2010 Cannes Film Festival
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The 63rd Cannes Film Festival took place from 12 to 23 May 2010.[2][3] American filmmaker Tim Burton served as jury president for the main competition.[4][5] Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives.
The festival's official poster featuring French actress Juliette Binoche[1] | |
| Opening film | Robin Hood |
|---|---|
| Closing film | The Tree |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives |
| Hosted by | Kristin Scott Thomas |
| No. of films | 19 (Main Competition) |
| Festival date | 12–23 May 2010 |
| Website | www.festival-cannes.com |
English actress Kristin Scott Thomas was the mistress of ceremonies.[6] Agence France-Presse, Reuters, Associated Press and Getty TV boycotted the press conference that announced the line-up for the festival, due to a dispute over access to the red carpet.[7] In a press release, the agencies said that they "may be forced to suspend their presence at the festival altogether" if an agreement was not reached.[7] Days before the festival was to begin, concerns were expressed that attendees might be delayed, or would not attend, due to plane flights to surrounding areas in France being delayed or canceled due to volcanic ash in the sky.[8]
The festival opened with Robin Hood by Ridley Scott,[9] and closed with The Tree by Julie Bertuccelli.[10]
Juries
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Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2010 Official Selection:
- Tim Burton, American filmmaker - Jury President[11]
- Alberto Barbera, Italian film critic
- Kate Beckinsale, English actress
- Emmanuel Carrère, French author, screenwriter and director
- Benicio del Toro, Puerto Rican actor
- Alexandre Desplat, French composer
- Víctor Erice, Spanish filmmaker
- Shekhar Kapur, Indian director
- Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Italian actress
Un Certain Regard
- Claire Denis, French filmmaker - Jury President[12]
- Patrick Ferla, Swiss journalist
- Kim Dong-ho, South Korean director of Busan Film Festival
- Helena Lindblad, Swedish critic
- Serge Toubiana, French General Director of the Cinémathèque Française
Camera d'Or
- Gael García Bernal, Mexican actor and director - Jury President
- Stéphane Brizé, French director
- Gérard de Battista, French cinematographer
- Didier Diaz, FICAM
- Charlotte Lipinska, French critic and member of the French Union of Critics
Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition
- Atom Egoyan, Canadian director - Jury President
- Emmanuelle Devos, French actress
- Carlos Diegues, Brazilian filmmaker
- Dinara Droukarova, Russian actress
- Marc Recha, Spanish Director
Official Selection
In Competition
Two days before the beginning of the festival, the just finished film Route Irish by Ken Loach, was added to the main competition.[13] The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[14][15]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Another Year | Mike Leigh | United Kingdom | |
| Biutiful | Alejandro González Iñárritu | Mexico, Spain | |
| Burnt by the Sun 2 | Утомлённые солнцем 2 | Nikita Mikhalkov | Russia |
| Certified Copy | Copie conforme | Abbas Kiarostami | France, Italy, Belgium |
| Chongqing Blues | 日照重慶 | Wang Xiaoshuai | China |
| Fair Game | Doug Liman | United States, United Arab Emirates | |
| The Housemaid | 하녀 | Im Sang-soo | South Korea |
| My Joy | Счастье моё | Sergei Loznitsa | Ukraine, Germany, Netherlands |
| Of Gods and Men | Des hommes et des dieux | Xavier Beauvois | France |
| On Tour | Tournée | Mathieu Amalric | France, Germany |
| Our Life | La nostra vita | Daniele Luchetti | Italy, France |
| Outrage | アウトレイジ | Takeshi Kitano | Japan |
| Outside the Law | Hors-la-loi | Rachid Bouchareb | Algeria, France, Tunisia, Belgium |
| Poetry | 시 | Lee Chang-dong | South Korea, France |
| The Princess of Montpensier | La princesse de Montpensier | Bertrand Tavernier | France |
| Route Irish | Ken Loach | United Kingdom, France, Belgium | |
| A Screaming Man | Un homme qui crie | Mahamat Saleh Haroun | Chad, France, Belgium |
| Tender Son: The Frankenstein Project | Szelíd Teremtés – A Frankenstein Terv | Kornél Mundruczó | Hungary |
| Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives | ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Thailand |
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[16]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adrienn Pál | Pál Adrienn | Ágnes Kocsis | Hungary |
| Aurora | Cristi Puiu | Romania | |
