Opening film | Up |
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Closing film | Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky |
Location | Cannes, France |
Founded | 1946 |
Awards | Palme d'Or: The White Ribbon |
Hosted by | Édouard Baer |
No. of films | 20 (En Competition) [2] 19 (Un Certain Regard) 9 (Short Film) |
Festival date | 13–24 May 2009 |
Website | festival-cannes |
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]
The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2009 Official Selection: [8]
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or: [2]
English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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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 |
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard: [2]
English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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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 |
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: [2]
English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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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 |
The following films were selected for the Special Screenings: [10]
English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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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 |
The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation: [2] [11]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | School |
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#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 |
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or: [2]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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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 |
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 |
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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 (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 |
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 |
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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 |
The following films were screened for the 48th Critics' Week (48e Semaine de la Critique): [15]
Feature film competition
Short film competition
Special screenings
The following films were screened for the 2009 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs): [16]
Feature films
Special screenings
Short films
The following films and people received the 2009 Official selection awards: [17] [3]
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