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2010 Cannes Film Festival

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name63rd Cannes Film Festival
image2010 Cannes Film Festival poster.jpg
captionThe festival's official poster featuring French actress Juliette Binoche
opening*Robin Hood*
closing*The Tree*
locationCannes, France
founded1946
awardsPalme d'Or:
*Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives*
hostKristin Scott Thomas
number19 (Main Competition)
date12–23 May 2010
websitewww.festival-cannes.com
mainCannes Film Festival
previous[2009](2009-cannes-film-festival)
next[2011](2011-cannes-film-festival)

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

The 63rd Cannes Film Festival took place from 12 to 23 May 2010. American filmmaker Tim Burton served as jury president for the main competition. Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives.

English actress Kristin Scott Thomas was the mistress of ceremonies. Agence France-Presse, Reuters, Associated Press and Getty TV boycotted the press conference that announced the line-up for the festival, due to a dispute over access to the red carpet. In a press release, the agencies said that they "may be forced to suspend their presence at the festival altogether" if an agreement was not reached. Days before the festival was to begin, concerns were expressed that attendees might be delayed, or would not attend, due to plane flights to surrounding areas in France being delayed or canceled due to volcanic ash in the sky.

The festival opened with Robin Hood by Ridley Scott, and closed with The Tree by Julie Bertuccelli.

Juries

Main competition

The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2010 Official Selection:

  • Tim Burton, American filmmaker - Jury President
  • Alberto Barbera, Italian film critic
  • Kate Beckinsale, English actress
  • Emmanuel Carrère, French author, screenwriter and director
  • Benicio del Toro, Puerto Rican actor
  • Alexandre Desplat, French composer
  • Víctor Erice, Spanish filmmaker
  • Shekhar Kapur, Indian director
  • Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Italian actress

Un Certain Regard

  • Claire Denis, French filmmaker - Jury President
  • Patrick Ferla, Swiss journalist
  • Kim Dong-ho, South Korean director of Busan Film Festival
  • Helena Lindblad, Swedish critic
  • Serge Toubiana, French General Director of the Cinémathèque Française

Camera d'Or

  • Gael García Bernal, Mexican actor and director - Jury President
  • Stéphane Brizé, French director
  • Gérard de Battista, French cinematographer
  • Didier Diaz, FICAM
  • Charlotte Lipinska, French critic and member of the French Union of Critics

Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition

  • Atom Egoyan, Canadian director - Jury President
  • Emmanuelle Devos, French actress
  • Carlos Diegues, Brazilian filmmaker
  • Dinara Droukarova, Russian actress
  • Marc Recha, Spanish Director

Official Selection

In Competition

Two days before the beginning of the festival, the just finished film Route Irish by Ken Loach, was added to the main competition. The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
*Another Year*Mike LeighUnited Kingdom
*Biutiful*Alejandro González IñárrituMexico, Spain
*Burnt by the Sun 2*Утомлённые солнцем 2Nikita MikhalkovRussia
*Certified Copy**Copie conforme*Abbas KiarostamiFrance, Italy, Belgium
*Chongqing Blues*日照重慶Wang XiaoshuaiChina
*Fair Game*Doug LimanUnited States, United Arab Emirates
*The Housemaid*하녀Im Sang-sooSouth Korea
*My Joy*Счастье моёSergei LoznitsaUkraine, Germany, Netherlands
*Of Gods and Men**Des hommes et des dieux*Xavier BeauvoisFrance
*On Tour**Tournée*Mathieu AmalricFrance, Germany
*Our Life**La nostra vita*Daniele LuchettiItaly, France
*Outrage*アウトレイジTakeshi KitanoJapan
*Outside the Law**Hors-la-loi*Rachid BoucharebAlgeria, France, Tunisia, Belgium
*Poetry*Lee Chang-dongSouth Korea, France
*The Princess of Montpensier**La princesse de Montpensier*Bertrand TavernierFrance
*Route Irish*Ken LoachUnited Kingdom, France, Belgium
*A Screaming Man**Un homme qui crie*Mahamat Saleh HarounChad, France, Belgium
*Tender Son: The Frankenstein Project**Szelíd Teremtés – A Frankenstein Terv*Kornél MundruczóHungary
***Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives*****ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ****Apichatpong Weerasethakul****Thailand**

''Un Certain Regard''

