2009 Cannes Film Festival
{{short description|Film festival}}
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{{Infobox Film festival
| name = 62nd Cannes Film Festival
| image = 2009 Cannes Film Festival poster.jpg
| caption = The poster shows a still from the film L'Avventura by Michelangelo Antonioni.{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/theDailyArticle/56782.html |title=The Official 62nd Cannes Film Festival Poster |date=23 May 2009 |work=Cannes Film Festival |publisher=festival-cannes.com |access-date=24 May 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090620211829/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/theDailyArticle/56782.html |archive-date=20 June 2009 |url-status=dead }}
| opening = Up
| closing = Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
| founded = 1946
| awards = Palme d'Or:
The White Ribbon
| host = Édouard Baer
| number = 20 (Main Competition
| date = 13–24 May 2009
| website = {{URL|http://festival-cannes.com}}
| main = Cannes Film Festival
| previous = 2008
| next = 2010
}}
The 62nd Cannes Film Festival took place from 13 May to 24 May 2009. French actress Isabelle Huppert served as jury president for the main competition. Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film The White Ribbon.{{cite web|url=http://www.cinema-francais.fr/cannes/cannes_2009.htm |title=62ème Festival de Cannes |work=cinema-francais.fr |access-date=21 July 2017}}
The festival opened with Up by Pete Docter,{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/films/up |title=Out of Competition - Opening Film - Up |work=festival-cannes.com |access-date=21 July 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/56280.html |title=Up To Open Festival |access-date=24 April 2009 |work=festival-cannes.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118033715/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/article/56280.html |archive-date=18 January 2012 |url-status=dead }} marking the first time that an animated film opened the festival, and closed with Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky by Jan Kounen.{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/films/coco-chanel-igor-stravinsky |title=Out of Competition - Closing Film - Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky |work=festival-cannes.com |access-date=21 July 2017}}
American filmmaker Clint Eastwood became the second recipient of the Honorary Palme d'Or.{{cite web|title=A Honorary Palme at the opening ceremony of the Festival de Cannes |url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/58029.html |access-date=3 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124000809/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/58029.html |archive-date=24 January 2016 }}
Juries
=Main competition=
The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2009 Official Selection:{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/2009/allJury.html |title=All Juries 2009 |work=festival-cannes.fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005102818/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/2009/allJury.html |archive-date=5 October 2015 }}
- Isabelle Huppert, French actress - Jury President
- Asia Argento, Italian actress
- Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkish filmmaker
- James Gray, American director
- Hanif Kureishi, British screenwriter
- Lee Chang-dong, South Korean director
- Shu Qi, Taiwanese actress
- Sharmila Tagore, Indian actress
- Robin Wright, American actress
=Un Certain Regard=
- Paolo Sorrentino, Italian filmmaker - Jury President
- Uma Da Cunha, Indian casting director and production consultant{{cite web|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/festivals-and-awards/going-to-the-movies-in-india |title=Going to the movies in India |author=Roger Ebert |date=15 November 1999 |work=RogerEbert.com |access-date=26 May 2017}}
- Julie Gayet, French actress and film producer
- Piers Handling, Canadian director and CEO of TIFF
- Marit Kapla, Swedish culture journalist
=Caméra d'Or=
- Roschdy Zem, French actor and filmmaker - Jury President
- Diane Baratier, French cinematographer
