.
These awards are not awarded by the jury of the competition but by the directors of the Festival, or even by a specific jury, to a filmmaker whose talent is considered remarkable. This price is sometimes seen as a « Special golden palm » but, contrary to the Palm goldIt is awarded out of competition and is attributed to an individual and not to a film. There is also a Palm of Honor of Interpretation.
As at 5 May 2022, nine personalities received such a distinction.
