# 2011 Cannes Film Festival

The 64th Cannes Film Festival took place from 11 to 22 May 2011. American actor Robert De Niro served as the president of the jury for the main competition. American filmmaker Terrence Malick won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film The Tree of Life.
The festival opened with Midnight in Paris by Woody Allen, and closed with Beloved by Christophe Honoré. Mélanie Laurent hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.
Italian film director Bernardo Bertolucci was presented with the third Honorary Palme d'Or Award at the opening ceremony of the festival.
Jailed Iranian film directors Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof were honoured at the festival. Goodbye by Rasoulof and Panahi's This Is Not a Film were screened at the festival.
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.
Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier caused controversy with comments made during Melancholia's press conference, when asked about the relation between the influences of German Romanticism in the film and his own German heritage, the director made jokes about Jews and Nazis. Stating that he "understood" Adolf Hitler and admired the work of architect Albert Speer, and jokingly announced that he was a Nazi. The Cannes Film Festival organization first issued an official apology for the remarks the same day and clarified that Trier was not a Nazi or an antisemite, the following day the filmmaker was declared "persona non grata", even though the film the film remained in competition, winning Best Actress for Kirsten Dunst.

## Juries
### Main competition

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

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| The Artist | The Artist | Michel Hazanavicius | France |
| Drive | Drive | Nicolas Winding Refn | United States |
| Footnote | הערת שוליים | Joseph Cedar | Israel |
| Hanezu | 朱花の月 | Naomi Kawase | Japan |
| Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai | 一命 | Takashi Miike | Japan, United Kingdom |
| Le Havre | Le Havre | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland, France, Germany |
| House of Tolerance | L'apollonide (Souvenirs de la maison close) | Bertrand Bonello | France |
| The Kid with a Bike | Le Gamin au vélo | Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne | Belgium, France |
| Melancholia | Melancholia | Lars von Trier | Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany |
| Michael (CdO) | Michael (CdO) | Markus Schleinzer | Austria |
| Once Upon a Time in Anatolia | Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Pater | Pater | Alain Cavalier | France |
| Polisse | Polisse | Maïwenn | France |
| The Skin I Live In | La piel que habito | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
| Sleeping Beauty (CdO) | Sleeping Beauty (CdO) | Julia Leigh | Australia |
| The Source | La source des femmes | Radu Mihăileanu | France, Belgium, Italy |
| This Must Be the Place | This Must Be the Place | Paolo Sorrentino | Italy, France, Ireland |
| The Tree of Life | The Tree of Life | Terrence Malick | United States |
| We Have a Pope | Habemus Papam | Nanni Moretti | Italy, France |
| We Need to Talk About Kevin | We Need to Talk About Kevin | Lynne Ramsay | United Kingdom, United States |
    (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:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Arirang | 아리랑 | Kim Ki-duk | South Korea |
| Beauty | Skoonheid | Oliver Hermanus | South Africa |
| Bonsai | Bonsai | Cristián Jiménez | Chile |
| The Day He Arrives | 북촌방향 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| Elena | Елена | Andrey Zvyagintsev | Russia |
| Goodbye | به امید دیدار | Mohammad Rasoulof | Iran |
| Hard Labor (CdO) | Trabalhar Cansa | Juliana Rojas & Marco Dutra | Brazil |
| The Hunter | Охотник | Bakur Bakuradze | Russia |
| Loverboy | Loverboy | Cătălin Mitulescu | Romania |
| Martha Marcy May Marlene (CdO) | Martha Marcy May Marlene (CdO) | Sean Durkin | United States |
| The Minister | L'Exercice de l'État | Pierre Schöller | France, Belgium |
| Miss Bala | Miss Bala | Gerardo Naranjo | Mexico |
| Oslo, August 31st | Oslo, 31. august | Joachim Trier | Norway |
| Hors Satan | Hors Satan | Bruno Dumont | France |
| Restless | Restless | Gus Van Sant | United States |
| The Snows of Kilimanjaro | Les Neiges du Kilimandjaro | Robert Guédiguian | France |
| Stopped on Track | Halt auf freier Strecke | Andreas Dresen | Germany |
| Tatsumi | Tatsumi | Eric Khoo | Singapore |
| Toomelah | Toomelah | Ivan Sen | Australia |
| Where Do We Go Now? | هلق لوين؟ | Nadine Labaki | Lebanon, France, Egypt, Italy |
| The Yellow Sea | 황해 | Na Hong-jin | South Korea |
    (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:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| The Beaver | The Beaver | Jodie Foster | United States, United Arab Emirates |
| Beloved (closing film) | Les Bien-aimés | Christophe Honoré | France |
| The Conquest | La Conquête | Xavier Durringer | France |
| Midnight in Paris (opening film) | Midnight in Paris (opening film) | Woody Allen | United States, Spain |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | Rob Marshall | United States |
| Midnight Screenings ||||
| Bollywood: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told | Bollywood: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told | Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra & Jeff Zimbalist | India |
| Days of Grace (CdO) | Dias de gracia | Everardo Gout | Mexico |
| Dragon | 武俠 | Peter Chan | Hong Kong, China |
    (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.

