2009 Cannes Film Festival
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The 62nd Cannes Film Festival took place from 13 May to 24 May 2009. French actress Isabelle Huppert served as jury president for the main competition. Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film The White Ribbon.[2]
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| Opening film | Up |
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| Closing film | Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: The White Ribbon |
| Hosted by | Édouard Baer |
| No. of films | 20 (In Competition) |
| Festival date | 13–24 May 2009 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The festival opened with Up by Pete Docter,[3][4] marking the first time that an animated film opened the festival, and closed with Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky by Jan Kounen.[5]
American filmmaker Clint Eastwood became the second recipient of the Honorary Palme d'Or.[6]
Juries
Main competition
- Isabelle Huppert, French actress - Jury President[7]
- Asia Argento, Italian actress
- Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkish filmmaker
- James Gray, American filmmaker
- Hanif Kureishi, British screenwriter
- Lee Chang-dong, South Korean filmmaker
- Shu Qi, Taiwanese actress
- Sharmila Tagore, Indian actress
- Robin Wright, American actress
Un Certain Regard
- Paolo Sorrentino, Italian filmmaker - Jury President
- Uma Da Cunha, Indian casting director and production consultant[8]
- Julie Gayet, French actress and film producer
- Piers Handling, Canadian director and CEO of TIFF
- Marit Kapla, Swedish culture journalist
Caméra d'Or
- Roschdy Zem, French actor and filmmaker - Jury President
- Diane Baratier, French cinematographer
- Olivier Chiavassa, French member of the fédération des Industries Techniques
- Sandrine Ray, French filmmaker
- Charles Tesson, French critic
- Edouard Waintrop, director of the Festival Fribourg
Cinéfondation and short films
- John Boorman, English filmmaker - Jury President
- Bertrand Bonello, French filmmaker
- Férid Boughedir, Tunisian filmmaker
- Leonor Silveira, Portuguese actress
- Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress and model
Official Selection
In Competition
The following films were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or:[9]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antichrist | Lars von Trier | Denmark, France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Sweden | |
| Bright Star | Jane Campion | United Kingdom, Australia, France | |
| Broken Embraces | Los abrazos rotos | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
| Butchered | Kinatay | Brillante Mendoza | Philippines, France, Japan, Netherlands |
| Enter the Void | Gaspar Noé | France, Germany, Italy | |
| Face | 臉 | Tsai Ming-liang | Taiwan, France |
| Fish Tank | Andrea Arnold | United Kingdom | |
| Inglourious Basterds | Quentin Tarantino | United States, Germany | |
| In the Beginning | À l'origine | Xavier Giannoli | France |
| Looking for Eric | Ken Loach | United Kingdom, France, Italy, Belgium, Spain | |
| Map of the Sounds of Tokyo | Mapa de los sonidos de Tokyo | Isabel Coixet | Spain |
| A Prophet | Un prophète | Jacques Audiard | France, Italy |
| Spring Fever | 春风沉醉的晚上 | Lou Ye | China, France |
| Taking Woodstock | Ang Lee | United States | |
| Thirst | 박쥐 | Park Chan-wook | South Korea, United States |
| The Time That Remains | Elia Suleiman | Palestine, United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium, France | |
| Wild Grass | Les herbes folles | Alain Resnais | France |
| Vincere | Marco Bellocchio | Italy, France | |
| Vengeance | 復仇 | Johnnie To | Hong Kong, France |
| The White Ribbon | Das weiße Band | Michael Haneke | Germany |
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[9]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adrift | À Deriva | Heitor Dhalia | Brazil |
| Air Doll | 空気人形 | Hirokazu Koreeda | Japan |
| Dogtooth | Κυνόδοντας | Yorgos Lanthimos | Greece |
| Eyes Wide Open | עיניים פקוחות | Haim Tabakman | Israel |
| Father of My Children | Le père de mes enfants | Mia Hansen-Løve | France |
| Independence | Independencia | Raya Martin | Philippines |
| Irene | Alain Cavalier | France | |
| Mother | 마더 | Bong Joon-ho | South Korea |
| No One Knows About Persian Cats | کسی از گربه های ایرانی خبر نداره | Bahman Ghobadi | Iran |
| Nymph | Nang Mai | Pen-Ek Ratanaruang | Thailand |
| Police, Adjective | Poliţist, Adjectiv | Corneliu Porumboiu | Romania |
| Precious | Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire | Lee Daniels | United States |
