
The Controversy Surrounding Cannes Standing Ovations.
Guillermo Del Toro holds the record for the longest standing ovation at Cannes with 22 minutes of applause for his film Pan's Labyrinth. Del Toro describes the experience as a personal and emotional release, and advises wearing comfortable shoes to future ceremonies. The length of ovations at Cannes can signal how a film will be received in the wider world, with Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon receiving the longest ovation so far at the 2023 festival.
