Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival was founded on 1946 and the festival celebrated in Cannes, France.

2014:    WINTER SLEEP by Nuri Bilge CEYLAN won the Palme d'or.

2013:    The French film “Blue Is the Warmest Colour” won the Palme d'Or.

2012:    Best Film (Palme’d or): Love/Amour (Austria) directed by Michael Haneke.

2011:    ‘The Tree of Life’ won Golden Palm Award for Best Film directed by Terrence Malick (USA).

2010:    Golden Palm Award for Best Film won by Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Thailand).

2009:    Golden Palm Award for Best Film won by The White Ribbon (Austria) directed by Michael Haneke.

2008:    Golden Palm Award for Best Film won by Entre Les Murs or The Class (French film) directed by Laurent Cantet (Britain).

Cannes Film Festival-2014

Actor filmmaker Kamal Haasan led the Indian delegation at the 67th Cannes International Film Festival inaugurated in Cannes, France on 14 May 2014.

Kamal Haasan is chairman of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Media and Entertainment Committee-South. Kamal Haasan inaugurated the Indian Pavilion. The India Pavilion will showcase Indian cinema across linguistic, cultural and regional diversity.

Festival date                14 May 2013 – 25 May 2014

Awards                        Palme d'Or (WINTER SLEEP)

Number of films            18 (In Competition)

Closing film                  Per un pugno di dollari (A Fistful of Dollars)

Palme d'or                   :           WINTER SLEEP by Nuri Bilge CEYLAN

Grand Prix                   :           LE MERAVIGLIE (The Wonders) by Alice ROHRWACHER

Best Director Award     :           Bennett MILLER for FOXCATCHER

Jury Prize ex-aequo     :          

MOMMY by Xavier DOLAN and

ADIEU AU LANGAGE (Goodbye to language) by Jean-Luc GODARD

Best Screenplay Award:           Andrey ZVYAGINTSEV and Oleg NEGIN for LEVIATHAN

Best Actress Award      :           Julianne MOORE in MAPS TO THE STARS by David CRONENBERG

Best Actor Award         :           Timothy SPALL in MR. TURNER by Mike LEIGH

SHORT FILMS 

Palme d'or                               :           LEIDI by Simón MESA SOTO

Special Mention - Ex-aequo      :          

 AÏSSA by Clément TREHIN-LALANNE

 JA VI ELSKER (Yes we love) by Hallvar WITZØ

UN CERTAIN REGARD

Un Certain Regard Prize:          FEHÉR ISTEN by Kornél Mundruczó

Jury Prize                    :           TURIST by Ruben Östlund

Un Certain Regard Special Prize          :          

THE SALT OF THE EARTH by Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado

Ensemble Prize            :           PARTY GIRL by Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger and Samuel Theis

Best Actor Award         :           David Gulpilil in CHARLIE’S COUNTRY by Rolf de Heer

CAMÉRA D’OR             :           PARTY GIRL by Marie AMACHOUKELI, Claire BURGER, Samuel THEIS presented in the Un Certain Regard Selection

CINÉFONDATION

First Prize          

SKUNK by Annie Silverstein                   :           University of Texas at Austin, USA

Second Prize  

OH LUCY! By Atsuko Hirayanagi            :           NYU Tisch School of the Arts Asia, Singapore

Joint Third Prize         

LIEVITO MADRE by Fulvio Risuleo        :           Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Italy

THE BIGGER PICTURE by Daisy Jacobs:          National Film and Television School, United Kingdom

The Jury of the CST has awarded the VULCAN AWARD OF THE TECHNICAL ARTIST to   :  Dick POPE, director of photography, for bringing to light the works of Turner in the movie  MR. TURNER by Mike LEIGH

Cannes Film Festival-2013

Official poster of the 66th Cannes Film Festival featuring a photo of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward during the shooting of the film A New Kind of Love

Festival date                 15 May 2013 – 26 May 2013

Opening film                 The Great Gatsby

Closing film                  Zulu

Awards                         Palme d'Or (Blue Is the Warmest Colour)

Hosted by                     Audrey Tautou

Number of films             20 (In Competition): 18 (Un Certain Regard) + 9 (Short Film)

FEATURE FILMS

·     Palme d'Or:       LA VIE D'ADÈLE - CHAPITRE 1 & 2 (ADELE: CHAPTERS 1 & 2 (BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOUR)) Directed by Abdellatif KECHICHE with Léa SEYDOUX and Adèle EXARCHOPOULOS

·         Grand Prix:       INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS Directed by Ethan COEN, Joel COEN

·         Award for Best Director:            Amat ESCALANTE for HELI

·         Award for Best Screenplay:       JIA Zhangke for TIAN ZHU DING (A TOUCH OF SIN)

·         Award for Best Actress: Bérénice BEJO in LE PASSÉ (THE PAST) Directed by Asghar FARHADI

·         Award for Best Actor:    Bruce DERN in NEBRASKA Directed by Alexander PAYNE

·         Jury Prize:         SOSHITE CHICHI NI NARU (LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON) Directed by KORE-EDA Hirokazu

·         Vulcain Prize for an artist technician, awarded by the C.S.T.:       GRIGRIS Directed by Mahamat-Saleh HAROUN

SHORT FILMS

·         Palme d'Or - Short Film

·         SAFE Directed by Byoung-Gon MOON

·         Short Film Special Distinction Ex-aequo

·         HVALFJORDUR (WHALE VALLEY) Directed by Gudmundur Arnar GUDMUNDSSON

·         37°4 S Directed by Adriano VALERIO