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

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
*Adrienn Pál**Pál Adrienn*Ágnes KocsisHungary
*Aurora*Cristi PuiuRomania
*Blue Valentine*Derek CianfranceUnited States
*Carancho*Pablo TraperoArgentina, Chile, Spain, France, South Korea
*Chatroom*Hideo NakataUnited Kingdom
*The City Below**Unter dir die Stadt *Christoph HochhäuslerGermany
*Film Socialisme*Jean-Luc GodardFrance
***Hahaha*****하하하****Hong Sang-soo****South Korea**
*Heartbeats**Les amours imaginaires*Xavier DolanCanada
*I Wish I Knew*海上传奇Jia ZhangkeChina
*Life, Above All*Oliver SchmitzSouth Africa
*Lights Out**Qu'est-il arrivé à Simon Werner?*Fabrice GobertFrance
*The Lips**Los labios*Iván Fund and Santiago LozaArgentina
*October**Octubre*Daniel Vega, Diego VegaPeru
*Rebecca H. (Return to the Dogs)*Lodge KerriganUnited States, France
*R U There*David VerbeekNetherlands, Taiwan
*The Strange Case of Angelica**O estranho caso de Angélica*Manoel de OliveiraPortugal
*Tuesday, After Christmas**Marţi, după Crăciun*Radu MunteanRomania
*Udaan*Vikramaditya MotwaneIndia

Out of Competition

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

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
*The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceaușescu**Autobiografia lui Nicolae Ceaușescu*Andrei UjicăRomania
*Black Heaven**L'Autre monde*Gilles MarchandFrance, Belgium
*Carlos*Olivier AssayasFrance, Germany
*Kaboom*Gregg ArakiUnited States
*Robin Hood* (opening film)Ridley ScottUnited States, United Kingdom
*Tamara Drewe*Stephen FrearsUnited Kingdom
*The Tree* (closing film)Julie BertuccelliFrance, Australia
*Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps*Oliver StoneUnited States
*You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger*Woody Allen

Special Screenings

The following films were selected to be screened:

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
*5x Favela**5x Favela, por nós mesmos*Wagner Novais, Manaira Carneiro, Rodrigo Felha, Cacau Amaral, Luciano Vidigal, Cadu Barcelos and Luciana BezerraBrazil
*Abel*Diego LunaMexico
*Chantrapas*Otar IosselianiFrance, Georgia
*Countdown to Zero*Lucy WalkerUnited States
*Draquila – Italy Trembles**Draquila - L'Italia che trema*Sabina GuzzantiItaly
*Gilles Jacob, Citizen Cannes**Gilles Jacob, l'arpenteur de la croisette*Serge Le PeronFrance
*Inside Job*Charles FergusonUnited States
*The Pack**La meute*Franck RichardFrance, Belgium
*Nostalgia for the Light**Nostalgia de la luz*Patricio GuzmánFrance, Chile
*Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow*Sophie FiennesUnited Kingdom

''Cinéfondation''

The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)School
*Anywhere Out of the World**Coucou-Les-Nuages*Vincent CardonaLa fémis, France
*Cooked*Jens BlankNFTS, United Kingdom
*Dakujem, dobre*Mátyás PriklerFTF-VŠMU, Slovakia
*The Fifth Column**Hinkerort Zorasune*Vatche BoulghourjianNYU, United States
*Frozen Land*Tae-yong KimSejong University, South Korea
*Here I Am**Itt Vagyok*Bálint SzimlerSzFE, Hungary
*I Already Am Everything I Want to Have**Ja Vec Jesam Sve Ono Što Želim Da Imam*Dane KomljenFDU, Serbia
*Ijsland**Iceland*Gilles CoulierSint-Lukas University, Belgium
*El Juego*Benjamín NaishtatLe Fresnoy, France
*Los Minutos, Las Horas*Marques RibeiroEICTV, Cuba
*Miramare*Michaela MüllerALU, Croatia
***The Painting Sellers******Taulukauppiaat*****Juho Kuosmanen****Aalto University, Finland**
*Shelley*Andrew WesmanHarvard University, United States

Short Films Competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
***Barking Island******Chienne d'histoire*****Serge Avédikian****France**
*Bathing Micky**Micky bader*Frida KempffSweden
*Blocks**Blokes*Marially RivasChile
*First Aid**Ezra rishona*Yarden KarminIsrael
*Maya*Pedro PíoCuba
*Muscles*Edward HousdenAustralia
*Rosa*Monica LairanaArgentina
*Station**Estação*Marcia FariaBrazil
*To Swallow a Toad*Jurģis KrāsonsLatvia

Cannes Classics

The following films were selected to be screened:

