Opening film | Grace of Monaco |
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Closing film | A Fistful of Dollars |
Location | Cannes, France |
Founded | 1946 |
Awards | Palme d'Or: Winter Sleep |
Hosted by | Lambert Wilson |
No. of films | 18 (In Competition) 20 (Un Certain Regard) 9 (Short Film) |
Festival date | 14 – 25 May 2014 |
Website | festival-cannes |
The 67th Cannes Film Festival was held from 14 to 25 May 2014. [1] New Zealand film director Jane Campion was the head of the jury for the main competition section. [2] The Palme d'Or was awarded to the Turkish film Winter Sleep directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. [3] [4]
The festival opened with the long delayed Grace of Monaco , directed by Olivier Dahan and starring Nicole Kidman as Grace Kelly, which played out of competition. [5] [6] The restored 4K version of Sergio Leone's 1964 western A Fistful of Dollars , served as the closing night film. [7] Due to European Parliament elections which took place on 25 May 2014, the winner of the Palme d'Or was announced on 24 May, and the winning film in the Un Certain Regard section announced on 23 May. [8] The festival poster featured Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni from Federico Fellini's 1963 film 8½ , which was presented in the 1963 Cannes Film Festival's Official Selection, within the Out of Competition section. [9]
The Official Selection of films for the 2014 festival, including the line-up for the Main Competition, was announced on 17 April 2014. [10] French actor Lambert Wilson hosted the opening and closing ceremonies. [11] [12]
The full jury for the Main Competition was announced on 28 April 2014: [13]
The full jury for the Un Certain Regard section was announced on 11 May 2014: [16]
Source: [20]
The films announced to compete for the Palme d'Or were named at the Cannes press conference on 17 April 2014. [24] [25] [26] The Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted.
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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The Captive | Atom Egoyan | Canada | |
Clouds of Sils Maria | Sils Maria | Olivier Assayas | Germany, France, Switzerland |
Foxcatcher | Bennett Miller | United States | |
Goodbye to Language | Adieu au Langage | Jean-Luc Godard | France, Switzerland |
The Homesman | Tommy Lee Jones | United States | |
Jimmy's Hall | Ken Loach | United Kingdom, Ireland, France | |
Leviathan | Левиафан | Andrey Zvyagintsev | Russia |
Maps to the Stars | David Cronenberg | Canada, United States | |
Mommy | Xavier Dolan | Canada | |
Mr. Turner | Mike Leigh | United Kingdom | |
Saint Laurent | Bertrand Bonello | France | |
The Search | Michel Hazanavicius | France | |
Still the Water | 2つ目の窓 | Naomi Kawase | Japan |
Timbuktu | Abderrahmane Sissako | Mauritania | |
Two Days, One Night | Deux jours, une nuit | Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Belgium, Italy, France |
Wild Tales | Relatos Salvajes | Damián Szifrón | Argentina, Spain |
Winter Sleep | Kış Uykusu | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Turkey |
The Wonders | Le Meraviglie | Alice Rohrwacher | Italy, Switzerland, Germany |
Party Girl , directed by Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger and Samuel Theis, was selected as the opening film in the Un Certain Regard section. [27] [28] [29] [30] The Un Certain Regard Prize winner has been highlighted.
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Amour Fou | Jessica Hausner | Austria, Luxembourg, Germany | |
Bird People | Pascale Ferran | France | |
The Blue Room | La chambre bleue | Mathieu Amalric | |
Charlie's Country | Rolf de Heer | Australia | |
Beautiful Youth | Hermosa juventud | Jaime Rosales | Spain, France |
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby (CdO) | Ned Benson | United States | |
Fantasia | 幻想曲 | Wang Chao | China, France |
Force Majeure | Turist | Ruben Östlund | Sweden |
A Girl at My Door (CdO) | 도희야 | July Jung | South Korea |
Jauja | Lisandro Alonso | Denmark, United States, Argentina | |
Lost River (CdO) | Ryan Gosling | United States | |
Misunderstood | Incompresa | Asia Argento | Italy, France |
Party Girl (CdO) | Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger, Samuel Theis | France | |
Run (CdO) | Philippe Lacôte | France, Ivory Coast | |
The Salt of the Earth | Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado | France, Italy, Brazil | |
Snow in Paradise (CdO) | Andrew Hulme | United Kingdom | |
That Lovely Girl | Loin de mon père | Keren Yedaya | Israel, France |
Titli (CdO) | Kanu Behl | India | |
White God | Fehér isten | Kornél Mundruczó | Hungary, Germany, Sweden |
Xenia | Ξενία | Panos H. Koutras | Greece, France, Belgium |