| Samson and Delilah | Warwick Thornton | Australia | |
| The Silent Army | Wit Licht | Jean van de Velde | Netherlands |
| Tale in the Darkness | Сказка про темноту | Nikolay Khomeriki | Russia |
| Tales from the Golden Age | Amintiri din epoca de aur | Cristian Mungiu, Hanno Höfer, Constantin Popescu and Ioana Uricaru | Romania |
| To Die like a Man | Morrer Como Um Homem | João Pedro Rodrigues | Portugal |
| Tomorrow at Dawn | Demain dès l'aube | Denis Dercourt | France |
| Tsar | Царь | Pavel Lungin | Russia |
| The Wind Journeys | Los viajes del viento | Ciro Guerra | Colombia, Germany, Netherlands, Argentina |
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[9]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agora | Ágora | Alejandro Amenábar | Spain |
| The Army of Crime | L'armée du crime | Robert Guédiguian | France |
| Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (closing film) | Jan Kounen | ||
| Don't Look Back | Ne te retourne pas | Marina de Van | |
| Drag Me to Hell | Sam Raimi | United States | |
| The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | Terry Gilliam | United Kingdom, Canada, France | |
| A Town Called Panic | Panique au village | Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar | Belgium, France, Luxembourg |
| Up (opening film) | Pete Docter | United States | |
Special Screenings
The following films were selected to be screened at the Special Screenings section:[10]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashes and Blood | Cendres et sang | Fanny Ardant | France, Romania, Portugal |
| A Brand New Life | 여행자 | Ounie Lecomte | South Korea |
| The Eye of the Storm | No Meu Lugar | Eduardo Valente | Brazil |
| Group Portrait With Kids and Motorcycles | Portrait de Groupe Avec Enfants et Motocyclettes | Pierre-William Glenn | France |
| Jaffa | כלת הים | Keren Yedaya | Israel |
| Manila | Adolfo Alix Jr. and Raya Martin | Philippines | |
| My Neighbor, My Killer | Mon voisin, mon tueur | Anne Aghion | France, United States |
| Petition | 上访 | Zhao Liang | China |
| Tell Me Who You Are | Min Ye | Souleymane Cissé | Mali, France |
| The Thorn in the Heart | L'épine dans le coeur | Michel Gondry | France |
Cinéfondation
The following short films were selected for the Cinéfondation competition:[9][11]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | School |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Noamir Castéra | ENSAV La Cambre, Belgium | |
| Bába | Zuzana Kirchnerová | FAMU, Czech Republic | |
| The Boxer | El boxeador | Juan Ignacio Pollio | Universidad del Cine, Argentina |
| By the Grace of God | Ralitza Petrova | NFTS, United Kingdom | |
| Chapa | Thiago Ricarte | FAAP, Brazil | |
| Diploma | Yaelle Kayam | The Sam Spiegel Film & TV School, Israel | |
| Don't Step Out of the House | 남매의 집 | Jo Sung-hee | Korean Academy of Film Arts, South Korea |
| Goodbye | Fang Song | Beijing Film Academy, China | |
| Gutter | Dan Ransom Day | New York University, United States | |
| The Horn | 뿔 | Yim Kyung-dong | Kaywon School of Art, South Korea |
| Kasia | Elisabet Llado | IAD, Belgium | |
| The Naturalist | Il Naturalista | Giulia Barbera | Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Italy |
| The Setback | Le Contretemps | Dominique Baumard | La fémis, France |
| Significant Others | Malzonkowie | Dara Van Dusen | PWSFTViT, Poland |
| Segal | Yuval Shani | Tel-Aviv University, Israel | |
| The Sylpphid | Sylfidden | Dorte Bengtson | Den Danske Filmskole, Denmark |
| Traverser | Hugo Frassetto | La Poudrière, France | |
Short Film Competition
The following short films were selected to compete for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[9]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| After Tomorrow | Emma Sullivan | United Kingdom | |
| Arena | João Salaviza | Portugal | |
| Ciao mama | Ciao mama | Goran Odvorcic | Croatia |
| Lars and Peter | Lars og Peter | Daniel Borgman | Denmark |
| The Man in the Blue Gordini | L'Homme À la Gordini | Jean-Christophe Lie | France |
| Missing | Missen | Jochem de Vries | Netherlands |
| Silence | Klusums | Laila Pakalniņa | Latvia |
| The Six Dollar Fifty Man | Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland | New Zealand | |
| Worstward Ho | Rumbo a Peor | Àlex Brendemühl | Spain |
Cannes Classics
The following films were selected to be screened at the Cannes Classics sections:[12][13]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restored Prints | |||
| The 400 Blows (1959) | Les quatre cents coups | François Truffaut | France |
