The sixty-sixth session of Cannes International Film Festival brought down the curtain in 26th in the coastal town of Cannes, southern France. "The day is doomed" is the only Chinese-language film entered the main competition unit in Cannes Festival, before awarding, the Chinese media have highly hopes for it, and even there were rumors that Jia Zhangke will be the best director or jury award. Although the "The day is doomed" only get the best screenwriting award, Jia Zhangke did not disappoint, he said in an interview, "I found a friend in Cannes, winning the prize I am very satisfied."
第６６届法国戛纳国际电影节２６日在法国南部海滨小城戛纳落下帷幕。《天注定》是本次戛纳电影节中唯一入围主竞赛单元的华语片，颁奖前，中国媒体对这部也寄予厚望，更有谣言传出贾樟柯会问鼎最佳导演或评审团大奖。虽然《天注定》最终只获得最佳编剧奖，贾樟柯并未失望，他在接受采访时表示，“我在戛纳找到了知音，拿奖我很满足。”
This is the third time that Jia Zhangke's works entered the main competition unit. The previous ones are respectively "Unknown Pleasures " and "24 City", but he is empty-handed. This time the "The day is doomed " is the first time Jia Zhangke won awards in Cannes, he also has a lot of feeling, "this is the third time I entered the main competition unit, during this period, China has changed a lot, I had been following this change," he continued, " in the movie, I represent the lives of ordinary people in China, receiving award means the difficult life Chinese face has brought the world's attention."
这也是贾樟柯的作品第三次入围主竞赛单元，之前两部分别是《任逍遥》与《二十四城记》，但都空手而归。这一次的《天注定》是贾樟柯第一次在戛纳拿奖，他也有许多感慨，“这是我第三次进入主竞赛单元，这期间中国发生了很多变化，我一直在追随这种变化”，他继续说道，“我在电影里展现了中国普通人的生活，获奖代表了中国人生活面临的困难得到了世界的关注。”
Jia Zhangke's "The day is doomed" is composed of four separate but related stories, discussing the contradiction between poor class and rich class in rural China, people at the cost of being crime to grab the wealth of society, take drastic action to protect individual dignity and the way out of young people. Jia Zhangke said, to receive this award is the acceptation for his film work.
贾樟柯的《天注定》由四个既独立又关联的故事组成，探讨了中国农村贫富阶层矛盾，个别人不惜犯罪以攫取社会财富，采取过激举动保护个人尊严以及年轻人的个人出路一系列社会问题。贾樟柯表示，获得这一奖项是对他电影工作的肯定。