2008 Cannes Film Festival
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The 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 14 to 25 May 2008. American actor and filmmaker Sean Penn served as jury president for the main competition. French filmmaker Laurent Cantet won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film The Class.[2][3]
Official poster of the 61st Cannes Film Festival featuring a photo of model Anouk Marguerite and photographed by Pierre Collier.[1] | |
| Opening film | Blindness |
|---|---|
| Closing film | What Just Happened |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: The Class |
| Hosted by | Édouard Baer |
| No. of films | 22 (Main Competition) |
| Festival date | 14 May 2008 – 25 May 2008 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The festival opened with Blindness by Fernando Meirelles[4] and closed with What Just Happened by Barry Levinson.[5] Édouard Baer was the master of ceremonies.[6]
The British press reported the list of films in competition this year was notable for its absence of British films for the second successive year.[7][8]
Juries
Main competition
- Sean Penn, American actor and director - Jury President[9]
- Jeanne Balibar, French actress and singer
- Rachid Bouchareb, Franco-Algerian director
- Sergio Castellitto, Italian actor and director
- Alfonso Cuaron, Mexican filmmaker
- Alexandra Maria Lara, German-Romanian actress
- Natalie Portman, Israeli-American actress
- Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French author and director
- Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thai filmmaker
Un Certain Regard
- Fatih Akin, Turkish-German director - Jury President[10]
- Anupama Chopra, Indian film critic and author
- Yasser Moheb, critic
- Yekaterina Mtsituridze, Russian journalist
- José Maria Prado, Spanish filmoteca manager
Cinefondation and Short Films Competition
- Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwanese filmmaker - Jury President
- Olivier Assayas, French filmmaker
- Susanne Bier, Danish filmmaker
- Marina Hands, French actress
- Laurence Kardish, American curator
Caméra d'Or
- Bruno Dumont, French filmmaker - Jury President
- Isabelle Danel, critic
- Jean-Michel Frodon, French critic
- Monique Kourdine, French member of the Fédération des Industries Tech
- Willy Kurant, Belgian cinematographer
- Jean Henri Roger, French director
Official selection
In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[11]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 City | 二十四城记/二十四城記 | Jia Zhangke | China |
| Adoration | Atom Egoyan | Canada | |
| Blindness (opening film) | Fernando Meirelles | Brazil, Canada, Japan | |
| Changeling | Clint Eastwood | United States | |
| Che (part I: The Argentine and part II: Guerilla) | Steven Soderbergh | Spain, Germany, France, United States | |
| A Christmas Tale | Un conte de Noël | Arnaud Desplechin | France |
| The Class | Entre les murs | Laurent Cantet | France |
| Delta | Kornél Mundruczó | Hungary | |
| Il Divo | Paolo Sorrentino | Italy | |
| Frontier of the Dawn | La frontière de l'aube | Philippe Garrel | France |
| Gomorrah | Gomorra | Matteo Garrone | Italy |
| The Headless Woman | La mujer sin cabeza | Lucrecia Martel | Argentina, Spain, France, Italy |
| Lion's Den | Leonera | Pablo Trapero | Argentina, South Korea, Brazil, Spain |
| Linha de Passe | Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas | Brazil | |
| My Magic | Eric Khoo | Singapore | |
| Palermo Shooting | Wim Wenders | Germany, France, Italy | |
| Service | Serbis | Brillante Mendoza | Philippines, France |
| Lorna's Silence | Le silence de Lorna | Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne | Belgium, Italy, Germany |
| Synecdoche, New York | Charlie Kaufman | United States | |
| Three Monkeys | Üç Maymun | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Turkey |
| Two Lovers | James Gray | United States | |
| Waltz with Bashir | ואלס עם באשיר | Ari Folman | Israel, France |
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[11]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afterschool | Antonio Campos | United States | |
| Los Bastardos | Amat Escalante | Mexico, France, United States | |
| Cloud 9 | Wolke Neun | Andreas Dresen | Germany |
| The Dead Girl's Feast | A Festa da Menina Morta | Matheus Nachtergaele | Brazil |
| Hunger | Steve McQueen | Ireland, United Kingdom | |
| Involuntary | De ofrivilliga | Ruben Östlund | Sweden |
| I Want to See | Je veux voir | Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige | France, Lebanon |
| Johnny Mad Dog | Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire | France, Belgium, Liberia | |
| Modern Life | La Vie moderne | Raymond Depardon | France |
| Ocean Flame | 一半海水，一半火燄 | Fendou Liu | Hong Kong |
| O' Horten | Bent Hamer | Norway, France, Germany, Denmark | |
| Parking | 停車 | Chung Mong-Hong | Taiwan |
