2012 Cannes Film Festival
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 65th Cannes Film Festival took place from 16 to 27 May 2012.[1] Italian filmmaker Nanni Moretti was the president of the jury for the main competition.[2] Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Amour.
Official poster of the 65th Cannes Film Festival featuring a photo of American actress Marilyn Monroe | |
| Opening film | Moonrise Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Thérèse Desqueyroux |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: Amour |
| Hosted by | Bérénice Bejo |
| No. of films | 22 (In Competition) |
| Festival date | 16 – 27 May 2012 |
| Website | www |
The official poster of the festival features Marilyn Monroe, to mark the 50th anniversary of her death.[3] French actress Bérénice Bejo hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.[4]
The festival opened with Moonrise Kingdom by Wes Anderson, and the closed with Thérèse Desqueyroux by Claude Miller.[5]
Juries
Μain competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2012 Official Selection:[6]
- Nanni Moretti, Italian filmmaker - Jury President[7]
- Hiam Abbass, Palestinian actress and director
- Andrea Arnold, English filmmaker
- Emmanuelle Devos, French actress
- Jean Paul Gaultier, French fashion designer
- Diane Kruger, German actress
- Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor
- Alexander Payne, American filmmaker
- Raoul Peck, Haitian filmmaker
Un Certain Regard
- Tim Roth, British actor - Jury President[8]
- Leïla Bekhti, French actress
- Tonie Marshall, French actress and filmmaker
- Luciano Monteagudo, Argentine film critic
- Sylvie Pras, French director of the Pompidou Centre and Festival de la Fiction at La Rochelle
Caméra d'Or
- Carlos Diegues, Brazilian filmmaker - Jury President[9]
- Michel Andrieu, French filmmaker
- Rémy Chevrin, French cinematographer
- Francis Gavelle, French film critic
- Hervé Icovic, French art director
- Gloria Satta, Italian film journalist
Cinéfoundation and short films
- Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Belgian filmmaker - Jury President[10]
- Karim Aïnouz, Brazilian filmmaker
- Emmanuel Carrère, French novelist and filmmaker
- Arsinée Khanjian, Canadian actress
- Yu Lik-wai, Chinese cinematographer and director
Independent juries
The following independent juries awarded films in the frame of the Critics' Week.
Nespresso Grand Prize
- Bertrand Bonello, French filmmaker - Jury President[11]
- Francisco Ferreira, Portuguese film critic
- Akiko Kobari, Japanese film and dance critic
- Robert Koehler, American film critic
- Hanns-Georg Rodek, German film critic
France 4 Visionary Award
- Céline Sciamma, French filmmaker - Jury President[11]
- Victor-Emmanuel Boinem, Belgian film student and blogger
- Ryan Lattanzio, American student and lead film critic at The Daily Californian
- Bikas Mishra, Indian founder and editor of DearCinema.com
- Kim Seehe, South Korean student and film critic
Nikon Discovery Award for Short Film
- João Pedro Rodrigues, Portuguese film director - Jury President
- Jakub Felcman, Czech film curator
- Marianne Khoury, Egyptian film director and producer
- Danny Lennon, Canadian film curator
- Kleber Mendonça Filho, Brazilian film director, curator, and critic
Official Selection
The official selection was announced on 19 April at Grand Hôtel in Paris. Among comments after the announcement, journalists noted the unusually high number of Hollywood films in the line-up, the absence of any female director in the main competition, as well as the absence of competing first-time feature film directors.[12][13] The festival's artistic leader Thierry Frémaux responded that people should not focus only on the competition films: "The selection is an ensemble; you have to consider the whole package."[13]
In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[14][15]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| After the Battle | بعد الموقعة | Yousry Nasrallah | Egypt, France |
