Cannes Awards Go to ‘Black Dog,’ ‘Universal Language,’ ‘Simon of the Mountain’

Chinese director Hu Guan’s “Black Dog” has been named the best film in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, a jury headed by director Xavier Dolan announced at an awards ceremony on Friday night.

The film stars Eddie Peng as a stunt motorcyclist who returns to his hometown after serving a jail term. The film was one of 18 in the Un Certain Regard section, which is typically devoted to younger or lesser known filmmakers than the ones who compete in Cannes’ Main Competition.

Other Un Certain Regard awards include the jury prize to Boris Lojkine’s “The Story of Souleymane,” the directing award to Roberto Minervini for “The Damned” and Rungano Nyoni for “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,” and performance awards to Anasuya Sengupta for “The Shameless” and Abou Sangare for “The Story of Souleymane.”