The following films were screened out of competition: [24]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Coming Home | 歸來 | Zhang Yimou | China |
How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Dean DeBlois | United States | |
Grace of Monaco (opening film) | Olivier Dahan | United States, France | |
In the Name of My Daughter | L'homme qu'on aimait trop | André Téchiné | France |
Midnight Screenings | |||
The Rover | David Michôd | Australia | |
The Salvation | Kristian Levring | Denmark | |
The Target | 표적 | Chang | South Korea |
The following films were presented in the Special screenings section: [24]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Prod. country |
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The Ardor | El Ardor | Pablo Fendrik | Argentina, Brazil, France, United States |
Bridges of Sarajevo | Les Ponts de Sarajevo | Aida Begić, Isild Le Besco, Leonardo di Costanzo, Jean-Luc Godard, Kamen Kalev, Sergei Loznitsa, Vincenzo Marra, Ursula Meier, Vladimir Perišić, Cristi Puiu, Marc Recha, Angela Schanelec & Teresa Villaverde | Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, France |
Cartoonists - Foot Soldiers of Democracy | Caricaturistes - Fantassins de la démocratie | Stéphanie Valloatto | France |
Geronimo | Géronimo | Tony Gatlif | |
Maidan | Майдан | Sergei Loznitsa | Ukraine |
Of Men and War | Des hommes et de la guerre | Laurent Bécue-Renard | France, Switzerland |
The Owners | Adilkhan Yerzhanov | Kazakhstan | |
Red Army | Gabe Polsky | United States | |
Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait | ماء الفضة | Ossama Mohammed, Wiam Simav Bedirxan | Syria |
70th Anniversary Celebration of Le Monde | |||
People of the World | Les Gens du Monde | Yves Jeuland | France |
The Cinéfondation section focuses on films made by students at film schools. The following 16 entries (14 fiction films and 2 animation films) were selected, out of more than 1,631 submissions from 320 different schools. Half of the films selected have been directed by women. [32] [33] The winner of the Cinéfondation First Prize has been highlighted.
English title | Original title | Director(s) | School |
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The Aftermath of the Inauguration of the Public Toilet at Kilometer 375 | ما حدث بعد وضع حجز الأساس لمشروع الحمام بالكيلو 375 | Omar El Zohairy | High Cinema Institute, Academy of Arts, Egypt |
The Bigger Picture | Daisy Jacobs | National Film and Television School, United Kingdom | |
Breath | Soom | Hyun Ju Kwon | Chung-Ang University, South Korea |
Home Sweet Home | Pierre Clenet, Alejandro Diaz, Romain Mazevet & Stéphane Paccolat | Supinfocom Arles, France | |
Last Trip Home | Han FengYu | Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore | |
Moonless Summer | Leto bez meseca | Stefan Ivančić | Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Serbia |
Niagara | Chie Hayakawa | ENBU Seminar, Japan | |
Oh Lucy! | Atsuko Hirayanagi | NYU Tisch School of the Arts Asia, Singapore | |
Our Blood | Max Chan | Hampshire College, United States | |
Provincia | György Mór Kárpáti | University of Theatre and Film Arts, Hungary | |
A Radiant Life | Une vie radieuse | Meryll Hardt | Le Fresnoy, France |
Skunk | Annie Silverstein | University of Texas at Austin, United States | |
Sourdough | Lievito madre | Fulvio Risuleo | Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Italy |
Stone Cars | Reinaldo Marcus Green | NYU Tisch School of the Arts, United States | |
Thunderbirds | Les Oiseaux-Tonnerre | Léa Mysius | La Fémis, France |
The Visit | Inbar Horesh | Minshar for Art, School and Center, Israel |
Out of 3,450 submissions, the following films were selected to compete for the Short Film Palme d'Or. Italian film A passo d'uomo by Giovanni Aloi was removed from the selection because Aloi broke the regulations for the selection. [32] [33] [34] The Short film Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted.
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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The Administration of Glory | Ran Huang | China | |
Aïssa | Clement Tréhin-Lalanne | France | |
Les corps étrangers | Laura Wandel | Belgium | |
The Execution | A kivégzés | Petra Szőcs | Hungary, Romania |
Happo-en | Masahiko Sato, Takayoshi Ohara, Yutaro Seki, Masayuki Toyota, & Kentaro Hirase | Japan | |
Invisible Spaces | Ukhilavi Sivrtseebi | Déa Kulumbegashvili | Georgia |
The Last One | Sonuncu | Sergey Pikalov | Azerbaijan |
Leidi | Simón Mesa Soto | Colombia, United Kingdom | |
Yes We Love | Ja, vi elsker | Hallvar Witzø | Norway |
The line-up for the Cannes Classics section was announced on 4 April 2014. [35] [36] [37] [38] Italian actress Sophia Loren was announced as the guest of honour.
