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Ruben Ostlund admits that winning awards piles the “pressure” on filmmakers. The 50-year-old director has won two Palme d’Or awards at the Cannes Film Festival for his films ‘The Square’ and ‘Triangle of Sadness’ but saw the recognition as a curse rather than a blessing. Speaking in conversation with writer-director Niclas Larsson for Interview magazine, Ruben said: “It makes you more insecure, I would say. For me it was a hundred per cent like this. Winning one Golden Palm put more pressure on me, but winning two Golden Palms took away a lot of pressure because that means I wasn’t a one-hit w…

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