- Olivier Chiavassa, member of the fédération des Industries Techniques
- Sandrine Ray, French director
- Charles Tesson, French critic
- Edouard Waintrop, Festival Fribourg
=Cinéfondation and short films=
- John Boorman, English director - Jury President
- Bertrand Bonello, French director
- Férid Boughedir, Tunisian director
- Leonor Silveira, Portuguese actress
- Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress and model
Official Selection
=In Competition=
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:{{cite news|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/2009/allSelections.html |title=Official Selection 2009: All the Selection |work=festival-cannes.fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031132833/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/2009/allSelections.html |archive-date=31 October 2013 }}
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scope="col" | English Title
! scope="col" | Original Title ! scope="col" | Director(s) ! scope="col" | Production Country | |||
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colspan="2" |Antichrist | data-sort-value="von Trier" | Lars von Trier | Denmark, France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Sweden | |
colspan="2" |Bright Star | data-sort-value="Campion" | Jane Campion | United Kingdom, Australia, France | |
Broken Embraces | data-sort-value="abrazos" |Los abrazos rotos | data-sort-value="Almodóvar" | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
Butchered | Kinatay | data-sort-value="Mendoza" | Brillante Mendoza | Philippines, France, Japan, Netherlands |
colspan="2" | Enter the Void | data-sort-value="Noe" | Gaspar Noé | France, Germany, Italy | |
Face | 臉 | data-sort-value="Ming-liang" | Tsai Ming-liang | Taiwan, France |
colspan="2" |Fish Tank | data-sort-value="Arnold" | Andrea Arnold | United Kingdom | |
colspan="2" |Inglourious Basterds | data-sort-value="Tarantino" | Quentin Tarantino | United States, Germany | |
In the Beginning | data-sort-value="A l'origine" |À l'origine | data-sort-value="Giannoli" | Xavier Giannoli | France |
colspan="2" |Looking for Eric | data-sort-value="Loach" | Ken Loach | United Kingdom, France, Italy, Belgium, Spain | |
Map of the Sounds of Tokyo | Mapa de los sonidos de Tokyo | data-sort-value="Coixet" | Isabel Coixet | Spain |
data-sort-value="Prophet" |A Prophet | data-sort-value="prophete" |Un prophète | data-sort-value="Audiard" | Jacques Audiard | France, Italy |
Spring Fever | data-sort-value="Chun feng" |春风沉醉的晚上 | data-sort-value="Ye" | Lou Ye | China, France |
colspan="2" |Taking Woodstock | data-sort-value="Lee" | Ang Lee | United States | |
Thirst | data-sort-value="Bakjwi" |박쥐 | data-sort-value="Chan-wook" | Park Chan-wook | South Korea, United States |
colspan="2" data-sort-value="Time That" |The Time That Remains | data-sort-value="Suleiman" | Elia Suleiman | Palestine, United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium, France | |
Wild Grass | data-sort-value="herbes folles" |Les herbes folles | data-sort-value="Resnais" | Alain Resnais | France |
colspan="2" |Vincere | data-sort-value="Bellocchio" | Marco Bellocchio | Italy, France | |
Vengeance | data-sort-value="Fuk sau" |復仇 | data-sort-value="To" | Johnnie To | Hong Kong, France |
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| data-sort-value="White Ribbon" |The White Ribbon | data-sort-value="weisse Band" |Das weiße Band | data-sort-value="Haneke" | Michael Haneke | Germany |
=''Un Certain Regard''=
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:
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scope="col" | English Title
! scope="col" | Original Title ! scope="col" | Director(s) ! scope="col" | Production Country | |||
---|---|---|---|
Adrift | data-sort-value="A Deriva" |À Deriva | data-sort-value="Dhalia" | Heitor Dhalia | Brazil |
Air Doll | 空気人形 | data-sort-value="Koreeda" | Hirokazu Koreeda | Japan |
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| Dogtooth | data-sort-value="Kynodontas" |Κυνόδοντας | data-sort-value="Lanthimos" | Yorgos Lanthimos | Greece |