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Tribute | |||
Human Voice | Voce umana | Edoardo Ponti | Italy, United States |
Documentaries about Cinema | |||
Life Itself | Steve James | United States | |
The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films | Hilla Medalia | Israel | |
Restored Prints | |||
8½ (1963) | Federico Fellini | Italy, France | |
Blind Chance (1987) | Przypadek | Krzysztof Kieślowski | Poland |
Blue Mountains, or Unbelievable Story (1983) | ცისფერი მთები ანუ დაუჯერებელი ამბავი | Eldar Shengelaia | Soviet Union |
La Chienne (1931) | Jean Renoir | France | |
The Color of Pomegranates (1969) | Sayat Nova | Sergei Parajanov | Soviet Union |
Cruel Story of Youth (1960) | 青春残酷物語 | Nagisa Oshima | Japan |
Daybreak (1939) | Le jour se lève | Marcel Carné | France |
Dragon Inn (1967) | 龍門客棧 | King Hu | Taiwan |
Fear (1954) | La Paura | Roberto Rossellini | Italy, West Germany |
A Fistful of Dollars (1964) (closing film) | Per un pugno di dollari | Sergio Leone | Italy, Spain, West Germany |
How Yukong Moved the Mountains (1976) | Regards sur une revolution: Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnes | Joris Ivens and Marceline Loridan | France |
Jamaica Inn (1939) | Alfred Hitchcock | United Kingdom | |
The Last Metro (1980) | Le Dernier Métro | François Truffaut | France |
Léolo (1992) | Jean-Claude Lauzon | France, Canada | |
Lost Horizon (1937) | Frank Capra | United States | |
Marriage Italian Style (1964) | Matrimonio all'italiana | Vittorio De Sica | Italy, France |
A Matter of Resistance (1966) | La vie de château | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | France |
Overlord (1975) | Stuart Cooper | United Kingdom | |
Paris, Texas (1984) | Wim Wenders | West Germany, France, United Kingdom, United States | |
Tokyo Olympiad (1965) | 東京オリンピック | Kon Ichikawa | Japan |
Violins at the Ball (1974) | Les violons du bal | Michel Drach | France |
Wooden Crosses (1932) | Les croix de bois | Raymond Bernard |
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. [39]
Evening | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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Thursday 15 | 8½ (1963) | Otto e mezzo | Federico Fellini | Italy, France |
Friday 16 | For a Few Dollars More (1965) | Per qualche dollaro in più | Sergio Leone | Italy, Spain |
Saturday 17 | The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1966) | Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo | Sergio Leone | Italy, Spain, West Germany, United States |
Sunday 18 | United Passions (2014) | Frédéric Auburtin | France | |
Monday 19 | Seconds (1966) | John Frankenheimer | United States | |
Tuesday 20 | The Warriors (1979) | Walter Hill | ||
Wednesday 21 | Delusions of Grandeur (1971) | La folie des grandeurs | Gérard Oury | France |
Thursday 22 | Polyester (1981) | John Waters | United States | |
Friday 23 | Pulp Fiction (1994) | Quentin Tarantino | ||
Saturday 24 | Purple Rain (1984) | Albert Magnoli |
The line-up for the Critics' Week (Semaine de la Critique) was announced on 21 April at the section's website. [40] FLA , directed by Djinn Carrénard, and Hippocrate , directed by Thomas Lilti, were selected as the opening and closing films of the Semaine de la Critique section. [41]
The winner of the Grand Prix Nespresso has been highlighted:
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Prod. country |
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Darker Than Midnight (CdO) | Più buio di mezzanotte | Sebastiano Riso | Italy |
Gente de bien (CdO) | Franco Lolli | Colombia | |
Hope | Boris Lojkine | France | |
It Follows | David Robert Mitchell | United States | |
Self Made | Boreg | Shira Geffen | Israel |
The Tribe (CdO) | Плем'я | Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy | Ukraine, Netherlands |
When Animals Dream (CdO) | Når dyrene drømmer | Jonas Alexander Amby | Denmark |
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Prod. country |
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Back Alley | La Contre-allée | Cécile Ducrocq | France |
A Blue Room | Un chambre bleue, Niebieski pokój | Tomasz Siwinski | France, Poland |
The Chicken | Una Gunjak | Germany, Croatia | |
Crocodile | Gäelle Denis | United Kingdom | |
Les Fleuves m'ont Laissée Descendre où je Voulais | Laurie de Lassale | France | |
Goodnight Cinderella | Boa Noite Cinderela | Carlos Conceição | Portugal |
Little Brother | Petit frère | Rémi St-Michel | Canada |
Safari | Gerardo Herrero | Spain | |
True Love Story | Gitanjali Rao | India | |
Young Lions of Gypsy | A Ciambra | Jonas Carpignano | Italy, France |
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Prod. country |
