2009 Cannes Film Festival

62nd Cannes Film Festival
The poster shows a still from the film L'Avventura by Michelangelo Antonioni.[1]
Opening filmUp
Closing filmCoco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsPalme d'Or: The White Ribbon
Hosted byÉdouard Baer
No. of films20 (En Competition)[2]
19 (Un Certain Regard)
9 (Short Film)
Festival date13–24 May 2009
Websitefestival-cannes.com
Cannes Film Festival

The 62nd Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 May to 24 May 2009. French actress Isabelle Huppert was the Jury President. The Palme d'Or winner was The White Ribbon, directed by Michael Haneke.[3]

The festival Opening Film was Pixar's Up,[4][5] directed by Pete Docter and Bob Peterson. This marked the first time that an animated film or 3D film opened the festival. The closing night film was Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky directed by Jan Kounen.[6]

American filmmaker Clint Eastwood became the second recipient of the Honorary Palme d'Or.[7]

Isabelle Huppert, President of the 2009 Competition Jury

Juries[edit]

Main competition[edit]

The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2009 Official Selection:[8]

Un Certain Regard[edit]

Caméra d'Or[edit]

  • Roschdy Zem, French actor and filmmaker - Jury President
  • Diane Baratier, French cinematographer
  • Olivier Chiavassa, member of the fédération des Industries Techniques
  • Sandrine Ray, French director
  • Charles Tesson, French critic
  • Edouard Waintrop, Festival Fribourg

Cinéfondation and short films[edit]

Official Selection[edit]

In Competition[edit]

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[2]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Antichrist Lars von Trier Denmark, France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Sweden
Bright Star Jane Campion United Kingdom, Australia, France
Broken Embraces Los abrazos rotos Pedro Almodóvar Spain
Butchered Kinatay Brillante Mendoza Philippines, France, Japan, Netherlands
Enter the Void Gaspar Noé France, Germany, Italy
Face 臉 Tsai Ming-liang Taiwan, France
Fish Tank Andrea Arnold United Kingdom
Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino United States, Germany
In the Beginning À l'origine Xavier Giannoli France
Looking for Eric Ken Loach United Kingdom, France, Italy, Belgium, Spain
Map of the Sounds of Tokyo Mapa de los sonidos de Tokyo Isabel Coixet Spain
A Prophet Un prophète Jacques Audiard France, Italy
Spring Fever 春风沉醉的晚上 Lou Ye China, France
Taking Woodstock Ang Lee United States
Thirst 박쥐 Park Chan-wook South Korea, United States
The Time That Remains Elia Suleiman Palestine, United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium, France
Wild Grass Les herbes folles Alain Resnais France
Vincere Marco Bellocchio Italy, France
Vengeance 復仇 Johnnie To Hong Kong, France
The White Ribbon Das weiße Band Michael Haneke Germany

Un Certain Regard[edit]

The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[2]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Adrift À Deriva Heitor Dhalia Brazil
Air Doll 空気人形 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan
Dogtooth Κυνόδοντας Yorgos Lanthimos Greece
Eyes Wide Open עיניים פקוחות Haim Tabakman 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 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 Сказка про темноту Nikolay Khomeriki Russia
Tales from the Golden Age Amintiri din epoca de aur Cristian Mungiu, Hanno Höfer, Constantin Popescu, 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, Germany, Netherlands, Argentina

Out of Competition[edit]

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[2]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Agora Ágora Alejandro Amenábar Spain
The Army of Crime L'armée du crime Robert Guédiguian France
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (closing film) Jan Kounen
Don't Look Back Ne te retourne pas Marina de Van
Drag Me to Hell Sam Raimi United States
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Terry Gilliam United Kingdom, Canada, France
A Town Called Panic Panique au village Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar Belgium, France, Luxembourg
Up (opening film) Pete Docter United States

Special Screenings[edit]