Eyes Wide Open | data-sort-value="Einayim" |עיניים פקוחות | data-sort-value="Tabakman" | Haim Tabakman | Israel |
Father of My Children | data-sort-value="pere de" |Le père de mes enfants | data-sort-value="Hansen-Løve" | Mia Hansen-Løve | France |
Independence | Independencia | data-sort-value="Martin" | Raya Martin | Philippines |
colspan="2" |Irene | data-sort-value="Cavalier" | Alain Cavalier | France | |
Mother | data-sort-value="Madeo" |마더 | data-sort-value="Joon-ho" | Bong Joon-ho | South Korea |
No One Knows About Persian Cats | data-sort-value="Kasi az" |کسی از گربه های ایرانی خبر نداره | data-sort-value="Ghobadi" | Bahman Ghobadi | Iran |
Nymph | Nang Mai | data-sort-value="Ratanaruang" | Pen-Ek Ratanaruang | Thailand |
Police, Adjective | Poliţist, Adjectiv | data-sort-value="Porumboiu" | Corneliu Porumboiu | Romania |
Precious | Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire | data-sort-value="Daniels" | Lee Daniels | United States |
colspan="2" |Samson and Delilah | data-sort-value="Thornton" | Warwick Thornton | Australia | |
data-sort-value="Silent Army" |The Silent Army | Wit Licht | data-sort-value="van de Velde" | Jean van de Velde | Netherlands |
Tale in the Darkness | Сказка про темноту | data-sort-value="Khomeriki" | Nikolay Khomeriki | Russia |
Tales from the Golden Age | Amintiri din epoca de aur | data-sort-value="Mungiu" | Cristian Mungiu, Hanno Höfer, Constantin Popescu, Ioana Uricaru | Romania |
To Die like a Man | Morrer Como Um Homem | data-sort-value="Rodrigues" | João Pedro Rodrigues | Portugal |
Tomorrow at Dawn | Demain dès l'aube | data-sort-value="Dercourt" | Denis Dercourt | France |
Tsar | data-sort-value="Tsar" |Царь | data-sort-value="Lungin" | Pavel Lungin | Russia |
data-sort-value="Wind Journeys" |The Wind Journeys | data-sort-value="viajes del" |Los viajes del viento | data-sort-value="Guerra" | Ciro Guerra | Colombia, Germany, Netherlands, Argentina |
=Out of Competition=
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
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scope="col" | English Title
! scope="col" | Original Title ! scope="col" | Director(s) ! scope="col" | Production Country | |||
---|---|---|---|
Agora
|Ágora | Alejandro Amenábar | Spain | |
data-sort-value="Army" |The Army of Crime | data-sort-value="armée" |L'armée du crime | data-sort-value="Guédiguian" | Robert Guédiguian | rowspan="3" | France |
colspan="2" |Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (closing film) | data-sort-value="Kounen" | Jan Kounen | ||
Don't Look Back | Ne te retourne pas | data-sort-value="de Van" | Marina de Van | |
colspan="2" |Drag Me to Hell | data-sort-value="Raimi" | Sam Raimi | United States | |
colspan="2" data-sort-value="Imaginarium" |The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | data-sort-value="Gilliam" | Terry Gilliam | United Kingdom, Canada, France | |
data-sort-value="Town" |A Town Called Panic | Panique au village | data-sort-value="Aubier" | Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar | Belgium, France, Luxembourg |
colspan="2" |Up (opening film) | data-sort-value="Docter" | Pete Docter | United States |
=Special Screenings=
The following films were selected for the Special Screenings:{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/69-editions/retrospective/2009/selection/special-screenings |title=Retrospective 2009, Special Screenings |work=festival-cannes.com |access-date=21 July 2017}}
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scope="col" | English Title
! scope="col" | Original Title ! scope="col" | Director(s) ! scope="col" | Production Country | |||
---|---|---|---|
Ashes and Blood | Cendres et sang | data-sort-value="Ardant" | Fanny Ardant | France, Romania, Portugal |
Jaffa
|כלת הים | data-sort-value="Yedaya" | Keren Yedaya | Israel | |
data-sort-value="Thorn" |The Thorn in the Heart | data-sort-value="epine" |L'épine dans le coeur | data-sort-value="Gondry" | Michel Gondry | France |
colspan="2" |Manila | data-sort-value="Alix" | Adolfo Alix Jr., Raya Martin | Philippines | |
Tell Me Who You Are | Min Ye | data-sort-value="Cissé" | Souleymane Cissé | Mali, France |
