2011 Cannes Film Festival
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The 64th Cannes Film Festival took place from 11 to 22 May 2011.[1] American actor Robert De Niro served as the president of the jury for the main competition.[2] American filmmaker Terrence Malick won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film The Tree of Life.[3]
Official poster of the 64th Cannes Film Festival featuring a 1967 photo by Palme d'Or-winning American director Jerry Schatzberg of American actress Faye Dunaway | |
| Opening film | Midnight in Paris |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Beloved |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: The Tree of Life |
| Hosted by | Mélanie Laurent |
| No. of films | 20 (In Competition) |
| Festival date | 11 – 22 May 2011 |
| Website | Website |
Italian film director Bernardo Bertolucci was presented with the Honorary Palme d'Or during the opening ceremony of the festival.[4] The official poster for the festival featured a 1967 photo of American actress Faye Dunaway by the American director and photographer Jerry Schatzberg, who won the Palme d'Or in 1973 (then known as the "Grand Prix du Festival International du Film") for his film Scarecrow. Mélanie Laurent hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.
Jailed Iranian filmmakers Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof were honoured at the festival. Goodbye by Rasoulof and Panahi's This Is Not a Film were screened at the festival.[5]
Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier caused controversy with comments made during Melancholia's press conference, when 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. Stating that he "understood" Adolf Hitler and admired the work of architect Albert Speer, and jokingly announced that he was a Nazi.[6] The Cannes Film Festival organization first issued an official apology for the remarks the same day and clarified that Trier was not a Nazi or an antisemite,[7] the following day the filmmaker was declared "persona non grata",[8] though the film remained in competition, winning Best Actress for Kirsten Dunst.[9]
The festival opened with Midnight in Paris by Woody Allen,[10][11] and closed with Beloved by Christophe Honoré.
Juries
Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2011 Official Selection:[12]
- Robert De Niro, American actor and producer - Jury President[13]
- Olivier Assayas, French filmmaker[14]
- Martina Gusmán, Argentine actress and producer
- Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Chadian filmmaker
- Jude Law, English actor
- Nansun Shi, Hong Kong producer
- Uma Thurman, American actress
- Johnnie To, Hong Kong director and producer
- Linn Ullmann, Norwegian critic and writer
Un Certain Regard
- Emir Kusturica, Serbian filmmaker - Jury President[15]
- 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[16]
- 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[17]
- Robert Alazraki, French cinematographer
- Daniel Colland, French manager of Cinedia laboratory
- Danièle Heymann, French critic
- Jacques Maillot, French director
- Alex Masson, French critic
- Eva Vezer, Hungarian Head of Magyar Filmunio
Critics' Week
Nespresso Grand Prize
- Lee Chang-dong, South Korean filmmaker - Jury President[18]
- Scott Foundas, American film critic
- Nick James, English film critic
- Cristina Piccino, Italian film critic
- Sergio Wolf, Argentinian film critic and curator
Official Selection
In Competition
For the first time ever, four female directors were featured in the main competition: Australian filmmaker Julia Leigh, Japanese filmmaker Naomi Kawase, Scottish filmmaker Lynne Ramsay and French filmmaker Maïwenn.[19][20] The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[21]
- (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.[22]
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[21][23]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arirang | 아리랑 | Kim Ki-duk | South Korea |
| Beauty | Skoonheid | Oliver Hermanus | South Africa |
| Bonsai | Cristián Jiménez | Chile | |
| The Day He Arrives | 북촌방향 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| Elena | Елена | Andrey Zvyagintsev | Russia |
| Goodbye | به امید دیدار | Mohammad Rasoulof | Iran |
| Hard Labor (CdO) | Trabalhar Cansa | Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra | Brazil |
| The Hunter | Охотник | Bakur Bakuradze | Russia |
