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2009 Cannes Film Festival

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2009 Cannes Film Festival

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FieldValue
name62nd Cannes Film Festival
image2009 Cannes Film Festival poster.jpg
captionThe poster shows a still from the film *L'Avventura* by Michelangelo Antonioni.
opening*Up*
closing*Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky*
locationCannes, France
founded1946
awardsPalme d'Or:
*The White Ribbon*
hostÉdouard Baer
number20 (In Competition)
date13–24 May 2009
website
mainCannes Film Festival
previous[2008](2008-cannes-film-festival)
next[2010](2010-cannes-film-festival)

The White Ribbon

The 62nd Cannes Film Festival took place from 13 May to 24 May 2009. French actress Isabelle Huppert served as jury president for the main competition. Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film The White Ribbon.

The festival opened with Up by Pete Docter, marking the first time that an animated film opened the festival, and closed with Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky by Jan Kounen.

American filmmaker Clint Eastwood became the second recipient of the Honorary Palme d'Or.

Juries

The members of the main competition jury.

Main competition

  • Isabelle Huppert, French actress - Jury President
  • Asia Argento, Italian actress
  • Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkish filmmaker
  • James Gray, American filmmaker
  • Hanif Kureishi, British screenwriter
  • Lee Chang-dong, South Korean filmmaker
  • Shu Qi, Taiwanese actress
  • Sharmila Tagore, Indian actress
  • Robin Wright, American actress

Un Certain Regard

  • Paolo Sorrentino, Italian filmmaker - Jury President
  • Uma Da Cunha, Indian casting director and production consultant
  • Julie Gayet, French actress and film producer
  • Piers Handling, Canadian director and CEO of TIFF
  • Marit Kapla, Swedish culture journalist

Caméra d'Or

  • Roschdy Zem, French actor and filmmaker - Jury President
  • Diane Baratier, French cinematographer
  • Olivier Chiavassa, French member of the fédération des Industries Techniques
  • Sandrine Ray, French filmmaker
  • Charles Tesson, French critic
  • Edouard Waintrop, director of the Festival Fribourg

Cinéfondation and short films

  • John Boorman, English filmmaker - Jury President
  • Bertrand Bonello, French filmmaker
  • Férid Boughedir, Tunisian filmmaker
  • Leonor Silveira, Portuguese actress
  • Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress and model

Official Selection

In Competition

The following films were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or:

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
*Antichrist*Lars von TrierDenmark, France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Sweden
*Bright Star*Jane CampionUnited Kingdom, Australia, France
*Broken Embraces**Los abrazos rotos*Pedro AlmodóvarSpain
*Butchered**Kinatay*Brillante MendozaPhilippines, France, Japan, Netherlands
*Enter the Void*Gaspar NoéFrance, Germany, Italy
*Face*Tsai Ming-liangTaiwan, France
*Fish Tank*Andrea ArnoldUnited Kingdom
*Inglourious Basterds*Quentin TarantinoUnited States, Germany
*In the Beginning**À l'origine*Xavier GiannoliFrance
*Looking for Eric*Ken LoachUnited Kingdom, France, Italy, Belgium, Spain
*Map of the Sounds of Tokyo**Mapa de los sonidos de Tokyo*Isabel CoixetSpain
*A Prophet**Un prophète*Jacques AudiardFrance, Italy
*Spring Fever*春风沉醉的晚上Lou YeChina, France
*Taking Woodstock*Ang LeeUnited States
*Thirst*박쥐Park Chan-wookSouth Korea, United States
*The Time That Remains*Elia SuleimanPalestine, United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium, France
*Wild Grass**Les herbes folles*Alain ResnaisFrance
*Vincere*Marco BellocchioItaly, France
*Vengeance*復仇Johnnie ToHong Kong, France
***The White Ribbon******Das weiße Band*****Michael Haneke****Germany**

''Un Certain Regard''

