Opening film | Robin Hood |
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Closing film | The Tree |
Location | Cannes, France |
Founded | 1946 |
Awards | Palme d'Or: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives |
Hosted by | Kristin Scott Thomas |
No. of films | 19 (En Competition) [2] 19 (Un Certain Regard) 9 (Short Film) |
Festival date | 12–23 May 2010 |
Website | www.festival-cannes.com |
The 63rd Cannes Film Festival was held from 12 to 23 May 2010, in Cannes, France. [3] [4] The Cannes Film Festival, hailed as being one of the most recognized and prestigious film festivals worldwide, was founded in 1946. [5] [6] It consists of having films screened in and out of competition during the festival; films screened in competition compete for the Palme d'Or award. The award in 2010 was won by Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives , a Thai film directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. This was determined by the festival's jury members who reviewed films screened in competition. American film director Tim Burton was the president of the jury for the international competition, and other members of the jury for that competition included actors, screenwriters and composers, such as Kate Beckinsale, Emmanuel Carrère, Benicio del Toro, and Alexandre Desplat. [7] [8] Other categories for films screened in competition that have their own separate juries for other awards are for Short Films and the Un Certain Regard category.
Ridley Scott's Robin Hood opened the festival [9] and Julie Bertuccelli's The Tree was the closing film. [10] The full film lineup for the festival was announced on 15 April 2010. [11] English actress Kristin Scott Thomas was the mistress of ceremonies. [12]
Agence France-Presse, Reuters, Associated Press and Getty TV boycotted the press conference that announced the line-up for the festival, due to a dispute over access to the red carpet. [13] In a press release, the agencies said that they "may be forced to suspend their presence at the festival altogether" if an agreement was not reached. [13] Days before the festival was to begin, concerns were expressed that attendees might be delayed, or would not attend, due to plane flights to surrounding areas in France being delayed or canceled due to volcanic ash in the sky. [14] Two days before the beginning of the festival, the just finished film Route Irish , directed by Ken Loach, was added to the main competition. [15]
The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2010 Official Selection: [16]
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or: [2] [4] [10]
English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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Another Year | Mike Leigh | United Kingdom | |
Biutiful | Alejandro González Iñárritu | Mexico, Spain | |
Burnt by the Sun 2 | Утомлённые солнцем 2 | Nikita Mikhalkov | Russia |
Certified Copy | Copie conforme | Abbas Kiarostami | France, Italy, Belgium |
Chongqing Blues | 日照重慶 | Wang Xiaoshuai | China |
Fair Game | Doug Liman | United States, United Arab Emirates | |
The Housemaid | 하녀 | Im Sang-soo | South Korea |
My Joy | Счастье моё | Sergei Loznitsa | Ukraine,Germany, Netherlands |
Of Gods and Men | Des hommes et des dieux | Xavier Beauvois | France |
On Tour | Tournée | Mathieu Amalric | France, Germany |
Our Life | La nostra vita | Daniele Luchetti | Italy, France |
Outrage | アウトレイジ | Takeshi Kitano | Japan |
Outside the Law | Hors-la-loi | Rachid Bouchareb | Algeria, France, Tunisia, Belgium |
Poetry | 시 | Lee Chang-dong | South Korea, France |
The Princess of Montpensier | La princesse de Montpensier | Bertrand Tavernier | France |
Route Irish | Ken Loach | United Kingdom, France, Belgium | |
A Screaming Man | Un homme qui crie | Mahamat Saleh Haroun | Chad, France, Belgium |
Tender Son: The Frankenstein Project | Szelíd Teremtés – A Frankenstein Terv | Kornél Mundruczó | Hungary |
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives | ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Thailand |
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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Adrienn Pál | Pál Adrienn | Ágnes Kocsis | Hungary |
