2009 Cannes Film Festival
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| Opening film | Up |
|---|---|
| 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 (En Competition)[2] 19 (Un Certain Regard) 9 (Short Film) |
| Festival date | 13–24 May 2009 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The 62nd Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 May to 24 May 2009. French actress Isabelle Huppert was the President of the Jury. Twenty films from thirteen countries were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or. The awards were announced on 23 May. The film The White Ribbon (Das weiße Band), directed by Michael Haneke won the Palme d'Or.[3]
The festival opened with Pixar's film Up,[4][5] directed by Pete Docter and Bob Peterson. This marked the first time that an animated film or a film in 3-D opened the festival. The festival closed with Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky directed by Jan Kounen.[6]
American director Clint Eastwood became the second recipient of the Honorary Palme d'Or, an award given to directors who had established a significant body of work without ever winning a competitive Palme d'Or.[7]
Isabelle Huppert, President of the 2009 Competition Jury
Paolo Sorrentino, President of the 2009 Un Certain Regard Jury
The members of the main competition jury.
Juries[]
Main competition[]
The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2009 Official Selection:[8]
- Isabelle Huppert (French actress) Jury President
- Asia Argento (Italian actress)
- Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkish director)
- Lee Chang-dong (South Korean director)
- James Gray (American director)
- Hanif Kureishi (British screenwriter)
- Shu Qi (Taiwanese actress)
- Robin Wright (American actress)
- Sharmila Tagore (Indian actress)
Un Certain Regard[]
- Paolo Sorrentino (Italian film director) President
- Uma Da Cunha (Indian casting director & production consultant)[9]
- Julie Gayet (French actress & film producer)
- Piers Handling (Canadian director & CEO of TIFF)
- Marit Kapla (Swedish culture journalist)
Caméra d'Or[]
- Roschdy Zem (French actor & filmmaker) President
- (French cinematographer)
- Olivier Chiavassa (Fédération des Industries Techniques)
- Sandrine Ray (French director)
- Charles Tesson (critic)
- Edouard Waintrop (Festival Fribourg)
Cinéfondation and short films[]
- John Boorman (English director) President
- Bertrand Bonello (French director)
- Férid Boughedir (Tunisian director)
- Leonor Silveira (Portuguese actress)
- Zhang Ziyi (Chinese actress & model)
Official selection[]
In competition - Feature films[]
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[2]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antichrist | Lars von Trier | Denmark | |
| Bright Star | Jane Campion | United Kingdom | |
| Broken Embraces | Los abrazos rotos | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
| Butchered | Kinatay | Brillante Mendoza | Philippines |
| Enter the Void | Soudain le vide | Gaspar Noé | France |
| Face | Visage | Tsai Ming-liang | Taiwan |
| Fish Tank | Andrea Arnold | United Kingdom | |
| Inglourious Basterds | Quentin Tarantino | United States | |
| In the Beginning | À l'origine | Xavier Giannoli | France |
| Looking for Eric | Ken Loach | United Kingdom | |
| Map of the Sounds of Tokyo | Mapa de los sonidos de Tokyo | Isabel Coixet | Spain |
| A Prophet | Un prophète | Jacques Audiard | France |
| Spring Fever | 春风沉醉的晚上 Chūn fēng chén zuì de wǎn shàng | Lou Ye | China |
| Taking Woodstock | Ang Lee | United States | |
| Thirst | 박쥐 Bakjwi | Park Chan-wook | South Korea |
| The Time That Remains (الزمن الباقي) | Elia Suleiman | Palestine | |
| Wild Grass | Les herbes folles | Alain Resnais | France |
| Vincere | Marco Bellocchio | Italy | |
| Vengeance | 復仇 Fuk sau | Johnnie To | Hong Kong |
| The White Ribbon | Das weiße Band | Michael Haneke | Germany, Austria |
Un Certain Regard[]
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[2]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adrift | À Deriva | Heitor Dhalia | Brazil |
| Air Doll | Kūki Ningyō | Hirokazu Koreeda | Japan |
| Dogtooth | Κυνόδοντας Kynodontas | Yorgos Lanthimos | Greece |
| Eyes Wide Open | עיניים פקוחות Einayim Pkuhot | 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 Madeo | Bong Joon-ho | South Korea |
| No One Knows About Persian Cats | کسی از گربه های ایرانی خبر نداره Kasi az gorbehaye irani khabar nadareh |
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 | Skazka pro temnotu | Nikolay Khomeriki | Russia |
| Tales from the Golden Age | Amintiri din epoca de aur | Cristian Mungiu, Hanno Höfer, , | 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 |
Films out of competition[]