| The Angels' Share | Ken Loach | United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Italy | |
| Beyond the Hills | După dealuri | Cristian Mungiu | Romania, France, Belgium |
| Cosmopolis | David Cronenberg | Canada, France, Italy, Portugal | |
| Holy Motors | Leos Carax | France, Germany | |
| The Hunt | Jagten | Thomas Vinterberg | Denmark, Sweden |
| In Another Country | 다른 나라에서 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| In the Fog | В тумане | Sergei Loznitsa | Belarus, Germany, Russia, Latvia, Netherlands, United States |
| Killing Them Softly | Andrew Dominik | United States | |
| Lawless | John Hillcoat | ||
| Like Someone in Love | ライク・サムワン・イン・ラブ | Abbas Kiarostami | France, Japan |
| Amour | Michael Haneke | France, Germany, Austria | |
| Moonrise Kingdom (opening film) | Wes Anderson | United States | |
| Mud | Jeff Nichols | ||
| On the Road | Sur la route | Walter Salles | France, Brazil, United Kingdom, United States, Mexico, Canada |
| The Paperboy | Lee Daniels | United States | |
| Paradise: Love | Paradies: Liebe | Ulrich Seidl | Austria, Germany, France |
| Post Tenebras Lux | Carlos Reygadas | Mexico, France, Germany, Netherlands | |
| Reality | Matteo Garrone | Italy, France | |
| Rust and Bone | De rouille et d'os | Jacques Audiard | France, Belgium |
| The Taste of Money | 돈의 맛 | Im Sang-soo | South Korea |
| You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet! | Vous n'avez encore rien vu | Alain Resnais | France, Germany |
- (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.[16]
Un Certain Regard
The following films were screened in the Un Certain Regard section:[14]
- (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.[16]
Out of Competition
The following films were screened out of competition:[14]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cruel Summer (short film) | Kanye West | United States, Qatar | |
| Hemingway & Gellhorn | Philip Kaufman | United States | |
| Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, Conrad Vernon | ||
| Me and You | Io e te | Bernardo Bertolucci | Italy |
| Thérèse Desqueyroux (closing film) | Claude Miller | France | |
| Midnight Screenings | |||
| Dracula 3D | Dario Argento | Italy, France, Spain | |
| For Love's Sake | 愛と誠 | Takashi Miike | Japan |
| Maniac | Franck Khalfoun | United States, France | |
| The Sapphires (CdO) | Wayne Blair | Australia | |
| 65th Anniversary | |||
| Film Anniversary: A Special Day | Le Film anniversaire: Une journée particulière - Histoire(s) de festival N°4 | Gilles Jacob and Samuel Faure | France |
- (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.[16]
Special Screenings
The following films were screened in the Special Screenings section:[14]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Central Park Five | Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon | United States | |
| Les invisibles | Sébastien Lifshitz | France | |
| Journal de France | Claudine Nougaret and Raymond Depardon | ||
| Mekong Hotel | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | ||
| The Music According to Antonio Carlos Jobim | A Música Segundo Tom Jobim | Nelson Pereira dos Santos and Dora Jobim | |
| The Oath of Tobruk | Le serment de Tobrouk | Bernard-Henri Lévy and Marc Roussel | |
| Polluting Paradise | Der Müll im Garten Eden | Fatih Akın | Germany |
| The Resistance | Peng Zhang Li | China, United States | |
| Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir | Laurent Bouzereau | United Kingdom, Italy, Germany | |
| Trashed | Candida Brady | United States | |
| Villegas (CdO) | Gonzalo Tobal | Argentina, Netherlands, France | |
- (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.[16]
Cinéfondation
The Cinéfondation section focuses on films made by students at film schools. The following entries were selected, out of more than 1,700 submissions from 320 different schools:[17]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | School |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abigail | Matthew James Reilly | NYU, United States | |
