Kusturica won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival twice for his '' When Father Was Away on Business '' and '' Underground '' . He and producer Paula Vaccaro said they previewed '' On the Milky Road '' to Cannes organizer Thierry Frémaux and that there was interest in it debuting at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival . However , Vaccaro said this was unfeasible as the film was still in the editing process in May 2016 . In making these comments , Vaccaro and Kusturica denied earlier reports that Kusturica claimed to have been barred from Cannes for making favorable comments about Russian President Vladimir Putin
2016 Cannes Film Festival
2016 Cannes Film Festival
On the Milky Road