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| Opening film | Up |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky |
| Location | Cannes,France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: The White Ribbon |
| Hosted by | Édouard Baer |
| No. of films | 20 (Main Competition |
| Festival date | 13–24 May 2009 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
| Cannes Film Festival | |
The62nd Cannes Film Festival took place from 13 May to 24 May 2009. French actressIsabelle Huppert served as jury president for the main competition. Austrian filmmakerMichael Haneke won thePalme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama filmThe White Ribbon.[2]
The festival opened withUp byPete Docter,[3][4] marking the first time that an animated film opened the festival, and closed withCoco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky byJan Kounen.[5]
American filmmakerClint Eastwood became the second recipient of theHonorary Palme d'Or.[6]
The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2009 Official Selection:[7]
The following feature films competed for thePalme d'Or:[9]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antichrist | Lars von Trier | Denmark, France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Sweden | |
| Bright Star | Jane Campion | United Kingdom, Australia, France | |
| Broken Embraces | Los abrazos rotos | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
| Butchered | Kinatay | Brillante Mendoza | Philippines, France, Japan, Netherlands |
| Enter the Void | Gaspar Noé | France, Germany, Italy | |
| Face | 臉 | Tsai Ming-liang | Taiwan, France |
| Fish Tank | Andrea Arnold | United Kingdom | |
| Inglourious Basterds | Quentin Tarantino | United States, Germany | |
| In the Beginning | À l'origine | Xavier Giannoli | France |
| Looking for Eric | Ken Loach | United Kingdom, France, Italy, Belgium, Spain | |
| Map of the Sounds of Tokyo | Mapa de los sonidos de Tokyo | Isabel Coixet | Spain |
| A Prophet | Un prophète | Jacques Audiard | France, Italy |
| Spring Fever | 春风沉醉的晚上 | Lou Ye | China, France |
| Taking Woodstock | Ang Lee | United States | |
| Thirst | 박쥐 | Park Chan-wook | South Korea, United States |
| The Time That Remains | Elia Suleiman | Palestine, United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium, France | |
| Wild Grass | Les herbes folles | Alain Resnais | France |
| Vincere | Marco Bellocchio | Italy, France | |
| Vengeance | 復仇 | Johnnie To | Hong Kong, France |
| The White Ribbon | Das weiße Band | Michael Haneke | Germany |
The following films were selected for the competition ofUn Certain Regard:[9]
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[9]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agora | Ágora | Alejandro Amenábar | Spain |
| The Army of Crime | L'armée du crime | Robert Guédiguian | France |
| Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky(closing film) | Jan Kounen | ||
| Don't Look Back | Ne te retourne pas | Marina de Van | |
| Drag Me to Hell | Sam Raimi | United States | |
| The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | Terry Gilliam | United Kingdom, Canada, France | |
| A Town Called Panic | Panique au village | Stéphane Aubier,Vincent Patar | Belgium, France, Luxembourg |
| Up(opening film) | Pete Docter | United States | |
The following films were selected for the Special Screenings:[10]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashes and Blood | Cendres et sang | Fanny Ardant | France, Romania, Portugal |
| Jaffa | כלת הים | Keren Yedaya | Israel |
| The Thorn in the Heart | L'épine dans le coeur | Michel Gondry | France |
| Manila | Adolfo Alix Jr.,Raya Martin | Philippines | |
| Tell Me Who You Are | Min Ye | Souleymane Cissé | Mali, France |
| My Neighbor, My Killer | Mon voisin, mon tueur | Anne Aghion | France, United States |
| The Eye of the Storm | No Meu Lugar | Eduardo Valente | Brazil |
| Petition | 上访 | Zhao Liang | China |
| Group Portrait With Kids and Motorcycles | Portrait de Groupe Avec Enfants et Motocyclettes | Pierre-William Glenn | France |
| A Brand New Life | 여행자 | Ounie Lecomte | South Korea |
The following short films were selected for the competition ofCinéfondation:[9][11]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | School |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Noamir Castéra | ENSAV La Cambre, Belgium | |
| Bába | Zuzana Kirchnerová | FAMU, Czech Republic | |
| The Boxer | El boxeador | Juan Ignacio Pollio | Universidad del Cine, Argentina |
| By the Grace of God | Ralitza Petrova | NFTS, United Kingdom | |
| Chapa | Thiago Ricarte | FAAP, Brazil | |
| Diploma | Yaelle Kayam | The Sam Spiegel Film & TV School, Israel | |
