Eight films from the Cannes Official Selection made this year’s Oscars shortlist. Those films spanned 17 categories and totalled a record 31 nominations. The nine total wins is at least a recent record, the festival has confirmed to us, and may even be an all-time record. We’ll need more time to dig through that one.

While this year’s Oscars marked a victory for U.S. independent moviemaking with Sean Baker’s “Anora” nabbing four major awards, including best picture, it’s also a big win for the French Riviera-set Cannes Film Festival.

Penelope Cruz presents Walter Salles with the Oscar for Best International Feature Film for "I'm Still Here" during the Oscars show at the 97th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.