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屆法國戛納國際電影節２６日在法國南部海濱小城戛納落下帷幕。《天註定》是本次戛納電影節中唯一入圍主競賽單元的華語片，頒獎前，中國媒體對這部也寄予厚望，更有謠言傳出賈樟柯會問鼎最佳導演或評審團大獎。雖然《天註定》最終只獲得最佳編劇獎，賈樟柯並未失望，他在接受採訪時表示，“我在戛納找到了知音，拿獎我很滿足。”
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."
這也是賈樟柯的作品第三次入圍主競賽單元，之前兩部分別是《任逍遙》與《二十四城記》，但都空手而歸。這一次的《天註定》是賈樟柯第一次在戛納拿獎，他也有許多感慨，“這是我第三次進入主競賽單元，這期間中國發生了很多變化，我一直在追隨這種變化”，他繼續說道，“我在電影裡展現了中國普通人的生活，獲獎代表了中國人生活面臨的困難得到了世界的關注。”
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.
賈樟柯的《天註定》由四個既獨立又關聯的故事組成，探討了中國農村貧富階層矛盾，個別人不惜犯罪以攫取社會財富，採取過激舉動保護個人尊嚴以及年輕人的個人出路一系列社會問題。賈樟柯表示，獲得這一獎項是對他電影工作的肯定。