The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
*Adrift**À Deriva*Heitor DhaliaBrazil
*Air Doll*空気人形Hirokazu KoreedaJapan
***Dogtooth*****Κυνόδοντας****Yorgos Lanthimos****Greece**
*Eyes Wide Open*עיניים פקוחותHaim TabakmanIsrael
*Father of My Children**Le père de mes enfants*Mia Hansen-LøveFrance
*Independence**Independencia*Raya MartinPhilippines
*Irene*Alain CavalierFrance
*Mother*마더Bong Joon-hoSouth Korea
*No One Knows About Persian Cats*کسی از گربه های ایرانی خبر ندارهBahman GhobadiIran
*Nymph**Nang Mai*Pen-Ek RatanaruangThailand
*Police, Adjective**Poliţist, Adjectiv*Corneliu PorumboiuRomania
*Precious**Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire*Lee DanielsUnited States
*Samson and Delilah*Warwick ThorntonAustralia
*The Silent Army**Wit Licht*Jean van de VeldeNetherlands
*Tale in the Darkness*Сказка про темнотуNikolay KhomerikiRussia
*Tales from the Golden Age**Amintiri din epoca de aur*Cristian Mungiu, Hanno Höfer, Constantin Popescu and Ioana UricaruRomania
*To Die like a Man**Morrer Como Um Homem*João Pedro RodriguesPortugal
*Tomorrow at Dawn**Demain dès l'aube*Denis DercourtFrance
*Tsar*ЦарьPavel LunginRussia
*The Wind Journeys**Los viajes del viento*Ciro GuerraColombia, Germany, Netherlands, Argentina

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
*Agora**Ágora*Alejandro AmenábarSpain
*The Army of Crime**L'armée du crime*Robert GuédiguianFrance
*Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky* (closing film)Jan Kounen
*Don't Look Back**Ne te retourne pas*Marina de Van
*Drag Me to Hell*Sam RaimiUnited States
*The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus*Terry GilliamUnited Kingdom, Canada, France
*A Town Called Panic**Panique au village*Stéphane Aubier and Vincent PatarBelgium, France, Luxembourg
*Up* (opening film)Pete DocterUnited States

Special Screenings

The following films were selected to be screened at the Special Screenings section:

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
*Ashes and Blood**Cendres et sang*Fanny ArdantFrance, Romania, Portugal
*A Brand New Life*여행자Ounie LecomteSouth Korea
*The Eye of the Storm**No Meu Lugar*Eduardo ValenteBrazil
*Group Portrait With Kids and Motorcycles**Portrait de Groupe Avec Enfants et Motocyclettes*Pierre-William GlennFrance
*Jaffa*כלת היםKeren YedayaIsrael
*Manila*Adolfo Alix Jr. and Raya MartinPhilippines
*My Neighbor, My Killer**Mon voisin, mon tueur*Anne AghionFrance, United States
*Petition*上访Zhao LiangChina
*Tell Me Who You Are**Min Ye*Souleymane CisséMali, France
*The Thorn in the Heart**L'épine dans le coeur*Michel GondryFrance

''Cinéfondation''

The following short films were selected for the Cinéfondation competition:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)School
*#1*Noamir CastéraENSAV La Cambre, Belgium
***Bába*****Zuzana Kirchnerová****FAMU, Czech Republic**
*The Boxer**El boxeador*Juan Ignacio PollioUniversidad del Cine, Argentina
*By the Grace of God*Ralitza PetrovaNFTS, United Kingdom
*Chapa*Thiago RicarteFAAP, Brazil
*Diploma*Yaelle KayamThe Sam Spiegel Film & TV School, Israel
*Don't Step Out of the House*남매의 집Jo Sung-heeKorean Academy of Film Arts, South Korea
*Goodbye*Fang SongBeijing Film Academy, China
*Gutter*Dan Ransom DayNew York University, United States
*The Horn*Yim Kyung-dongKaywon School of Art, South Korea
*Kasia*Elisabet LladoIAD, Belgium
*The Naturalist**Il Naturalista*Giulia BarberaCentro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Italy
*The Setback**Le Contretemps*Dominique BaumardLa fémis, France
*Significant Others**Malzonkowie*Dara Van DusenPWSFTViT, Poland
*Segal*Yuval ShaniTel-Aviv University, Israel
*The Sylpphid**Sylfidden*Dorte BengtsonDen Danske Filmskole, Denmark
*Traverser*Hugo FrassettoLa Poudrière, France

