2009 Cannes Film Festival
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| Opening film | Up |
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| Closing film | Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or (The White Ribbon) |
| Hosted by | Édouard Baer[2] |
| Number of films |
20 (En Competition)[3] 19 (Un Certain Regard)[4] 9 (Short Film)[5] |
| Festival date | 13–24 May 2009 |
| Website | http://www.festival-cannes.com |
The 62nd annual Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 May – 24 May 2009. French actress Isabelle Huppert was the President of the Jury.[6] It was announced on 19 March 2009, that Pixar's film Up would open the festival.[7] This marked the first time that an animated film or a film in 3-D opened the festival.
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.[8]
Festival line-up
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country | |
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| Opener | Up * | Pete Docter and Bob Peterson | United States | |
| Closer | Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky | Jan Kounen | France | |
- * First animated film ever to open the festival.
Films in competition
The following films competed for the Palme d'Or.[3]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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| 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 | Johnnie To | Hong Kong |
| The White Ribbon | Das weiße Band | Michael Haneke | Austria |
Un Certain Regard
The following films competed in the Un Certain Regard section:[4]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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| Adrift | À Deriva | Heitor Dhalia | Brazil |
| Air Doll | Kūki Ningyō | Hirokazu Koreeda | Japan |
| Dogtooth | Kynodontas | Yorgos Lanthimos | Greece |
| Eyes Wide Open | עיניים פקוחות | Haim Tabakman | Israel |
| The Father of My Children | Le père de mes enfants | Mia Hansen-Løve | France |
| Independence | Independencia | Raya Martin | Philippines |
| Irene | Alain Cavalier | France | |
| Mother | 마더 | Bong Joon-ho | South Korea |
| No One Knows About Persian Cats | کسی از گربه های ایرانی خبر نداره | 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, Constantin Popescu, and Ioana Uricaru | 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 shown out of competition:[9]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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| 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 given a special screening:[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 | Eduardo Valente | 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), Une vie toute neuve | Ounie Lecomte | South Korea |
Cannes Classics
The Festival uses Cannes Classics to place the spotlight on rediscovered or restored masterworks from the past, or ones that have been re-released in theatres or on DVD.[11]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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| The Red Shoes (1948) | The Red Shoes | Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger | United Kingdom |
| A Brighter Summer Day (1991) | Gu ling jie shao nian sha ren shi jian | Edward Yang | Taiwan |
| The Night of Counting the Years (1969) | Al-Momia | Shadi Abdel Salam | Egypt |
| The Wave (1936) | Redes | Emilio Gómez Muriel and Fred Zinnemann | Mexico |
| Images from the Playground (2009) | Bilder från lekstugan | Stig Björkman | Sweden |
| Accident (1967) | Accident | Joseph Losey | United Kingdom |
| Two of the New Wave (2009) | Deux de la Vague | Emmanuel Laurent | France |
| Pietro Germi - The Good, the Beautiful and the Brave (2009) | Pietro Germi - Il bravo, il bello, il cattivo | Claudio Bondi | Italy |
| Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno (2009) | Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno | Serge Bromberg and Ruxandra Medrea | France |
| God Does Not Believe in Us Any More (1982) | An uns glaubt Gott nicht mehr | Axel Corti | Austria, Germany |
| Once Upon a Time... the Revolution (1971) | Giù la testa | Sergio Leone | Italy |
| The Adventure (1960) | L'Avventura | Michelangelo Antonioni | France, Italy |
| The Housemaid (1960) | 하녀 | Kim Ki-young | South Korea |
| The 400 Blows (1959) | Les quatre cents coups | François Truffaut | France |
| Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953) | Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot | Jacques Tati | France |
| 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 |
| Pierrot le fou (1965) | Pierrot le fou | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
| The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966) | Signore & signori | Pietro Germi | Italy |
| The Molly Maguires (1970) | The Molly Maguires | Martin Ritt | United States |
| Victim (1961) | Victim | Basil Dearden | United Kingdom |
| Wake in Fright (1971) | Wake in Fright | Ted Kotcheff | Australia |
Cinéfondation
The following films competed in the Cinéfondation section:[12]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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| #1 | Noamir Castéra | Belgium | |
| Bába | Zuzana Kirchnerová | Czech Republic | |
| By the Grace of God | Ralitza Petrova | United Kingdom | |
