"I think that there is really a desire to open up to other cinemas" and "to a queer vision of the world", says Julia Ducournau after winning the 2021 Palme d'Or award for her film "Titane". The French director is only the second woman to scoop the prize, for a film that was one of the wildest, sexiest and most violent ever shown at the Cannes film festival. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES