2011 Cannes Film Festival

2011 Cannes Film Festival
The 64th Cannes Film Festival was held from 11 to 22 May 2011. American actor Robert De Niro served as the president of the jury for the main competition and French filmmaker Michel Gondry headed the jury for the short film competition. South Korean film director Bong Joon-ho was the head of the jury for the Caméra d'Or prize, which is awarded to the best first-time filmmaker. The American film The Tree of Life, directed by Terrence Malick won the .
Midnight in Paris, written and directed by Woody Allen, opened the festival and Beloved (Les Bien-aimés), directed by Christophe Honoré and screened as out of competition, closed the festival. Mélanie Laurent hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.
Italian film director Bernardo Bertolucci was presented with the third Honorary Award at the opening ceremony of the festival. Though the award had been given out sporadically in the past the Honorary was supposed to presented annually after 2011. However it was not given again until the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. Gus Van Sant's Restless opened the Un Certain Regard section. 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 was screened at the festival, and Panahi was awarded the Carrosse d'Or. Four female directors featured in the main competition: Australian Julia Leigh, Japan's Naomi Kawase, Scottish director Lynne Ramsay and France's own Maïwenn Le Besco.
Danish film director Lars von Trier caused controversy with comments he made at the press conference of his film Melancholia. When he was 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. He said he understood Adolf Hitler and admired the work of architect Albert Speer, and jokingly announced that he was a Nazi. The Cannes Film Festival first issued an official apology for the remarks the same day and clarified that Trier is not a Nazi or an antisemite, then declared the director "persona non grata" the following day. The film remained in competition.
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
Jude Law, English actor
Uma Thurman, American actress
Martina Gusmán, Argentine actress and producer
Nansun Shi, Hong Kong producer
Linn Ullmann, Norwegian critic and writer
Olivier Assayas, French filmmaker
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Chadian filmmaker
Johnnie To, Hong Kong director and producer
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
Danièle Heymann, French critic
Eva Vezer, Hungarian Head of Magyar Filmunio
Robert Alazraki, French cinematographer
Daniel Colland, French manager of Cinedia laboratory
Jacques Maillot, French director
Alex Masson, French critic
Critics' Week.
Nespresso Grand Prize
Lee Chang-dong, South Korean filmmaker - Jury President
Scott Foundas, American film critic
Nick James, English film critic
Sergio Wolf, Argentinian film critic and curator
Cristina Piccino, Italian film critic
Official Selection
In Competition
The following feature films competed for the . The winner has been highlighted:
(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. The Prix un certain regard winners have been highlighted:
(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. The winner of the Cinéfondation First Prize has been highlighted:
Short films
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or. The Short film winner has been highlighted:
Cannes Classics
The following films were selected to be screened in the Cannes Classics section.
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 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
(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.
Short Films
Special Screenings
(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
(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.
Special Screenings
Short films
Official Awards
The 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 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
: The Tree of Life by Terrence Malick
Grand Prix: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia by Nuri Bilge Ceylan and The Kid with a Bike by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Best Director Award: Nicolas Winding Refn for Drive
Best Screenplay Award: Footnote by Joseph Cedar
Best Actress Award: Kirsten Dunst for Melancholia
Best Actor Award: Jean Dujardin for The Artist
Prix du Jury: Polisse by Maïwenn
Un Certain Regard
Prix Un Certain Regard: Arirang by Kim Ki-duk and 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
Golden Camera
Camera 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
Ecumenical Jury
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: This Must Be the Place by Paolo Sorrentino
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - 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
Prix François Chalais: Where Do We Go Now? (Halla' Lawein?) 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
References
External links
Official website Retrospective 2011
64ème Festival de Cannes, cinema-francais.fr
Cannes Film Festival:2011 at Internet Movie Database
Cannes Film Festival 2011 – Radio France Internationale
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