| Loverboy | Cătălin Mitulescu | Romania | |
| Martha Marcy May Marlene (CdO) | Sean Durkin | United States | |
| The Minister | L'Exercice de l'État | Pierre Schöller | France, Belgium |
| Miss Bala | Gerardo Naranjo | Mexico | |
| Oslo, August 31st | Oslo, 31. august | Joachim Trier | Norway |
| Hors Satan | Bruno Dumont | France | |
| Restless | Gus Van Sant | United States | |
| The Snows of Kilimanjaro | Les Neiges du Kilimandjaro | Robert Guédiguian | France |
| Stopped on Track | Halt auf freier Strecke | Andreas Dresen | Germany |
| Tatsumi | Eric Khoo | Singapore | |
| Toomelah | Ivan Sen | Australia | |
| Where Do We Go Now? | هلق لوين؟ | Nadine Labaki | Lebanon, France, Egypt, Italy |
| The Yellow Sea | 황해 | Na Hong-jin | South Korea |
- (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.[22]
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[21][24]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Beaver | Jodie Foster | United States, United Arab Emirates | |
| Beloved (closing film) | Les Bien-aimés | Christophe Honoré | France |
| The Conquest | La Conquête | Xavier Durringer | |
| Midnight in Paris (opening film) | Woody Allen | United States, Spain | |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | Rob Marshall | United States | |
| Midnight Screenings | |||
| Bollywood: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told | Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and Jeff Zimbalist | India | |
| Days of Grace (CdO) | Dias de gracia | Everardo Gout | Mexico |
| Dragon | 武俠 | Peter Chan | Hong Kong, China |
- (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.[22]
Special Screenings
The following films were shown as special screenings.[21][25]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Days | 18 يوم | Ahmad Abdallah, Mariam Abou Ouf, Kamla Abu Zikri, Ahmed Alaa, Mohamed Ali, Sherif Arafa, Sherif El Bendary, Marwan Hamed, Khaled Marei and Yousry Nasralla | Egypt |
| The Big Fix | Rebecca Tickell and Josh Tickell | United States | |
| Duch, Master of the Forges of Hell | Le Maître des forges de l'Enfer | Rithy Panh | France |
| Leader-Sheep | Tous au Larzac | Christian Rouaud | |
| Michel Petrucciani | Michael Radford | ||
| No More Fear (CdO) | La khaoufa baada al'yaoum | Mourad Ben Cheikh | Tunisia |
| Out of Bounds (CdO) | Labrador | Frederikke Aspöck | Denmark |
| The Postman | Al-Bostagui | Hussein Kamal | Egypt |
| This Is Not a Film | این فیلم نیست | Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb | Iran |
- (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.[22]
Cinéfondation
The following films were selected to be screened in the Cinéfondation section, which focuses on short films made by students at film schools.[26]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | School |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Agony and Sweat of the Human Spirit | D. Jesse Damazo and Joe Bookman | University of Iowa, United States | |
| Bento Monogatari | Pieter Dirkx | Hogeschool Sint-Lukas, Belgium | |
| Big Muddy | Jefferson Moneo | Columbia University, United States | |
| Cagey Tigers | Tigre z klietky | Aramisova | FAMU, Czech Republic |
| Changeling | Der Wechselbalg | Maria Steinmetz | HFF Konrad Wolf, Germany |
| Drari | Kamal Nazraq | La Fémis, France | |
| Duel Before Nightfall | Duelo Antes da Noite | Alice Furtado | Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil |
| Fly by Night | 야간비행 | Son Tae-gyum | Chung-Ang University, South Korea |
| The Letter | Der Brief | Doroteya Droumeva | DFFB, Germany |
| Martha Must Fly | Al Martha lauf | Ma'ayan Rypp | Tel Aviv University, Israel |
| On My Doorstep | Befetach beity | Anat Costi | Bezalel Academy, Israel |
| Salsipuedes | Mariano Luque | National University of Córdoba, Argentina | |
| Suu and Uchikawa | Suu et Uchikawa | Nathanael Carton | NYU Asia, Singapore |
| Till Summer Comes | L'estate che non viene | Pasquale Marino | Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Italy |
| The Trip | A Viagem | Simão Cayatte | Columbia University, United States |
| The Wedding Party | La fiesta de casamiento | Gastón Margolin and Martín Morgenfeld | Universidad del Cine, Argentina |
Short films
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[21]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear | Nash Edgerton | Australia | |
| Cold | Kjøttsår | Lisa Marie Gamlem | Norway |
