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2022 Cannes Film Festival

The 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival drew to a close on Saturday. It was dubbed as the festival with "one of the tightest races in recent memory" as critics were fiercely divided over the 21 films that competed for the Palme d'Or.

Iranian actress Zar Amir-Ebrahimi poses with her trophy during a photocall after she won the Best Actress Prize for her part in "Holy Spider" during the closing ceremony of the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 28, 2022. (Photo by LOIC VENANCE / AFP) l

Chinese director Jianying Chen (L) attends a photocall after she won the Palme d'Or - Short Film for the film "The Water Murmurs" next to Nepalese director Abinash Bikram Shah who won a special mention for his film "Lori" at the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 28, 2022. (Photo by LOIC VENANCE / AFP) p

Chinese director Jianying Chen attends a photocall after she won the Palme d'Or - Short Film for the film "The Water Murmurs" at the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 28, 2022. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP) l

Swedish film director Ruben Ostlund poses during a photocall after he won the Palme d'Or for the film "Triangle of Sadness" during the closing ceremony of the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 28, 2022. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP) l

A guest arrives for the Closing Ceremony of the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 28, 2022. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP) l

British director and screenwriter Gina Gammell poses with the trophy during a photocall after she was awarded with the Camera d'Or for the film "War Pony" during the closing ceremony of the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 28, 2022. (Photo by LOIC VENANCE / AFP) l

French actor and President of the Jury of the 75th Cannes Film Festival Vincent Lindon (4thR) arrives with (from L) French director Ladj Ly, Norwegian film director Joachim Trier, US film director Jeff Nichols, British actress Rebecca Hall, Swedish actress Noomi Rapace, Italian actress Jasmine Trinca, Indian actress Deepika Padukone and Iranian film director Asghar Farhadi for the Closing Ceremony of the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 28, 2022. (Photo by LOIC VENANCE / AFP) l

(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 25, 2022 Australian director Baz Luhrmann (L) and US actor Austin Butler pose before leaving the Festival Palace following the screening of the film "Elvis" during the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France. - "After the shooting, I had an existential crisis": not surprising for Austin Butler, who spent almost three years in the skin of Elvis for the biopic on the "King", presented in Cannes, which he is the revelation. (Photo by CHRISTOPHE SIMON / AFP) l

South Korean actor Song Kang-Ho poses with his trophy during a photocall after he won the Best Actor Prize for his part in "Broker (Les Bonnes Etoiles)" during the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 28, 2022. (Photo by LOIC VENANCE / AFP) l

South Korean actor Song Kang-Ho poses with his trophy during a photocall after he won the Best Actor Prize for his part in "Broker (Les Bonnes Etoiles)" during the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 28, 2022. (Photo by LOIC VENANCE / AFP) l

Japanese director Chie Hayakawa poses during a photocall after she won a special mention for the film "Plan 75" during the closing ceremony of the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 28, 2022. (Photo by LOIC VENANCE / AFP) l