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production CountryRestored PrintsWorld Cinema FoundationDocumentaries about Cinema
*The 317th Platoon* (1964)*La 317ème section*Pierre SchoendoerfferFrance
*The African Queen* (1951)John HustonUnited States, United Kingdom
*The Battle of the Rails* (1946)*La Bataille du rail*René ClémentFrance
*La campagne de Cicéron* (1989)Jacques Davila
*The Great Love* (1969)*Le grand amour*Pierre Etaix
*Happy Go Lucky* (1946)*Au petit bonheur*Marcel L'Herbier
*Khandhar* (1983)Mrinal SenIndia
*Kiss of the Spider Woman* (1985)*O Beijo da Mulher-Aranha*Hector BabencoBrazil, United States
*The Leopard* (1963)*Il Gattopardo*Luchino ViscontiItaly
*Psycho* (1960)Alfred HitchcockUnited States
*The Tin Drum* (1979)*Die Blechtrommel*Volker SchlöndorffWest Germany, Poland,
Yugoslavia, France
*Tristana* (1970)Luis BuñuelSpain, France, Italy
*The Eloquent Peasant* (1970)الفلاح الفصيحShadi Abdel SalamEgypt
*Il ruscello di Ripasottile* (1941)Roberto RosselliniItaly
*Two Girls on the Street* (1939)*Két Lány Az Utcán*Andre de TothHungary
*Revenge* (1989)МестьYermek ShinarbayevSoviet Union
*A River Called Titas* (1973)*Titash Ekti Nadir Naam*Ritwik GhatakBangladesh
*...But Film is My Mistress**...Men filmen är min älskarinna*Stig BjörkmanSweden
*Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff*Craig McCallUnited Kingdom
*Hollywood Don't Surf!*Greg MacGillivray and Sam GeorgeUnited States
*Toscan*Isabelle Partiot-PieriFrance

''Cinéma de la Plage''

The Cinéma de la Plage section line-up includes classics films, commemorations and world premieres of new productions at the Cannes' Plage Macé. The following films were selected to be screened:

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
*From Here to Eternity* (1953)Fred ZinnemannUnited States
*The Girl Hunters* (1963)Roy RowlandUnited Kingdom
*Rock'n'roll... Of Corse!*Stéphane Bébert, Lionel GuedjFrance
*The Silent World* (1956)*Le Monde du silence*Louis Malle, Jacques-Yves CousteauFrance, Italy
*That Night in Varennes* (1982)*La Nuit de Varennes*Ettore Scola
*The Two Escobars* (*[30 for 30](30-for-30)*)Jeff Zimbalist and Michael ZimbalistUnited States

Parallel sections

Critics' Week

The following films were screened for the 49th Critics' Week (49e Semaine de la Critique):

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production CountryIn CompetitionSpecial ScreeningsShort Films CompetitionShort Films - Special Screenings
***Armadillo*****Janus Metz Pedersen****Denmark**
*Bedevilled*김복남 살인사건의 전말Jang Cheol-sooSouth Korea
*Dear Prudence**Belle Épine*Rebecca ZlotowskiFrance
*Bi, Don't Be Afraid**Bi, dung so!*Di Dang PhanVietnam, France, Germany
*Sandcastle*沙城Boo JunfengSingapore
*Sound of Noise*Ola Simonsson and Johannes Stjärne NilssonSweden, France
*The Myth of the American Sleepover*David Robert MitchellUnited States
*Copacabana*Marc FitoussiFrance
*The Names of Love**Le Nom des gens*Michel Leclerc
*Rubber*Quentin Dupieux
*Women Are Heroes*JR
*A Distração*Ivan Cavi Borges and Gustavo MeloBrazil
***Berik*****Daniel Borgman****Denmark**
*The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Lion*Alois di LeoUnited Kingdom
*Deeper Than Yesterday*Ariel KleimanAustralia
*Love Patate*Gilles CuvelierFrance
*Native Son*Scott GrahamUnited Kingdom
*Vasco*Sébastien LaudenbachFrance
*L'Amour-propre*Nicolas SilholFrance
*Bastard*Kirsten DunstUnited States
*The Clerk’s Tale*James Franco
*Cynthia todavía tienes las llaves*Gonzalo TobalArgentina
*Fracture*Nicolas SarkissianFrance

