2009 Cannes Film Festival
The 62nd Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 May to 24 May 2009. French actress Isabelle Huppert was the President of the Jury. Twenty films from thirteen countries were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or. The awards were announced on 23 May. The film The White Ribbon, directed by Michael Haneke won the Palme d'Or.
The festival opened with Pixar's film Up, directed by Pete Docter and Bob Peterson. This marked the first time that an animated film or a film in 3-D opened the festival. The festival closed with Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky directed by Jan Kounen.
American director Clint Eastwood became the second recipient of the Honorary Palme d'Or, an award given to directors who had established a significant body of work without ever winning a competitive Palme d'Or.
, President of the 2009 Competition Jury
, President of the 2009 Un Certain Regard Jury
Juries
Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2009 Official Selection:- Isabelle Huppert Jury President
- Asia Argento
- Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- Lee Chang-dong
- James Gray
- Hanif Kureishi
- Shu Qi
- Robin Wright Penn
- Sharmila Tagore
Un Certain Regard
- Paolo Sorrentino President
- Uma Da Cunha
- Julie Gayet
- Piers Handling
- Marit Kapla
Caméra d'Or
- Roschdy Zem President
- Diane Baratier
- Olivier Chiavassa
- Sandrine Ray
- Charles Tesson
- Edouard Waintrop
Cinéfondation and short films
- John Boorman President
- Bertrand Bonello
- Férid Boughedir
- Leonor Silveira
- Zhang Ziyi
Official selection
In competition - Feature films
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:Special screenings
The following films were selected for the Special Screenings:Cinéfondation
The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:Cannes Classics
The Festival Cannes Classics places the spotlight on documentaries about cinema and restored masterworks from the past.Cinéma de la Plage
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.Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 48th International Critics' Week :Feature film competition
- Adieu Gary by Nassim Amaouche
- Altiplano by Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth
- Huacho by Alejandro Fernández Almendras
- Lost Persons Area by Caroline Strubbe
- Mal día para pescar by Álvaro Brechner
- Ordinary People by Vladimir Perisic
- Whisper with the Wind by Shahram Alidi
- It's Free for Girls by Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger
- Logorama by François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy, Ludovic Houplain
- Noche adentro by Pablo Lamar
- Runaway by Cordell Barker
- Seeds of the Fall by Patrik Eklund
- Together by Eicke Bettinga
- Tulum by Dalibor Matanic
- Hierro by Gabe Ibáñez
- Lascars by Albert Pereira-Lazaro, Emmanuel Klotz
- The Ordinary People by Mathias Gokalp
- 1989 by Camilo Matiz
- 6 Hours by Seong-hyeok Moon
- La Baie du renard by Grégoire Colin
- Elo by Vera Egito
- Espalhadas pelo Ar by Vera Egito
- Faiblesses by Nicolas Giraud
- Les Miettes by Pierre Pinaud
Directors' Fortnight
Feature films
- Ajami by Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani
- Amreeka by Cherien Dabis
- Carcasses by Denis Côté
- Change Nothing by Pedro Costa
- Christmas by Sebastián Lelio
- Daddy Longlegs by Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie
- Daniel y Ana by Michel Franco
- Eastern Plays by Kamen Kalev
- The French Kissers by Riad Sattouf
- Here by Tzu Nyen Ho
- Humpday by Lynn Shelton
- I Love You Phillip Morris by Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
- I Killed My Mother by Xavier Dolan
- Karaoke by Chris Chong Chan Fui
- The King of Escape by Alain Guiraudie
- Like You Know It All by Hong Sangsoo
- The Misfortunates by Felix van Groeningen
- Oxhide II by Liu Jia Yin
- La Pivellina by Rainer Frimmel, Tizza Covi
- Polytechnique by Denis Villeneuve
- La Terre de la folie by Luc Moullet
- Tetro by Francis Ford Coppola
- The Wolberg Family by Axelle Ropert
- Yuki & Nina by Hippolyte Girardot, Nobuhiro Suwa
- Hotaru by Naomi Kawase
- Montparnasse by Mikhaël Hers
- American Minor by Charlie White
- Anna by Rúnar Rúnarsson
- El ataque de los robots de Nebulosa-5 by Chema García Ibarra
- Canção de amor e saúde by João Nicolau
- Cicada by Amiel Courtin-Wilson
- Drömmar från skogen by Johannes Nyholm
- Dust Kid by Jung Yumi
- The Fugitives by Guillaume Leiter
- The History of Aviation by Bálint Kenyeres
- Jagdfieber by Alessandro Comodin
- John Wayne Hated Horses by Andrew T. Betzer
- Nice by Maud Alpi
- SuperBarroco by Renata Pinheiro
- Thermidor by Virgil Vernier
Awards
Official awards
The following films and people received the 2009 Official selection awards:- Palme d'Or: The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke
- Grand Prix: A Prophet by Jacques Audiard
- Best Director Award: Brillante Mendoza for Kinatay
- Best Screenplay Award: Mei Feng for Spring Fever
- Best Actress Award: Charlotte Gainsbourg for Antichrist
- Best Actor Award: Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds
- Prix du Jury:
- * Thirst by Park Chan-wook
- * Fish Tank by Andrea Arnold
- Lifetime Achievement Award for his work: Alain Resnais
- Prix Un Certain Regard: Dogtooth by Yorgos Lanthimos
- Un Certain Regard Jury Prize: Police, Adjective by Corneliu Porumboiu
- Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize:
- * No One Knows About Persian Cats by Bahman Ghobadi
- * Father of My Children by Mia Hansen-Løve
- First Prize: Bába by Zuzana Kirchnerová
- 2nd Prize: Goodbye by Fang Song
- 3rd Prize: Diploma by Yaelle Kayam and Nammae Ui Jip by Jo Sung-hee
- Caméra d'Or: Samson and Delilah by Warwick Thornton
- Caméra d'Or - Special Distinction: Ajami by Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani
- Short Film Palme d'Or: Arena by João Salaviza
- Short Film Special Distinction: The Six Dollar Fifty Man by Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland
Independent awards
- The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke
- Police, Adjective by Corneliu Porumboiu
- Amreeka by Cherien Dabis
- Vulcan Award: Aitor Berenguer for Map of the Sounds of Tokyo
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Looking for Eric by Ken Loach
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention: The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke
- Critics Week Grand Prize: Adieu Gary by Nassim Amaouche
- SACD Award: Lost Persons Area by Caroline Strubbe
- ACID/CCAS Award: Whisper with the wind by Shahram Alidi
- OFAJ/TV5MONDE Young Critics Award: Whisper with the wind by Shahram Alidi
- Canal+ Gran Prix for short film: Seeds of the Fall by Patrik Eklund
- Kodak Discovery Award for Best Short Film: Logorama by François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy, Ludovic Houplain
- Regards Jeunes Prize: Whisper with the wind by Shahram Alidi
- Prix François Chalais: No One Knows About Persian Cats by Bahman Ghobadi