 Official poster of the 64th Cannes Film Festival featuring a 1970 photo of American actressFaye Dunaway | |
| Opening film | Midnight in Paris |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Beloved |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: The Tree of Life |
| Hosted by | Mélanie Laurent |
| No. of films | 20 (In Competition) |
| Festival date | 11 – 22 May 2011 |
| Website | Website |
| Cannes Film Festival | |
The64thCannes Film Festival took place from 11 to 22 May 2011.[1] American actorRobert De Niro served as the president of the jury for the main competition.[2] American filmmakerTerrence Malick won thePalme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama filmThe Tree of Life.[3]
The festival opened withMidnight in Paris byWoody Allen,[4][5] and closed withBeloved byChristophe Honoré.Mélanie Laurent hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.
Italian film directorBernardo Bertolucci was presented with the third HonoraryPalme d'Or Award at the opening ceremony of the festival.[6]
Jailed Iranian film directorsJafar Panahi andMohammad Rasoulof were honoured at the festival.[7]Goodbye by Rasoulof and Panahi'sThis Is Not a Film were screened at the festival.
For the first time ever, four female directors were featured in the main competition: Australian filmmakerJulia Leigh, Japanese filmmakerNaomi Kawase, Scottish filmmakerLynne Ramsay and French filmmakerMaïwenn.[8][9]
Danish filmmakerLars von Trier caused controversy with comments made duringMelancholia's press conference, when asked about the relation between the influences ofGerman Romanticism in the film and his own German heritage, the director made jokes aboutJews and Nazis. Stating that he "understood"Adolf Hitler and admired the work of architectAlbert Speer, and jokingly announced that he was a Nazi.[10] The Cannes Film Festival organization first issued an official apology for the remarks the same day and clarified that Trier was not a Nazi or an antisemite,[11] the following day the filmmaker was declared "persona non grata",[12] even though the film the film remained in competition, winningBest Actress forKirsten Dunst.[13]
The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2010 Official Selection:[14]
Nespresso Grand Prize
The following feature films competed for thePalme d'Or:[21]
The following films were selected for the competition ofUn Certain Regard:[21][23]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arirang | 아리랑 | Kim Ki-duk | South Korea |
| Beauty | Skoonheid | Oliver Hermanus | South Africa |
| Bonsai | Cristián Jiménez | Chile | |
| The Day He Arrives | 북촌방향 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| Elena | Елена | Andrey Zvyagintsev | Russia |
| Goodbye | به امید دیدار | Mohammad Rasoulof | Iran |
| Hard Labor(CdO) | Trabalhar Cansa | Juliana Rojas & Marco Dutra | Brazil |
| The Hunter | Охотник | Bakur Bakuradze | Russia |
| Loverboy | Cătălin Mitulescu | Romania | |
| Martha Marcy May Marlene(CdO) | Sean Durkin | United States | |
| The Minister | L'Exercice de l'État | Pierre Schöller | France, Belgium |
| Miss Bala | Gerardo Naranjo | Mexico | |
| Oslo, August 31st | Oslo, 31. august | Joachim Trier | Norway |
| Hors Satan | Bruno Dumont | France | |
| Restless | Gus Van Sant | United States | |
| The Snows of Kilimanjaro | Les Neiges du Kilimandjaro | Robert Guédiguian | France |
| Stopped on Track | Halt auf freier Strecke | Andreas Dresen | Germany |
| Tatsumi | Eric Khoo | Singapore | |
| Toomelah | Ivan Sen | Australia | |
| Where Do We Go Now? | هلق لوين؟ | Nadine Labaki | Lebanon, France, Egypt, Italy |
| The Yellow Sea | 황해 | Na Hong-jin | South Korea |
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[21][24]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Beaver | Jodie Foster | United States, United Arab Emirates | |
