2012 Cannes Film Festival

65th Cannes Film Festival

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) 20 (Un Certain Regard) 10 (Short Film)
Festival date	16 – 27 May 2012
Website	www.festival-cannes.com

The 65th Cannes Film Festival was held from 16 to 27 May 2012.^[1] Italian film director Nanni Moretti was the President of the Jury for the main competition^[2] and British actor Tim Roth was the President of the Jury for the Un Certain Regard section.^[3] French actress Bérénice Bejo hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.^[4]

The festival opened with the US film Moonrise Kingdom, directed by Wes Anderson and closed with the late Claude Miller's final film Thérèse Desqueyroux.^[5] The main announcement of the line-up took place on 19 April. The official poster of the festival features Marilyn Monroe, to mark the 50th anniversary of her death.^[6]

The Palme d'Or was awarded to Austrian director Michael Haneke for his film Amour. Haneke previously won the Palme d'Or in 2009 for The White Ribbon. The jury gave the Grand Prize to Matteo Garrone's Reality, while Ken Loach's The Angels' Share was awarded the Jury Prize.

Juries[]

Nanni Moretti, President of the main competition jury

Tim Roth, President of the Un Certain Regard jury

Carlos Diegues, President of the Caméra d'Or jury

The main competition jury; from left to right: Alexander Payne, Andrea Arnold, Jean Paul Gaultier, Hiam Abbass, Emmanuelle Devos, Raoul Peck, Diane Kruger, Nanni Moretti, Ewan McGregor, and festival president Gilles Jacob

Μain competition[]

The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2012 Official Selection:^[7][8]

• Nanni Moretti, Italian filmmaker, Jury President
• 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
• Leïla Bekhti, French actress
• Tonie Marshall, French actress and filmmaker
• , Argentine film critic
• , French responsible for cinemas at the Pompidou Centre and artistic director of the festival of La Rochelle

Caméra d'Or[]

• Carlos Diegues, Brazilian filmmaker, Jury President^[9]
• , Italian film journalist
• Rémy Chevrin, French cinematographer
• , French art director
• , French filmmaker
• , French film critic

Cinéfoundation and short films[]

• Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Belgian filmmaker, Jury President^[10]
• Arsinée Khanjian, Canadian actress
• Karim Aïnouz, Brazilian filmmaker
• Emmanuel Carrère, French novelist and filmmaker
• Yu Lik-wai, Chinese cinematographer and director

Independent juries[]

The following independent juries awarded films in the frame of the International Critics' Week.

Nespresso Grand Prize^[11]

• Bertrand Bonello, French filmmaker, Jury President
• , Portuguese film critic
• , Japanese film and dance critic
• , American film critic
• , German film critic

France 4 Visionary Award^[11]

• Céline Sciamma, French film director
• Victor-Emmanuel Boinem, Belgian film student and blogger
• Kim Seehe, South Korean student and film critic
• Ryan Lattanzio, American student and lead film critic at The Daily Californian
• Bikas Mishra, Indian founder and editor of DearCinema.com

Nikon Discovery Award for Short Film

• João Pedro Rodrigues, Portuguese film director (President)
• Danny Lennon, Canadian film curator
• Marianne Khoury, Egyptian film director and producer
• Kleber Mendonça Filho, Brazilian film director, curator, and critic
• Jakub Felcman, Czech film curator

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 - Feature films[]

The following films were selected as In Competition.^[14][15] The Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted.

(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] The Un Certain Regard Prize winner has been highlighted.

(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.^[16]

Films out of Competition[]

The following films were screened out of competition:^[14]

(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]

(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] The winner of the Cinéfondation First Prize has been highlighted.

Short film competition[]

Out of 4,500 submissions, the following films were selected for the short film competition.^[17] The Short film Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted.

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]

Documentaries about Cinema^[20]

Restored prints^[21]

World Cinema Foundation^[22]

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]

Parallel sections[]

International Critics' Week[]

The line-up for the International 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]

Feature films - The winner of the Grand Prix Nespresso has been highlighted.

(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.^[16]

Short and medium length films

Special Screenings

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]

Feature films - The winner of the Art Cinema Award has been highlighted.

(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.^[16]

Short films - The winner of the Premier Prix Illy for Short Filmmaking has been highlighted.

Awards[]

Michael Haneke, winner of the 2012 Palme d'Or

Matteo Garrone, winner of the 2012 Grand Prix

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^[30]

• Prix Un Certain Regard: Después de Lucía by Michel Franco
• 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:
  • Émilie Dequenne in Loving Without Reason
  • Suzanne Clément in Laurence Anyways

Golden Camera^[30]

• Caméra d'Or: Beasts of the Southern Wild by Benh Zeitlin

Cinéfondation^[30]

• 1st Prize: The Road to by Taisia Igumentseva
• 2nd Prize: Abigail by Matthew James Reilly
• 3rd Prize: The Hosts by Miguel Angel Moulet

Short Films^[30]

• Short Film Palme d'Or: Silent by

Independent awards[]

FIPRESCI Prizes^[32][33]

• In the Fog by Sergei Loznitsa (In Competition)
• Beasts of the Southern Wild by Benh Zeitlin (Un Certain Regard)
• Hold Back by (Directors' Fortnight)

Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist^[34]

• Vulcan Award: Charlotte Bruus Christensen (cinematography) for The Hunt (Jagten)

Ecumenical Jury^[35][33]

• Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: The Hunt (Jagten) by Thomas Vinterberg
• Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Special Mention: Beasts of the Southern Wild by Benh Zeitlin

Awards in the frame of International Critics' Week^[31]

• Grand Prix Nespresso: Aquí y Allá by
• France 4 Visionary Award: Sofia's Last Ambulance by
• Prix SACD: God's Neighbors by
• ACID/CCAS Prize: The Wild Ones by

Awards in the frame of Directors' Fortnight^[36]

• Art Cinema Award: No by Pablo Larraín
• Europa Cinemas: The Repentant by Merzak Allouache
• Prix SACD: Camille Rewinds by Noémie Lvovsky
• Premier Prix Illy for Short Filmmaking: The Curse by
• Special mention Prix SACD: Ernest & Celestine by Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, Benjamin Renner
• Special mention Prix Illy: The Living Also Cry by Basil da Cunha

Prize of the Youth Jury^[37]

• Prix de la Jeunesse: Holy Motors by Leos Carax
• Prix Regard Jeune: Beasts of the Southern Wild by Benh Zeitlin

Association Prix François Chalais^[38]

• Prix François Chalais: God's Horses (Les Chevaux De Dieu) by Nabil Ayouch

Queer Palm Jury^[39]

• Queer Palm Award: Laurence Anyways by Xavier Dolan
• Short Film Queer Palm: It's Not a Cowboy Movie by Benjamin Parent

Palm Dog Jury^[40]

• Palm Dog Award: Smurf in Sightseers
• Grand Jury Prize: Billy Bob in Le grand soir

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2012 Cannes Film Festival.

• Official website Retrospective 2012
• 65ème Festival de Cannes, cinema-francais.fr
• Cannes Film Festival: Awards for 2012 at Internet Movie Database