### Special Screenings

The following films were shown as special screenings.
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| 18 Days | 18 يوم | Ahmad Abdallah, Mariam Abou Ouf, Kamla Abu Zikri, Ahmed Alaa, Mohamed Ali, Sherif Arafa, Sherif El Bendary, Marwan Hamed, Khaled Marei and Yousry Nasralla | Egypt |
| The Big Fix | The Big Fix | Rebecca Tickell and Josh Tickell | United States |
| Duch, Master of the Forges of Hell | Le Maître des forges de l'Enfer | Rithy Panh | France |
| Leader-Sheep | Tous au Larzac | Christian Rouaud | France |
| Michel Petrucciani | Michel Petrucciani | Michael Radford | France |
| No More Fear (CdO) | La khaoufa baada al'yaoum | Mourad Ben Cheikh | Tunisia |
| Out of Bounds (CdO) | Labrador | Frederikke Aspöck | Denmark |
| The Postman | Al-Bostagui | Hussein Kamal | Egypt |
    (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. The winner of the Cinéfondation First Prize has been highlighted:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | School |
| The Agony and Sweat of the Human Spirit | The Agony and Sweat of the Human Spirit | D. Jesse Damazo & Joe Bookman | University of Iowa, United States |
| Bento Monogatari | Bento Monogatari | Pieter Dirkx | Hogeschool Sint-Lukas, Belgium |
| Big Muddy | Big Muddy | Jefferson Moneo | Columbia University, United States |
| Cagey Tigers | Tigre z klietky | Aramisova | FAMU, Czech Republic |
| Changeling | Der Wechselbalg | Maria Steinmetz | HFF Konrad Wolf, Germany |
| Drari | Drari | Kamal Nazraq | La Fémis, France |
| Duel Before Nightfall | Duelo Antes da Noite | Alice Furtado | Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil |
| Fly by Night | 야간비행 / Ya-gan-bi-hang | Son Tae-gyum | Chung-Ang University, South Korea |
| The Letter | Der Brief | Doroteya Droumeva | DFFB, Germany |
| Martha Must Fly | Al Martha lauf | Ma'ayan Rypp | Tel Aviv University, Israel |
| On My Doorstep | Befetach beity | Anat Costi | Bezalel Academy, Israel |
| Salsipuedes | Salsipuedes | Mariano Luque | National University of Córdoba, Argentina |
| Suu and Uchikawa | Suu et Uchikawa | Nathanael Carton | NYU Asia, Singapore |
| Till Summer Comes | L'estate che non viene | Pasquale Marino | Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Italy |
| The Trip | A Viagem | Simão Cayatte | Columbia University, United States |
| The Wedding Party | La fiesta de casamiento | Gastón Margolin & Martín Morgenfeld | Universidad del Cine, Argentina |

### Short films

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or. The Short film Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Bear | Bear | Nash Edgerton | Australia |
| Cold | Kjøttsår | Lisa Marie Gamlem | Norway |
| Cross | Cross | Maryna Vroda | France, Ukraine |
| Ghost | Ghost | Dahci Ma | South Korea |
| It Is Nothing | Ce n'est rien | Nicolas Roy | Canada |
| Meathead | Meathead | Sam Holst | New Zealand |
| Paternal Womb | Paternal Womb | Megumi Tazaki | Japan |
| Soy tan feliz | Soy tan feliz | Vladimir Durán | Argentina |
| Swimsuit 46 | Badpakje 46 | Wannes Destoop | Belgium |