| Beloved(closing film) | Les Bien-aimés | Christophe Honoré | France |
| The Conquest | La Conquête | Xavier Durringer | |
| Midnight in Paris(opening film) | Woody Allen | United States, Spain | |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | Rob Marshall | United States | |
| Midnight Screenings | |||
| Bollywood: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told | Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra &Jeff Zimbalist | India | |
| Days of Grace(CdO) | Dias de gracia | Everardo Gout | Mexico |
| Dragon | 武俠 | Peter Chan | Hong Kong, China |
The following films were shown as special screenings.[21][25]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Days | 18 يوم | Ahmad Abdallah, Mariam Abou Ouf,Kamla Abu Zikri,Ahmed Alaa, Mohamed Ali,Sherif Arafa,Sherif El Bendary,Marwan Hamed, Khaled Marei andYousry Nasralla | Egypt |
| The Big Fix | Rebecca Tickell andJosh Tickell | United States | |
| Duch, Master of the Forges of Hell | Le Maître des forges de l'Enfer | Rithy Panh | France |
| Leader-Sheep | Tous au Larzac | Christian Rouaud | |
| Michel Petrucciani | Michael Radford | ||
| No More Fear(CdO) | La khaoufa baada al'yaoum | Mourad Ben Cheikh | Tunisia |
| Out of Bounds(CdO) | Labrador | Frederikke Aspöck | Denmark |
| The Postman | Al-Bostagui | Hussein Kamal | Egypt |
The following films were selected to be screened in theCinéfondation section, which focuses on short films made by students at film schools.[26] The winner of the Cinéfondation First Prize has beenhighlighted:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | School |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Agony and Sweat of the Human Spirit | D. Jesse Damazo & Joe Bookman | University of Iowa, United States | |
| Bento Monogatari | Pieter Dirkx | Hogeschool Sint-Lukas, Belgium | |
| Big Muddy | Jefferson Moneo | Columbia University, United States | |
| Cagey Tigers | Tigre z klietky | Aramisova | FAMU, Czech Republic |
| Changeling | Der Wechselbalg | Maria Steinmetz | HFF Konrad Wolf, Germany |
| Drari | Kamal Nazraq | La Fémis, France | |
| Duel Before Nightfall | Duelo Antes da Noite | Alice Furtado | Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil |
| Fly by Night | 야간비행 /Ya-gan-bi-hang | Son Tae-gyum | Chung-Ang University, South Korea |
| The Letter | Der Brief | Doroteya Droumeva | DFFB, Germany |
| Martha Must Fly | Al Martha lauf | Ma'ayan Rypp | Tel Aviv University, Israel |
| On My Doorstep | Befetach beity | Anat Costi | Bezalel Academy, Israel |
| Salsipuedes | Mariano Luque | National University of Córdoba, Argentina | |
| Suu and Uchikawa | Suu et Uchikawa | Nathanael Carton | NYU Asia, Singapore |
| Till Summer Comes | L'estate che non viene | Pasquale Marino | Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Italy |
| The Trip | A Viagem | Simão Cayatte | Columbia University, United States |
| The Wedding Party | La fiesta de casamiento | Gastón Margolin & Martín Morgenfeld | Universidad del Cine, Argentina |
The following short films competed for theShort Film Palme d'Or.[21] The Short filmPalme d'Or winner has beenhighlighted:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear | Nash Edgerton | Australia | |
| Cold | Kjøttsår | Lisa Marie Gamlem | Norway |
| Cross-Country | Крос | Maryna Vroda | France, Ukraine |
| Ghost | Dahci Ma | South Korea | |
| It Is Nothing | Ce n'est rien | Nicolas Roy | Canada |
| Meathead | Sam Holst | New Zealand | |
| Paternal Womb | Megumi Tazaki | Japan | |
| Soy tan feliz | Vladimir Durán | Argentina | |
| Swimsuit 46 | Badpakje 46 | Wannes Destoop | Belgium |
The following films were selected to be screened in the Cannes Classics section.[27][28][29][30][31][32]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tributes | |||