Short Film Competition

The following short films were selected to compete for the Short Film Palme d'Or:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production Country
*After Tomorrow*Emma SullivanUnited Kingdom
***Arena*****João Salaviza****Portugal**
*Ciao mama**Ciao mama*Goran OdvorcicCroatia
*Lars and Peter**Lars og Peter*Daniel BorgmanDenmark
*The Man in the Blue Gordini**L'Homme À la Gordini*Jean-Christophe LieFrance
*Missing**Missen*Jochem de VriesNetherlands
*Silence**Klusums*Laila PakalniņaLatvia
*The Six Dollar Fifty Man*Mark Albiston and Louis SutherlandNew Zealand
*Worstward Ho**Rumbo a Peor*Àlex BrendemühlSpain

Cannes Classics

The following films were selected to be screened at the Cannes Classics sections:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production CountryRestored PrintsDocumentaries about Cinema
*The 400 Blows* (1959)*Les quatre cents coups*François TruffautFrance
*Accident* (1967)Joseph LoseyUnited Kingdom
*L'Avventura (1960)*Michelangelo AntonioniFrance, Italy
*The Birds, the Bees and the Italians* (1966)*Signore & signori*Pietro GermiItaly
*A Brighter Summer Day* (1991)牯嶺街少年殺人事件Edward YangTaiwan
*Duck, You Sucker!* (1971)*Giù la testa*Sergio LeoneItaly, United States
*Eyes Without a Face* (1960)*Les yeux sans visage*Georges FranjuFrance
*Far from Vietnam* (1967)*Loin du Vietnam*Chris Marker, Joris Ivens,
Claude Lelouch, Jean-Luc Godard,
William Klein, Agnès Varda
and Alain ResnaisFrance
** (1982)*An uns glaubt Gott nicht mehr*Axel CortiAustria, West Germany
*The Housemaid* (1960)하녀Kim Ki-youngSouth Korea
*The Molly Maguires* (1970)Martin RittUnited States
*Monsieur Hulot's Holiday* (1953)*Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot*Jacques TatiFrance
*The Night of Counting the Years* (1969)المومياءShadi Abdel SalamEgypt
*Pierrot le fou* (1965)Jean-Luc GodardFrance
*The Red Shoes* (1948)Michael Powell and Emeric PressburgerUnited Kingdom
*Victim* (1961)Basil Dearden
*Wake in Fright* (1971)Ted KotcheffAustralia
*The Wave* (1936)*Redes*Emilio Gómez Muriel and Fred ZinnemannMexico
*Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno**L'Enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot*Serge Bromberg and Ruxandra MedreaFrance
*Images from the Playground**Bilder från lekstugan*Stig BjörkmanSweden
*Pietro Germi - The Good, the Beautiful and the Brave**Pietro Germi - Il bravo, il bello, il cattivo*Claudio BondiItaly
*Two of the New Wave**Deux de la Vague*Emmanuel LaurentFrance

''Cinéma de la Plage''

The following films were screened outdoors at the beach cinema of Cannes:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production Country
*Lawrence of Arabia* (1962)David LeanUnited States, United Kingdom
*Neil Young Trunk Show* (2008)Jonathan DemmeUnited States
*Pink Floyd – The Wall* (1982)Alan ParkerUnited Kingdom
*Soundtrack for a Revolution*Dan Sturman and Bill GuttentagUnited States, France, United Kingdom
*Tengri: Blue Heavens* (2008)*Tengri, le bleu du ciel*Marie-Jaoul de PonchevilleGermany, France, Kyrgyzstan
*Total Balalaika Show* (1993)Aki KaurismäkiFinland, Sweden
*Wattstax* (1972)Mel StuartUnited States
*Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars* (1973)D. A. PennebakerUnited Kingdom

