Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo's 'La bola negra' won Best Director at the 79th Cannes Film Festival, sharing the award with Pawel Pawlikowski. Cristian Mungiu's 'Fjord' took the Palme d'Or.
Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo won the Best Director award at Cannes for 'La bola negra,' becoming the third Spanish directors to achieve this honor. The film explores repressed homosexual desire and Spain's historical memory.
Hong Kong director Leung has won best director for 'Ciao UFO', a film about three residents of Wah Fu Estate whose childhood encounter with a UFO in the 1980s shapes their adult lives. In his acceptance speech, Leung reflected on difficult times in the film industry, recalling a three-year period without work, and thanked his wife and daughter for their support.
