2009 Cannes Winners II
Cannes 2009 Winners: Part I
Among the other Cannes festival winners at the various sidebars and competitions were:
Best short Arena (above, top), directed by João Salaviza. Arena, the only Portuguese production in competition at the festival, tells the story of a young man under house arrest.
Xavier Dolan’s J’ai tué ma mère / I Killed My Mother (above, lower photo) won the Directors Fortnight best film prize. In this Canadian growing-pains tale, a 16-year-old gay man (played by the then 19-year-old Dolan) learns something about life all the while despising his mother’s manipulative behavior and tacky taste in clothes.
Nassim Amaouche’s Adieu Gary / Farewell Gary, winner of the Critics’ Week best film award, chronicles the lives of several [...]
by Andre Soares | May 24, 2009
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Cannes 2009 Winners
One of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival’s clear favorites, Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon, a stark tale about a small northern German town beset by strange happenings right before the beginning of World War I, took the Palme d’Or for best film. (Cannes 2009 winners list.)
"Happiness is very rare," said Haneke upon accepting his prize. "This is one moment in my life in which I’m very happy, and so are you, I believe," he added, speaking to his wife.
The White Ribbon also won the International Film Critics’ FIPRESCI Prize for best film in the official competition. And it’ll surely be Austria’s submission for the 2010 best foreign-language film Academy Award.
Another festival favorite, Jacques Audiard’s tough drama A [...]
by Andre Soares | May 24, 2009
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Cannes Awards 2009
2009 Cannes Film Festival Awards
2009 Cannes Film Festival: May 13–24
IN COMPETITION – FEATURE FILMS
Palme d’Or DAS WEISSE BAND (The White Ribbon) directed by Michael HANEKE
Grand Prix UN PROPHÈTE (A Prophet) directed by Jacques AUDIARD
Jury Prize (tie) FISH TANK directed by Andrea ARNOLD and BAK-JWI (Thirst) directed by PARK Chan-Wook
Best Director Brillante MENDOZA for KINATAY
Best Actor Christoph WALTZ in INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS directed by Quentin TARANTINO
Best Actress Charlotte GAINSBOURG in ANTICHRIST directed by Lars von TRIER
Best Screenplay MEI Feng for CHUN FENG CHEN ZUI DE YE WAN (Spring Fever) directed by LOU Ye
Prix Vulcain: Artist-Technician Aitor BERENGUER, sound technician of the movie MAP OF THE SOUNDS OF TOKYO directed by Isabel COIXET
Lifetime achievement award for his [...]
by Andre Soares | May 24, 2009
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