My Neighbor, My Killer | Mon voisin, mon tueur | data-sort-value="Aghion" | Anne Aghion | France, United States |
data-sort-value="Eye of" |The Eye of the Storm | No Meu Lugar | data-sort-value="Valente" | Eduardo Valente | Brazil |
Petition
|上访 | data-sort-value="Liang" | Zhao Liang | China | |
Group Portrait With Kids and Motorcycles | Portrait de Groupe Avec Enfants et Motocyclettes | data-sort-value="Glenn" | Pierre-William Glenn | France |
data-sort-value="Brand New" |A Brand New Life | data-sort-value="Yeo-haeng" | 여행자 | data-sort-value="Lecomte" | Ounie Lecomte | South Korea |
=''Cinéfondation''=
The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/article/56310.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903103349/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/article/56310.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 September 2014 |title=The selection of Cinéfondation |work=festival-cannes.com |access-date=21 July 2017}}
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scope="col" | English title
! scope="col" | Original title ! scope="col" | Director(s) ! scope="col" | School | |||
---|---|---|---|
colspan="2" | #1 | data-sort-value="Castéra" | Noamir Castéra | ENSAV La Cambre, Belgium | |
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| colspan="2" | Bába | data-sort-value="Kirchnerová" | Zuzana Kirchnerová | FAMU, Czech Republic | |
data-sort-value="Boxer" | The Boxer | data-sort-value="boxeador" | El boxeador | data-sort-value="Pollio" | Juan Ignacio Pollio | Universidad del Cine, Argentina |
colspan="2" | By the Grace of God | data-sort-value="Petrova" | Ralitza Petrova | NFTS, United Kingdom | |
colspan="2" | Chapa | data-sort-value="Ricarte" | Thiago Ricarte | FAAP, Brazil | |
colspan="2" | Diploma | data-sort-value="Kayam" | Yaelle Kayam | The Sam Spiegel Film & TV School, Israel | |
Don't Step Out of the House | data-sort-value="Nammae" | 남매의 집 | data-sort-value="Sung-hee" | Jo Sung-hee | Korean Academy of Film Arts, South Korea |
colspan="2" | Goodbye | data-sort-value="Song" | Fang Song | Beijing Film Academy, China | |
colspan="2" | Gutter | data-sort-value="Day" | Dan Ransom Day | New York University, United States | |
data-sort-value="Horn" | The Horn | data-sort-value="Bbul" | 뿔 | data-sort-value="Kyung-dong" | Yim Kyung-dong | Kaywon School of Art, South Korea |
colspan="2" | Kasia | data-sort-value="Llado" | Elisabet Llado | IAD, Belgium | |
data-sort-value="Naturalist" | The Naturalist | data-sort-value="Naturalista" | Il Naturalista | data-sort-value="Barbera" | Giulia Barbera | Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Italy |
data-sort-value="Setback" | The Setback | data-sort-value="Contretemps" | Le Contretemps | data-sort-value="Baumard" | Dominique Baumard | La fémis, France |
Significant Others | Malzonkowie | data-sort-value="Van Dusen" | Dara Van Dusen | PWSFTViT, Poland |
colspan="2" | Segal | data-sort-value="Shani" | Yuval Shani | Tel-Aviv University, Israel | |
data-sort-value="Sylpphid" | The Sylpphid | Sylfidden | data-sort-value="Bengtson" | Dorte Bengtson | Den Danske Filmskole, Denmark |
colspan="2" | Traverser | data-sort-value="Frassetto" | Hugo Frassetto | La Poudrière, France |
=Short Film Competition=
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
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scope="col" | English title
! scope="col" | Original title ! scope="col" | Director(s) ! scope="col" | Production Country | |||
---|---|---|---|
colspan="2" | After Tomorrow | data-sort-value="Sullivan" | Emma Sullivan | United Kingdom | |
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| colspan="2" | Arena | data-sort-value="Salaviza" | João Salaviza | Portugal | |
Ciao mama | Ciao mama | data-sort-value="Odvorcic" | Goran Odvorcic | Croatia |
Lars and Peter | Lars og Peter | data-sort-value="Borgman" | Daniel Borgman | Denmark |
data-sort-value="Man in" | The Man in the Blue Gordini | data-sort-value="Homme" | L'Homme À la Gordini | data-sort-value="Lie" | Jean-Christophe Lie | France |
Missing | Missen | data-sort-value="Vries" | Jochem de Vries | Netherlands |