Directors' Fortnight

The documentary film Benda Bilili! about disabled Kinshasa street musicians Staff Benda Bilili had its world premiere at the festival, with the group in attendance and performing at the Director's Fortnight opening party. The following films were screened for the 2010 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production CountryShort Films
*A Alegria**The Joy*Felipe Bragança and Marina MeliandeBrazil
*All Good Children*Alicia DuffyBelgium, France, United Kingdom
*Benda Bilili!*Renaud Barret and Florent de La TullayeDemocratic Republic of the Congo, France
*Boxing Gym*Frederick WisemanUnited States
*Cleveland versus Wall Street**Cleveland contre Wall Street*Jean-Stéphane BronSwitzerland, France
*Des filles en noir*Jean Paul CiveyracFrance
*Everything Will Be Fine**Alting bliver godt igen*Christoffer BoeDenmark, Sweden, France
*Illegal**Illégal*Olivier Masset-DepasseBelgium, Luxembourg, France
*The Invisible Eye**La mirada invisible*Diego LermanArgentina, France, Spain
*Leap Year**Año bisiesto*Michael RoweMexico
*The Light Thief*Свет-акеAktan AbdykalykovKirghizistan, Germany, France, Netherlands
*Love Like Poison**Un poison violent*Katell QuillévéréFrance
*Petit bébé Jésus de Flandre*Gust Van Den BergheBelgium
*Picco*Philip KochGermany
*Pieds nus sur les limaces*Fabienne BerthaudFrance
*Le quattro volte*Michelangelo FrammartinoItaly, Germany, Switzerland
*Shit Year*Cam ArcherUnited States
*The Silent House*Gustavo Hernández PérezUruguay
*The Tiger Factory*Ming jin WooMalaysia, Japan
*Two Gates of Sleep*Alistair Banks GriffinUnited States
*Le Vagabond*Avishai SivanIsrael
*We Are What We Are**Somos lo que hay*Jorge Michel GrauMexico
*You All Are Captains**Todos vós sodes capitáns*Oliver LaxeSpain
*Cautare*Ionuţ PiţurescuRomania
*Light*André SchreudersNetherlands
*Mary Last Seen*Sean DurkinUnited States
*Petit tailleur*Louis GarrelFrance
*Shadows of Silence*Pradeepan RaveendranFrance, Sri Lanka
*Shikasha*Isamu HirabayashiJapan
*A Silent Child*Jesper KlevenåsSweden
*Three Hours*Annarita ZambranoItaly, France
*ZedCrew*Noah PinkCanada, Zambia

Official Awards

The following films and people received the 2010 Official selection awards:

In Competition

  • Palme d'Or: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
  • Grand Prix: * Of Gods and Men* by Xavier Beauvois
  • Best Director: Mathieu Amalric for On Tour
  • Best Screenplay: Poetry by Lee Chang-dong
  • Best Actress: Juliette Binoche for Certified Copy
  • Best Actor:
    • Javier Bardem for Biutiful
    • Elio Germano for Our Life
  • Prix du Jury: A Screaming Man by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

Un Certain Regard

  • Prix Un Certain Regard: Hahaha by Hong Sang-soo
  • Un Certain Regard Jury Prize: October by Daniel Vega, Diego Vega
  • Un Certain Regard Best Actress Award: Adela Sanchez, Eva Bianco, Victoria Raposo for The Lips

Cinéfondation

  • First Prize: The Painting Sellers by Juho Kuosmanen
  • 2nd Prize: Anywhere Out of the World by Vincent Cardona
  • 3rd Prize:
    • The Fifth Column by Vatche Boulghourjian
    • I Already Am Everything I Want to Have by Dane Komljen

Golden Camera

  • Caméra d'Or: Año Bisiesto by Michael Rowe

Short films

  • Short Film Palme d'Or: Barking Island by Serge Avédikian
  • Short Film Jury Prize: Bathing Micky by Frida Kempff

Independent awards

[[FIPRESCI|FIPRESCI Prizes]]

  • On Tour by Mathieu Amalric (In Competition)
  • Adrienn Pál by Ágnes Kocsis (Un Certain Regard)
  • You All Are Captains by Oliver Laxe (Directors' Fortnight)

Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist

  • Vulcan Award: Leslie Shatz, Bob Beemer, Jon Taylor (Sound Department) for Biutiful

Ecumenical Jury

  • Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Of Gods and Men by Xavier Beauvois
    • Special Mention:
    • Another Year by Mike Leigh
    • Poetry by Lee Chang-dong

Critics' Week

  • Critics' Week Grand Prize: Armadillo by Janus Metz Pedersen
  • SACD Award: Bi, Don't Be Afraid by Di Dang Phan
  • ACID Award: Bi, Don't Be Afraid by Di Dang Phan
  • Young Critics Award: Sound of Noise by Ola Simonsson, Johannes Stjärne Nilsson
  • Canal+ Gran Prix for short film: Berik by Daniel Joseph Borgman
  • Kodak Discovery Award for Best Short Film: Deeper Than Yesterday by Ariel Kleiman

Regards Jeunes Prize

  • Heartbeats by Xavier Dolan

[[François Chalais Prize|Prix François Chalais]]

  • Life, Above All by Oliver Schmitz

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