2009 Cannes Film Festival
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2009 Cannes Film Festival
| 62nd Cannes Film Festival | |
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 The poster shows a still from the film L'avventura by Michelangelo Antonioni.[1] |
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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) |
| Number of films | 20 (En Competition)[2] 19 (Un Certain Regard)[3] 9 (Short Film)[4] |
| Festival date | May 13 – May 24, 2009 |
| Official website | |
The 62nd annual Cannes Film Festival was held from May 13 to May 24, 2009. French actress Isabelle Huppert was the President of the Jury.[5] It was announced on March 19, 2009, that Pixar's film Up would open the festival.[6] This marked the first time that an animated film opened the festival and also the first time a film in 3-D had opened the festival.
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Festival line-up
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country | |
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| Opener | Up * | Pete Docter and Bob Peterson |  United States |
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| Closer | Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky | Jan Kounen |  France |
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- * First animated film ever to open the festival.
Films in competition
The following films competed for the Palme d'Or.[2]
Un Certain Regard
The following films competed in the Un Certain Regard section:[3]
| 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 |
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| 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: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire | Push | Lee Daniels | United States |
| Samson and Delilah | Warwick Thornton |  Australia |
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| 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:[7]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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| Agora | Alejandro Amenábar |  Spain |
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| The Army of Crime | L'armée du crime | Robert Guédiguian | France |
| Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky | Jan Kounen | France |
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| Don't Look Back | Ne te retourne pas | Marina de Van | France |
| Drag Me to Hell | Sam Raimi | United States |
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| The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | Terry Gilliam |  United Kingdom |
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| A Town Called Panic | Panique au village | Vincent Patar | France |
| Up | Pete Docter | United States |
Special screenings
The following films were given a special screening:[8]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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| Ashes and Blood | Cendres et sang | Fanny Ardant | France |
| Jaffa | Keren Yedaya | Israel |
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| The Thorn in the Heart | L'épine dans le coeur | Michel Gondry | France |
| Manila | Adolfo Alix, Jr., Raya Martin | Philippines |
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| 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 |  People's Republic of China |
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| 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.[9]
| 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) | L'enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot | 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 |
| A Fistful of Dynamite (1971) | Giù la testa | Sergio Leone | Italy |
| The Adventure (1960) | L'avventura | Michelangelo Antonioni | Italy France |
| 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:[10]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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| #1 | Noamir Castéra |  Belgium |
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| Bába | Zuzana Kirchnerová |  Czech Republic |
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| By the Grace of God | Ralitza Petrova | United Kingdom |
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| Chapa | Thiago Ricarte | Brazil |
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| Diploma | Yaelle Kayam | Israel |
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| The Boxer | El boxeador | Juan Ignacio Pollio |  Argentina |
| Goodbye | Fang Song | People's Republic of China |
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| Gutter | Dan Ransom Day | United States |
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| The Naturalist | Il Naturalista | Giulia Barbera | Italy |
| Kasia | Elisabet Llado | Belgium |
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| 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 |
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| 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:[4]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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| After Tomorrow | Emma Sullivan | United Kingdom |
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| Arena | João Salaviza | Portugal |
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| 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 winners of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival were:[14][15]
- Palme d'Or – Das weiße Band by Michael Haneke[16]
- Grand Prix – Un prophète by Jacques Audiard[16]
- Prix de la mise en scène – Brillante Mendoza for Kinatay[16]
- Prix du Jury[16]
- Prix du scénario – Chūn fēng chén zuì de wǎn shàng by Lou Ye[16]
- Prix d'interprétation féminine – Charlotte Gainsbourg for Antichrist[16]
- Prix d'interprétation masculine – Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds[16]
- Lifetime Achievement Award for his work – Alain Resnais[16]
- Palme d'Or du court métrage Arena by João Salaviza[16]
- Short Film Special Distinction – The Six Dollar Fifty Man by Louis Sutherland[16]
- Prix Un Certain Regard – Kynodontas by Yorgos Lanthimos[17]
- Un Certain Regard – Jury Prize – Politist, Adjectiv by Corneliu Porumboiu[17]
- Un Certain Regard – Special Jury Prize[17]
- Cinéfondation[18]
- 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[16][19][20]
- Caméra d'Or - Special Distinction - Ajami by Scandar Copti[19]
References
- ^ "The Official 62nd Cannes Film Festival Poster". Cannes Film Festival. festival-cannes.com. 2009-05-23. Archived from the original on 2009-06-20. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/theDailyArticle/56782.html. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
- ^ a b "Festival de Cannes: In Competition". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/2009/inCompetition.html. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
- ^ a b "Festival de Cannes: Un Certain Regard". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/2009/unCertainRegard.html. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
- ^ a b "Festival de Cannes: Short Films". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/2009/shortFilm.html. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes:". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/article/56258.html. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
- ^ "Up To Open Festival:". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 2009-06-20. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/article/56280.html. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Out of Competition". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/2009/outOfCompetition.html. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Special Screenings". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/2009/specialScreening.html. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Cannes Classics". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/2009/programmeCannesClassic.html. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Cinéfondation". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/2009/cinefondation.html. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Jury". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/juryLongFilm.html. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Cinefondation". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/2009/juryCinefondation.html. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Un Certain Regard". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/2009/juryUnCertainRegard.html. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
- ^ "Cannes Film Festival prize winners". Associated Press. 2009-05-24. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090524/ap_en_mo/eu_france_cannes_awards_list.
- ^ "Cannes Film Festival prize winners". MSN. 2009-05-24. http://entertainment.msn.com/news/article.aspx?news=410954.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Festival de Cannes: Awards 2009 – En Competition". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 2009-06-20. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/2009/awardCompetition.html. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
- ^ a b c "Festival de Cannes: Awards 2009 – Un Certain Regard". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/2009/awardUnCertainRegard.html. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Awards 2009 – Cinéfondation". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/2009/awardCinefondation.html. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
- ^ a b "Festival de Cannes: Awards 2009 – Caméra d'Or". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/2009/awardGoldenCamera.html. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
- ^ "Aboriginal film 'Samson and Delilah' wins Cannes first film prize". AFP. 2009-05-24. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090524/wl_asia_afp/entertainmentfilmfestivalcannescameradoraustralia. Retrieved 2009-05-25.[dead link]
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