| Cross-Country | Крос | Maryna Vroda | France, Ukraine |
| Ghost | Dahci Ma | South Korea | |
| It Is Nothing | Ce n'est rien | Nicolas Roy | Canada |
| Meathead | Sam Holst | New Zealand | |
| Paternal Womb | Megumi Tazaki | Japan | |
| Soy tan feliz | Vladimir Durán | Argentina | |
| Swimsuit 46 | Badpakje 46 | Wannes Destoop | Belgium |
Cannes Classics
The following films were selected to be screened:[27][28][29][30][31][32]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tributes | |||
| A Bronx Tale (1993) | Robert De Niro | United States | |
| A Clockwork Orange (1971) | Stanley Kubrick | United Kingdom, United States | |
| The Conformist (1970) | Il Conformista | Bernardo Bertolucci | Italy |
| Molly | Moly Kane | Senegal | |
| Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1970) | Jerry Schatzberg | United States | |
| Sugar Cane Alley (1983) | Rue Cases-Négres | Euzhan Palcy | France |
| A Trip to the Moon (1902) | Le Voyage dans la lune | Georges Méliès | |
| Documentaries about Cinema | |||
| Belmondo, itinéraire... | Vincent Perrot | France | |
| Corman's World: Exploits Of A Hollywood Rebel (CdO) | Alex Stapleton | United States | |
| Kurosawa's Way | Kurosawa, la Voie | Catherine Cadou | France |
| The Look | Angelina Maccarone | Germany, France | |
| Once Upon a Time... A Clockwork Orange | Il était une fois... Orange mécanique | Antoine de Gaudemar | France |
| Restored Prints | |||
| The Assassin (1961) | L’assassino | Elio Petri | Italy |
| Children of Paradise (1945) | Les Enfants du paradis | Marcel Carné | France |
| Chronicle of a Summer (1960) | Chronique d'un été | Jean Rouch and Edgar Morin | |
| Despair (1978) | Despair – Eine Reise ins Licht | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | West Germany |
| No Man's Land (1931) | Niemandsland | Victor Trivas | Germany |
| Le Sauvage (1975) | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | France | |
| The Machine to Kill Bad People (1952) | La macchina ammazzacattivi | Roberto Rossellini | Italy |
| World Cinema Foundation | |||
| The Law of the Border (1966) | Hudutların Kanunu | Ömer Lütfi Akad | Turkey |
Cinéma de la Plage
The Cinéma de la Plage is a part of the Official Selection of the festival:[33]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| And the Ship Sails On (1984) | E la nave va | Federico Fellini | Italy, France |
| Ant Scream (2011) | Sameh Abdel Aziz | Egypt | |
| Das Boot: Directors Cut (1981) | Wolfgang Petersen | West Germany | |
| The Caine Mutiny (1954) | Edward Dmytryk | United States | |
| Greed in the Sun (1965) | 100.000 dollars au soleil | Henri Verneuil | France, Italy |
| The Man from Acapulco (1973) | Le Magnifique | Philippe de Broca | |
| A Night To Remember (1958) | Roy Ward Baker | United Kingdom | |
| Reflets sur la Croisette (2011, a series of shorts) | Isabelle Putod | France | |
| Winter Frog (2011) | Grenouille d'hiver | Slony Sow | |
Parallel Sections
Critics' Week
The line-up for the Critics' Week section was announced on 18 April at the section's website.[34] 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.[35]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Competition | |||
| 17 Girls (CdO) | 17 filles | Delphine and Muriel Coulin | France |
| Las Acacias (CdO) | Pablo Giorgelli | Argentina | |
| Avé (CdO) | Konstantin Bojanov | Bulgaria | |
| Sauna on the Moon | 嫦娥 | Zou Peng | China |
| The Slut (CdO) | הנותנת | Hagar Ben-Asher | Israel |
| Snowtown (CdO) | Justin Kurzel | Australia | |
| Take Shelter | Jeff Nichols | United States | |
| Short Films Competition | |||
| Alexis Ivanovitch, You're My Hero | Alexis Ivanovitch vous êtes mon héros | Guillaume Gouix | France |
| Black Moon | Amy Siegel | United States | |
| Blue | Stephen Kang | New Zealand | |
| Boy | Topaz Adizes | United States | |
| Finis Operis | 불멸의 사나이 | Moon Byoung-gon | South Korea |
| In Front of the House | 집 앞에서 | Lee Tae-ho | |
| The Inviolability of the Domicile Is Based On the Man Who Appears Wielding an Axe at the Door of His House | La inviolabilidad del domicilio se basa en el hombre que aparece empuñando un hacha | Alex Piperno | Uruguay, Argentina |
| Junior | Julia Ducournau | France | |
| Permanencias | Permanências | Ricardo Alves Júnior | Brazil |
| Sundays | Dimanches | Valéry Rosier | Belgium |
| Special Screenings | |||
| Bachelor Days Are Over (CdO) (closing film) | Pourquoi tu pleures? | Katia Lewkowicz | France |
