2011 Cannes Film Festival

Juries

Main competition

The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2011 Official Selection:

• Robert De Niro, American actor and producer - Jury President
• Olivier Assayas, French filmmaker
• Martina Gusmán, Argentine actress and producer
• Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Chadian filmmaker
• Jude Law, English actor
• Nansun Shi, Hong Kong producer
• Uma Thurman, American actress
• Johnnie To, Hong Kong director and producer
• Linn Ullmann, Norwegian critic and writer

''Un Certain Regard''

• Emir Kusturica, Serbian filmmaker - Jury President
• Élodie Bouchez, French actress
• Peter Bradshaw, British critic
• Geoffrey Gilmore, American Creative Director of Tribeca Enterprises
• Daniela Michel, Mexican director of the Morelia Festival

''Cinéfondation'' and Short Films Competition

• Michel Gondry, French director - Jury President
• Julie Gayet (French actress and producer
• Jessica Hausner, Austrian filmmaker and producer
• Corneliu Porumboiu, Romanian filmmaker
• João Pedro Rodrigues, Portuguese filmmaker

''Camera d'Or''

• Bong Joon-ho, South Korean filmmaker - Jury President
• Robert Alazraki, French cinematographer
• Daniel Colland, French manager of Cinedia laboratory
• Danièle Heymann, French critic
• Jacques Maillot, French director
• Alex Masson, French critic
• Eva Vezer, Hungarian Head of Magyar Filmunio

Critics' Week

Nespresso Grand Prize

• Lee Chang-dong, South Korean filmmaker - Jury President
• Scott Foundas, American film critic
• Nick James, English film critic
• Cristina Piccino, Italian film critic
• Sergio Wolf, Argentinian film critic and curator

Official Selection

In Competition

For the first time ever, four female directors were featured in the main competition: Australian filmmaker Julia Leigh, Japanese filmmaker Naomi Kawase, Scottish filmmaker Lynne Ramsay and French filmmaker Maïwenn. The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:

:(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.

''Un Certain Regard''

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

:(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.

Out of Competition

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

:(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.

Special Screenings

The following films were shown as special screenings.

:(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.

''Cinéfondation''

The following films were selected to be screened in the Cinéfondation section, which focuses on short films made by students at film schools.

Short films

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

Cannes Classics

The following films were selected to be screened:

''Cinéma de la Plage''

The Cinéma de la Plage is a part of the Official Selection of the festival:

Parallel Sections

Critics' Week

The line-up for the Critics' Week section was announced on 18 April at the section's website. Declaration of War, directed by Valérie Donzelli, and Bachelor Days Are Over, directed by Katia Lewkowicz, were selected as the opening and closing films of the Semaine de la Critique section.

:(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were selected to be screened in the independent Directors' Fortnight section:

:(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.

Official Awards

The Palme d'Or was won by the American film The Tree of Life directed by Terrence Malick. Two of the film's producers, Bill Pohlad and Sarah Green, accepted the prize on behalf of the reclusive Malick. The Tree of Life is the first American film to win the Palme d'Or since Fahrenheit 9/11 in 2004. Head of the jury, Robert De Niro, said it was difficult to choose a winner, but The Tree of Life "ultimately fit the bill". De Niro explained, "It had the size, the importance, the intention, whatever you want to call it, that seemed to fit the prize."

The following films and people received the 2011 Official selection awards:

In Competition

• Palme d'Or: The Tree of Life by Terrence Malick
• Grand Prix:
  • Once Upon a Time in Anatolia by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
  • The Kid with a Bike by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
• Best Director: Nicolas Winding Refn for Drive
• Best Screenplay: Footnote by Joseph Cedar
• Best Actress: Kirsten Dunst for Melancholia
• Best Actor: Jean Dujardin for The Artist
• Jury Prize: Polisse by Maïwenn

''Un Certain Regard''

• Prix Un Certain Regard:
  • Arirang by Kim Ki-duk
  • Stopped on Track by Andreas Dresen
• Un Certain Regard Jury Prize: Elena by Andrey Zvyagintsev
• Un Certain Regard Best Director Award: Mohammad Rasoulof for Goodbye

''Cinéfondation''

• 1st Prize: The Letter by Doroteya Droumeva
• 2nd Prize: Drari by Kamal Nazraq
• 3rd Prize: Fly by Night by Son Tae-gyum

''[[Caméra d'Or]]''

• Las Acacias by Pablo Giorgelli

Short Films Competition

• Short Film Palme d'Or: Cross-Country (Крос) by Maryna Vroda
  • Special Mention: Swimsuit 46 by Wannes Destoop

Independent Awards

[[FIPRESCI|FIPRESCI Prizes]]

• Le Havre by Aki Kaurismäki (In Competition)
• The Minister by Pierre Schöller (Un Certain Regard)
• Take Shelter by Jeff Nichols (Critics' Week)

Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist

• Vulcan Award: José Luis Alcaine (cinematography) for The Skin I Live In

[[Prize of the Ecumenical Jury]]

• This Must Be the Place by Paolo Sorrentino
  • Special Mention:
  • Le Havre by Aki Kaurismäki
  • Where Do We Go Now? by Nadine Labaki

Critics' Week

• Critics Week Nespresso Grand Prize: Take Shelter by Jeff Nichols
• Special Mention from the Jury President: Snowtown by Justin Kurzel
• Prix SACD: Take Shelter by Jeff Nichols
• ACID/CCAS Prize: Las Acacias by Pablo Giorgelli
• Very Young Critics Prize: Las Acacias by Pablo Giorgelli

Directors' Fortnight

• International Confederation of Art Cinemas: The Giants by Bouli Lanners
• Prix SACD: The Giants by Bouli Lanners

[[François Chalais Prize|Prix François Chalais]]

• Where Do We Go Now? by Nadine Labaki

[[Queer Palm]]

• Beauty by Oliver Hermanus

Palm Dog

• Palm Dog Award: Uggy for The Artist
• Special Jury Prize: Laika for Le Havre

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