2009 Cannes Film Festival

2009 Cannes Film Festival
The 62nd Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 May to 24 May 2009. French actress Isabelle Huppert was the President of the Jury. Twenty films from thirteen countries were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or. The awards were announced on 23 May. The film The White Ribbon (Das weiße Band), directed by Michael Haneke won the Palme d'Or.
The festival opened with Pixar's film Up, directed by Pete Docter and Bob Peterson. This marked the first time that an animated film or a film in 3-D opened the festival. The festival closed with Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky directed by Jan Kounen.
American director Clint Eastwood became the second recipient of the Honorary Palme d'Or, an award given to directors who had established a significant body of work without ever winning a competitive Palme d'Or.
Juries
Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2009 Official Selection:
Isabelle Huppert, French actress - Jury President
Asia Argento, Italian actress
Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkish filmmaker
Lee Chang-dong, South Korean director
James Gray, American director
Hanif Kureishi, British screenwriter
Shu Qi, Taiwanese actress
Robin Wright, American actress
Sharmila Tagore, Indian 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, member of the fédération des Industries Techniques
Sandrine Ray, French director
Charles Tesson, French critic
Edouard Waintrop, Festival Fribourg
Cinéfondation and short films
John Boorman, English director - Jury President
Bertrand Bonello, French director
Férid Boughedir, Tunisian director
Leonor Silveira, Portuguese actress
Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress and model
Official selection
In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
Special Screenings
The following films were selected for the Special Screenings:
Cinéfondation
The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:
Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
Cannes Classics
The Festival Cannes Classics places the spotlight on documentaries about cinema and restored masterworks from the past.
Cinéma de la Plage
The Cinéma de la Plage is a part of the Official Selection. The outdoors screenings at the beach cinema of Cannes are open to the public.
Parallel sections
Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 48th Critics' Week (48e Semaine de la Critique):
Feature film competition
Adieu Gary by Nassim Amaouche (France)
Altiplano by Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth (Belgium, Germany, Netherlands)
Huacho by Alejandro Fernández Almendras (Chile, France, Germany)
Lost Persons Area by Caroline Strubbe (Belgium)
Mal día para pescar by Álvaro Brechner (Uruguay, Spain)
Ordinary People by Vladimir Perisic (Serbia, France, Switzerland)
Whisper with the Wind (Sirta la gal ba) by Shahram Alidi (Iraq)
Short film competition
It's Free for Girls (C’est gratuit pour les filles) by Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger (France)
Logorama by François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy, Ludovic Houplain (H5) (France)
Noche adentro by Pablo Lamar (Paraguay, Argentina)
Runaway by Cordell Barker (Canada)
Seeds of the Fall (Slitage) by Patrik Eklund (Sweden)
Together by Eicke Bettinga (Germany, United Kingdom)
Tulum (La Virée) by Dalibor Matanic (Croatia)
Special screenings
Hierro by Gabe Ibáñez (Spain)
Lascars (Round da Way) by Albert Pereira-Lazaro, Emmanuel Klotz (France)
The Ordinary People (Rien de personnel) by Mathias Gokalp (France)
Short films
1989 by Camilo Matiz (Colombia)
6 Hours by Seong-hyeok Moon (South Korea)
La Baie du renard by Grégoire Colin (France)
Elo by Vera Egito (Brazil)
Espalhadas pelo Ar (Spread Through the Air) by Vera Egito (Brazil)
Faiblesses by Nicolas Giraud (France)
Les Miettes (Crumbs) by Pierre Pinaud (France)
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 2009 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):
Feature films
Ajami by Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani
Amreeka by Cherien Dabis
Carcasses by Denis Côté
Change Nothing (Ne change rien) by Pedro Costa
Christmas (Navidad) by Sebastián Lelio
Daddy Longlegs (Go Get Some Rosemary) by Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie
Daniel y Ana by Michel Franco
Eastern Plays by Kamen Kalev
The French Kissers (Les Beaux Gosses) by Riad Sattouf
Here by Tzu Nyen Ho
Humpday by Lynn Shelton
I Love You Phillip Morris by Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
I Killed My Mother (J’ai tué ma mère) by Xavier Dolan
Karaoke by Chris Chong Chan Fui
The King of Escape (Le Roi de l’évasion) by Alain Guiraudie
Like You Know It All (Jal Aljido Motamyunseo) by Hong Sangsoo
The Misfortunates (De helaasheid der dingen) by Felix van Groeningen
Oxhide II by Liu Jia Yin
La Pivellina by Rainer Frimmel, Tizza Covi
Polytechnique by Denis Villeneuve
La Terre de la folie by Luc Moullet
Tetro by Francis Ford Coppola
The Wolberg Family (La Famille Wolberg) by Axelle Ropert
Yuki & Nina by Hippolyte Girardot, Nobuhiro Suwa
Special screenings
Hotaru by Naomi Kawase
Montparnasse by Mikhaël Hers
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
The following films and people received the 2009 Official selection awards:
In Competition
Palme d'Or: The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke
Grand Prix: A Prophet by Jacques Audiard
Best Director Award: Brillante Mendoza for Kinatay
Best Screenplay Award: Mei Feng for Spring Fever
Best Actress Award: Charlotte Gainsbourg for Antichrist
Best Actor Award: Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds
Prix du Jury:
Thirst by Park Chan-wook
Fish Tank by Andrea Arnold
Lifetime Achievement Award for his work: Alain Resnais
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
2nd Prize: Goodbye by Fang Song
3rd Prize:
Diploma by Yaelle Kayam
Nammae Ui Jip by Jo Sung-hee
Golden Camera
Caméra d'Or: Samson and Delilah by Warwick Thornton
Special Mention: Ajami by Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani
Short films
Short Film Palme d'Or: Arena by João Salaviza
Special Mention: The Six Dollar Fifty Man by Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland
Independent awards
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 of the Technical Artist
Vulcan Award: Aitor Berenguer (sound mixer) for Map of the Sounds of Tokyo
Ecumenical Jury
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Looking for Eric by Ken Loach
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - 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
Prix François Chalais: No One Knows About Persian Cats by Bahman Ghobadi
References
External links
2009 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
Official website Retrospective 2009
Cannes Film Festival Awards for 2009 at Internet Movie Database
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