### Cannes Classics

The following films were selected to be screened in the Cannes Classics section.
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Tributes ||||
| A Bronx Tale (1993) | A Bronx Tale (1993) | Robert De Niro | United States |
| A Clockwork Orange (1971) | A Clockwork Orange (1971) | Stanley Kubrick | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Conformist (1970) | Il Conformista | Bernardo Bertolucci | Italy |
| Molly (2011) | Molly (2011) | Moly Kane | Senegal |
| Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1970) | Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1970) | Jerry Schatzberg | United States |
| Sugar Cane Alley (1983) | Rue Cases-Négres | Euzhan Palcy | France |
| A Trip to the Moon (1902) | Le Voyage dans la lune | Georges Méliès | France |
| Documentaries about Cinema ||||
| Belmondo, itinéraire... | Belmondo, itinéraire... | Vincent Perrot | France |
| Corman's World: Exploits Of A Hollywood Rebel (CdO) | Corman's World: Exploits Of A Hollywood Rebel (CdO) | Alex Stapleton | United States |
| Kurosawa's Way | Kurosawa, la Voie | Catherine Cadou | France |
| The Look | The Look | Angelina Maccarone | Germany, France |
| Once Upon a Time... A Clockwork Orange | Il était une fois... Orange mécanique | Antoine de Gaudemar | France |
| Restored Prints ||||
| The Assassin (1961) | L’assassino | Elio Petri | Italy |
| Children of Paradise (1945) | Les Enfants du paradis | Marcel Carné | France |
| Chronicle of a Summer (1960) | Chronique d'un été | Jean Rouch & Edgar Morin | France |
| Despair (1978) | Despair – Eine Reise ins Licht | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | West Germany |
| No Man's Land (1931) | Niemandsland | Victor Trivas | Germany |
| Le Sauvage (1975) | Le Sauvage (1975) | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | France |
| The Machine to Kill Bad People (1952) | La macchina ammazzacattivi | Roberto Rossellini | Italy |
| World Cinema Foundation ||||
| The Law of the Border (1966) | Hudutların Kanunu | Ömer Lütfi Akad | Turkey |

### Cinéma de la Plage

The Cinéma de la Plage is a part of the Official Selection of the festival. The outdoors screenings at the beach cinema of Cannes are open to the public.
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| And the Ship Sails On (1984) | E la nave va | Federico Fellini | Italy, France |
| Ant Scream (2011) | Ant Scream (2011) | Sameh Abdel Aziz | Egypt |
| Das Boot: Directors Cut (1981/79) | Das Boot: Directors Cut (1981/79) | Wolfgang Petersen | West Germany |
| The Caine Mutiny (1954) | The Caine Mutiny (1954) | Edward Dmytryk | United States |
| Greed in the Sun (1965) | 100.000 dollars au soleil | Henri Verneuil | France, Italy |
| The Man from Acapulco (1973) | Le Magnifique | Philippe de Broca | France, Italy |
| A Night To Remember (1958) | A Night To Remember (1958) | Roy Ward Baker | United Kingdom |
| Reflets sur la Croisette (2011, a series of shorts) | Reflets sur la Croisette (2011, a series of shorts) | Isabelle Putod | France |
| Winter Frog (2011) | Grenouille d'hiver | Slony Sow | France |

