@parisfantastic.mag: A shared Best Director win at the 79th Cannes Film Festival ✨ · On the evening of May 23 in France, the closing ceremony of the 79th Cannes International Film Festival took place, with the Best Director prize in the main competition resulting in a rare shared victory. Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo, the co-directors of the Spanish film Black Sphere, shared the award with Paweł Pawlikowski for Fatherland. · This year’s directing competition was considered especially intense, with each selected film presenting a distinctly different cinematic language. The jury praised Black Sphere for its multi-layered narrative structure and emotionally charged storytelling, which connected collective trauma across different time periods with both precision and humanity. Meanwhile, Paweł Pawlikowski was recognized for his restrained and poetic black-and-white direction in Fatherland, using post-war memories to explore the relationship between history, identity, and human emotion. · According to the jury, the artistic achievement of both works made it impossible to choose a single winner, ultimately leading to a shared Best Director award. · 📷 Media: @parisfantastic.mag Festival de Cannes: @festivaldecannes #Cannes2026 #FestivaldeCannes #BestDirector #BlackSphere #Fatherland #JavierAmbrossi #JavierCalvo #PawelPawlikowski #ParisFantastic

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