| Blue Valentine | Derek Cianfrance | United States | |
| Carancho | Pablo Trapero | Argentina, Chile, Spain, France, South Korea | |
| Chatroom | Hideo Nakata | United Kingdom | |
| The City Below | Unter dir die Stadt | Christoph Hochhäusler | Germany |
| Film Socialisme | Jean-Luc Godard | France | |
| Hahaha | 하하하 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| Heartbeats | Les amours imaginaires | Xavier Dolan | Canada |
| I Wish I Knew | 海上传奇 | Jia Zhangke | China |
| Life, Above All | Oliver Schmitz | South Africa | |
| Lights Out | Qu'est-il arrivé à Simon Werner? | Fabrice Gobert | France |
| The Lips | Los labios | Iván Fund and Santiago Loza | Argentina |
| October | Octubre | Daniel Vega, Diego Vega | Peru |
| Rebecca H. (Return to the Dogs) | Lodge Kerrigan | United States, France | |
| R U There | David Verbeek | Netherlands, Taiwan | |
| The Strange Case of Angelica | O estranho caso de Angélica | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal |
| Tuesday, After Christmas | Marţi, după Crăciun | Radu Muntean | Romania |
| Udaan | Vikramaditya Motwane | India | |
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[16]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceaușescu | Autobiografia lui Nicolae Ceaușescu | Andrei Ujică | Romania |
| Black Heaven | L'Autre monde | Gilles Marchand | France, Belgium |
| Carlos | Olivier Assayas | France, Germany | |
| Kaboom | Gregg Araki | United States | |
| Robin Hood (opening film) | Ridley Scott | United States, United Kingdom | |
| Tamara Drewe | Stephen Frears | United Kingdom | |
| The Tree (closing film) | Julie Bertuccelli | France, Australia | |
| Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps | Oliver Stone | United States | |
| You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger | Woody Allen | ||
Special Screenings
The following films were selected to be screened:[16][10]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5x Favela | 5x Favela, por nós mesmos | Wagner Novais, Manaira Carneiro, Rodrigo Felha, Cacau Amaral, Luciano Vidigal, Cadu Barcelos and Luciana Bezerra | Brazil |
| Abel | Diego Luna | Mexico | |
| Chantrapas | Otar Iosseliani | France, Georgia | |
| Countdown to Zero | Lucy Walker | United States | |
| Draquila – Italy Trembles | Draquila - L'Italia che trema | Sabina Guzzanti | Italy |
| Gilles Jacob, Citizen Cannes | Gilles Jacob, l'arpenteur de la croisette | Serge Le Peron | France |
| Inside Job | Charles Ferguson | United States | |
| The Pack | La meute | Franck Richard | France, Belgium |
| Nostalgia for the Light | Nostalgia de la luz | Patricio Guzmán | France, Chile |
| Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow | Sophie Fiennes | United Kingdom | |
Cinéfondation
The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:[16][17]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | School |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anywhere Out of the World | Coucou-Les-Nuages | Vincent Cardona | La fémis, France |
| Cooked | Jens Blank | NFTS, United Kingdom | |
| Dakujem, dobre | Mátyás Prikler | FTF-VŠMU, Slovakia | |
| The Fifth Column | Hinkerort Zorasune | Vatche Boulghourjian | NYU, United States |
| Frozen Land | Tae-yong Kim | Sejong University, South Korea | |
| Here I Am | Itt Vagyok | Bálint Szimler | SzFE, Hungary |
| I Already Am Everything I Want to Have | Ja Vec Jesam Sve Ono Što Želim Da Imam | Dane Komljen | FDU, Serbia |
| Ijsland | Iceland | Gilles Coulier | Sint-Lukas University, Belgium |
| El Juego | Benjamín Naishtat | Le Fresnoy, France | |
| Los Minutos, Las Horas | Marques Ribeiro | EICTV, Cuba | |
| Miramare | Michaela Müller | ALU, Croatia | |
| The Painting Sellers | Taulukauppiaat | Juho Kuosmanen | Aalto University, Finland |
| Shelley | Andrew Wesman | Harvard University, United States | |
Short Films Competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[16][10]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barking Island | Chienne d'histoire | Serge Avédikian | France |
| Bathing Micky | Micky bader | Frida Kempff | Sweden |
| Blocks | Blokes | Marially Rivas | Chile |
| First Aid | Ezra rishona | Yarden Karmin | Israel |
| Maya | Pedro Pío | Cuba | |
| Muscles | Edward Housden | Australia | |
| Rosa | Monica Lairana | Argentina | |
| Station | Estação | Marcia Faria | Brazil |
| To Swallow a Toad | Jurģis Krāsons | Latvia | |
Cannes Classics
The following films were selected to be screened:[18][19][20]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restored Prints | |||
