Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor
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The Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor is a prestigious prize presented annually at the Cannes Film Festival to honor the most outstanding male performance in a film featured in the festival's official selection.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor Context triple: [Bruce Dern, awardReceived, Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor]
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Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress
The Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress is a prestigious prize presented annually at the Cannes Film Festival to honor the most outstanding female acting performance in the festival's official selection.
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B.
César Award for Best Actor
The César Award for Best Actor is France’s premier national film prize honoring the most outstanding leading male performance in French cinema each year.
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Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival)
The Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival is a prestigious prize presented annually to recognize the most outstanding directorial achievement among the films in the festival's official competition.
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D.
Volpi Cup for Best Actor
The Volpi Cup for Best Actor is a prestigious acting award presented at the Venice Film Festival to honor the festival’s best male performance.
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E.
Cannes Golden Camera Special Mention
The Cannes Golden Camera Special Mention is a recognition given at the Cannes Film Festival to highlight a debut feature film that the jury considers particularly noteworthy, even if it does not win the main Caméra d'Or prize.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor Target entity description: The Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor is a prestigious prize presented annually at the Cannes Film Festival to honor the most outstanding male performance in a film featured in the festival's official selection.
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A.
Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress
The Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress is a prestigious prize presented annually at the Cannes Film Festival to honor the most outstanding female acting performance in the festival's official selection.
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B.
César Award for Best Actor
The César Award for Best Actor is France’s premier national film prize honoring the most outstanding leading male performance in French cinema each year.
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C.
Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival)
The Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival is a prestigious prize presented annually to recognize the most outstanding directorial achievement among the films in the festival's official competition.
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D.
Volpi Cup for Best Actor
The Volpi Cup for Best Actor is a prestigious acting award presented at the Venice Film Festival to honor the festival’s best male performance.
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E.
Cannes Golden Camera Special Mention
The Cannes Golden Camera Special Mention is a recognition given at the Cannes Film Festival to highlight a debut feature film that the jury considers particularly noteworthy, even if it does not win the main Caméra d'Or prize.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cannes Film Festival award
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acting award ⓘ film award ⓘ |
| associatedWith | red carpet ceremony at Cannes ⓘ |
| awardedFor |
best male acting performance
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best performance by an actor ⓘ |
| awardType | competitive award ⓘ |
| ceremonyLocation |
Cannes
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Palais des Festivals et des Congrès ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| decisionMaker |
Cannes Film Festival jury
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linked to:
jury of the Cannes Film Festival
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| festivalType | international film festival ⓘ |
| firstAwardedAt |
1st Cannes Film Festival
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linked to:
Cannes Film Festival
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| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genderRestriction | male actors ⓘ |
| hasCategory | Best Actor ⓘ |
| hasCriterion |
acting quality as judged by festival jury
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artistic merit of performance ⓘ |
| hasMediaType |
feature films
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films in competition ⓘ |
| hasNotableRecipient |
Antonio Banderas
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Bruce Dern ⓘ Christoph Waltz ⓘ Forest Whitaker ⓘ Jack Lemmon ⓘ Javier Bardem ⓘ Marcello Mastroianni ⓘ Sean Penn ⓘ |
| hasOfficialName |
Prix d'interprétation masculine du Festival de Cannes
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linked to:
Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor
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| hasOfficialNameInFrench | Prix d'interprétation masculine ⓘ |
| hasRecipientType | film actors ⓘ |
| inception | 1946 ⓘ |
| isPresentedDuring |
Cannes Film Festival closing ceremony
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linked to:
Cannes closing ceremony
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| isSubsetOf |
Cannes Film Festival acting awards
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linked to:
Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor
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| languageOfCeremony |
English
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French ⓘ |
| notableFor | recognizing outstanding male performances in world cinema ⓘ |
| organisedBy |
Festival de Cannes organizers
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linked to:
Cannes Film Festival
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| partOf | Official Selection awards of the Cannes Film Festival ⓘ |
| presentedBy | Cannes Film Festival ⓘ |
| presentedIn | France ⓘ |
| prestigeLevel | one of the most prestigious acting awards in world cinema ⓘ |
| relatedAward |
Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress
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Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director ⓘ
linked to:
Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival)
Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay ⓘ Palme d'Or ⓘ
linked to:
Palme d’Or
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| selectionScope |
competition section of the Cannes Film Festival
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films in the official selection ⓘ |
| temporalCoverage | post-World War II era ⓘ |
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Subject: Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor Description of subject: The Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor is a prestigious prize presented annually at the Cannes Film Festival to honor the most outstanding male performance in a film featured in the festival's official selection.
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Dern
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Prix d'interprétation masculine du Festival de Cannes
ⓘ
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awardReceived
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Best Actor Award at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival
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