Michael Haneke wuxuu ku soo laabanayaa si uu u macaansado hoonka guusha ee Cannes, ka dib markii uu ku guuleystay dhowr sano ka hor filimka Cache, maadaama uu qaatay Palme d'Or oo wata filimkiisa cusub ee Das weisse Band. Laakiin inta kale ee abaal -marinnada waaweyn si weyn ayaa loo qaybiyey mana jiro filim guuleystay hal abaalmarin oo weyn.
Sidaa darteed, Bright Mendoza ayaa ku guuleystay abaalmarinta agaasimaha ugu fiican by Kinatay; jilaaga Christoph Waltz ayaa ku guulaystay abaal marinta jilaaga ugu wanaagsan waxqabadkiisa Inglourious Basterds abaal marinta atariishada ugu fiicanna waxay u tagtay Charlotte Gainsbourg shaqadeeda ka gees.
Ugu dambayntii, Fish Tank, oo uu qoray Andrea Arnold, iyo Haraad, oo uu qoray Park Chan-wook, ayaa ku guuleystay ex aequo abaalmarinta xeerbeegtida waxaana guddoonsiisay jilaa Talyaani ah Laura Morante.