| Chapa | Thiago Ricarte | Brazil | |
| Diploma | Yaelle Kayam | Israel | |
| The Boxer | El boxeador | Juan Ignacio Pollio | Argentina |
| Goodbye | Fang Song | China | |
| Gutter | Dan Ransom Day | United States | |
| The Naturalist | Il Naturalista | Giulia Barbera | Italy |
| Kasia | Elisabet Llado | Belgium | |
| The Setback | Le Contretemps | Dominique Baumard | France |
| Significant Others | Malzonkowie | Dara Van Dusen | Poland |
| Don't Step Out of the House | 남매의 집 Nammae Ui Jip | Jo Sung-hee | South Korea |
| Segal | Yuval Shani | Israel | |
| The Sylpphid | Sylfidden | Dorte Bengtson | Denmark |
| The Horn | 뿔 Bbul | Yim Kyung-dong | South Korea |
| Traverser | Hugo Frassetto | France | |
Short films
The following films competed for the Palme d'Or du court métrage:[5]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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| After Tomorrow | Emma Sullivan | United Kingdom | |
| Arena | João Salaviza | Portugal | |
| Ciao mama | Ciao mama | Goran Odvorcic | Croatia |
| Silence | Klusums | Laila Pakalniņa | Latvia |
| The Man in the Blue Gordini | L'Homme À la Gordini | Jean-Christophe Lie | France |
| Lars and Peter | Lars og Peter | Daniel Borgman | Denmark |
| Missing | Mizzen | Joachim de Vries | Netherlands |
| Worstward Ho | Rumbo a Peor | Àlex Brendemühl | Spain |
| The Six Dollar Fifty Man | Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland | New Zealand | |
Juries
International competition
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Cinéfondation and short films
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Un Certain Regard
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Awards
The members of the international competition's jury.
The winners of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival were:[17][18]
- Palme d'Or – Das weiße Band by Michael Haneke[19]
- Grand Prix – Un prophète by Jacques Audiard[19]
- Prix de la mise en scène – Brillante Mendoza for Kinatay[19]
- Prix du Jury[19]
- Prix du scénario – Chūn fēng chén zuì de wǎn shàng by Lou Ye[19]
- Prix d'interprétation féminine – Charlotte Gainsbourg for Antichrist[19]
- Prix d'interprétation masculine – Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds[19]
- Lifetime Achievement Award for his work – Alain Resnais[19]
- Palme d'Or du court métrage Arena by João Salaviza[19]
- Short Film Special Distinction – The Six Dollar Fifty Man by Louis Sutherland[19]
- Prix Un Certain Regard – Kynodontas by Yorgos Lanthimos[20]
- Un Certain Regard – Jury Prize – Politist, Adjectiv by Corneliu Porumboiu[20]
- Un Certain Regard – Special Jury Prize[20]
- Cinéfondation[21]
- 1st 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
- Caméra d'Or - Samson and Delilah by Warwick Thornton[19][22][23]
- Caméra d'Or - Special Distinction - Ajami by Scandar Copti[22]
References
- ↑ "The Official 62nd Cannes Film Festival Poster". Cannes Film Festival. festival-cannes.com. 23 May 2009. Archived from the original on 20 June 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
- ↑ "Edouard Baer, emcee of the 62nd Cannes Film Festival". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
- 1 2 "Festival de Cannes: In Competition". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
- 1 2 "Festival de Cannes: Un Certain Regard". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
- 1 2 "Festival de Cannes: Short Films". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes:". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
- ↑ "Up To Open Festival:". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 2009-06-20. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
- ↑ "A Honorary Palme at the opening ceremony of the Festival de Cannes". Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Out of Competition". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Special Screenings". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Cannes Classics". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Cinéfondation". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Jury". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Cinefondation". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Un Certain Regard". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
- ↑ Roger Ebert (15 November 1999). "Going to the movies in India". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
- ↑ "Cannes Film Festival prize winners". Associated Press. 2009-05-24.
- ↑ "Cannes Film Festival prize winners". MSN. 2009-05-24.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Festival de Cannes: Awards 2009 – En Competition". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 2009-06-20. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
- 1 2 3 "Festival de Cannes: Awards 2009 – Un Certain Regard". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Awards 2009 – Cinéfondation". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
- 1 2 "Festival de Cannes: Awards 2009 – Caméra d'Or". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
- ↑ "Aboriginal film 'Samson and Delilah' wins Cannes first film prize". AFP. 2009-05-24. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
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