Parallel Sections

[[Critics' Week]]

The following films were selected to be screened at the 48th Semaine de la Critique:

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production CountryIn CompetitionSpecial ScreeningsShort Films CompetitionShort Films - Special Screenings
*Altiplano*Peter Brosens and Jessica WoodworthBelgium, Germany, Netherlands
*Bad Day to Go Fishing**Mal día para pescar*Álvaro BrechnerUruguay, Spain
***Goodbye Gary Cooper******Adieu Gary*****Nassim Amaouche****France**
*Huacho*Alejandro Fernández AlmendrasChile, France, Germany
*Lost Persons Area*Caroline StrubbeBelgium
*Whisper with the Wind**Sirta la gal ba*Shahram AlidiIraq, Iran
*Hierro*Gabe IbáñezSpain
*Lascars**Round da Way*Albert Pereira-Lazaro and Emmanuel KlotzFrance
*The Ordinary People**Rien de personnel*Mathias Gokalp
*It's Free for Girls**C’est gratuit pour les filles*Marie Amachoukeli and Claire BurgerFrance
*Logorama*François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy and Ludovic Houplain
*Noche adentro*Pablo LamarParaguay, Argentina
*Runaway*Cordell BarkerCanada
***Seeds of the Fall******Slitage*****Patrik Eklund****Sweden**
*Together*Eicke BettingaGermany, United Kingdom
*Tulum**La Virée*Dalibor MatanićCroatia
*1989*Camilo MatizColombia
*6 Hours*Seong-hyeok MoonSouth Korea
*La Baie du renard*Grégoire ColinFrance
*Crumbs**Les Miettes*Pierre Pinaud
*Elo*Vera EgitoBrazil
*Faiblesses*Nicolas GiraudFrance
*Spread Through the Air**Espalhadas pelo Ar*Vera EgitoBrazil

[[Directors' Fortnight]] (''Quinzaine des Réalizateurs'')

The following films were selected to be screened:

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production CountrySpecial Screenings
*Ajami*عجمي / עג'מיScandar Copti and Yaron ShaniIsrael, Palestine, Germany, United Kingdom
*Amreeka*Cherien DabisUnited States, Canada, Kuwait, Palestine
*Carcasses*Denis CôtéCanada
*Change Nothing**Ne change rien*Pedro CostaPortugal, France
*Christmas**Navidad*Sebastián LelioChile, France
*Daddy Longlegs**Go Get Some Rosemary*Benny Safdie and Josh SafdieUnited States
*Daniel & Ana**Daniel y Ana*Michel FrancoMexico
*Earth Madness**La Terre de la folie*Luc MoulletFrance
*Eastern Plays*Източни пиесиKamen KalevBulgaria
*The French Kissers**Les Beaux Gosses*Riad SattoufFrance
*Here*Ho Tzu NyenSingapore
*Humpday*Lynn SheltonUnited States
*I Love You Phillip Morris*Glenn Ficarra and John RequaFrance, United States
*I Killed My Mother**J’ai tué ma mère*Xavier DolanCanada
*Karaoke*Chris Chong Chan FuiMalaysia
*The King of Escape**Le Roi de l’évasion*Alain GuiraudieFrance
*Like You Know It All*잘 알지도 못하면서Hong Sang-sooSouth Korea
*The Little One**La Pivellina*Rainer Frimmel and Tizza CoviAustria
*The Misfortunates**De Helaasheid der Dingen*Felix van GroeningenBelgium
*Oxhide II*牛皮贰Liu JiayinChina
*Polytechnique*Denis VilleneuveCanada
*Tetro*Francis Ford CoppolaUnited States, Argentina, Spain, Italy
*The Wolberg Family**La Famille Wolberg*Axelle RopertFrance, Belgium
*Yuki & Nina*ユキとニナHippolyte Girardot and Nobuhiro SuwaJapan, France
*Firefly* (2000)組画Naomi KawaseJapan
*Montparnasse*Mikhaël HersFrance

