page_title: 2012 Cannes Film Festival
section_title: Juries
hierarchical_section_title: 2012 Cannes Film Festival / Juries
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Le jury de la sélection officielle du festival de Cannes 2012&#160;: Alexander Payne, Andrea Arnold, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Hiam Abbass, Emmanuelle Devos, Raoul Peck, Diane Kruger, Nanni Moretti, Ewan McGregor&#160;; à droite, le président du festival de Cannes, Gilles Jacob
context_page_description: The 65th Cannes Film Festival was held from 16 to 27 May 2012. Italian film director Nanni Moretti was the President of the Jury for the main competition and British actor Tim Roth was the President of the Jury for the Un Certain Regard section. French actress Bérénice Bejo hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.
  The festival opened with the US film Moonrise Kingdom, directed by Wes Anderson and closed with the late Claude Miller's final film Thérèse Desqueyroux. The main announcement of the line-up took place on 19 April. The official poster of the festival features Marilyn Monroe, to mark the 50th anniversary of her death.
  The Palme d'Or was awarded to Austrian director Michael Haneke for his film Amour. Haneke previously won the Palme d'Or in 2009 for The White Ribbon. The jury gave the Grand Prize to Matteo Garrone's Reality, while Ken Loach's The Angels' Share was awarded the Jury Prize.
caption: The main competition jury; from left to right: Alexander Payne, Andrea Arnold, Jean Paul Gaultier, Hiam Abbass, Emmanuelle Devos, Raoul Peck, Diane Kruger, Nanni Moretti, Ewan McGregor, and festival president Gilles Jacob
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