| Declaration of War (opening film) | La Guerre est déclarée | Valérie Donzelli | |
| My Little Princess (CdO) | Eva Ionesco | ||
| To Die By Your Side | Mourir auprès de toi | Spike Jonze and Simon Cahn | |
| Walk Away Renee | Jonathan Caouette | United States, France | |
- (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.[22]
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were selected to be screened in the independent Directors' Fortnight section:[36]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Bird | Gust Van Den Berghe | Belgium | |
| Breathing (CdO) | Atmen | Karl Markovics | Austria |
| Code Blue | Urszula Antoniak | Netherlands | |
| Chatrak | Vimukthi Jayasundara | India | |
| End of Silence (CdO) | La Fin du silence | Roland Edzard | France |
| The Fairy | La Fée | Bruno Romy, Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon | Belgium, France |
| The Giants | Les Géants | Bouli Lanners | Belgium |
| Heat Wave (CdO) | Après le sud | Jean-Jacques Jauffret | France |
| Heavenly Body (CdO) | Corpo Celeste | Alice Rohrwacher | Italy |
| Iris in Bloom (CdO) | En ville | Valérie Mrejen and Bertrand Schefer | France |
| The Island | Островът | Kamen Kalev | Bulgaria, Sweden |
| The Other Side of Sleep (CdO) | Rebecca Daly | Ireland | |
| On the Edge | Sur la planche | Leïla Kilani | Morocco |
| Palawan Fate | Busong | Auraeus Solito | Philippines |
| Play | Ruben Östlund | Sweden | |
| Porfirio | Alejandro Landes | Colombia | |
| Return (CdO) | Liza Johnson | United States | |
| The Silence of Joan | Jeanne captive | Philippe Ramos | France |
| The Silver Cliff | O Abismo Prateado | Karim Aïnouz | Brazil |
| Unforgivable | Impardonnables | André Téchiné | France |
| Volcano (CdO) | Rúnar Rúnarsson | Iceland | |
| Short Films | |||
| Armand 15 ans l’été dernier | Blaise Harrison | France | |
| Boro in the Box | Bernard Mandico | ||
| Cigarette at Night | Duane Hopkins | United Kingdom | |
| Csicska | Attila Till | Hungary | |
| Dans le jardin du temps, portrait d’Ely et Nina Bielutin | Clément Cogitore | France | |
| Demain, ça sera bien | Pauline Gay | France | |
| Fourplay: Tampa | Henry Kyle | United States | |
| The Guidance of Reason | La conduite de la Raison | Aliocha | France |
| Killing the chickens to Scare the Monkeys | Jens Assur | Sweden | |
| Mila Caos | Simon Paetau | Germany | |
| Nuven | Basil Da Cuncha | Chile | |
| Las Palmas | Johannes Nyholm | Sweden | |
| Le songe de Poliphile | Camille Henrot | France | |
| Vice versa one | Sadat Shahrbanoo | Afghanistan | |
| Special Screenings | |||
| Back Door Channels: The Price of Peace | Harry Hunkele | United States | |
| Guilty of Romance | 恋の罪 | Sion Sono | Japan |
| Les jeunes gens modernes | Jérôme de Missolz & Jean-François Sanz | France | |
| La nuit elles dansent | Isabelle Lavigne & Stéphane Thibault | Canada | |
| El velador | Natalia Almada | United States | |
- (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.[22]
Official Awards
The Palme d'Or was won by the American film The Tree of Life directed by Terrence Malick.[37] Two of the film's producers, Bill Pohlad and Sarah Green, accepted the prize on behalf of the reclusive Malick.[37] The Tree of Life is the first American film to win the Palme d'Or 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."[38]
The following films and people received the 2011 Official selection awards:[3][39]
In Competition
Un Certain Regard
- Prix Un Certain Regard:[40]
- 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
Caméra d'Or
- Las Acacias by Pablo Giorgelli
Short Films Competition
- Short Film Palme d'Or: Cross-Country (Крос) by Maryna Vroda
- Special Mention: Swimsuit 46 by Wannes Destoop
Independent Awards
FIPRESCI Prizes
- Le Havre by Aki Kaurismäki (In Competition)[41]
- 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[42]
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
- This Must Be the Place by Paolo Sorrentino[39][43]
- Special Mention:
- Le Havre by Aki Kaurismäki
- Where Do We Go Now? by Nadine Labaki[42]
Critics' Week
- Critics Week Nespresso Grand Prize: Take Shelter by Jeff Nichols[39][44]
- 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[39][45]
- Prix SACD: The Giants by Bouli Lanners
Prix François Chalais
Queer Palm
Palm Dog
- Palm Dog Award: Uggy for The Artist[48]
- Special Jury Prize: Laika for Le Havre