| Salt of this Sea | ملح هذا البحر | Annemarie Jacir | Palestine, France, Israel, United States, Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland |
| Soi Cowboy | ซอยคาวบอย | Thomas Clay | Thailand, United Kingdom |
| Tokyo! | Michel Gondry, Leos Carax and Bong Joon-ho | France, Japan, South Korea, Germany | |
| Tokyo Sonata | トウキョウソナタ | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Japan |
| Tulpan | Тюльпан | Sergey Dvortsevoy | Kazakhstan, Germany |
| Tyson | James Toback | United States | |
| Versailles | Pierre Schoeller | France | |
| Wendy and Lucy | Kelly Reichardt | United States | |
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[11][12]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Chaser | 추격자 | Na Hong-jin | South Korea |
| The Good, the Bad, the Weird | 좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈 | Kim Jee-woon | |
| Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Steven Spielberg | United States | |
| Kung Fu Panda | John Stevenson and Mark Osborne | ||
| Maradona by Kusturica | Emir Kusturica | Serbia | |
| Surveillance | Jennifer Lynch | United States | |
| Vicky Cristina Barcelona | Woody Allen | Spain, United States | |
| What Just Happened (closing film) | Barry Levinson | United States | |
Special Screenings
The following films were selected for the Special Screenings:[11][13]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashes of Time Redux (1994) | 東邪西毒 | Wong Kar-wai | Hong Kong |
| C'est dur d'être aimé par des cons | Daniel Leconte | France | |
| Chelsea on the Rocks | Abel Ferrara | United States | |
| Of Time and the City | Terence Davies | United Kingdom | |
| Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired | Marina Zenovich | United States, United Kingdom | |
| The Third Wave | Alison Thompson | United States, Sri Lanka | |
| Wild Blood | Sanguepazzo | Marco Tullio Giordana | Italy, France |
Cinéfondation
The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:[11]
- August 15th (Ba yue shi wu) by Jiang Xuan
- Blind Spot by Johanna Bessiere, Nicolas Chauvelot, Olivier Clert, Cécile Dubois Herry, Yvon Jardel, Simon Rouby
- El Reloj (The Watch) by Marco Berger
- Et dans mon coeur j'emporterai (And I’ll Keep in My Heart) by Yoon Sung-A
- Forbach by Claire Burger
- Gata by Diana Mkrtchyan
- Gestern In Eden (The Other Day In Eden) by Jan Speckenbach
- Himnon (Anthem) by Elad Keidan
- Illusion Dwellers by Robb Ellender
- Interior. Scara de Bloc (Interior. Bloc of Flats Hallway) by Ciprian Alexandrescu
- Kestomerkitsijät (Roadmarkers) by Juho Kuosmanen
- Naus by Lukás Glaser
- O som e o resto (Sound and the Rest) by André Lavaquial
- Shtika (Silence) by Hadar Morag
- Stop by Park Jae-Ok
- The Maid by Heidi Saman
- This Is a Story About Ted and Alice by Teressa Tunney
Short Films Competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[11]
- 411-Z by Daniel Erdélyi
- Buen Viaje by Javier Palleiro
- De moins en moins by Mélanie Laurent (France)
- El Deseo by Marie Benito
- Jerrycan by Julius Avery
- Love You More by Sam Taylor-Wood
- Megatron] by Marian Crişan
- My Rabbit Hoppy by Anthony Lucas
- Smafuglar by Rúnar Rúnarsson
Cannes Classics
The following films were selected for the Cannes Classics section:[14][15][16]
Parallel sections
Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 47th International Critics' Week (47e Semaine de la Critique):[17]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Competition | |||
| Better Things | Duane Hopkins | United Kingdom | |
| Blood Appears | La Sangre brota | Pablo Fendrik | Argentina, France, Germany |
| Everybody Dies but Me | Все умрут, а я останусь | Valeriya Gai Germanika | Russia |
| Grown Ups | Les Grandes personnes | Anna Novion | France, Sweden |
| Moscow, Belgium | Aanrijding in Moscou | Christophe Van Rompaey | Belgium |
| Snow | Snijeg | Aida Begić | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, France, Iran |
| The Stranger in Me | Das Fremde in mir | Emily Atef | Germany |
| Short Films Competition | |||
| A espera | Fernanda Teixeira | Brazil | |
| Ahendu nde sapukai | Pablo Lamar | Argentina, Paraguay | |
| La Copie de Coralie | Nicolas Engel | France | |
| Ergo | Géza M. Tóth | Hungary | |
| Next Floor | Denis Villeneuve | Canada | |
| Nosebleed | Jeff Vespa | United States | |
| Skhizein | Jérémy Clapin | France | |
| Special Screenings | |||
| The Desert Within | Desierto adentro | Rodrigo Plá | Mexico |
| The End of Poverty? | Philippe Diaz | United States | |
| Enfants de Don Quichotte (Acte 1) | Ronan Dénécé, Augustin Legrand and Jean-Baptiste Legrand | France | |
| Home | Ursula Meier | Switzerland, France, Belgium | |
| Rumba | Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon | France, Belgium | |
| Shiva | שבעה | Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz | Israel, France |
| Special Screenings - Short Films | |||
| Beyond the Mexique Bay | Jean-Marc Rousseau Ruiz | France, Mexico | |