## 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.
Feature films
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| 17 Girls (CdO) | 17 filles | Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin | France |
| Las Acacias (CdO) | Las Acacias (CdO) | Pablo Giorgelli | Argentina |
| Avé (CdO) | Avé (CdO) | Konstantin Bojanov | Bulgaria |
| Sauna on the Moon | 嫦娥 | Zou Peng | China |
| The Slut (CdO) | הנותנת | Hagar Ben-Asher | Israel |
| Snowtown (CdO) | Snowtown (CdO) | Justin Kurzel | Australia |
| Take Shelter | Take Shelter | Jeff Nichols | United States |
    (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.
Short Films
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Alexis Ivanovitch, You're My Hero | Alexis Ivanovitch vous êtes mon héros | Guillaume Gouix | France |
| Black Moon | Black Moon | Amy Siegel | United States |
| Blue | Blue | Stephen Kang | New Zealand |
| Boy | Boy | Topaz Adizes | United States |
| Finis Operis | 불멸의 사나이 | Moon Byoung-gon | South Korea |
| In Front of the House | 집 앞에서 | Lee Tae-ho | South Korea |
| The Inviolability of the Domicile Is Based On the Man Who Appears Wielding an Axe at the Door of His House | La inviolabilidad del domicilio se basa en el hombre que aparece empuñando un hacha | Alex Piperno | Uruguay, Argentina |
| Junior | Junior | Julia Ducournau | France |
| Permanencias | Permanências | Ricardo Alves Júnior | Brazil |
| Sundays | Dimanches | Valéry Rosier | Belgium |
Special Screenings
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Bachelor Days Are Over (CdO) | Pourquoi tu pleures? | Katia Lewkowicz | France |
| Declaration of War | La Guerre est déclarée | Valérie Donzelli | France |
| My Little Princess (CdO) | My Little Princess (CdO) | Eva Ionesco | France |
| To Die By Your Side | Mourir auprès de toi | Spike Jonze & Simon Cahn | France |
| Walk Away Renee | Walk Away Renee | Jonathan Caouette | United States, France |
    (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:
Feature Films
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Blue Bird | Blue Bird | Gust Van Den Berghe | Belgium |
| Breathing (CdO) | Atmen | Karl Markovics | Austria |
| Code Blue | Code Blue | Urszula Antoniak | Netherlands |
| Chatrak | Chatrak | Vimukthi Jayasundara | India |
| End of Silence (CdO) | La Fin du silence | Roland Edzard | France |
| The Fairy | La Fée | Dominique Abel, Bruno Romy & Fiona Gordon | Belgium, France |
| The Giants | Les Géants | Bouli Lanners | Belgium |
| Heat Wave (CdO) | Après le sud | Jean-Jacques Jauffret | France |
| Heavenly Body (CdO) | Corpo Celeste | Alice Rohrwacher | Italy |
| Iris in Bloom (CdO) | En ville | Valérie Mrejen & Bertrand Schefer | France |
| The Island | Островът | Kamen Kalev | Bulgaria, Sweden |
| The Other Side of Sleep (CdO) | The Other Side of Sleep (CdO) | Rebecca Daly | Ireland |
| On the Edge | Sur la planche | Leila Kilani | Morocco |
| Palawan Fate | Busong | Auraeus Solito | Philippines |
| Play | Play | Ruben Östlund | Sweden |
| Porfirio | Porfirio | Alejandro Landes | Colombia |
| Return (CdO) | Return (CdO) | Liza Johnson | United States |
| The Silence of Joan | Jeanne captive | Philippe Ramos | France |
| The Silver Cliff | O Abismo Prateado | Karim Aïnouz | Brazil |
| Unforgivable | Impardonnables | André Téchiné | France |
| Volcano (CdO) | Volcano (CdO) | Runar Runarsson | Iceland |
    (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.
Special Screenings
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| Back Door Channels: The Price of Peace | Back Door Channels: The Price of Peace | Harry Hunkele | United States |
| Guilty of Romance | 恋の罪 | Sion Sono | Japan |
| Les jeunes gens modernes | Les jeunes gens modernes | Jérôme de Missolz & Jean-François Sanz | France |
| La nuit elles dansent | La nuit elles dansent | Isabelle Lavigne & Stéphane Thibault | Canada |
| El velador | El velador | Natalia Almada | United States |
Short films
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| Armand 15 ans l’été dernier | Armand 15 ans l’été dernier | Blaise Harrison | France |
| Boro in the Box | Boro in the Box | Bernard Mandico | France |
| Cigarette at Night | Cigarette at Night | Duane Hopkins | United Kingdom |
| Csicska | Csicska | Attila Till | Hungary |
| Dans le jardin du temps, portrait d’Ely et Nina Bielutin | Dans le jardin du temps, portrait d’Ely et Nina Bielutin | Clément Cogitore | France |
| Demain, ça sera bien | Demain, ça sera bien | Pauline Gay | France |
| Fourplay: Tampa | Fourplay: Tampa | Henry Kyle | United States |
| The Guidance of Reason | La conduite de la Raison | Aliocha | France |
| Killing the chickens to Scare the Monkeys | Killing the chickens to Scare the Monkeys | Jens Assur | Sweden |
| Mila Caos | Mila Caos | Simon Paetau | Germany |
| Nuven | Nuven | Basil Da Cuncha | Chile |
| Las Palmas | Las Palmas | Johannes Nyholm | Sweden |
| Le songe de Poliphile | Le songe de Poliphile | Camille Henrot | France |
| Vice versa one | Vice versa one | Sadat Shahrbanoo | Afghanistan |

## 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 by Marina Vroda
** Special Mention: Swimsuit 46 by Wannes Destoop

## Independent Awards
### 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

### 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