| A Bronx Tale (1993) | Robert De Niro | United States | |
| A Clockwork Orange (1971) | Stanley Kubrick | United Kingdom, United States | |
| The Conformist (1970) | Il Conformista | Bernardo Bertolucci | Italy |
| Molly (2011) | Moly Kane | Senegal | |
| Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1970) | Jerry Schatzberg | United States | |
| Sugar Cane Alley (1983) | Rue Cases-Négres | Euzhan Palcy | France |
| A Trip to the Moon (1902) | Le Voyage dans la lune | Georges Méliès | |
| Documentaries about Cinema | |||
| Belmondo, itinéraire... | Vincent Perrot | France | |
| Corman's World: Exploits Of A Hollywood Rebel(CdO) | Alex Stapleton | United States | |
| Kurosawa's Way | Kurosawa, la Voie | Catherine Cadou | France |
| The Look | Angelina Maccarone | Germany, France | |
| Once Upon a Time... A Clockwork Orange | Il était une fois... Orange mécanique | Antoine de Gaudemar | France |
| Restored Prints | |||
| The Assassin (1961) | L’assassino | Elio Petri | Italy |
| Children of Paradise (1945) | Les Enfants du paradis | Marcel Carné | France |
| Chronicle of a Summer (1960) | Chronique d'un été | Jean Rouch &Edgar Morin | |
| Despair (1978) | Despair – Eine Reise ins Licht | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | West Germany |
| No Man's Land (1931) | Niemandsland | Victor Trivas | Germany |
| Le Sauvage (1975) | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | France | |
| The Machine to Kill Bad People (1952) | La macchina ammazzacattivi | Roberto Rossellini | Italy |
| World Cinema Foundation | |||
| The Law of the Border (1966) | Hudutların Kanunu | Ömer Lütfi Akad | Turkey |
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.[33]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| And the Ship Sails On (1984) | E la nave va | Federico Fellini | Italy, France |
| Ant Scream (2011) | Sameh Abdel Aziz | Egypt | |
| Das Boot: Directors Cut (1981/79) | Wolfgang Petersen | West Germany | |
| The Caine Mutiny (1954) | Edward Dmytryk | United States | |
| Greed in the Sun (1965) | 100.000 dollars au soleil | Henri Verneuil | France, Italy |
| The Man from Acapulco (1973) | Le Magnifique | Philippe de Broca | |
| A Night To Remember (1958) | Roy Ward Baker | United Kingdom | |
| Reflets sur la Croisette (2011, a series of shorts) | Isabelle Putod | France | |
| Winter Frog (2011) | Grenouille d'hiver | Slony Sow | |
The line-up for theCritics' Week section was announced on 18 April at the section's website.[34]Declaration of War, directed byValérie Donzelli, andBachelor Days Are Over, directed by Katia Lewkowicz, were selected as the opening and closing films of the Semaine de la Critique section.[35]
Feature films
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Girls(CdO) | 17 filles | Delphine Coulin,Muriel Coulin | France |
| Las Acacias (CdO) | Pablo Giorgelli | Argentina | |
| Avé(CdO) | Konstantin Bojanov | Bulgaria | |
| Sauna on the Moon | 嫦娥 | Zou Peng | China |
| The Slut(CdO) | הנותנת | Hagar Ben-Asher | Israel |
| Snowtown(CdO) | Justin Kurzel | Australia | |
| Take Shelter | Jeff Nichols | United States | |
Short Films
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexis Ivanovitch, You're My Hero | Alexis Ivanovitch vous êtes mon héros | Guillaume Gouix | France |
| Black Moon | Amy Siegel | United States | |
| Blue | Stephen Kang | New Zealand | |
| Boy | Topaz Adizes | United States | |
| Finis Operis | 불멸의 사나이 | Moon Byoung-gon | South Korea |
| In Front of the House | 집 앞에서 | Lee Tae-ho | |
| The Inviolability of the Domicile Is Based On the Man Who Appears Wielding an Axe at the Door of His House | La inviolabilidad del domicilio se basa en el hombre que aparece empuñando un hacha | Alex Piperno | Uruguay, Argentina |