Silence | Klusums | data-sort-value="Pakalniņa" | Laila Pakalniņa | Latvia |
colspan="2" data-sort-value="Six Dollar" | The Six Dollar Fifty Man | data-sort-value="Albiston" | Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland | New Zealand | |
Worstward Ho | Rumbo a Peor | data-sort-value="Brendemühl" | Àlex Brendemühl | Spain |
=Cannes Classics=
The Festival Cannes Classics places the spotlight on documentaries about cinema{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/69-editions/retrospective/2009/selection/cannes-classics/documentaries-about-cinema-20 |title=Cannes Classics - Documentaries about Cinema |access-date=21 July 2017}} and restored masterworks from the past.{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/69-editions/retrospective/2009/selection/cannes-classics/restored-prints-21 |title=Cannes Classics - Restored Prints |access-date=21 July 2017}}
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scope="col" | English title
! scope="col" | Original title ! scope="col" | Director(s) ! scope="col" | Production Country | |||
---|---|---|---|
colspan="4" |Documentaries | |||
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno
|L'Enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot | data-sort-value="Bromberg" | Serge Bromberg, Ruxandra Medrea
|France | ||
Images from the Playground | Bilder från lekstugan | data-sort-value="Björkman" | Stig Björkman | Sweden |
Pietro Germi - The Good, the Beautiful and the Brave | Pietro Germi - Il bravo, il bello, il cattivo | data-sort-value="Bondi" | Claudio Bondi | Italy |
Two of the New Wave | Deux de la Vague | Emmanuel Laurent | France |
colspan="4" |Restored Prints | |||
data-sort-value="400" | The 400 Blows (1959) | data-sort-value="quatre cents" | Les quatre cents coups | data-sort-value="Truffaut" | François Truffaut | France |
colspan="2" | Accident (1967) | data-sort-value="Losey" | Joseph Losey | United Kingdom | |
colspan="2" data-sort-value="Adventure" | L'Avventura (1960) | data-sort-value="Antonioni" | Michelangelo Antonioni | France, Italy | |
data-sort-value="Birds" | The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966) | Signore & signori | data-sort-value="Germi" | Pietro Germi | Italy |
data-sort-value="Brighter" | A Brighter Summer Day (1991) | 牯嶺街少年殺人事件 | data-sort-value="Yang" | Edward Yang | Taiwan |
Eyes Without a Face (1960) | data-sort-value="yeux" | Les yeux sans visage | data-sort-value="Franju" | Georges Franju | France |
Far from Vietnam (1967) | Loin du Vietnam | data-sort-value="Marker" | Chris Marker, Joris Ivens, Claude Lelouch, Jean-Luc Godard, William Klein, Agnès Varda and Alain Resnais | France |
{{ill|God Does Not Believe in Us Anymore|fr|Welcome in Vienna : Dieu ne croit plus en nous}}(1982) | An uns glaubt Gott nicht mehr | data-sort-value="Corti" | Axel Corti | Austria, West Germany |
data-sort-value="Housemaid" | The Housemaid (1960) | data-sort-value="Hanyeo" | 하녀 | data-sort-value="Ki-young" | Kim Ki-young | South Korea |
colspan="2" data-sort-value=" Molly" | The Molly Maguires (1970) | data-sort-value="Ritt" | Martin Ritt | United States | |
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953) | data-sort-value="vacances" | Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot | data-sort-value="Tati" | Jacques Tati | France |
data-sort-value="Night of" | The Night of Counting the Years (1969) | المومياء | data-sort-value="Salam" | Shadi Abdel Salam | Egypt |
Once Upon a Time... the Revolution (1971) | Giù la testa | data-sort-value="Leone" | Sergio Leone | Italy |
colspan="2" | Pierrot le fou (1965) | data-sort-value="Godard" | Jean-Luc Godard | France | |
colspan="2" data-sort-value="Red Shoes" | The Red Shoes (1948) | data-sort-value="Powell" | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | rowspan="2" | United Kingdom | |
colspan="2" | Victim (1961) | data-sort-value="Dearden" | Basil Dearden | ||
colspan="2" | Wake in Fright (1971) | data-sort-value="Kotcheff" | Ted Kotcheff | Australia | |
data-sort-value="Wave" | The Wave (1936) | Redes | data-sort-value="Gómez Muriel" | Emilio Gómez Muriel, Fred Zinnemann | Mexico |
