We have the winners of the 2023 Cannes Film Festival right here!
The biggest award of the night, the Palm d’Or, went to Justine Triet for Anatomy of a Fall. Justine is only the third woman ever to have received the honor in the 76-year history of the event.
The Grand Prix accolade was presented to Jonathan Glazer for The Zone of Interest; Tran Anh Hung won Best Director for The Pot Au Feu; Kōji Yakusho was awarded Best Actor for Perfect Days; and Merve Dizdar took home the Best Actress honor for About Dry Grasses!
Fallen Leaves, directed by Aki Kaurismäki, scored the coveted Jury Prize award. And Best Screenplay went to MONSTER scribe Yuji Sakamoto!
View the full list of winners!
Screenwriter & Journalist | Sarah Brusig (Toce) is an appointed member of the King County Women's Advisory Board and an elected precinct committee officer (PCO) in Burien, WA. As a healthcare worker, Sarah is represented by SEIU 1199NW.
In 2010, Sarah created the online news source The Seattle Lesbian, LLC, which still receives upward of 100,000 readers per month. A recipient of McCormick's New Media Women Entrepreneur Award in 2012, Sarah was invited to the White House by President Barack Obama in 2015. That same year, GO Mag recognized Sarah as one of their Red-Hot Entrepreneurs in media. In 2016, the National Diversity Council honored Sarah with their LGBT Leadership Award.
Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) recognized Sarah's advocacy work with the Community Builder Award in 2017, the same year Curve Magazine named Sarah one of their Top Women in Media & Publishing. Sarah served a two-year term as president of the Society of Professional Journalists - Western Washington Chapter beginning in 2018 and was elected Communications Vice Chair of the King County Democrats in 2021.
Sarah Toce
