Hymyileva Mies wins top prize in the Un Certain Regard category in Cannes

Record ID: 102558

  • Title: Hymyileva Mies wins top prize in the Un Certain Regard category in Cannes
  • Date: 21st May 2016
  • Summary: CANNES, FRANCE (MAY 21, 2016) (REUTERS) PEOPLE LEAVING AUDITORIUM MEN HUGGING VARIOUS OF KUOSMANEN SHOWING CERTIFICATE (SOUNDBITE) (English) DIRECTOR, JUHO KUOSMANEN, SAYING: "I was thinking like what kind of film is enough that I can show it in Cannes, it should be a masterpiece, it should be this and that and then I was just completely lost for a while. But then I got this story and I thought OK this story is nice because there's this guy who gets a chance of a lifetime and fails it, and he's still happy. So I was telling me, don't think about success, don't think about anything, just try to enjoy the filmmaking and I think i found my joy of filmmaking during this film again." ROSS AND SON (SOUNDBITE) (English) DIRECTOR, MATT ROSS, SAYING: "I hope the film starts a discussion, you know the film is essentially about a family and about parenting but really if you extrapolate beyond that Its also about what kind of person you are going to be, what kind of life, what are your values? What do you pass on to your children, so I hope it starts a discussion with anyone who sees it. I also hope they laugh." ROSS LEAVING WITH FAMILY
  • Embargoed: 5th June 2016 21:58
  • Keywords: Un Certain Regard film festival Cannes Hymyileva Mies Harmonium Captain Fantastic
  • Location: CANNES, FRANCE
  • City: CANNES, FRANCE
  • Country: France
  • Topics: Film
  • Reuters ID: LVA0074IR2C0D
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Finnish boxing drama 'The Happiest Day In The Life Of Olli Maki' scooped the top prize in the Un Certain Regard competition at the Cannes Film Festival.
    Directed by Juho Kuosmanen, it beat 17 films to take the award handed out on Saturday (May 21).
    Speaking after the ceremony, Kuosmanen told Reuters that in many ways 'The Happiest Day In The Life Of Olli Maki' reflected his own struggle dealing with the pressure to produce the film, knowing that as a winner of the student Cinefondation competition he was guaranteed a chance to show his film at Cannes again.
    "I was thinking like what kind of film is enough that I can show it in Cannes, it should be a masterpiece, it should be this and that and then I was just completely lost for a while. But then I got this story and I thought OK this story is nice because there's this guy who gets a chance of a lifetime and fails it, and he's still happy. So I was telling me, don't think about success, don't think about anything, just try to enjoy the filmmaking and I think i found my joy of filmmaking during this film again," he said.
    The runner up jury prize went to Japanese drama 'Harmonium' starring Japanese actor Tadanobu Asano.
    Meanwhile Best Director went to U.S. filmmaker Matt Ross for "Captain Fantastic" starring Viggo Mortensen.
    "I hope the film starts a discussion, you know the film is essentially about a family and about parenting but really if you extrapolate beyond that Its also about what kind of person you are going to be, what kind of life, what are your values? what do you pass on to your children, so I hope it starts a discussion with anyone who sees it. I also hope they laugh," said Ross.
    Oscar-winning shorts animator Michael Dudok's animation "The Red Turtle' took The Special Jury Prize, while French sisters Delphine and Muriel Coulin took the Best Screenplay prize for their military drama "The Stopover."
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