=''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.{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/69-editions/retrospective/2009/selection/cinema-de-la-plage |title=Cinema de la Plage |work=festival-cannes.com |access-date=27 July 2017}}
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scope="col" | English title
! scope="col" | Original title ! scope="col" | Director(s) ! scope="col" | Production Country | |||
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colspan="2" | Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | data-sort-value="Lean" | David Lean | United States, United Kingdom | |
colspan="2" | Neil Young Trunk Show (2008) | data-sort-value="Demme" | Jonathan Demme | United States | |
colspan="2" | Pink Floyd – The Wall (1982) | data-sort-value="Parker" | Alan Parker | United Kingdom | |
colspan="2" | Soundtrack for a Revolution (2009) | data-sort-value="Sturman" | Dan Sturman, Bill Guttentag | United States, France, United Kingdom | |
Tengri: Blue Heavens (2008) | Tengri, le bleu du ciel | data-sort-value="Poncheville" | Marie-Jaoul de Poncheville | Germany, France, Kyrgyzstan |
colspan="2" | Total Balalaika Show (1993) | data-sort-value="Kaurismaki" | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland, Sweden | |
colspan="2" | Wattstax (1972) | data-sort-value="Stuart" | Mel Stuart | United States | |
colspan="2" | Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1973) | data-sort-value="Pennebaker" | D. A. Pennebaker | United Kingdom |
Parallel Sections
=Critics' Week=
The following films were screened for the 48th Critics' Week (48e Semaine de la Critique):{{cite web|url=http://archives.semainedelacritique.com/films/2009/2009_selection.php |title=48e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 2009 |work=archives.semainedelacritique.com |access-date=21 July 2017}}
Feature film competition
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- Adieu Gary by Nassim Amaouche (France)
- Altiplano by Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth (Belgium, Germany, Netherlands)
- Huacho by Alejandro Fernández Almendras (Chile, France, Germany)
- Lost Persons Area by Caroline Strubbe (Belgium)
- Mal día para pescar by Álvaro Brechner (Uruguay, Spain)
- Ordinary People by Vladimir Perisic (Serbia, France, Switzerland)
- Whisper with the Wind (Sirta la gal ba) by Shahram Alidi (Iraq)
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Short film competition
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- It's Free for Girls (C’est gratuit pour les filles) by Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger (France)
- Logorama by François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy, Ludovic Houplain (H5) (France)
- Noche adentro by Pablo Lamar (Paraguay, Argentina)
- Runaway by Cordell Barker (Canada)
- Seeds of the Fall (Slitage) by Patrik Eklund (Sweden)
- Together by Eicke Bettinga (Germany, United Kingdom)
- Tulum (La Virée) by Dalibor Matanic (Croatia)
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Special screenings
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- Hierro by Gabe Ibáñez (Spain)
- Lascars (Round da Way) by Albert Pereira-Lazaro, Emmanuel Klotz (France)
- The Ordinary People (Rien de personnel) by Mathias Gokalp (France)
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:Short films
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- 1989 by Camilo Matiz (Colombia)
- 6 Hours by Seong-hyeok Moon (South Korea)
- La Baie du renard by Grégoire Colin (France)
- Elo by Vera Egito (Brazil)
- Espalhadas pelo Ar (Spread Through the Air) by Vera Egito (Brazil)
- Faiblesses by Nicolas Giraud (France)
- Les Miettes (Crumbs) by Pierre Pinaud (France)
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=Directors' Fortnight=
The following films were screened for the 2009 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):{{cite web |url=https://www.quinzaine-cineastes.fr/fr/edition/2009 |title=Quinzaine 2009 |work=quinzaine-realisateurs.com |access-date=22 July 2017 |archive-date=24 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160824023605/http://www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com/qz_an/2009/ |url-status=live }}