| Don't Step Out of the House | 남매의 집 | Jo Sung-hee | Korean Academy of Film Arts, South Korea |
| Goodbye | Fang Song | Beijing Film Academy, China | |
| Gutter | Dan Ransom Day | New York University, United States | |
| The Horn | 뿔 | Yim Kyung-dong | Kaywon School of Art, South Korea |
| Kasia | Elisabet Llado | IAD, Belgium | |
| The Naturalist | Il Naturalista | Giulia Barbera | Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Italy |
| The Setback | Le Contretemps | Dominique Baumard | La fémis, France |
| Significant Others | Malzonkowie | Dara Van Dusen | PWSFTViT, Poland |
| Segal | Yuval Shani | Tel-Aviv University, Israel | |
| The Sylpphid | Sylfidden | Dorte Bengtson | Den Danske Filmskole, Denmark |
| Traverser | Hugo Frassetto | La Poudrière, France | |
The following short films competed for theShort Film Palme d'Or:[9]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| After Tomorrow | Emma Sullivan | United Kingdom | |
| Arena | João Salaviza | Portugal | |
| Ciao mama | Ciao mama | Goran Odvorcic | Croatia |
| Lars and Peter | Lars og Peter | Daniel Borgman | Denmark |
| The Man in the Blue Gordini | L'Homme À la Gordini | Jean-Christophe Lie | France |
| Missing | Missen | Jochem de Vries | Netherlands |
| Silence | Klusums | Laila Pakalniņa | Latvia |
| The Six Dollar Fifty Man | Mark Albiston,Louis Sutherland | New Zealand | |
| Worstward Ho | Rumbo a Peor | Àlex Brendemühl | Spain |
The Festival Cannes Classics places the spotlight on documentaries about cinema[12] and restored masterworks from the past.[13]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Documentaries | |||
| Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno | L'Enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot | Serge Bromberg, Ruxandra Medrea | France |
| Images from the Playground | Bilder från lekstugan | Stig Björkman | Sweden |
| Pietro Germi - The Good, the Beautiful and the Brave | Pietro Germi - Il bravo, il bello, il cattivo | Claudio Bondi | Italy |
| Two of the New Wave | Deux de la Vague | Emmanuel Laurent | France |
| Restored Prints | |||
| The 400 Blows (1959) | Les quatre cents coups | François Truffaut | France |
| Accident (1967) | Joseph Losey | United Kingdom | |
| L'Avventura (1960) | Michelangelo Antonioni | France, Italy | |
| The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966) | Signore & signori | Pietro Germi | Italy |
| A Brighter Summer Day (1991) | 牯嶺街少年殺人事件 | Edward Yang | Taiwan |
| Eyes Without a Face (1960) | Les yeux sans visage | Georges Franju | France |
| Far from Vietnam (1967) | Loin du Vietnam | Chris Marker,Joris Ivens, Claude Lelouch,Jean-Luc Godard, William Klein,Agnès Varda andAlain Resnais | France |
| God Does Not Believe in Us Anymore [fr](1982) | An uns glaubt Gott nicht mehr | Axel Corti | Austria, West Germany |
| The Housemaid (1960) | 하녀 | Kim Ki-young | South Korea |
| The Molly Maguires (1970) | Martin Ritt | United States | |
| Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953) | Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot | Jacques Tati | France |
| The Night of Counting the Years (1969) | المومياء | Shadi Abdel Salam | Egypt |
| Once Upon a Time... the Revolution (1971) | Giù la testa | Sergio Leone | Italy |
| Pierrot le fou (1965) | Jean-Luc Godard | France | |
| The Red Shoes (1948) | Michael Powell,Emeric Pressburger | United Kingdom | |
| Victim (1961) | Basil Dearden | ||
| Wake in Fright (1971) | Ted Kotcheff | Australia | |
| The Wave (1936) | Redes | Emilio Gómez Muriel,Fred Zinnemann | Mexico |
The Cinéma de la Plage is a part of the Official Selection. The outdoors screenings at the beach cinema of Cannes are open to the public.[14]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | David Lean | United States, United Kingdom | |
| Neil Young Trunk Show (2008) | Jonathan Demme | United States | |
| Pink Floyd – The Wall (1982) | Alan Parker | United Kingdom | |
| Soundtrack for a Revolution (2009) | Dan Sturman,Bill Guttentag | United States, France, United Kingdom | |
| Tengri: Blue Heavens (2008) | Tengri, le bleu du ciel | Marie-Jaoul de Poncheville | Germany, France, Kyrgyzstan |
| Total Balalaika Show (1993) | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland, Sweden | |
| Wattstax (1972) | Mel Stuart | United States | |
| Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1973) | D. A. Pennebaker | United Kingdom | |
The following films were screened for the 48thCritics' Week (48e Semaine de la Critique):[15]
Feature film competition
Short film competition
Special screenings
The following films were screened for the 2009Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[16]
Feature films
Special screenings
Short films
The following films and people received the 2009 Official selection awards:[17][2]
