2009_Cannes_Film_Festival

2009 Cannes Film Festival

2009 Cannes Film Festival

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]

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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

Main competition

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

Un Certain Regard

Caméra d'Or

  • 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

Official Selection

In Competition

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

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Un Certain Regard

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

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Out of Competition

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

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Special Screenings

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

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Cinéfondation

The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:[2][11]

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Short Film Competition

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

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Cannes Classics

The Festival Cannes Classics places the spotlight on documentaries about cinema[12] and restored masterworks from the past.[13]

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Cinéma de la Plage

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]

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Parallel Sections

Critics' Week

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

Feature film competition

Short film competition

  • It's Free for Girls (C’est gratuit pour les filles) by Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger (France)
  • Logorama by François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy, Ludovic Houplain (H5) (France)
  • Noche adentro by Pablo Lamar (Paraguay, Argentina)
  • Runaway by Cordell Barker (Canada)
  • Seeds of the Fall (Slitage) by Patrik Eklund (Sweden)
  • Together by Eicke Bettinga (Germany, United Kingdom)
  • Tulum (La Virée) by Dalibor Matanic (Croatia)

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

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

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

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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    "Cannes Classics - Documentaries about Cinema". Retrieved 21 July 2017.
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    "Cannes Classics - Restored Prints". Retrieved 21 July 2017.
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