Fun Fridays – Cannes Palme d’Or Special

Hi Film Doctor friends,

As the 66th Cannes Film Festival draws to a close, The Film Doctor Team have decided to take a break from our usual Director’s Favourite films and instead focus this week’s Fun Friday on the hallowed Cannes prize –

The Palme d’Or.

Today’s list consists of the filmmakers who have won the Palme d’Or more than once in their career and the films they won it with:

• Alf Sjöberg – Iris and the Lieutenant (1946),  Miss Julie (1951)

• Francis Ford Coppola – The Conversation (1974), Apocalypse Now (1979)

• Bille August – Pelle the Conqueror (1988), The Best Intentions (1992)

• Emir Kusturica – When Father Was Away on Business (1985),  Underground (1995)

• Shohei Imamura – The Ballad of Narayama (1983), The Eel (1997)

• Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne – Rosetta (1999), The Child (2005)

• Michael Haneke – The White Ribbon (2009), Amour (2012)

As always, The Film Doctor Team encourage you to rent/buy/watch these film to expand your film knowledge and artistic palette. Enjoy!