| Junior | Julia Ducournau | France | |
| Permanencias | Permanências | Ricardo Alves Júnior | Brazil |
| Sundays | Dimanches | Valéry Rosier | Belgium |
Special Screenings
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor Days Are Over(CdO) | Pourquoi tu pleures? | Katia Lewkowicz | France |
| Declaration of War | La Guerre est déclarée | Valérie Donzelli | |
| My Little Princess(CdO) | Eva Ionesco | ||
| To Die By Your Side | Mourir auprès de toi | Spike Jonze & Simon Cahn | |
| Walk Away Renee | Jonathan Caouette | United States, France | |
The following films were selected to be screened in the independentDirectors' Fortnight section:[36]
Feature Films
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Bird | Gust Van Den Berghe | Belgium | |
| Breathing(CdO) | Atmen | Karl Markovics | Austria |
| Code Blue | Urszula Antoniak | Netherlands | |
| Chatrak | Vimukthi Jayasundara | India | |
| End of Silence(CdO) | La Fin du silence | Roland Edzard | France |
| The Fairy | La Fée | Dominique Abel, Bruno Romy &Fiona Gordon | Belgium, France |
| The Giants | Les Géants | Bouli Lanners | Belgium |
| Heat Wave(CdO) | Après le sud | Jean-Jacques Jauffret | France |
| Heavenly Body(CdO) | Corpo Celeste | Alice Rohrwacher | Italy |
| Iris in Bloom(CdO) | En ville | Valérie Mrejen & Bertrand Schefer | France |
| The Island | Островът | Kamen Kalev | Bulgaria, Sweden |
| The Other Side of Sleep(CdO) | Rebecca Daly | Ireland | |
| On the Edge | Sur la planche | Leila Kilani | Morocco |
| Palawan Fate | Busong | Auraeus Solito | Philippines |
| Play | Ruben Östlund | Sweden | |
| Porfirio | Alejandro Landes | Colombia | |
| Return(CdO) | Liza Johnson | United States | |
| The Silence of Joan | Jeanne captive | Philippe Ramos | France |
| The Silver Cliff | O Abismo Prateado | Karim Aïnouz | Brazil |
| Unforgivable | Impardonnables | André Téchiné | France |
| Volcano(CdO) | Runar Runarsson | Iceland | |
Special Screenings
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Back Door Channels: The Price of Peace | Harry Hunkele | United States | |
| Guilty of Romance | 恋の罪 | Sion Sono | Japan |
| Les jeunes gens modernes | Jérôme de Missolz & Jean-François Sanz | France | |
| La nuit elles dansent | Isabelle Lavigne & Stéphane Thibault | Canada | |
| El velador | Natalia Almada | United States | |
Short films
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armand 15 ans l’été dernier | Blaise Harrison | France | |
| Boro in the Box | Bernard Mandico | ||
| Cigarette at Night | Duane Hopkins | United Kingdom | |
| Csicska | Attila Till | Hungary | |
| Dans le jardin du temps, portrait d’Ely et Nina Bielutin | Clément Cogitore | France | |
| Demain, ça sera bien | Pauline Gay | France | |
| Fourplay: Tampa | Henry Kyle | United States | |
| The Guidance of Reason | La conduite de la Raison | Aliocha | France |
| Killing the chickens to Scare the Monkeys | Jens Assur | Sweden | |
| Mila Caos | Simon Paetau | Germany | |
| Nuven | Basil Da Cuncha | Chile | |
| Las Palmas | Johannes Nyholm | Sweden | |
| Le songe de Poliphile | Camille Henrot | France | |
| Vice versa one | Sadat Shahrbanoo | Afghanistan | |
ThePalme d'Or was won by the American filmThe Tree of Life directed byTerrence Malick.[37] Two of the film's producers, Bill Pohlad and Sarah Green, accepted the prize on behalf of the reclusive Malick.[37]The Tree of Life is the first American film to win thePalme d'Or sinceFahrenheit 9/11 in 2004. Head of the jury, Robert De Niro, said it was difficult to choose a winner, butThe Tree of Life "ultimately fit the bill". De Niro explained, "It had the size, the importance, the intention, whatever you want to call it, that seemed to fit the prize."[38]
The following films and people received the 2011 Official selection awards:[3][39]