The following films were selected for the Special Screenings:[10]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Ashes and Blood Cendres et sang Fanny Ardant France, Romania, Portugal
Jaffa כלת הים 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, France
My Neighbor, My Killer Mon voisin, mon tueur Anne Aghion France, United States
The Eye of the Storm No Meu Lugar Eduardo Valente Brazil
Petition 上访 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 Ounie Lecomte South Korea

Cinéfondation[edit]

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 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 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[edit]

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[2]

English title Original title Director(s) Production 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[edit]

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) Production Country
Documentaries
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno L'Enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot Serge Bromberg, Ruxandra Medrea France
Images from the Playground Bilder från lekstugan Stig Björkman Sweden
Pietro Germi - The Good, the Beautiful and the Brave Pietro Germi - Il bravo, il bello, il cattivo Claudio Bondi Italy
Two of the New Wave Deux de la Vague Emmanuel Laurent France
Restored Prints
The 400 Blows (1959) Les quatre cents coups François Truffaut France
Accident (1967) Joseph Losey United Kingdom
L'Avventura (1960) 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 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
God Does Not Believe in Us Anymore [fr](1982) An uns glaubt Gott nicht mehr Axel Corti Austria, West Germany
The Housemaid (1960) 하녀 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) المومياء 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
Wake in Fright (1971) Ted Kotcheff Australia
The Wave (1936) Redes Emilio Gómez Muriel, Fred Zinnemann Mexico

Cinéma de la Plage[edit]

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) Production 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) Dan Sturman, Bill Guttentag United States, France, United Kingdom
Tengri: Blue Heavens (2008) Tengri, le bleu du ciel Marie-Jaoul de Poncheville 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[edit]

Critics' Week[edit]

The following films were screened for the 48th Critics' Week (48e Semaine de la Critique):[15]

Feature film competition

Short film competition

Special screenings

  • Hierro by Gabe Ibáñez (Spain)
  • Lascars (Round da Way) by Albert Pereira-Lazaro, Emmanuel Klotz (France)
  • The Ordinary People (Rien de personnel) by Mathias Gokalp (France)
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[edit]

The following films were screened for the 2009 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[16]

Feature films

Special screenings

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)
The members of the main competition jury.

Official Awards[edit]

Michael Haneke, winner of the 2009 Palme d'Or
Jacques Audiard, winner of the 2009 Grand Prix

The following films and people received the 2009 Official selection awards:[17][3]

In Competition[edit]

Honorary Palm d'Or[edit]

Un Certain Regard[edit]

Cinéfondation[edit]

  • First Prize: Bába by Zuzana Kirchnerová
  • Second Prize: Goodbye by Fang Song
  • Third Prize:
    • Diploma by Yaelle Kayam
    • Nammae Ui Jip by Jo Sung-hee

Caméra d'Or[edit]

Short Films Competition[edit]

Independent awards[edit]

FIPRESCI Prizes[edit]

Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist[edit]

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury[edit]

Critics' Week[edit]

Regards Jeunes Prize[edit]

Prix François Chalais[edit]

References[edit]

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  5. ^ "Up To Open Festival". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
  6. ^ "Out of Competition - Closing Film - Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  7. ^ a b "A Honorary Palme at the opening ceremony of the Festival de Cannes". Archived from the original on 24 January 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  8. ^ "All Juries 2009". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 5 October 2015.
  9. ^ Roger Ebert (15 November 1999). "Going to the movies in India". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Retrospective 2009, Special Screenings". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  11. ^ "The selection of Cinéfondation". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  12. ^ "Cannes Classics - Documentaries about Cinema". Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  13. ^ "Cannes Classics - Restored Prints". Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  14. ^ "Cinema de la Plage". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  15. ^ "48e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 2009". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  16. ^ "Quinzaine 2009". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  17. ^ "Awards 2009: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012.
  18. ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 2009". fipresci.org. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  19. ^ "Jury Œcuménique Palmarés 2009". cannes.juryoecumenique.org. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
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  21. ^ "Association Prix François Chalais Cannes 2009". francois-chalais.fr. Retrieved 22 July 2017.[permanent dead link]

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