| L’ondée | David Coquard-Dassault | France, Canada | |
| The Ylang Ylang Residence | La Résidence Ylang Ylang | Hachimiya Ahamada | Comoros, France |
| Sand | Areia | Caetano Gotardo | Brazil |
| Prix de la Critique | |||
| Les Filles de feu | Jean-Sébastien Chauvin | France | |
| Graffiti | Vano Burduli | Georgia | |
| Les Paradis Perdus | Hélier Cisterne | France | |
| A Relationship in Four Days | Peter Glanz | United States | |
| Taxi Wala | Lola Frederich | France | |
| Young Man Falling | Ung and falder | Martin de Thurah | Denmark |
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 2008 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[18]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acne | Acné | Federico Veiroj | Uruguay, Argentina, Mexico, Spain |
| Boogie | Radu Muntean | Romania | |
| Birdsong | El cant dels ocells | Albert Serra | Spain |
| Blind Loves | Slepe lásky | Juraj Lehotský | Slovakia |
| Four Nights with Anna (opening film) | Cztery noce z Anną | Jerzy Skolimowski | Poland, France |
| Dernier maquis | Adhen | Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche | Algeria, France |
| Eldorado | Bouli Lanners | Belgium | |
| God's Offices | Les Bureaux de Dieu | Claire Simon | France |
| Knitting | 牛郎织女 | Yin Lichuan | China |
| Liverpool | Lisandro Alonso | Argentina, France, Netherlands, Germany, Spain | |
| Lonely Tunes of Tehran | Taraneh Tanhaïye Tehran | Saman Salur | Iran |
| Monsieur Morimoto | Nicola Sornaga | France | |
| Now Showing | Raya Martin | Philippines, France | |
| On War | De la guerre | Bertrand Bonello | France |
| Our Beloved Month of August | Aquele Querido Mês de Agosto | Miguel Gomes | Portugal |
| The Pleasure of Being Robbed | Josh Safdie | United States | |
| Private Lessons | Élève libre | Joachim Lafosse | Belgium, France |
| The Rest of the Night | Il Resto della notte | Francesco Munzi | Italy |
| Salamandra | Pablo Agüero | Argentina | |
| Shultes | Шультес | Bakur Bakuradze | Russia |
| Tony Manero | Pablo Larraín | Chile | |
| Le Voyage aux Pyrénées | Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu | France | |
Special screenings
- 40X15 by Olivier Jahan
- Itinéraire de Jean Bricard by Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub (40 min)
- Le Genou d’Artemide by Jean-Marie Straub (26 min)
- Milestones (Reprise) by John Douglas, Robert Kramer
Short films
- The Acquaintances of a Lonely John by Benny Safdie
- Ciel éteint! by F. J. Ossang
- Easter Morning by Bruce Conner
- Il fait beau dans la plus belle ville du monde by Valérie Donzelli
- Je vous hais petites filles by Yann Gonzalez
- Kamel s’est suicidé six fois, son père est mort by Soufiane Adel
- MAN by Myna Joseph
- Mes copains by Louis Garrel
- Muro by Tião
- Sagan om den lille Dockpojken by Johannes Nyholm
- Summer Afternoon by Wi-ding Ho
- Vsakdan ni vsak dan by Martin Turk
Official Awards
In Competition
The following films and people received the 2008 Official selection awards:[19][2]
- Palme d'Or: The Class by Laurent Cantet
- Grand Prix: Gomorra by Matteo Garrone
- Best Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan for Three Monkeys
- Best Screenplay: Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne for Lorna's Silence
- Best Actress: Sandra Corveloni in Linha de Passe
- Best Actor: Benicio del Toro in Che
- Jury Prize: Paolo Sorrentino for Il Divo
- Special Prize of the Festival:
Un Certain Regard
- Prix Un Certain Regard: Tulpan by Sergey Dvortsevoy
- Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize: Tokyo Sonata by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Heart Throb Jury Prize: Cloud 9 by Andreas Dresen
- Knockout Prize: Tyson by James Toback
- Prize of Hope: Johnny Mad Dog by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire
Cinéfondation
- First Prize: Himnon by Elad Keidan
- Second Prize: Forbach by Claire Burger
- Third Prize:
- Stop by Park Jae-Ok
- Roadmarkers by Juho Kuosmanen
Caméra d'Or
- Hunger by Steve McQueen
- Special mention: Everybody Dies But Me by Valeriya Gai Germanika
Short Films Competition
- Short Film Palme d'Or: Megatron by Marian Crişan[20]
- Jury Prize: Jerrycan by Julius Avery
Independent Awards
FIPRESCI Prizes
- Hunger by Steve McQueen (Un Certain Regard)[3][21]
- Eldorado by Bouli Lanners (Directors' Fortnight)
- Delta by Kornél Mundruczó (In competition)
Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist
- Luca Bigazzi (cinematographer) and Angelo Raguseo (sound mixer) for Il Divo by Paolo Sorrentino
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
International Critics' Week
- Critics Week Grand Prize: Snow by Aida Begić[2]
- SACD Award: Moscow, Belgium by Christophe Van Rompaey
- ACID/CCAS Award: Moscow, Belgium by Christophe Van Rompaey
- OFAJ/TV5MONDE Young Critics Award: Blood Appears by Pablo Fendrik
- Canal+ Gran Prix for short film: Next Floor by Denis Villeneuve
- Kodak Discovery Award for Best Short Film: Skhizein by Jérémy Clapin
