2009 (62nd) Cannes Film Festival
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Profile
- Film Festival: Cannes Film Festival
- Edition: 62nd
- Period: May 13 - May 24, 2009
- Location: Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, Cannes, France
Awards
- Palme d’Or: "The White Ribbon" directed by Michael Haneke
- Grand Prix: "The Prophet" directed by Jacques Audiard
- Prix de la Mise en Scene - Best Director: Brillante Mendoza - "Kinatay"
- Prix Exceptional du Jury - Special Jury Prize: Alain Resnais - "Wild Grass"
- Prix du Scenario - Best Screenplay: "Spring Fever" - Feng Mei
- Camera d’Or - Best First Feature: "Samson and Delilah" - Warwick Thornton
- Camera d’Or Special Mention: "Ajami" - Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani
- Prix du Jury - Jury Prize: "Fish Tank" - Andrea Arnold / "Thirst" directed by Chan-Wook Park
- Prix d’interpretation feminine - Best Actress: Charlotte Gainsbourg, "Antichrist"
- Prix d’interpretation masculine - Best Actor: Christoph Waltz "Inglorious Basterds"
- Palme d’Or (short film): "Arena" - Joao Salaviza
UN CERTAIN REGARD
- "Dogtooth," Greece, Yorgos Lanthimos - WINNER
- "Police, Adjective," Romania, Corneliu Porumboiu - JURY PRIZE
- "Nobody Knows About the Persian Cats," Iran, Bahman Ghobadi - SPECIAL PRIZE
- "Le Pere de mes enfants," France-Germany, Mia Hansen-Love - SPECIAL PRIZE
Films
Competition
| Title | Director | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antichrist | Lars von Trier | Denmark | World Premiere |
| Bright Star | Jane Campion | United Kingdom | World Premiere |
| Broken Embraces | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain | World Premiere |
| The Execution of P | Kinatay | Brillante Mendoza | Philippines | World Premiere |
| Enter the Void | Gaspar Noé | France | World Premiere |
| Fish Tank | Andrea Arnold | United Kingdom | World Premiere |
| Inglourious Basterds | Quentin Tarantino | United States | World Premiere |
| In the Beginning | Xavier Giannoli | France | World Premiere |
| Looking for Eric | Ken Loach | United Kingdom | World Premiere |
| Map of the Sounds of Tokyo | Isabel Coixet | Spain | World Premiere |
| A Prophet | Jacques Audiard | France | World Premiere |
| Spring Fever | Ye Lou | China | World Premiere |
| Taking Woodstock | Ang Lee | United States | World Premiere |
| Thirst | Chan-wook Park | South Korea | International Premiere |
| The Time That Remains | Elia Suleiman | Palestine | World Premiere |
| The Wild Grass | Alain Resnais | France | World Premiere |
| Vincere | Marco Bellocchio | Italy | World Premiere |
| Vengeance | Johnnie To | Hong Kong | World Premiere |
| Face | Ming-liang Tsai | Taiwan | World Premiere |
| The White Ribbon | Michael Haneke | Austria | World Premiere |
Un Certain Regard
| Title | Director | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adrift | Heitor Dhalia | Brazil | World Premiere |
| Air Doll | Hirokazu Koreeda | Japan | World Premiere |
| Dogtooth | Yorgos Lanthimos | Greece | World Premiere |
| Eyes Wide Open | Haim Tabakman | Israel | World Premiere |
| The Father of My Children | Mia Hansen-Løve | France | World Premiere |
| Independencia | Raya Martin | Philippines | World Premiere |
| Irene | Alain Cavalier | France | World Premiere |
| Mother | Joon-ho Bong | South Korea | World Premiere |
| No One Knows About Persian Cats | Bahman Ghobadi | Iran | World Premiere |
| Nymph | Pen-Ek Ratanaruang | Thailand | World Premiere |
| Police, Adjective | Corneliu Porumboiu | Romania | World Premiere |
| Precious | Lee Daniels | United States | World Premiere |
| Samson and Delilah | Warwick Thornton | Australia | World Premiere |
| The Silent Army | Jean van de Velde | Netherlands | World Premiere |
| Tale in the Darkness | Nikolay Khomeriki | Russia | World Premiere |
| Tales from the Golden Age | various | Romania | World Premiere |
| To Die Like a Man | João Pedro Rodrigues | Portugal | World Premiere |
| Tomorrow at Dawn | Denis Dercourt | France | World Premiere |
| Tsar | Pavel Lungin | Russia | World Premiere |
| The Wind Journeys | Ciro Guerra | Colombia |
Films out of competition
| Title | Director | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agora | Alejandro Amenábar | Spain | World Premiere |
| Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky | Jan Kounen | France | World Premiere |
| Drag Me to Hell | Sam Raimi | United States | World Premiere |
| The Army of Crime | Robert Guédiguian | France | World Premiere |
| Don't Look Back | Marina de Van | France | World Premiere |
| A Town Called Panic | Vincent Patar | France | World Premiere |
| The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | Terry Gilliam | United Kingdom | World Premiere |
| Up | Pete Docter | United States | World Premiere |
Special screenings
| Title | Director | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashes and Blood | Fanny Ardant | France | World Premiere |
| Jaffa | Keren Yedaya | Israel | World Premiere |
| The Thorn in the Heart | Michel Gondry | France | World Premiere |
| Manila | Adolfo Alix Jr., Raya Martin | Philippines | World Premiere |
| Tell Me Who You Are | Souleymane Cissé | Mali | World Premiere |
| My Neighbor, My Killer | Anne Aghion | France | World Premiere |
| The Eye of the Storm | Eduardo Valente | Brazil | World Premiere |
| Petition | Zhao Liang | China | World Premiere |
| Group Portrait With Kids and Motorcycles | Pierre-William Glenn | France | World Premiere |
| A Brand New Life | Ounie Lecomte | South Korea | World Premiere |
Cinéfondation
| Title | Director | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Noamir Castéra | Belgium | World Premiere |
| Bába | Zuzana Kirchnerová | Czech Republic | World Premiere |
| By the Grace of God | Ralitza Petrova | United Kingdom | World Premiere |
| Chapa | Thiago Ricarte | Brazil | World Premiere |
| Diploma | Yaelle Kayam | Israel | World Premiere |
| The Boxer | Juan Ignacio Pollio | Argentina | World Premiere |
| Goodbye | Fang Song | China | World Premiere |
| Gutter | Dan Ransom Day | United States | World Premiere |
| The Naturalist | Giulia Barbera | Italy | World Premiere |
| Kasia | Elisabet Llado | Belgium | World Premiere |
| The Setback | Dominique Baumard | France | World Premiere |
| Significant Others | Dara Van Dusen | Poland | World Premiere |
| Don't Step Out of the House | Seong-hee Jo | South Korea | World Premiere |
| Segal | Yuval Shani | Israel | World Premiere |
| The Sylpphid | Dorte Bengtson | Denmark | World Premiere |
| The Horn | Kyeong-dong Lim | South Korea | World Premiere |
| Traverser | Hugo Frassetto | France | World Premiere |