| The 317th Platoon (1964) | La 317ème section | Pierre Schoendoerffer | France |
| The African Queen (1951) | John Huston | United States, United Kingdom | |
| The Battle of the Rails (1946) | La Bataille du rail | René Clément | France |
| La campagne de Cicéron (1989) | Jacques Davila | ||
| The Great Love (1969) | Le grand amour | Pierre Etaix | |
| Happy Go Lucky (1946) | Au petit bonheur | Marcel L'Herbier | |
| Khandhar (1983) | Mrinal Sen | India | |
| Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) | O Beijo da Mulher-Aranha | Hector Babenco | Brazil, United States |
| The Leopard (1963) | Il Gattopardo | Luchino Visconti | Italy |
| Psycho (1960) | Alfred Hitchcock | United States | |
| The Tin Drum (1979) | Die Blechtrommel | Volker Schlöndorff | West Germany, Poland, Yugoslavia, France |
| Tristana (1970) | Luis Buñuel | Spain, France, Italy | |
| World Cinema Foundation | |||
| The Eloquent Peasant (1970) | الفلاح الفصيح | Shadi Abdel Salam | Egypt |
| Il ruscello di Ripasottile (1941) | Roberto Rossellini | Italy | |
| Two Girls on the Street (1939) | Két Lány Az Utcán | Andre de Toth | Hungary |
| Revenge (1989) | Месть | Yermek Shinarbayev | Soviet Union |
| A River Called Titas (1973) | Titash Ekti Nadir Naam | Ritwik Ghatak | Bangladesh |
| Documentaries about Cinema | |||
| ...But Film is My Mistress | ...Men filmen är min älskarinna | Stig Björkman | Sweden |
| Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Craig McCall | United Kingdom | |
| Hollywood Don't Surf! | Greg MacGillivray and Sam George | United States | |
| Toscan | Isabelle Partiot-Pieri | France | |
Cinéma de la Plage
The Cinéma de la Plage section line-up includes classics films, commemorations and world premieres of new productions at the Cannes' Plage Macé. The following films were selected to be screened:[21]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| From Here to Eternity (1953) | Fred Zinnemann | United States | |
| The Girl Hunters (1963) | Roy Rowland | United Kingdom | |
| Rock'n'roll... Of Corse! | Stéphane Bébert, Lionel Guedj | France | |
| The Silent World (1956) | Le Monde du silence | Louis Malle, Jacques-Yves Cousteau | France, Italy |
| That Night in Varennes (1982) | La Nuit de Varennes | Ettore Scola | |
| The Two Escobars (30 for 30) | Jeff Zimbalist and Michael Zimbalist | United States | |
Parallel sections
Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 49th Critics' Week (49e Semaine de la Critique):[22]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Competition | |||
| Armadillo | Janus Metz Pedersen | Denmark | |
| Bedevilled | 김복남 살인사건의 전말 | Jang Cheol-soo | South Korea |
| Dear Prudence | Belle Épine | Rebecca Zlotowski | France |
| Bi, Don't Be Afraid | Bi, dung so! | Di Dang Phan | Vietnam, France, Germany |
| Sandcastle | 沙城 | Boo Junfeng | Singapore |
| Sound of Noise | Ola Simonsson and Johannes Stjärne Nilsson | Sweden, France | |
| The Myth of the American Sleepover | David Robert Mitchell | United States | |
| Special Screenings | |||
| Copacabana | Marc Fitoussi | France | |
| The Names of Love | Le Nom des gens | Michel Leclerc | |
| Rubber | Quentin Dupieux | ||
| Women Are Heroes | JR | ||
| Short Films Competition | |||
| A Distração | Ivan Cavi Borges and Gustavo Melo | Brazil | |
| Berik | Daniel Borgman | Denmark | |
| The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Lion | Alois di Leo | United Kingdom | |
| Deeper Than Yesterday | Ariel Kleiman | Australia | |
| Love Patate | Gilles Cuvelier | France | |
| Native Son | Scott Graham | United Kingdom | |
| Vasco | Sébastien Laudenbach | France | |
| Short Films - Special Screenings | |||
| L'Amour-propre | Nicolas Silhol | France | |
| Bastard | Kirsten Dunst | United States | |
| The Clerk’s Tale | James Franco | ||
| Cynthia todavía tienes las llaves | Gonzalo Tobal | Argentina | |
| Fracture | Nicolas Sarkissian | France | |
Directors' Fortnight
The documentary film Benda Bilili! about disabled Kinshasa street musicians Staff Benda Bilili had its world premiere at the festival, with the group in attendance and performing at the Director's Fortnight opening party.[23] The following films were screened for the 2010 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[24]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Alegria | The Joy | Felipe Bragança and Marina Meliande | Brazil |
| All Good Children | Alicia Duffy | Belgium, France, United Kingdom | |
| Benda Bilili! | Renaud Barret and Florent de La Tullaye | Democratic Republic of the Congo, France | |
