2019 Cannes Film Festival

2019 Cannes Film Festival
The 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 14 to 25 May 2019. Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu served as jury president. The went to the South Korean film Parasite, directed by Bong Joon-ho; Bong became the first Korean director to win the award.
American film director Jim Jarmusch's ensemble zombie comedy film The Dead Don't Die served as the opening film of the festival. The festival honoured French filmmaker Agnès Varda, who died in March 2019, featuring her on the official poster of the festival. The photograph used was taken during the filming of her debut film La Pointe Courte (1955), which later screened at the Cannes Film Festival.
Juries
Main Competition
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican director - Jury President
Enki Bilal, French author, artist and director
Robin Campillo, French director
Maimouna N'Diaye, Senegalese actress
Elle Fanning, American actress
Yorgos Lanthimos, Greek director
Paweł Pawlikowski, Polish director
Kelly Reichardt, American director
Alice Rohrwacher, Italian director
Un Certain Regard
Nadine Labaki, Lebanese director - Jury President
Marina Foïs, French actress
Nurhan Sekerci-Porst, German film producer
Lisandro Alonso, Argentine director
Lukas Dhont, Belgian director
Caméra d'or
Rithy Panh, Cambodian-French director - Jury President
Alice Diop, French director
Sandrine Marques, French director, author and film critic
Benoît Delhomme, French cinematographer
Nicolas Naegelen, French president director of Polyson
Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition
Claire Denis, French director - Jury President
Stacy Martin, French-UK actress
Eran Kolirin, Israeli director
Panos H. Koutras, Greek director
Cătălin Mitulescu, Romanian director
Critics' Week
Ciro Guerra, Colombian director - Jury President
Amira Casar, French-English actress
Marianne Slot, French-Danish film producer
Djia Mambu, Belgian-Congolese film journalist and critic
Jonas Carpignano, Italian-American director
L'Œil d'or
Yolande Zauberman, French director, Jury President
Romane Bohringer, French actress and director
Éric Caravaca, French actor and director
Iván Giroud, Cuban film festival director
Ross McElwee, American director
Queer Palm
Virginie Ledoyen, French actress, Jury President
Claire Duguet, French cinematographer and director
Kee-Yoon Kim, French comedian
Filipe Matzembacher, Brazilian director
Marcio Reolon, Brazilian director
Official Sections
In Competition
The following films were selected to compete for the :
(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section:
(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
(ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the Œil d'or for documentary.
Special Screenings
The following films were selected be shown in the special screenings section:
(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
(ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the Œil d'or for documentary feature.
Short Films Competition
Out of 4,240 entries, the following films were selected to compete for the Short Film Palme d'Or.
(ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the Œil d'or for documentary.
(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
Cinéfondation
The Cinéfondation section focuses on films made by students at film schools. The following 17 entries (14 live-action and 3 animated films) were selected out of 2,000 submissions. Six of the films selected represent schools participating in Cinéfondation for the first time.
(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
Cannes Classics
The full line-up for the Cannes Classics section was announced on 26 April 2019.
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.
Parallel sections
Critics' Week
The following films were selected to be screened in the Critics' Week section:
Features
(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were selected to be screened in the Directors' Fortnight section:
(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
ACID
The following films were selected to be screened in the ACID (Association for the Distribution of Independent Cinema) section:
(ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the Œil d'or as documentary.
(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
Official Awards
In Competition
The following awards were presented for films shown In Competition:
: Parasite by Bong Joon-ho
Grand Prix: Atlantics by Mati Diop
Best Director: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne for Young Ahmed
Jury Prize:
Bacurau by Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles
Les Misérables by Ladj Ly
Best Actress: Emily Beecham for Little Joe
Best Actor: Antonio Banderas for Pain and Glory
Best Screenplay: Céline Sciamma for Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Special Mention: Elia Suleiman for It Must Be Heaven
Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard Award: The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão by Karim Aïnouz
Un Certain Regard Jury Prize: Fire Will Come by Oliver Laxe
Un Certain Regard Award for Best Director: Kantemir Balagov for Beanpole
Un Certain Regard Jury Award for Best Performance: Chiara Mastroianni for On a Magical Night
Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize:
Albert Serra for Liberté
Bruno Dumont for Joan of Arc
Coup de Cœur Award:
A Brother's Love by Monia Chokri
The Climb by Michael Angelo Covino
Golden Camera
Caméra d'Or: Our Mothers by César Díaz
Short films
Short Film Palme d'Or: The Distance Between Us and the Sky by Vasilis Kekatos
Special Mention: Monster God by Agustina San Martín
Cinéfondation
First Prize: Mano a mano by Louise Courvoisier
Second Prize: Hiêu by Richard Van
Third Prize:
Ambience by Wisam Al Jafari
The Little Soul by Barbara Rupik
Honorary Palme d'Or
Honorary Palme d'Or: Alain Delon
Independent awards
FIPRESCI Prizes
In Competition: It Must Be Heaven by Elia Suleiman
Un Certain Regard: Beanpole by Kantemir Balagov
Parallel section: The Lighthouse by Robert Eggers (Directors' Fortnight)
Ecumenical Prize
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: A Hidden Life by Terrence Malick
Critics' Week
Nespresso Grand Prize: I Lost My Body by Jérémy Clapin
Leitz Cine Discovery Prize for Short Film: She Runs by Qiu Yang
Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award: Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson for A White, White Day
Gan Foundation Award for Distribution: Vivarium by Lorcan Finnegan
SACD Award: Our Mothers by César Díaz
Canal+ Award for Short Film: Ikki Illa Meint by Andrias Høgenni
Directors' Fortnight
Europa Cinemas Label Award for Best European Film: Alice and the Mayor by Nicolas Pariser
SACD Award for Best French-language Film: An Easy Girl by Rebecca Zlotowski
Illy Short Film Award: Stay Awake, Be Ready by Pham Thien An
Carrosse d'Or: John Carpenter
L'Œil d'or
L'Œil d'or:
For Sama by Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts
The Cordillera of Dreams by Patricio Guzmán
Queer Palm
Queer Palm Award: Portrait of a Lady on Fire by Céline Sciamma
Short Film Queer Palm: The Distance Between Us and the Sky by Vasilis Kekatos
Prix François Chalais
François Chalais Prize: A Hidden Life by Terrence Malick
Cannes Soundtrack Award
Cannes Soundtrack Award: Alberto Iglesias for Pain and Glory
Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist
Vulcan Award: Flora Volpelière (editing) and Julien Poupard (cinematography) for Les Misérables
Special Mention: Claire Mathon for Atlantics and Portrait of a Lady on Fire (cinematography)
Artistic Direction Mention: Lee Ha-jun for Parasite
Palm Dog
Palm Dog Award: Sayuri for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Grand Jury Prize:
Canine cast in Little Joe
Canine cast in Aasha and the Street Dogs (Marché du Film)
Palm DogManitarian Award: Google for their support of dogs in the workplace
Underdog Award: The Unadoptable
Trophée Chopard
Chopard Trophy: François Civil and Florence Pugh
Pierre Angénieux ExcelLens in Cinematography
Pierre Angénieux Excellens in Cinematography: Bruno Delbonnel
Special Encouragement Award for promising cinematographer: Modhura Palit
References
External links
2019 film festivals
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May 2019 events in France