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Breathe | Respire | Mélanie Laurent | France |
FLA | Faire: L'amour | Djinn Carrénard | |
Hippocrate | Thomas Lilti | ||
The Kindergarten Teacher | הגננת | Nadav Lapid | Israel |
The line-up for the Directors' Fortnight was announced on 22 April. [42] [43] Girlhood , directed by Céline Sciamma, and Pride , directed by Matthew Warchus, were selected as the opening and closing films of the Directors' Fortnight section. [44]
The winner of the Art Cinema Award has been highlighted:
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Alleluia | Fabrice Du Welz | Belgium, France | |
Catch Me Daddy (CdO) | Daniel Wolfe | United Kingdom | |
Cold in July | Jim Mickle | United States | |
Eat Your Bones | Mange tes morts | Jean-Charles Hue | France |
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem | גט - המשפט של ויויאן אמסלם | Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz | Israel, France, Germany |
Girlhood | Bande de filles | Céline Sciamma | France |
A Hard Day | 끝까지 간다 | Kim Seong-hun | South Korea |
Love at First Fight (CdO) | Les combattants | Thomas Cailley | France |
National Gallery | Frederick Wiseman | United States, France | |
Next to Her (CdO) | At Li Layla | Asaf Korman | Israel |
Pride | Matthew Warchus | United Kingdom | |
Queen and Country | John Boorman | United Kingdom, Ireland | |
Refugiado | Diego Lerman | Argentina, France, Germany | |
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya | かぐや姫の物語 | Isao Takahata | Japan |
These Final Hours (CdO) | Zak Hilditch | Australia | |
Whiplash | Damien Chazelle | United States | |
You're Sleeping Nicole | Tu dors Nicole | Stéphane Lafleur | Canada |
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Li'l Quinquin | Bruno Dumont | France | |
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre | Tobe Hooper | United States |
The winner of the Illy Prize for Short Film has been highlighted.
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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8 Bullets | Frank Ternier | France | |
Cambodia 2099 | Davy Chou | France | |
Fragments | Fragmenty | Aga Woszczyńska | Poland |
Guy Moquet | Guy Môquet | Demis Herenger | France |
Heartless | Sem Coração | Nara Normande, Tião | Brazil |
In August | En août | Jenna Hass | Switzerland |
It Can Pass Through the Wall | Trece şi prin perete | Radu Jude | Romania |
Jutra | Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre | Canada | |
Man on the Chair | Dahee Jeong | South Korea | |
The Revolution Hunter | A Caça Revoluções | Margarida Rego | Portugal |
Torn | Elmar Imanov, Engin Kundag | Azerbaijan |
Winter Sleep became the first Turkish film to win the Palme d'Or since Yol won in 1982. Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan called the win "a great surprise for me" and dedicated the win to the youth of Turkey as the country undergoes political turmoil and to the victims of the Soma mine disaster. Prior to the start of Cannes, Winter Sleep was considered the favorite to win the Palme d'Or, but when it was shown it met with mixed critical reaction. [45] Some found it to be too long (at 3 hours 16 minutes, it was the longest film at the festival) and difficult to finish, while others called it a great revelation. The jury, however, loved the film. [45] [46] Jury president Jane Campion said "If I had the guts to be as honest about his characters as this director is, I'd be very proud of myself." [45]
Winter Sleep is the story of Mr. Aydin (played by Haluk Bilginer), a former actor who now runs mountaintop hotel, and his failing marriage. Aydin sees himself as the region's kind ruler, intervening in the business of the towns people below the mountain. In reality, almost everyone, including his wife, dislikes Aydin. He has a pompous column in the local newspaper and is writing a book on history of the Turkish theatre. When the slow season approaches the guests depart, the fighting between Aydin, his wife, his sister who lives with him, and the village people begins. Conversations dominate the film as the inner workings of the characters are slowly revealed. [46]
The runner-up Grand Prix award went to the rite-of-passage drama The Wonders . Julianne Moore won the best actress prize or her portrayal of a demented Hollywood diva in Maps to the Stars . Timothy Spall took the best actor prize for his portrayal of a marine painter in Mr. Turner . Bennett Miller was named as best director for his work on Foxcatcher . The Jury Prize was split between the drama Mommy and the drama Goodbye to Language . [45]
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