Sean Baker's Palme d'Or-awarded dramedy "Anora" and ... Mike Leigh with "Hard Truths" and Paul Schrader with "Oh, Canada." Several directors will make their festival debut, including Brady Corbet ...

On Thursday, however, Anora filmmaker Sean Baker pulled off the rare hat trick-plus-one — he landed noms for director, picture, original screenplay and editing.

I pitched ‘Anora’ to her over the phone, and she literally said — I’m quoting — ‘Sean, people don’t want to see that.'” Thankfully, Baker was undeterred. “In all honesty ...