Aurora | Cristi Puiu | Romania | |
Blue Valentine | Derek Cianfrance | United States | |
Carancho | Pablo Trapero | Argentina, Chile, Spain, France, South Korea | |
Chatroom | Hideo Nakata | United Kingdom | |
The City Below | Unter dir die Stadt | Christoph Hochhäusler | Germany |
Film Socialisme | Jean-Luc Godard | France | |
Hahaha | 하하하 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
Heartbeats | Les amours imaginaires | Xavier Dolan | Canada |
I Wish I Knew | 海上传奇 | Jia Zhangke | China |
Life, Above All | Oliver Schmitz | South Africa | |
Lights Out | Qu'est-il arrivé à Simon Werner? | Fabrice Gobert | France |
The Lips | Los labios | Iván Fund, Santiago Loza | Argentina |
October | Octubre | Daniel Vega, Diego Vega | Peru |
Rebecca H. (Return to the Dogs) | Lodge Kerrigan | United States, France | |
R U There | David Verbeek | Netherlands, Taiwan | |
The Strange Case of Angelica | O estranho caso de Angélica | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal |
Tuesday, After Christmas | Marţi, după Crăciun | Radu Muntean | Romania |
Udaan | Vikramaditya Motwane | India |
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: [2]
English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceaușescu | Autobiografia lui Nicolae Ceaușescu | Andrei Ujică | Romania |
Black Heaven | L'Autre monde | Gilles Marchand | France, Belgium |
Carlos | Olivier Assayas | France, Germany | |
Kaboom | Gregg Araki | United States | |
Robin Hood (opening film) | Ridley Scott | United States, United Kingdom | |
Tamara Drewe | Stephen Frears | United Kingdom | |
The Tree (closing film) | Julie Bertuccelli | France, Australia | |
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps | Oliver Stone | United States | |
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger | Woody Allen |
The following films were shown as special screenings. [2] [10]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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5 X Favela | 5 X Favela, por nós mesmos | Wagner Novais, Manaira Carneiro, Rodrigo Felha, Cacau Amaral, Luciano Vidigal, Cadu Barcelos and Luciana Bezerra | Brazil |
Abel | Diego Luna | Mexico | |
Chantrapas | Otar Iosseliani | France, Georgia | |
Countdown to Zero | Lucy Walker | United States | |
Draquila – Italy Trembles | Draquila - L'Italia che trema | Sabina Guzzanti | Italy |
Gilles Jacob, Citizen Cannes | Gilles Jacob, l'arpenteur de la croisette | Serge Le Peron | France |
Inside Job | Charles H. Ferguson | United States | |
The Pack | La meute | Franck Richard | France, Belgium |
Nostalgia for the Light | Nostalgia de la luz | Patricio Guzmán | France, Chile |
Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow | Sophie Fiennes | United Kingdom |
The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation: [2] [18]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | School |
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Anywhere Out of the World | Coucou-Les-Nuages | Vincent Cardona | La fémis, France |
Cooked | Jens Blank | NFTS, United Kingdom | |
Dakujem, dobre | Mátyás Prikler | FTF-VŠMU, Slovakia | |
The Fifth Column | Hinkerort Zorasune | Vatche Boulghourjian | NYU, United States |
Frozen Land | Tae-yong Kim | Sejong University, South Korea | |
Here I Am | Itt Vagyok | Bálint Szimler | SzFE, Hungary |
I Already Am Everything I Want to Have | Ja Vec Jesam Sve Ono Što Želim Da Imam | Dane Komljen | FDU, Serbia |
Ijsland | Iceland | Gilles Coulier | Sint-Lukas University, Belgium |
El Juego | Benjamín Naishtat | Le Fresnoy, France | |
Los Minutos, Las Horas | Marques Ribeiro | EICTV, Cuba | |
Miramare | Michaela Müller | ALU, Croatia | |
The Painting Sellers | Taulukauppiaat | Juho Kuosmanen | Aalto University, Finland |
Shelley | Andrew Wesman | Harvard University, United States |
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or: [2] [10]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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Barking Island | Chienne d'histoire | Serge Avédikian | France |
Bathing Micky | Micky bader | Frida Kempff | Sweden |