| Boxing Gym | Frederick Wiseman | United States | |
| Cleveland versus Wall Street | Cleveland contre Wall Street | Jean-Stéphane Bron | Switzerland, France |
| Des filles en noir | Jean Paul Civeyrac | France | |
| Everything Will Be Fine | Alting bliver godt igen | Christoffer Boe | Denmark, Sweden, France |
| Illegal | Illégal | Olivier Masset-Depasse | Belgium, Luxembourg, France |
| The Invisible Eye | La mirada invisible | Diego Lerman | Argentina, France, Spain |
| Leap Year | Año bisiesto | Michael Rowe | Mexico |
| The Light Thief | Свет-аке | Aktan Abdykalykov | Kirghizistan, Germany, France, Netherlands |
| Love Like Poison | Un poison violent | Katell Quillévéré | France |
| Petit bébé Jésus de Flandre | Gust Van Den Berghe | Belgium | |
| Picco | Philip Koch | Germany | |
| Pieds nus sur les limaces | Fabienne Berthaud | France | |
| Le quattro volte | Michelangelo Frammartino | Italy, Germany, Switzerland | |
| Shit Year | Cam Archer | United States | |
| The Silent House | Gustavo Hernández Pérez | Uruguay | |
| The Tiger Factory | Ming jin Woo | Malaysia, Japan | |
| Two Gates of Sleep | Alistair Banks Griffin | United States | |
| Le Vagabond | Avishai Sivan | Israel | |
| We Are What We Are | Somos lo que hay | Jorge Michel Grau | Mexico |
| You All Are Captains | Todos vós sodes capitáns | Oliver Laxe | Spain |
| Short Films | |||
| Cautare | Ionuţ Piţurescu | Romania | |
| Light | André Schreuders | Netherlands | |
| Mary Last Seen | Sean Durkin | United States | |
| Petit tailleur | Louis Garrel | France | |
| Shadows of Silence | Pradeepan Raveendran | France, Sri Lanka | |
| Shikasha | Isamu Hirabayashi | Japan | |
| A Silent Child | Jesper Klevenås | Sweden | |
| Three Hours | Annarita Zambrano | Italy, France | |
| ZedCrew | Noah Pink | Canada, Zambia | |
Official Awards
The Palme d'Or was won by the Thai film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul.[25] It was the first time that an Asian movie won the award since 1997.[26] Tim Burton, chairman of the jury that determined the award, stated about its decision: "You always want to be surprised by films and this film did that for most of us".[27] French film Of Gods and Men was the runner up.[28] The Xavier Beauvois' film had been considered a favorite alongside Mike Leigh's Another Year.[29] During the ceremony special attention was paid to Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi in hopes of increasing international pressure on the Iranian government to release Panahi from jail.
The following films and people received the 2010 Official selection awards:[30][31]
In Competition
- Palme d'Or: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- Grand Prix: Of Gods and Men by Xavier Beauvois
- Best Director: Mathieu Amalric for On Tour
- Best Screenplay: Poetry by Lee Chang-dong
- Best Actress: Juliette Binoche for Certified Copy
- Best Actor:
- Javier Bardem for Biutiful
- Elio Germano for Our Life
- Prix du Jury: A Screaming Man by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Un Certain Regard
- Prix Un Certain Regard: Hahaha by Hong Sang-soo
- Un Certain Regard Jury Prize: October by Daniel Vega, Diego Vega
- Un Certain Regard Best Actress Award: Adela Sanchez, Eva Bianco, Victoria Raposo for The Lips
Cinéfondation
- First Prize: The Painting Sellers by Juho Kuosmanen
- 2nd Prize: Anywhere Out of the World by Vincent Cardona
- 3rd Prize:
- The Fifth Column by Vatche Boulghourjian
- I Already Am Everything I Want to Have by Dane Komljen
Golden Camera
Short films
- Short Film Palme d'Or: Barking Island by Serge Avédikian
- Short Film Jury Prize: Bathing Micky by Frida Kempff
Independent awards
FIPRESCI Prizes
- On Tour by Mathieu Amalric (In Competition)[32]
- Adrienn Pál by Ágnes Kocsis (Un Certain Regard)
- You All Are Captains by Oliver Laxe (Directors' Fortnight)
Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist
- Vulcan Award: Leslie Shatz, Bob Beemer, Jon Taylor (Sound Department) for Biutiful[33]
Ecumenical Jury
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Of Gods and Men by Xavier Beauvois[31][34]
- Special Mention:
- Another Year by Mike Leigh
- Poetry by Lee Chang-dong
Critics' Week
- Critics' Week Grand Prize: Armadillo by Janus Metz Pedersen[31]
- SACD Award: Bi, Don't Be Afraid by Di Dang Phan
- ACID Award: Bi, Don't Be Afraid by Di Dang Phan
- Young Critics Award: Sound of Noise by Ola Simonsson, Johannes Stjärne Nilsson[33]
- Canal+ Gran Prix for short film: Berik by Daniel Joseph Borgman[33]
- Kodak Discovery Award for Best Short Film: Deeper Than Yesterday by Ariel Kleiman
