A definitive ranking of festival films by their standing ovations

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A definitive but possibly questionable ranking of festival films, according to standing ovations

Don’t Worry, DarlingThe only thing film festival audiences seem to love more than the movies they watch is standing up to applaud them—for puzzling lengths of time. Film Twitter has become obsessed with the prolonged standing ovation, which has recently become a hallmark of the film festival experience and a source of mockery on social media.

From Cannes to Venice to Toronto, the toll audiences seem to pay for early viewings of potential awards contenders is standing for minutes at a time in their finest formal attire while clapping their hands raw. Apparently, the longer a movie is lauded by grown adults impersonating trained seals, the better the movie is? Honestly, this practice is as cringe as it is fascinating.

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