Short films

  • American Minor by Charlie White (8 min)
  • Anna by Rúnar Rúnarsson (35 min)
  • El ataque de los robots de Nebulosa-5 by Chema García Ibarra (7 min)
  • Canção de amor e saúde by João Nicolau (35 min)
  • Cicada by Amiel Courtin-Wilson (9 min)
  • Drömmar från skogen by Johannes Nyholm (9 min)
  • Dust Kid by Jung Yumi (10 min)
  • The Fugitives by Guillaume Leiter (25 min)
  • The History of Aviation by Bálint Kenyeres (15 min)
  • Jagdfieber (The Hunting Fever) by Alessandro Comodin (22 min)
  • John Wayne Hated Horses by Andrew T. Betzer (10 min)
  • Nice by Maud Alpi (25 min)
  • SuperBarroco by Renata Pinheiro (17 min)
  • Thermidor by Virgil Vernier (17 min)

Official Awards

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In Competition

  • Palme d'Or: The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke
  • Grand Prix: A Prophet by Jacques Audiard
  • Best Director: Brillante Mendoza for Kinatay
  • Best Screenplay: Mei Feng for Spring Fever
  • Best Actress: Charlotte Gainsbourg for Antichrist
  • Best Actor: Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds
  • Prix du Jury:
    • Thirst by Park Chan-wook
    • Fish Tank by Andrea Arnold
  • Lifetime Achievement Award: Alain Resnais

[[Honorary Palme d'Or|Honorary Palm d'Or]]

  • Clint Eastwood

''Un Certain Regard''

  • Prix Un Certain Regard: Dogtooth by Yorgos Lanthimos
  • Un Certain Regard Jury Prize: Police, Adjective by Corneliu Porumboiu
  • Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize:
    • No One Knows About Persian Cats by Bahman Ghobadi
    • Father of My Children by Mia Hansen-Løve

''Cinéfondation''

  • First Prize: Bába by Zuzana Kirchnerová
  • Second Prize: Goodbye by Fang Song
  • Third Prize:
    • Diploma by Yaelle Kayam
    • Nammae Ui Jip by Jo Sung-hee

''[[Caméra d'Or]]''

  • Samson and Delilah by Warwick Thornton
    • Special Mention: Ajami by Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani

Short Films Competition

  • Short Film Palme d'Or: Arena by João Salaviza
    • Special Mention: The Six Dollar Fifty Man by Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland

Independent awards

[[FIPRESCI|FIPRESCI Prizes]]

  • The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke (In Competition)
  • Police, Adjective by Corneliu Porumboiu (Un Certain Regard)
  • Amreeka by Cherien Dabis (Directors' Fortnight)

[[Vulcan Award|Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist]]

  • Aitor Berenguer (sound mixer) for Map of the Sounds of Tokyo

[[Prize of the Ecumenical Jury]]

  • Looking for Eric by Ken Loach
    • Special Mention: The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke

Critics' Week

  • Critics' Week Grand Prize: Adieu Gary by Nassim Amaouche
  • SACD Award: Lost Persons Area by Caroline Strubbe
  • ACID/CCAS Award: Whisper with the wind by Shahram Alidi
  • OFAJ/TV5MONDE Young Critics Award: Whisper with the wind by Shahram Alidi
  • Canal+ Gran Prix for short film: Seeds of the Fall by Patrik Eklund
  • Kodak Discovery Award for Best Short Film: Logorama by François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy, Ludovic Houplain (H5)

Regards Jeunes Prize

  • Whisper with the wind by Shahram Alidi

[[Prix François Chalais]]

  • No One Knows About Persian Cats by Bahman Ghobadi

References

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  6. "A Honorary Palme at the opening ceremony of the Festival de Cannes".
  7. "All Juries 2009". festival-cannes.fr.
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  13. "Cannes Classics - Restored Prints".
  14. "Cinema de la Plage". festival-cannes.com.
  15. "48e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 2009". archives.semainedelacritique.com.
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