Atom Egoyan ichadzokera zvakare kuchikamu chepamutemo cheCannes, panguva ino ne "Nhapwa»basa rako idzva.
Mutungamiriri wekuEgypt anobva kuCanada akasarudza kuPalme d'Or kashanu, asati atora chikamu muchirongwa ichi chemakumi matanhatu nenomwe. Mutambo weCannes uye akagamuchira mibairo yakati wandei mumakwikwi eGallic.
Muna 1994 akapa "Kunze» paCannes Festival, kwaakahwina Mubairo weFipresci muna 1997, akagamuchira mibairo inosvika mitatu ye “Iyo Yakanaka Pano", muna 1999 yakaratidza"Rwendo rwaFelicia", muna 2005"Kune Chokwadi"Uye muna 2008"Kunamatira«, vese vari muchikamu chepamutemo chemakwikwi ane mukurumbira.
Gore rino arikusarudzira Palme d'Or nebasa rake idzva "Captives", firimu rinotariswa. Ryan Reynolds, nyeredzi yeSpanish firimu "Akavigwa", Scott anomhanya, uyo akatoita nyeredzi mune imwe Atom Egoyan firimu, "Adoration", Mireille Enos, yakakurumbira nokuda kweterevhizheni "The Killing" uye Rosario Dawson, ichangobva kuonekwa muDanny Boyle's "Trance."
"Vatapwa", firimu rakanyorwa nemutungamiriri pachake pamwe chete David fraser, inotaura nyaya yomumwe murume uyo, makore masere pashure pokupambwa kwemwanasikana wake, akawana chiratidzo chokuti angave ari mupenyu, naizvozvo anotsiura kutsvaka kwacho.