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[2]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agora | Alejandro Amenábar | Spain | |
| The Army of Crime | L'armée du crime | Robert Guédiguian | France |
| Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky | Jan Kounen | France | |
| Don't Look Back | Ne te retourne pas | Marina de Van | France |
| Drag Me to Hell | Sam Raimi | United States | |
| The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | Terry Gilliam | United Kingdom | |
| A Town Called Panic | Panique au village | Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar | Belgium, France, Luxembourg |
| Up | Pete Docter | United States | |
Special screenings[]
The following films were selected for the Special Screenings:[10]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashes and Blood | Cendres et sang | Fanny Ardant | France |
| Jaffa | Keren Yedaya | Israel | |
| The Thorn in the Heart | L'épine dans le coeur | Michel Gondry | France |
| Manila | Adolfo Alix Jr., Raya Martin | Philippines | |
| Tell Me Who You Are | Min Ye | Souleymane Cissé | Mali |
| My Neighbor, My Killer | Mon voisin, mon tueur | Anne Aghion | France |
| The Eye of the Storm | No Meu Lugar | Brazil | |
| Petition | Zhao Liang | China | |
| Group Portrait With Kids and Motorcycles | Portrait de Groupe Avec Enfants et Motocyclettes | Pierre-William Glenn | France |
| A Brand New Life | 여행자 Yeo-haeng-ja | South Korea | |
Cinéfondation[]
The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:[2][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 Nammae Ui Jip | 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 Bbul | 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 competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[2]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | 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, Louis Sutherland | New Zealand | |
| Worstward Ho | Rumbo a Peor | Àlex Brendemühl | Spain |
Cannes Classics[]
The Festival Cannes Classics places the spotlight on documentaries about cinema[12] and restored masterworks from the past.[13]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Documentaries about Cinema | |||
| Deux de la Vague | France | ||
| Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno | , | France | |
| Bilder från lekstugan | Stig Björkman | Sweden | |
| Pietro Germi - Il bravo, il bello, il cattivo | Italy | ||
| Restored prints | |||
| The 400 Blows (1959) | Les quatre cents coups | François Truffaut | France |
| Accident (1967) | Joseph Losey | United Kingdom | |
| The Adventure (1960) | L'Avventura | 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 / Gǔlǐng jiē shàonián shārén shìjiàn | Edward Yang | Taiwan |
| 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 |
| (1982) | An uns glaubt Gott nicht mehr | Axel Corti | Austria, West Germany |
| The Housemaid (1960) | 하녀 / Hanyeo | 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) | Al-Momia | Shadi Abdel Salam | Egypt |
| Once Upon a Time... the Revolution (1971) | Giù la testa | Sergio Leone | Italy |
| Pierrot le fou (1965) | Jean-Luc Godard | France | |
| The Red Shoes (1948) | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | United Kingdom | |
| Victim (1961) | Basil Dearden | United Kingdom | |
| Wake in Fright (1971) | Ted Kotcheff | Australia | |
| The Wave (1936) | Redes | Emilio Gómez Muriel, Fred Zinnemann | Mexico |
Cinéma de la Plage[]
The Cinéma de la Plage is a part of the Official Selection. The outdoors screenings at the beach cinema of Cannes are open to the public.[14]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | 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 (2009) | , Bill Guttentag | United States, France, United Kingdom | |
| (2008) | Tengri, le bleu du ciel | 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[]
International Critics' Week[]
The following films were screened for the 48th International Critics' Week (48e Semaine de la Critique):[15]
Feature film competition
- Adieu Gary by (France)
- Altiplano by Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth (Belgium, Germany, Netherlands)
- Huacho by Alejandro Fernández Almendras (Chile, France, Germany)
- Lost Persons Area by Caroline Strubbe (Belgium)
- Mal día para pescar by Álvaro Brechner (Uruguay, Spain)
- Ordinary People by Vladimir Perisic (Serbia, France, Switzerland)
- Whisper with the Wind (Sirta la gal ba) by Shahram Alidi (Iraq)
Short film competition
- It's Free for Girls (C’est gratuit pour les filles) by Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger (France)
- Logorama by François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy, Ludovic Houplain (H5) (France)
- Noche adentro by Pablo Lamar (Paraguay, Argentina)
