Cannes Film Festival Awards 2007
by Andre Soares
60th Cannes Film Festival - 2007 Awards
The 60th Cannes Film Festival ran between May 16-27.
The 60th Cannes Film Festival awards were announced on May 27, 2007.
Photos: © AFP / Festival de Cannes
Official Competition:
Palme d’Or for Best Film: 4 luni, 3 saptamini si 2 zile / 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days by Cristian Mungiu (Romania)
Grand Prix: Mogari no mori / The Mourning Forest by Naomi Kawase (Japan)
Special Jury Prize (ex aequo): Stellet Licht by Carlos Reygadas (Mexico / France / The Netherlands) and Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud (France)
Best Director: Julian Schnabel for Le Scaphandre et le papillon / The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (France)
Best Actor: Konstantin Lavronenko for Izgnanie / The Banishment (Russia)
Best Actress: Jeon do-yeong for Secret Sunshine (South Korea)
Best Screenplay: Fatih Akin for Auf der anderen Seite / The Edge of Heaven (Germany / Turkey)
Special 60th Anniversary Award: Gus Van Sant for Paranoid Park (United States / France)
"Vulcain de l’Artiste-Technicien" Prize: Janusz Kaminski for Le Scaphandre et le papillon / The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (France)
Honorary Palme d’Or: Jane Fonda
Palme d’Or for Short Film: Ver llover / Watching It Rain by Elisa Miller (Mexico)
Caméra d’Or for First Film: Meduzot / Jellyfish by Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen (Israel)
Honorable Mention: Control by Anton Corbijn (United Kingdom)
Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard Prize - Fondation Groupama Gan pour le Cinéma: California Dreamin’ (Nesfarsit) / California Dreamin’ (Endless) by Cristian Nemescu (Romania)
Special Jury Prize: Le Rêve de la nuit d’avant / Actrices / Actress by Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi (France)
Jury Coup de Cœur: Bikur hatizmoret / The Band’s Visit by Eran Kolirin (Israel / France)
Cinéfondation
1st Prize: Ahora todos parecen contentos / Now Everybody Looks Happy by Gonzalo Tobal (Argentina)
2nd Prize: Ru dao / Way Out by Chen Tao (China)
3rd Prize (ex aequo): A Reunion by Hong Sung-Hoon (South Korea) and Minus by Pavle Vuckovic (Serbia-Montenegro)
Directors’ Fortnight
Prix Regards Jeunes / Young Eyes Prize: Control by Anton Corbijn (United Kingdom)
Label Europa Cinéma Prize (best European film): Control by Anton Corbijn (United Kingdom)
Prix Art et Essai: Garage by Lenny Abrahamson (Ireland)
Honorable Mention: Control by Anton Corbijn (United Kingdom) and Gegenüber / Counterparts by Jan Bonny (Germany)
FIPRESCI (International Film Critics)
Official Competition: 4 luni, 3 saptamini si 2 zile / 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days by Cristian Mungiu (Romania)
Un Certain Regard: Bikur hatizmoret / The Band’s Visit by Eran Kolirin (Israel / France)
Critics’ Week and Directors’ Fortnight: Elle s’appelle Sabine / Her Name Is Sabine by Sandrine Bonnaire (France)
International Critics’ Week Grand Prize: XXY by Lucia Puenzo (Argentina)
SACD - French Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers: Meduzot / Jellyfish by Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen (Israel)
SACD Prize for Best Short Film in French: Même pas Mort by Claudine Natkin
Canal + Grand Prize for the Best Short Film: Madame Tutli-Putli by Chris Lavis and Maciek Sczerbowski (Canada)
Kodak Discovery Award for Best Short Film: Um Ramo by Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra (Brazil)
Ecumenical Jury Prize: Auf der anderen Seite / The Edge of Heaven by Fatih Akin (Germany / Turkey)
Youth Prize: Bikur hatizmoret / The Band’s Visit by Eran Kolirin (Israel / France)
French National Education Administration Prize: 4 luni, 3 saptamini si 2 zile / 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days by Cristian Mungiu (Romania)
Prix France-Culture for Career Achievement: Rithy Panh "for the intensity of his work and his commitment to the presentation of Cambodia’s cinematographic memory"
Juries:
Official competition:
Stephen Frears, President (Director – Great Britain)
Maggie Cheung (Actress – Hong Kong)
Toni Collette (Actress – Australia)
Maria de Medeiros (Actress, Director – Portugal)
Sarah Polley (Actress, Director – Canada)
Marco Bellocchio (Director – Italy)
Orhan Pamuk (Writer– Turkey)
Michel Piccoli (Actor, Director – France)
Abderrahmane Sissako (Director – Mauritania)
Cinéfondation and short films:
Jia Zhang ke, President (Director – China)
Niki Karimi (Actress – Iran)
Deborah Nadoolman Landis (Costume designer – USA)
J.M.G. Le Clezio (Writer – France)
Dominik Moll (Director – France)
Un Certain Regard: Pascale Ferran (president), Jasmine Trinca, Cristi Puiu, Kent Jones and Bian Qin.
Caméra d’or: Pavel Lounguine (president), Julie Bertucelli, Clotilde Courau and Renato Berta.
Cannes Palme d’Or winners (1939 - )
Cannes Film Festival Awards: 2005 2006 2007 2008
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Berlin Film Festival 2007 winners
Miami Film Festival 2007 winners
Palm Springs Film Festival 2007 winners
Sundance Film Festival 2007 winners
Tribeca Film Festival 2007 winners
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