| The Ballad of Finn + Yeti | Meryl O'Connor | UCLA, United States | |
| The Barber | Riyoushi | Shoichi Akino | Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan |
| Behind Me Olive Trees | Derrière moi les oliviers | Pascale Abou Jamra | ALBA, Lebanon |
| The Camp in Răzoare | Tabăra din Răzoare | Cristi Iftime | UNATC, Romania |
| Could See a Puma | Pude ver un puma | Eduardo Williams | UCINE, Argentina |
| Dog Leash | Resen | Eti Tsicko | TAU, Israel |
| Head over Heels | Timothy Reckart | NFTS, United Kingdom | |
| The Hosts | Los anfitriones | Miguel Angel Moulet | EICTV, Cuba |
| Land | Terra | Piero Messina | CSC, Italy |
| Matteus | Leni Huyghe | Sint-Lukas Brussels, Belgium | |
| The Raptures | Les Ravissements | Arthur Cahn | La Fémis, France |
| The Road To | Doroga na | Taisia Igumentseva | VGIK, Russia |
| Slug Invasion | Morten Helgeland | The Animation Workshop, Denmark | |
| Tambylles | Michal Hogenauer | FAMU, Czech Republic | |
Short film Competition
Out of 4,500 submissions, the following films were selected for the short film competition:[17]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Chair | Grainger David | United States | |
| Cockaigne | Emilie Verhamme | Belgium | |
| Gasp | Eicke Bettinga | Germany | |
| Herd Leader | Chef de meute | Chloé Robichaud | Canada |
| My Holy Glance | Mi Santa Mirada | Alvaro Aponte-Centeno | Puerto Rico |
| Night Shift | Zia Mandivwalla | New Zealand | |
| Silent | Sessiz-Bêdeng | L. Rezan Yesilbas | Turkey |
| This Way Before Me | Ce Chemin Devant Moi | Mohamed Bourokba | France |
| Waiting for P.O. Box | Falastein, sandouk al intezar lil burtuqal | Bassam Chekhes | Syria |
| Yardbird | Michael Spiccia | Australia | |
Cannes Classics
The following films were screened in the Cannes Classics section.[18][19] The Hungarian "montage film" Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen, directed by György Pálfi, was selected as the closing film for the Cannes Classics section.[18][20][21][22]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restored Prints | |||
| An All-Colored Vaudeville Show (1935) | Roy Mack | United States | |
| The Ballad of Narayama (1958) | 楢山節考 | Keisuke Kinoshita | Japan |
| Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962) | Cléo de 5 à 7 | Agnès Varda | France, Italy |
| A Great Day in Harlem (1994) | Jean Bach | United States | |
| The Great Spy Chase (1964) | Les Barbouzes | Georges Lautner | France, Italy |
| Jammin' the Blues (1944) (short) | Gjon Mili | United States | |
| Jaws (1975) | Steven Spielberg | ||
| Journey to Italy (1954) | Viaggio in Italia | Roberto Rossellini | Italy, France |
| Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | David Lean | United Kingdom | |
| Once Upon a Time in America (1984) | C'era una volta in America | Sergio Leone | Italy, United States |
| The Ring (1927) | Alfred Hitchcock | United Kingdom | |
| Runaway Train (1985) | Andrei Konchalovsky | United States | |
| Tess (1979) | Roman Polanski | France, United Kingdom | |
| Twenty Years Later (1984) | Cabra Marcado para Morrer | Eduardo Coutinho | Brazil |
| Xica (1976) | Xica da Silva | Carlos Diegues | |
| World Cinema Foundation | |||
| After the Curfew (1954) | Lewat Djam Malam | Usmar Ismail | Indonesia |
| Kalpana (1954) | कल्पना | Uday Shankar | India |
| Documentaries about Cinema | |||
| Claude M Loves the Cinema | Claude Miller, cinéaste de l'intime | Emmanuel Barnault | France |
| Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim | György Pálfi | Hungary |
| Me and My Dad | Katrine Boorman | United Kingdom, Ireland | |
| Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis | Gregg Barson | United States | |
| Woody Allen: A Documentary | Robert Weide | ||
Cinéma de la Plage