Blocks | Blokes | Marially Rivas | Chile |
First Aid | Ezra rishona | Yarden Karmin | Israel |
Maya | Pedro Pío | Cuba | |
Muscles | Edward Housden | Australia | |
Rosa | Monica Lairana | Argentina | |
Station | Estação | Marcia Faria | Brazil |
To Swallow a Toad | Jurģis Krāsons | Latvia |
Cannes Classics places the spotlight on documentaries about cinema and restored masterworks from the past. [19] [20] [21]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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Documentaries | |||
...But Film is My Mistress | ...Men filmen är min älskarinna | Stig Björkman | Sweden |
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Craig McCall | United Kingdom | |
Hollywood Don't Surf! | Greg MacGillivray, Sam George | United States | |
Toscan | Isabelle Partiot-Pieri | France | |
Restored Prints | |||
The 317th Platoon (1964) | La 317ème section | Pierre Schoendoerffer | France |
The African Queen (1951) | John Huston | United States, United Kingdom | |
The Battle of the Rails (1946) | La Bataille du rail | René Clément | France |
La campagne de Cicéron (1989) | Jacques Davila | ||
The Great Love (1969) | Le grand amour | Pierre Etaix | |
Happy Go Lucky (1946) | Au petit bonheur | Marcel L'Herbier | |
Khandhar (1983) | Mrinal Sen | India | |
Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) | O Beijo da Mulher-Aranha | Hector Babenco | Brazil, United States |
The Leopard (1963) | Il Gattopardo | Luchino Visconti | Italy |
Psycho (1960) | Alfred Hitchcock | United States | |
The Tin Drum (1979) | Die Blechtrommel | Volker Schlöndorff | West Germany, Poland, Yugoslavia, France |
Tristana (1970) | Luis Buñuel | Spain, France, Italy | |
World Cinema Foundation | |||
The Eloquent Peasant (1970) | الفلاح الفصيح | Shadi Abdel Salam | Egypt |
Il ruscello di Ripasottile (1941) | Roberto Rossellini | Italy | |
Two Girls on the Street (1939) | Két Lány Az Utcán | André de Toth | Hungary |
Revenge (1989) | Yermek Shinarbayev | Soviet Union | |
Titash Ekti Nadir Naam (1973) | Ritwik Ghatak | Bangladesh |
The Cinéma de la Plage is a part of the Official Selection of the festival. The outdoors screenings at the beach cinema of Cannes are open to the public. [22]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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From Here to Eternity (1953) | Fred Zinnemann | United States | |
The Girl Hunters (1963) | Roy Rowland | United Kingdom | |
Rock'n'roll... Of Corse! (2010) | Stéphane Bébert, Lionel Guedj | France | |
The Silent World (1956) | Le Monde du silence | Louis Malle, Jacques-Yves Cousteau | France, Italy |
That Night in Varennes (1982) | La Nuit de Varennes | Ettore Scola | |
The Two Escobars (2010) | Jeff Zimbalist, Michael Zimbalist | United States |
The following films were screened for the 49th Critics' Week (49e Semaine de la Critique): [23]
Feature film competition
Short film competition
Special screening
The documentary film Benda Bilili! about disabled Kinshasa street musicians Staff Benda Bilili had its world premiere at the festival, with the group in attendance and performing at the Director's Fortnight opening party. [24]
The following films were screened for the 2010 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs): [25]
Feature films
Short films
The Palme d'Or was won by the Thai film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. [26] It was the first time that an Asian movie won the award since 1997. [27] Tim Burton, chairman of the jury that determined the award, stated about its decision: "You always want to be surprised by films and this film did that for most of us." [28] French film Of Gods and Men was the runner up. [29] The Xavier Beauvois-directed film had been considered a favourite for the Palme d'Or along with Mike Leigh's Another Year . [30] During the ceremony special attention was paid to Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi in hopes of increasing international pressure on the Iranian government to release Panahi from jail.
The following films and people received the 2010 Official selection awards: [31] [32]
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