| Accident (1967) | Joseph Losey | United Kingdom | |
| L'Avventura (1960) | Michelangelo Antonioni | France, Italy | |
| The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966) | Signore & signori | Pietro Germi | Italy |
| A Brighter Summer Day (1991) | 牯嶺街少年殺人事件 | Edward Yang | Taiwan |
| Duck, You Sucker! (1971) | Giù la testa | Sergio Leone | Italy, United States |
| Eyes Without a Face (1960) | Les yeux sans visage | Georges Franju | France |
| Far from Vietnam (1967) | Loin du Vietnam | Chris Marker, Joris Ivens, Claude Lelouch, Jean-Luc Godard, William Klein, Agnès Varda and Alain Resnais | France |
| God Does Not Believe in Us Anymore (1982) | An uns glaubt Gott nicht mehr | Axel Corti | Austria, West Germany |
| The Housemaid (1960) | 하녀 | Kim Ki-young | South Korea |
| The Molly Maguires (1970) | Martin Ritt | United States | |
| Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953) | Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot | Jacques Tati | France |
| The Night of Counting the Years (1969) | المومياء | Shadi Abdel Salam | Egypt |
| Pierrot le fou (1965) | Jean-Luc Godard | France | |
| The Red Shoes (1948) | Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger | United Kingdom | |
| Victim (1961) | Basil Dearden | ||
| Wake in Fright (1971) | Ted Kotcheff | Australia | |
| The Wave (1936) | Redes | Emilio Gómez Muriel and Fred Zinnemann | Mexico |
| Documentaries about Cinema | |||
| Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno | L'Enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot | Serge Bromberg and Ruxandra Medrea | France |
| Images from the Playground | Bilder från lekstugan | Stig Björkman | Sweden |
| Pietro Germi - The Good, the Beautiful and the Brave | Pietro Germi - Il bravo, il bello, il cattivo | Claudio Bondi | Italy |
| Two of the New Wave | Deux de la Vague | Emmanuel Laurent | France |
Cinéma de la Plage
The following films were screened outdoors at the beach cinema of Cannes:[14]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | David Lean | United States, United Kingdom | |
| Neil Young Trunk Show (2008) | Jonathan Demme | United States | |
| Pink Floyd – The Wall (1982) | Alan Parker | United Kingdom | |
| Soundtrack for a Revolution | Dan Sturman and Bill Guttentag | United States, France, United Kingdom | |
| Tengri: Blue Heavens (2008) | Tengri, le bleu du ciel | Marie-Jaoul de Poncheville | Germany, France, Kyrgyzstan |
| Total Balalaika Show (1993) | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland, Sweden | |
| Wattstax (1972) | Mel Stuart | United States | |
| Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1973) | D. A. Pennebaker | United Kingdom | |
Parallel Sections
Critics' Week
The following films were selected to be screened at the 48th Semaine de la Critique:[15]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Competition | |||
| Altiplano | Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth | Belgium, Germany, Netherlands | |
| Bad Day to Go Fishing | Mal día para pescar | Álvaro Brechner | Uruguay, Spain |
| Goodbye Gary Cooper | Adieu Gary | Nassim Amaouche | France |
| Huacho | Alejandro Fernández Almendras | Chile, France, Germany | |
| Lost Persons Area | Caroline Strubbe | Belgium | |
| Whisper with the Wind | Sirta la gal ba | Shahram Alidi | Iraq, Iran |
| Special Screenings | |||
| Hierro | Gabe Ibáñez | Spain | |
| Lascars | Round da Way | Albert Pereira-Lazaro and Emmanuel Klotz | France |
| The Ordinary People | Rien de personnel | Mathias Gokalp | |
| Short Films Competition | |||
| It's Free for Girls | C’est gratuit pour les filles | Marie Amachoukeli and Claire Burger | France |
| Logorama | François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy and Ludovic Houplain | ||
| Noche adentro | Pablo Lamar | Paraguay, Argentina | |
| Runaway | Cordell Barker | Canada | |
| Seeds of the Fall | Slitage | Patrik Eklund | Sweden |
| Together | Eicke Bettinga | Germany, United Kingdom | |
| Tulum | La Virée | Dalibor Matanić | Croatia |
| Short Films - Special Screenings | |||
| 1989 | Camilo Matiz | Colombia | |
| 6 Hours | Seong-hyeok Moon | South Korea | |
| La Baie du renard | Grégoire Colin | France | |
| Crumbs | Les Miettes | Pierre Pinaud | |
| Elo | Vera Egito | Brazil | |
| Faiblesses | Nicolas Giraud | France | |
| Spread Through the Air | Espalhadas pelo Ar | Vera Egito | Brazil |
Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs)
The following films were selected to be screened:[16]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ajami | عجمي / עג'מי | Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani | Israel, Palestine, Germany, United Kingdom |
