U-Atom uEgoyan iya kubuyela kwakhona kwicandelo elisemthethweni leCannes, ngeli xesha kunye «Abathinjwa»umsebenzi wakho omtsha.
Umlawuli wemvelaphi yaseYiputa ehlala eCanada ukhethe iPalme d'Or izihlandlo ezihlanu, ngaphambi kokuthatha inxaxheba kolu hlelo lwama-67 Umkhosi weCannes kwaye ufumene amabhaso amaninzi kukhuphiswano lweGallic.
Ngo-1994 uye wabonisa "yangaphandle"KuMnyhadala weCannes, apho waphumelela khona iMbasa yeFipresci ngo-1997, wafumana amabhaso amathathu oku"Okumnandi Emva Kokufa", ngo-1999 wabonisa"Uhambo lukaFelicia", ngo-2005"Apho Inyaniso Ixoka»Kwaye ngo-2008«lithatha«, bonke bakwicandelo elisemthethweni lokhuphiswano oludumileyo.
Kulo nyaka ukhetha iPalme d'Or ngomsebenzi wakhe omtsha othi "Captive", ifilimu edlala indima enkulu. URyan Reynolds, inkwenkwezi yefilimu yaseSpain ethi "Wangcwatywa", UScott Speedman, owayesele edlala enye ifilimu ye-Atom Egoyan, "Ukunqula", UMireille Enos, edume kuthotho lukamabonakude «Ukubulala» kunye Rosario Dawson, Kutshanje kubonwe kwi "Trance" kaDanny Boyle.
"Abathinjwa", ifilimu ebhalwe ngumlawuli ngokwakhe kunye UDavid Fraser, ibalisa ngendoda eyathi, kwiminyaka esibhozo emva kokuqweqwediswa kwentombi yayo, yafumanisa ukuba kusenokwenzeka ukuba isaphila, yaza yakukhalimela.