Less than a week ago a new edition of the French festival in Cannes has ended, the greatest exponent of the festival circuit around the world. As a result, we will make a review of all the winners and the big surprises (and disappointments) of the show, according to the main media that were present there.
There were many winners, a total of 9 out of 20, but the big winner of the event was the Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke, with his film The White Ribbon, which won the Palme d'Or for best film for his portrait of German society and the origin of German fascism, years before the outbreak of the First World War.
French actress Charlotte Gainsbourg earned Best Female Performance for her role in Antichrist, the new one from Lars Von Trier; while his colleague Christoph Waltz did the same for Inglourious Basterdsby Tarantino. The Filipino Brilliant Mendoza raised the statuette of best director for kinatay; Mei Feng, for her work as a screenwriter on Spring Fever, and the jury award was shared between the British Andrea Arnold (Fish Tank) and the talented Park Chan-Wook (thirst).
In general, the sample had a positive balance and the level of the films that were screened was quite even. This year, proving that Cannes is synonymous with cinema, sThey could see the new films of established directors such as Quentin Tarantino, Sam Raimi, Ang Lee and Ken Loach; from the always original Asians Park Chan-wook, Hong Sang-soo, and Bong Joon-ho; the controversial and controversial Gaspar Noé and Lars Von Trier; and the Spanish Pedro Almodóvar and Isabel Coixet.
Then the honors, one by one:
-Palma de Oro for the best film: The White Ribbon (Austria / Germany), by Michael Haneke.
-Grand Jury Prize: Un prophète, by Jacques Audiard (France).
-Exceptional Prize at the Cannes Film Festival: Alain Resnais for Les herbes folles (France) and for all of his work.
-Award for the best director: Brillante Mendoza (Philippines), for Kinatay.
-Award for best script: Feng Mei, for Spring Fever (China), by Lou Ye.
-Award for the best actress: the French Charlotte Gainsbourg for Antichrist (Denmark), by Lars von Trier.
-Award for best actor: Austrian Christoph Waltz (Austria) for Inglourious Basterds (United States), by Quentin Tarantino.
-Jury Prize (ex aequo): Fish Tank (Great Britain), by Andrea Arnold, and Thirst (South Korea), by Park Chan-wook.
-Cámara de Oro for the best debut of the entire festival: Samson and Delilah (Australia), by Warwick Thornton, presented in Un Certain Régard.
-Palma de Oro for the best short film: Arena (Portugal), by Joâo Salaviza (Portugal).
FIPRESCI International Critics Awards
-The White Ribbon (Germany, Austra, France, Italy) by Michael Haneke won among the films of the official competition.
-Police, Adjective (Romania), by Corneliu Porumboiu, triumphed in Un Certain Régard.
-Amreeka (United States-Canada-Kuwait), by Cherien Dabis, won in the Fortnight.
Ecumenical jury award
Looking for Eric (Great Britain), by Ken Loach.
Official awards of the Un Certain Régard section
-PRIX UN CERTAIN REGARD FONDATION GROUPAMA GAN POUR LE CINEMA: Kynodontas / Dogtooth (Greece), by Yorgos Lanthimos.
-PRIX DU JURY: Police, Adjective (Romania), by Corneliu Porumboiu.
-PRIX SPECIAL UN CERTAIN REGARD 2009: No One Knows About Persian Cats (Iran), by Bahman Ghobadi, La père de mes enfants, by Mia Hansen-Love.
Directors' Fortnight Awards:
-MENTION EUROPE CINEMA: La Merditude des choses, by Felix Van Groeningen.
-PRIX SFR: Montparnasse, by Mickael Hers.
-PRIX EUROPA CINEMA: La Pivellina, by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel.
-PRIX SACD + PRIX REGARDS JEUNES + PRIX ART CINEMA AWARD: J'ai tué ma mère, by Xavier Dolan. This 19-year-old Canadian director, screenwriter and actor won three of the four main awards.
Critics' Week Awards
GRAND PRIX: Goodbye Gary, by Nassim Amaouche (France).
SACD AWARD: Lost Persons Area, by Caroline Strubbe (Belgium, Holland, Hungary)
ACID / CCAS AWARD: Whisper With the Wind, by Shahram Alidi (Iraq)
Ofaj / TV5 MONDE (VERY) YOUNG CRITIC AWARD: Whisper With the Wind
REGARDS JEUNES PRIZE AWARD: Whisper With the Wind.
Source: Other Cinemas