The Cinéma de la Plage is a part of the Official Selection of the festival. The outdoors screenings at the beach cinema of Cannes are open to the public.[23]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casino Royale (2006) | Martin Campbell | United Kingdom, United States, Germany, Czech Republic | |
| Diamonds Are Forever (1971) | Guy Hamilton | United Kingdom | |
| Dr. No (1962) | Terence Young | ||
| From Russia with Love (1963) | Terence Young | ||
| The Joker (1960) | Le farceur | Philippe de Broca | France |
| On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) | Peter Hunt | United Kingdom | |
| Project A (1982) | A計劃 | Jackie Chan | Hong Kong |
| Red Tails (2012) | Anthony Hemingway | United States | |
Parallel Sections
Critics' Week
The line-up for the Critics' Week was announced on 23 April at the section's website. The feature competition consists entirely of directorial debuts, something the section's artistic director Charles Tesson stressed was not intentional, but only the way it turned out when the submissions had been judged by quality. The following films were selected:[24]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Competition | |||
| Beyond the Walls (CdO) | Hors les murs | David Lambert | Belgium, Canada, France |
| God's Neighbors (CdO) | המשגיחים | Meni Yaesh | Israel, France |
| Here and There (CdO) | Aquí y allá | Antonio Méndez Esparza | Spain, United States, Mexico |
| In a Rush (CdO) | Au galop | Louis-Do de Lencquesaing | France |
| Peddlers (CdO) | Halahal | Vasan Bala | India |
| Sofia's Last Ambulance (CdO) | Ilian Metev | Germany, Croatia, Bulgaria | |
| The Wild Ones (CdO) | Los Salvajes | Alejandro Fadel | Argentina |
| Special Screenings | |||
| Augustine | Alice Winocour | France | |
| Broken | Rufus Norris | United Kingdom | |
| Maddened by His Absence | J'enrage de son absence | Sandrine Bonnaire | France, Luxembourg, Belgium |
| Short Films | |||
| Circle Line | 순환선 | Shin Su-won | South Korea |
| The Dickslap | La Bifle | Jean-Baptiste Saurel | France |
| Doppelgänger | O Duplo | Juliana Rojas | Brazil |
| Family Dinner | Stefan Constantinescu | Sweden | |
| Hazara | Shay Levi | Israel | |
| Horizon | Orizont | Paul Negoescu | Romania |
| It's Not a Cowboy Movie | Ce n'est pas un film de cow-boys | Benjamin Parent | France |
| Red River, Song Hong | Fleuve rouge, Song Hong | Stéphanie Lansaque & François Leroy | |
| A Sunday Morning | Un dimanche matin | Damien Manivel | |
| Yeguas y cotorras | Natalia Garagiola | Argentina | |
- (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.[16]
Directors' Fortnight
The line-up for the Directors' Fortnight was announced at a press conference on 24 April.[25] The following films were selected:[26]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Pablo Stoll | Uruguay, Germany, Argentina | |
| Alyah (CdO) | Elie Wajeman | France | |
| Camille Rewinds | Camille redouble | Noémie Lvovsky | |
| Clandestine Childhood | Infancia clandestina | Benjamin Ávila | Argentina, Spain, Brazil |
| Dangerous Liaisons | 危險關係 | Hur Jin-ho | China, South Korea |
| Dream and Silence | Sueño y silencio | Jaime Rosales | Spain, France |
| Ernest & Celestine | Ernest et Célestine | Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar and Benjamin Renner | France, Belgium, Luxembourg |
| Fogo | Yulene Olaizola | Mexico, Canada | |
| Gangs of Wasseypur | Anurag Kashyap | India | |
| Granny's Funeral | Adieu Berthe, l'enterrement de mémé | Bruno Podalydès | France |
| Hold Back (CdO) | Rengaine | Rachid Djaïdani | |
| The King of Pigs (CdO) | 돼지의 왕 | Yeon Sang-ho | South Korea |
| Night Across the Street | La noche de enfrente | Raúl Ruiz | France, Chile |
| No | Pablo Larraín | Chile, United States | |
| Opération Libertad | Nicolas Wadimoff | Switzerland, France | |
| The Repentant | التائب | Merzak Allouache | Algeria |
| Room 237 (CdO) | Rodney Ascher | United States | |
| Sightseers | Ben Wheatley | United Kingdom | |
