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 (In Competition)
Festival date13–24 May 2009
Websitefestival-cannes.com

The 62nd Cannes Film Festival took place from 13 May to 24 May 2009. French actress Isabelle Huppert served as jury president for the main competition. Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film The White Ribbon.[2]

The festival opened with Up by Pete Docter,[3][4] marking the first time that an animated film opened the festival, and closed with Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky by Jan Kounen.[5]

American filmmaker Clint Eastwood became the second recipient of the Honorary Palme d'Or.[6]

Juries

The members of the main competition jury.

Main competition

Un Certain Regard

Caméra d'Or

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

Cinéfondation and short films

Official Selection

In Competition

The following films were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or:[9]

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

The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[9]

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 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, Germany, Netherlands, Argentina

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[9]

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 and Vincent Patar Belgium, France, Luxembourg
Up (opening film) Pete Docter United States

Special Screenings

The following films were selected to be screened at the Special Screenings section:[10]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Ashes and Blood Cendres et sang Fanny Ardant France, Romania, Portugal
A Brand New Life 여행자 Ounie Lecomte South Korea
The Eye of the Storm No Meu Lugar Eduardo Valente Brazil
Group Portrait With Kids and Motorcycles Portrait de Groupe Avec Enfants et Motocyclettes Pierre-William Glenn France
Jaffa כלת הים Keren Yedaya Israel
Manila Adolfo Alix Jr. and Raya Martin Philippines
My Neighbor, My Killer Mon voisin, mon tueur Anne Aghion France, United States
Petition 上访 Zhao Liang China
Tell Me Who You Are Min Ye Souleymane Cissé Mali, France
The Thorn in the Heart L'épine dans le coeur Michel Gondry France

Cinéfondation

The following short films were selected for the Cinéfondation competition:[9][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

The following short films were selected to compete for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[9]

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 and Louis Sutherland New Zealand
Worstward Ho Rumbo a Peor Àlex Brendemühl Spain

Cannes Classics

The following films were selected to be screened at the Cannes Classics sections:[12][13]

English title Original title Director(s) Production Country
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
Duck, You Sucker! (1971) Giù la testa Sergio Leone Italy, United States
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 (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
Pierrot le fou (1965) Jean-Luc Godard France
The Red Shoes (1948) Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger United Kingdom
Victim (1961) Basil Dearden
Wake in Fright (1971) Ted Kotcheff Australia
The Wave (1936) Redes Emilio Gómez Muriel and Fred Zinnemann Mexico
Documentaries about Cinema
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno L'Enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot Serge Bromberg and 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

Cinéma de la Plage

The following films were screened outdoors at the beach cinema of Cannes:[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 Dan Sturman and 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

Critics' Week

The following films were selected to be screened at the 48th Semaine de la Critique:[15]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
In Competition
Altiplano Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth Belgium, Germany, Netherlands
Bad Day to Go Fishing Mal día para pescar Álvaro Brechner Uruguay, Spain
Goodbye Gary Cooper Adieu Gary Nassim Amaouche France
Huacho Alejandro Fernández Almendras Chile, France, Germany
Lost Persons Area Caroline Strubbe Belgium
Whisper with the Wind Sirta la gal ba Shahram Alidi Iraq, Iran
Special Screenings
Hierro Gabe Ibáñez Spain
Lascars Round da Way Albert Pereira-Lazaro and Emmanuel Klotz France
The Ordinary People Rien de personnel Mathias Gokalp
Short Films Competition
It's Free for Girls C’est gratuit pour les filles Marie Amachoukeli and Claire Burger France
Logorama François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy and Ludovic Houplain
Noche adentro Pablo Lamar Paraguay, Argentina
Runaway Cordell Barker Canada
Seeds of the Fall Slitage Patrik Eklund Sweden
Together Eicke Bettinga Germany, United Kingdom
Tulum La Virée Dalibor Matanić Croatia
Short Films - Special Screenings
1989 Camilo Matiz Colombia
6 Hours Seong-hyeok Moon South Korea
La Baie du renard Grégoire Colin France
Crumbs Les Miettes Pierre Pinaud
Elo Vera Egito Brazil
Faiblesses Nicolas Giraud France
Spread Through the Air Espalhadas pelo Ar Vera Egito Brazil

Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs)

The following films were selected to be screened:[16]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Ajami عجمي / עג'מי Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani Israel, Palestine, Germany, United Kingdom
Amreeka Cherien Dabis United States, Canada, Kuwait, Palestine
Carcasses Denis Côté Canada
Change Nothing Ne change rien Pedro Costa Portugal, France
Christmas Navidad Sebastián Lelio Chile, France
Daddy Longlegs Go Get Some Rosemary Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie United States
Daniel & Ana Daniel y Ana Michel Franco Mexico
Earth Madness La Terre de la folie Luc Moullet France
Eastern Plays Източни пиеси Kamen Kalev Bulgaria
The French Kissers Les Beaux Gosses Riad Sattouf France
Here Ho Tzu Nyen Singapore
Humpday Lynn Shelton United States
I Love You Phillip Morris Glenn Ficarra and John Requa France, United States
I Killed My Mother J’ai tué ma mère Xavier Dolan Canada
Karaoke Chris Chong Chan Fui Malaysia
The King of Escape Le Roi de l’évasion Alain Guiraudie France
Like You Know It All 잘 알지도 못하면서 Hong Sang-soo South Korea
The Little One La Pivellina Rainer Frimmel and Tizza Covi Austria
The Misfortunates De Helaasheid der Dingen Felix van Groeningen Belgium
Oxhide II 牛皮贰 Liu Jiayin China
Polytechnique Denis Villeneuve Canada
Tetro Francis Ford Coppola United States, Argentina, Spain, Italy
The Wolberg Family La Famille Wolberg Axelle Ropert France, Belgium
Yuki & Nina ユキとニナ Hippolyte Girardot and Nobuhiro Suwa Japan, France
Special Screenings
Firefly (2000) 組画 Naomi Kawase Japan
Montparnasse Mikhaël Hers France

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)

Official Awards

Isabelle Huppert, President of the 2009 Competition Jury
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][2]

In Competition

Honorary Palm d'Or

Un Certain Regard

Cinéfondation

  • 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

Short Films Competition

Independent awards

FIPRESCI Prizes

Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

Critics' Week

Regards Jeunes Prize

Prix François Chalais

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