- Runaway by Cordell Barker (Canada)
- Seeds of the Fall (Slitage) by Patrik Eklund (Sweden)
- Together by (Germany, United Kingdom)
- Tulum (La Virée) by Dalibor Matanic (Croatia)
Special screenings
- Short films
- 1989 by Camilo Matiz (Colombia)
- 6 Hours by Seong-hyeok Moon (South Korea)
- La Baie du renard by Grégoire Colin (France)
- Elo by Vera Egito (Brazil)
- Espalhadas pelo Ar (Spread Through the Air) by Vera Egito (Brazil)
- Faiblesses by Nicolas Giraud (France)
- Les Miettes (Crumbs) by Pierre Pinaud (France)
Directors' Fortnight[]
The following films were screened for the 2009 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[16]
Feature films
- Ajami by Scandar Copti,
- Amreeka by Cherien Dabis
- Carcasses by Denis Côté
- Change Nothing (Ne change rien) by Pedro Costa
- (Navidad) by Sebastián Lelio
- Daddy Longlegs (Go Get Some Rosemary) by Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie
- Daniel y Ana by Michel Franco
- Eastern Plays by Kamen Kalev
- The French Kissers (Les Beaux Gosses) by Riad Sattouf
- Here by
- Humpday by Lynn Shelton
- I Love You Phillip Morris by Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
- I Killed My Mother (J’ai tué ma mère) by Xavier Dolan
- Karaoke by Chris Chong Chan Fui
- (Le Roi de l’évasion) by Alain Guiraudie
- Like You Know It All (Jal Aljido Motamyunseo) by Hong Sangsoo
- The Misfortunates (De helaasheid der dingen) by Felix van Groeningen
- by
- La Pivellina by Rainer Frimmel, Tizza Covi
- Polytechnique by Denis Villeneuve
- by Luc Moullet
- Tetro by Francis Ford Coppola
- (La Famille Wolberg) by
- by Hippolyte Girardot, Nobuhiro Suwa
Special screenings
- Hotaru by Naomi Kawase
- Montparnasse by Mikhaël Hers
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)
Awards[]
Michael Haneke, winner of the 2009 Palme d'Or
Jacques Audiard, winner of the 2009 Grand Prix
Official awards[]
The following films and people received the 2009 Official selection awards:[17][3]
- Palme d'Or: The White Ribbon (Das weiße Band) by Michael Haneke
- Grand Prix: A Prophet (Un prophète) by Jacques Audiard
- Best Director Award: Brillante Mendoza for Kinatay
- Best Screenplay Award: Mei Feng for Spring Fever
- Best Actress Award: Charlotte Gainsbourg for Antichrist
- Best Actor Award: Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds
- Prix du Jury:
- Lifetime Achievement Award for his work: Alain Resnais
Un Certain Regard
- Prix Un Certain Regard: Dogtooth (Kynodontas) by Yorgos Lanthimos
- Un Certain Regard Jury Prize: Police, Adjective (Politist, Adjectiv) by Corneliu Porumboiu
- Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize:
- No One Knows About Persian Cats (Kasi as gorbehaie Irani khabar nadare) by Bahman Ghobadi
- Father of My Children (Le père de mes enfants) by Mia Hansen-Løve
Cinéfondation
- First Prize: Bába by Zuzana Kirchnerová
- 2nd Prize: Goodbye by Fang Song
- 3rd Prize: Diploma by Yaelle Kayam and Nammae Ui Jip by Jo Sung-hee
Golden Camera
- Caméra d'Or: Samson and Delilah by Warwick Thornton
- Caméra d'Or - Special Distinction: Ajami by Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani
Short films
- Short Film Palme d'Or: Arena by João Salaviza
- Short Film Special Distinction: The Six Dollar Fifty Man by Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland
Independent awards[]
FIPRESCI Prizes[18]
- The White Ribbon (Das weiße Band) by Michael Haneke (In Competition)
- Police, Adjective (Poliţist, Adjectiv) by Corneliu Porumboiu (Un Certain Regard)
- Amreeka by Cherien Dabis (Directors' Fortnight)
Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist
- Vulcan Award: Aitor Berenguer (sound mixer) for Map of the Sounds of Tokyo (Mapa de los sonidos de Tokyo)
Ecumenical Jury[19]
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Looking for Eric by Ken Loach
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention: The White Ribbon (Das weiße Band) by Michael Haneke[20]
Awards in the frame of International Critics' Week[3]
- Critics Week Grand Prize: Adieu Gary by
- SACD Award: Lost Persons Area by Caroline Strubbe
- ACID/CCAS Award: Whisper with the wind (Sirta la gal ba) by Shahram Alidi
- OFAJ/TV5MONDE Young Critics Award: Whisper with the wind (Sirta la gal ba) by Shahram Alidi
- Canal+ Gran Prix for short film: Seeds of the Fall (Slitage) by Patrik Eklund
- Kodak Discovery Award for Best Short Film: Logorama by François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy, Ludovic Houplain (H5)
Other awards
- Regards Jeunes Prize: Whisper with the wind (Sirta la gal ba) by Shahram Alidi
Association Prix François Chalais
- Prix François Chalais: No One Knows About Persian Cats by Bahman Ghobadi[21]
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