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Egoyan’s ‘Adoration’ wins a prize

by Brian D. Johnson on Saturday, May 24, 2008 7:02am - 2 Comments

This just in. Atom Egoyan has won the Ecumenical jury’s prize in Cannes for Adoration. It’s awarded by a different jury than the one chaired by Sean Penn, which decides the main prizes. With rather fuzzy criteria, the Ecumenical jury recognizes films that have a spiritual dimension and plumb the depths of the human condition. Previous recipients include Babel and Cache. Egoyan won the prize 11 years ago for The Sweet Hereafter, which then won the International Critics’ Prize and the Grand Jury Prize in Cannes before going on to receive two Oscar nominations. Whether or not Adoration will follow suit, at least Egoyan won’t be going be home empty-handed.

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2 Responses to “Egoyan’s ‘Adoration’ wins a prize”

  1. Mike B says:
    May 24, 2008 at 7:24 am
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    Two wins for Canada at Cannes so far; congrats to M. Villeneuve as well for his short film. There’s probably a whole litany of Cannes-do headline puns just waiting to be written by eager copy editors across the country.

  2. Atom Egoyan “overwhelmed” : Blog Central : Brian D. Johnson Unscreened : Macleans.ca Blog Central says:
    May 24, 2008 at 8:49 pm
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    [...] prize Skipped a French movie to see Atom Egoyan accept the Ecumenical Jury Prize. Looks like my earlier announcement of it broke an embargo. Oops. Anyway, speeches were made, champagne was popped and now it’s [...]

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