2013 Cannes Film Festival

2013 Cannes Film Festival
The 66th Cannes Film Festival took place in Cannes, France, from 15 to 26 May 2013. Steven Spielberg was the head of the jury for the main competition. New Zealand film director Jane Campion was the head of the jury for the Cinéfondation and Short Film sections. French actress Audrey Tautou hosted the opening and closing ceremonies. Actress Kim Novak was named guest of honour and introduced a new restored version of Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo.
The festival opened with The Great Gatsby, directed by Baz Luhrmann and closed with Zulu, directed by Jérôme Salle. The film poster for the festival featured husband and wife actors Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. The Bling Ring, directed by Sofia Coppola, opened the Un Certain Regard section.
The French film Blue Is the Warmest Colour won the Palme d'Or. In an unprecedented move, along with the director, the Jury decided to take "the exceptional step" of awarding the film's two main actresses, Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux, with the Palme d'Or.
On the occasion of 100 Years of Indian Cinema, India was the Official Guest Country at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Seven Indian feature films were premiered among various sections on the festival. Actress Vidya Balan was one of the official Jury of the festival. The first Incredible India Exhibition, a joint participation of the Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Republic of India was inaugurated by Indian delegate Chiranjeevi.
Juries
Main competition
Steven Spielberg, American filmmaker and producer - Jury President
Daniel Auteuil, French actor
Vidya Balan, Indian actress
Naomi Kawase, Japanese filmmaker
Ang Lee, Taiwanese filmmaker and producer
Nicole Kidman, Australian actress
Cristian Mungiu, Romanian filmmaker
Lynne Ramsay, Scottish filmmaker
Christoph Waltz, Austrian-German actor
Un Certain Regard
Thomas Vinterberg, Danish filmmaker - Jury President
Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress
Ludivine Sagnier, French actress
Ilda Santiago, Brazilian director of the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival (Festival do Rio)
Enrique Gonzalez Macho, Spanish producer and distributor
Caméra d'Or
Agnès Varda, French film director - Jury President
Isabel Coixet, Spanish film director
Régis Wargnier, French film director
Chloe Rolland, Syndicat de la Critique
Michel Abramowicz, AFC
Eric Guirado, SRF
Gwenole Bruneau, FICAM
Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition
Jane Campion, New Zealand filmmaker - Jury President
Maji-da Abdi, Ethiopian actress and film director
Nicoletta Braschi, Italian actress and producer
Nandita Das, Indian actress and film director
Semih Kaplanoğlu, Turkish film director
Independent juries
The following independent juries awarded films in the frame of the Critics' Week.
Nespresso Grand Prize
Miguel Gomes, Portuguese filmmaker - Jury President
Dennis Lim, American film programmer and critic
Alin Taşçıyan, Turkish film critic
Neil Young, English film curator and critic
Alex Vicente, Spanish film journalist
Discovery Award for Short Film
Mia Hansen-Løve, French filmmaker - Jury President
Brad Deane, Canadian film curator
Savina Neirotti, Italian program officer for the Biennale College of Cinema
Johannes Palermos, Swedish program coordinator at the Stockholm International Film Festival
Lorna Tee, Malaysian film festival consultant and film producer
France 4 Visionary Award
Mia Hansen-Løve, French film director, Jury President
Luo Jin, Chinese film critic
Eren Odabasi, Turkish film critic
Thiago Stivaletti, Brazilian film critic
Simon Pellegry, French film critic
Official Selection
In Competition
The following films have been selected for the In Competition section. The Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted:
Un Certain Regard
The following films have been selected in the Un Certain Regard section. The Un Certain Regard Prize winner has been highlighted:
(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to play out of competition:
(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.
Special Screenings
The following films were presented in the Special screenings section:
Cinéfondation
The Cinéfondation section focuses on films made by students at film schools. The following 18 entries (14 fiction films and 4 animation films) were selected, out of 1,550 submissions from 277 different schools. One-third of the films selected represented schools competing for the first time. It was also the first time for a Chilean film to be selected in Cinéfondation. The winner of the Cinéfondation First Prize has been highlighted.
Short film competition
Out of 3,500 submissions, the following films were selected to compete for the Short Film Palme d'Or. The Short film Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted.
Cannes Classics
The Festival uses Cannes Classics to place the spotlight on rediscovered or restored masterworks from the past, or ones that have been re-released in theatres or on DVD.
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 line-up for the Critics' Week was announced on 22 April at the section's website. The following films were selected:
Feature films - The winner of the Grand Prix Nespresso has been highlighted.
