RUNGANO NYONI WINS BEST DIRECTOR FOR THE UN CERTAIN REGARD JURY AT CANNES
28.05.2024
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Rungano Nyoni has been awarded Best Director by the Un Certain Regard jury at Cannes Film Festival for her film ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL. The 2024 selection has included 18 feature films – 8 of which are first features also competing for the Caméra d’or. This is Rungano's third feature, after NORDIC FACTORY (2014) and I AM NOT A WITCH (2017), which was also nominated for a Camera d'Or at Cannes in 2017.
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