| The Towrope (CdO) | La Sirga | William Vega | Colombia, France, Mexico |
| The We and the I | Michel Gondry | United States | |
| Yek Khanévadéh-e Mohtaram (CdO) | Massoud Bakhshi | Iran | |
| Short Films | |||
| The Curse | Fyzal Boulifa | United Kingdom, Morocco | |
| Drawn from Memory | Portret z pamięci | Marcin Bortkiewicz | Poland |
| Enraged Pigs | Porcos Raivosos | Leonardo Sette and Isabel Penoni | Brazil |
| Königsberg | Philipp Mayrhofer | France | |
| The Living Also Cry | Os Vivos Tambem Choram | Basil da Cunha | Switzerland, Portugal |
| The Living Dead | Os mortos-vivos | Anita Rocha da Silveira | Brazil |
| Rodri | Franco Lolli | France | |
| Tram | Michaela Pavlátová | France, Czech Republic | |
| With Jeff | Avec Jeff, à moto | Marie-Ève Juste | Canada |
| Wrong Cops | Quentin Dupieux | France | |
- (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.[16]
Official Awards
The Palme d'Or was won by the French-language film Amour directed by Michael Haneke. Haneke previously won the award for The White Ribbon in 2009.[27] Love tells the story of an elderly couple preparing for death.[28] During his acceptance speech, the director said "A very, very big thanks to my actors who have made this film. It's their film. They are the essence of this film."[27] Moretti said that none of the winners had been selected unanimously, and described such an outcome as "a middle ground that would have pleased no one". He revealed that Holy Motors, Paradise: Love and Post Tenebras Lux were the entries that most had divided the jury.[29]
The following films and people received the 2012 Official selection awards:[30][31]
In Competition
- Palme d'Or: Amour by Michael Haneke
- Grand Prix: Reality by Matteo Garrone
- Best Director: Carlos Reygadas for Post Tenebras Lux
- Best Screenplay: Beyond the Hills by Cristian Mungiu
- Best Actress: Cristina Flutur and Cosmina Stratan for Beyond the Hills
- Best Actor: Mads Mikkelsen for The Hunt
- Jury Prize: The Angels' Share by Ken Loach
Un Certain Regard
- Prix Un Certain Regard: Después de Lucía by Michel Franco[30]
- Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize: Le grand soir by Benoît Delépine and Gustave de Kervern
- Un Certain Regard Special Distinction: Children of Sarajevo by Aida Begić
- Un Certain Regard Award for Best Actress:
Caméra d'Or
Cinéfondation
Short Films Competition
- Short Film Palme d'Or: Silent by L. Rezan Yesilbas[30]
Independent Awards
FIPRESCI Prizes
- In the Fog by Sergei Loznitsa (In Competition)[32][33]
- Beasts of the Southern Wild by Benh Zeitlin (Un Certain Regard)
- Hold Back by Rachid Djaïdani (Directors' Fortnight)
Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist
- Vulcan Award: Charlotte Bruus Christensen (cinematography) for The Hunt[34]
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
- The Hunt by Thomas Vinterberg[33][35]
- Special Mention: Beasts of the Southern Wild by Benh Zeitlin
Critics' Week
- Grand Prix Nespresso: Aquí y allá by Antonio Méndez Esparza[31]
- France 4 Visionary Award: Sofia's Last Ambulance by Ilian Metev
- Prix SACD: God's Neighbors by Meni Yaesh
- ACID/CCAS Prize: The Wild Ones by Alejandro Fadel
Directors' Fortnight
- Art Cinema Award: No by Pablo Larraín[36]
- Europa Cinemas: The Repentant by Merzak Allouache
- Prix SACD: Camille Rewinds by Noémie Lvovsky
- Special mention Prix SACD: Ernest & Celestine by Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, Benjamin Renner
- Premier Prix Illy for Short Filmmaking: The Curse by Fyzal Boulifa
- Special mention Prix Illy: The Living Also Cry by Basil da Cunha
Prize of the Youth Jury
- Prix de la Jeunesse: Holy Motors by Leos Carax[37]
- Prix Regard Jeune: Beasts of the Southern Wild by Benh Zeitlin
Prix François Chalais
Queer Palm
- Laurence Anyways by Xavier Dolan[39]
- Best Short Film: It's Not a Cowboy Movie by Benjamin Parent
Palm Dog Jury
- Palm Dog Award: Smurf in Sightseers[40]
- Grand Jury Prize: Billy Bob in Le grand soir