| Amreeka | Cherien Dabis | United States, Canada, Kuwait, Palestine | |
| Carcasses | Denis Côté | Canada | |
| Change Nothing | Ne change rien | Pedro Costa | Portugal, France |
| Christmas | Navidad | Sebastián Lelio | Chile, France |
| Daddy Longlegs | Go Get Some Rosemary | Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie | United States |
| Daniel & Ana | Daniel y Ana | Michel Franco | Mexico |
| Earth Madness | La Terre de la folie | Luc Moullet | France |
| Eastern Plays | Източни пиеси | Kamen Kalev | Bulgaria |
| The French Kissers | Les Beaux Gosses | Riad Sattouf | France |
| Here | Ho Tzu Nyen | Singapore | |
| Humpday | Lynn Shelton | United States | |
| I Love You Phillip Morris | Glenn Ficarra and John Requa | France, United States | |
| I Killed My Mother | J’ai tué ma mère | Xavier Dolan | Canada |
| Karaoke | Chris Chong Chan Fui | Malaysia | |
| The King of Escape | Le Roi de l’évasion | Alain Guiraudie | France |
| Like You Know It All | 잘 알지도 못하면서 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| The Little One | La Pivellina | Rainer Frimmel and Tizza Covi | Austria |
| The Misfortunates | De Helaasheid der Dingen | Felix van Groeningen | Belgium |
| Oxhide II | 牛皮贰 | Liu Jiayin | China |
| Polytechnique | Denis Villeneuve | Canada | |
| Tetro | Francis Ford Coppola | United States, Argentina, Spain, Italy | |
| The Wolberg Family | La Famille Wolberg | Axelle Ropert | France, Belgium |
| Yuki & Nina | ユキとニナ | Hippolyte Girardot and Nobuhiro Suwa | Japan, France |
| Special Screenings | |||
| Firefly (2000) | 組画 | Naomi Kawase | Japan |
| Montparnasse | Mikhaël Hers | France | |
Short films
- American Minor by Charlie White (8 min)
- Anna by Rúnar Rúnarsson (35 min)
- El ataque de los robots de Nebulosa-5 by Chema García Ibarra (7 min)
- Canção de amor e saúde by João Nicolau (35 min)
- Cicada by Amiel Courtin-Wilson (9 min)
- Drömmar från skogen by Johannes Nyholm (9 min)
- Dust Kid by Jung Yumi (10 min)
- The Fugitives by Guillaume Leiter (25 min)
- The History of Aviation by Bálint Kenyeres (15 min)
- Jagdfieber (The Hunting Fever) by Alessandro Comodin (22 min)
- John Wayne Hated Horses by Andrew T. Betzer (10 min)
- Nice by Maud Alpi (25 min)
- SuperBarroco by Renata Pinheiro (17 min)
- Thermidor by Virgil Vernier (17 min)
Official Awards
The following films and people received the 2009 Official selection awards:[17][2]
In Competition
- Palme d'Or: The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke
- Grand Prix: A Prophet by Jacques Audiard
- Best Director: Brillante Mendoza for Kinatay
- Best Screenplay: Mei Feng for Spring Fever
- Best Actress: Charlotte Gainsbourg for Antichrist
- Best Actor: Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds
- Prix du Jury:
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Alain Resnais
Honorary Palm d'Or
Un Certain Regard
- Prix Un Certain Regard: Dogtooth by Yorgos Lanthimos
- Un Certain Regard Jury Prize: Police, Adjective by Corneliu Porumboiu
- Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize:
Cinéfondation
- First Prize: Bába by Zuzana Kirchnerová
- Second Prize: Goodbye by Fang Song
- Third Prize:
- Diploma by Yaelle Kayam
- Nammae Ui Jip by Jo Sung-hee
Caméra d'Or
- Samson and Delilah by Warwick Thornton
- Special Mention: Ajami by Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani
Short Films Competition
- Short Film Palme d'Or: Arena by João Salaviza
- Special Mention: The Six Dollar Fifty Man by Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland
Independent awards
FIPRESCI Prizes
- The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke (In Competition)[18]
- Police, Adjective by Corneliu Porumboiu (Un Certain Regard)
- Amreeka by Cherien Dabis (Directors' Fortnight)
Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist
- Aitor Berenguer (sound mixer) for Map of the Sounds of Tokyo
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
- Looking for Eric by Ken Loach[19]
- Special Mention: The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke[20]
Critics' Week
- Critics' Week Grand Prize: Adieu Gary by Nassim Amaouche[2]
- SACD Award: Lost Persons Area by Caroline Strubbe
- ACID/CCAS Award: Whisper with the wind by Shahram Alidi
- OFAJ/TV5MONDE Young Critics Award: Whisper with the wind by Shahram Alidi
- Canal+ Gran Prix for short film: Seeds of the Fall by Patrik Eklund
- Kodak Discovery Award for Best Short Film: Logorama by François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy, Ludovic Houplain (H5)