(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.
Short films - The winner of the Canal+ Award has been highlighted.
Special Screenings
(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.
Directors' Fortnight
The line-up for the Directors' Fortnight was announced at a press conference on 23 April with the following films being selected.
Feature films - The winner of the Art Cinema Award (and the Prix SACD) has been highlighted.
(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.
Short films
Awards
Official awards
The French film Blue Is the Warmest Colour, directed by Abdellatif Kechiche, won the Palme d'Or. In a first for the competition, the jury decided to award the Palme d'Or to Kechiche and the actresses who star in the film: Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux. Blue Is the Warmest Colour is a coming-of-age film that tells the story of a lesbian relationship between a 15-year-old girl and an older woman. It has shocked some critics with its graphic and controversial sex scenes. A reporter for the Radio France Internationale stated that Kechiche paid tribute to the "Tunisian revolution" and "the right to love freely" during his acceptance speech. The president of the jury, Steven Spielberg, said "The film is a great love story … We were absolutely spellbound by the two brilliant young actresses, and the way the director observed his young players." The Grand Prix was won by the Coen brothers's Inside Llewyn Davis, while Bruce Dern and Bérénice Bejo were awarded Best Actor and Best Actress respectively.
The following films and people received the 2013 Official Selection awards:
In Competition
Palme d'Or: Blue Is the Warmest Colour by Abdellatif Kechiche
Honorary Palme d'Or: Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux for Blue Is the Warmest Colour
Grand Prix: Inside Llewyn Davis by Joel & Ethan Coen
Best Director: Amat Escalante for Heli
Best Screenplay: Jia Zhangke for A Touch of Sin
Best Actress: Bérénice Bejo for The Past
Best Actor: Bruce Dern for Nebraska
Jury Prize: Like Father, Like Son by Hirokazu Koreeda
Un Certain Regard
Prix Un Certain Regard: The Missing Picture by Rithy Panh
Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize: Omar by Hany Abu-Assad
Un Certain Regard Best Director: Alain Guiraudie for Stranger by the Lake
Un Certain Regard Best First Film: Fruitvale Station by Ryan Coogler
A Certain Talent: Diego Quemada-Diez for The Golden Cage
Golden Camera
Caméra d'Or – Ilo Ilo by Anthony Chen
Cinéfondation
1st Prize: Needle by Anahita Ghazvinizadeh
2nd Prize: Waiting for the Thaw (En attendant le dégel) by Sarah Hirtt
3rd Prize: In the Fishbowl (În acvariu) by Tudor Cristian Jurgiu
Short Films
Short Film Palme d'Or: Safe by Moon Byoung-gon
Special Distinction Ex-aequo:
Hvalfjordur (Whale Valley) by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
37°4 S by Adriano Valerio
Independent awards
FIPRESCI Prizes
Blue Is the Warmest Colour by Abdellatif Kechiche (In Competition)
Manuscripts Don't Burn by Mohammad Rasoulof (Un Certain Regard)
Blue Ruin by Jeremy Saulnier (Directors' Fortnight)
Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist
Vulcan Award: Antoine Héberlé (cinematography) for Grigris
Ecumenical Jury
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: The Past by Asghar Farhadi
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention: Miele by Valeria Golino & Like Father, Like Son by Hirokazu Koreeda
Awards in the frame of Critics' Week
Nespresso Grand Prize: Salvo by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza
France 4 Visionary Award: Salvo by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza
Special Mention: Los Dueños by Agustín Toscano and Ezequiel Radusky
Discovery Award for short film: Come and Play by Daria Belova
Canal+ Short Film Award: Pleasure by Ninja Thyberg
Awards in the frame of Directors' Fortnight
Art Cinema Award: Me, Myself and Mum by Guillaume Gallienne
Prix SACD: Me, Myself and Mum by Guillaume Gallienne
Europa Cinemas: The Selfish Giant by Clio Barnard
Premier Prix Illy for Short Filmmaking: A Wild Goose Chase by Joao Nicolau
Special Mention: About a Month by Andre Novais Oliveira
Association Prix François Chalais
Prix François Chalais: Grand Central by Rebecca Zlotowski
Queer Palm Jury
Queer Palm Award: Stranger by the Lake by Alain Guiraudie
Palm Dog Jury
Palm Dog Award: Baby Boy in Behind the Candelabra
References
External links
Official website Retrospective 2013
66ème Festival de Cannes
Cannes Film Festival: Awards for 2013 at Internet Movie Database
A timeline of India at Cannes
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