Feature films
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- Ajami by Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani
- Amreeka by Cherien Dabis
- Carcasses by Denis Côté
- Change Nothing (Ne change rien) by Pedro Costa
- Christmas (Navidad) by Sebastián Lelio
- Daddy Longlegs (Go Get Some Rosemary) by Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie
- Daniel y Ana by Michel Franco
- Eastern Plays by Kamen Kalev
- The French Kissers (Les Beaux Gosses) 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 (J’ai tué ma mère) by Xavier Dolan
- Karaoke by Chris Chong Chan Fui
- The King of Escape (Le Roi de l’évasion) by Alain Guiraudie
- Like You Know It All (Jal Aljido Motamyunseo) by Hong Sangsoo
- The Misfortunates (De helaasheid der dingen) 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 (La Famille Wolberg) by Axelle Ropert
- Yuki & Nina by Hippolyte Girardot, Nobuhiro Suwa
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Special screenings
- Hotaru by Naomi Kawase
- Montparnasse by Mikhaël Hers
Short films
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- American Minor by Charlie White (8 min)
- Anna by Rúnar Rúnarsson (35 min)
- El ataque de los robots de Nebulosa-5 by Chema García Ibarra (7 min)
- Canção de amor e saúde by João Nicolau (35 min)
- Cicada by Amiel Courtin-Wilson (9 min)
- Drömmar från skogen by Johannes Nyholm (9 min)
- Dust Kid by Jung Yumi (10 min)
- The Fugitives by Guillaume Leiter (25 min)
- The History of Aviation by Bálint Kenyeres (15 min)
- Jagdfieber (The Hunting Fever) by Alessandro Comodin (22 min)
- John Wayne Hated Horses by Andrew T. Betzer (10 min)
- Nice by Maud Alpi (25 min)
- SuperBarroco by Renata Pinheiro (17 min)
- Thermidor by Virgil Vernier (17 min)
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Official Awards
File:Isabelle Huppert Cannes.jpg, President of the 2009 Competition Jury]]File:Michael Haneke 2009.jpg, winner of the 2009 Palme d'Or]]
File:Jacques Audiard Cannes 2015 3.jpg, winner of the 2009 Grand Prix]]The following films and people received the 2009 Official selection awards:{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/2009/allAward.html |title=Awards 2009: All Awards |work=festival-cannes.fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120000633/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/2009/allAward.html |archive-date=20 January 2012 }}
= In Competition =
- Palme d'Or: The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke
- Grand Prix: A Prophet by Jacques Audiard
- Best Director: Brillante Mendoza for Kinatay
- Best Screenplay: Mei Feng for Spring Fever
- Best Actress: Charlotte Gainsbourg for Antichrist
- Best Actor: Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds
- Prix du Jury:
- Thirst by Park Chan-wook
- Fish Tank by Andrea Arnold
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Alain Resnais
= [[Honorary Palme d'Or|Honorary Palm d'Or]] =
= ''Un Certain Regard'' =
- 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
= ''Cinéfondation'' =
- First Prize: Bába by Zuzana Kirchnerová
- Second Prize: Goodbye by Fang Song
- Third Prize:
- Diploma by Yaelle Kayam
- Nammae Ui Jip by Jo Sung-hee
= ''[[Caméra d'Or]]'' =
- Samson and Delilah by Warwick Thornton
- Special Mention: Ajami by Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani
= Short Films Competition =
- Short Film Palme d'Or: Arena by João Salaviza
- Special Mention: The Six Dollar Fifty Man by Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland
Independent awards
= [[FIPRESCI|FIPRESCI Prizes]] =
- The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke (In Competition){{cite web|url=http://www.fipresci.org/awards/2009 |title=FIPRESCI Awards 2009 |work=fipresci.org |access-date=22 July 2017}}
- Police, Adjective by Corneliu Porumboiu (Un Certain Regard)
- Amreeka by Cherien Dabis (Directors' Fortnight)
= [[Vulcan Award|Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist]] =
- Aitor Berenguer (sound mixer) for Map of the Sounds of Tokyo
= [[Prize of the Ecumenical Jury]] =
- Looking for Eric by Ken Loach{{cite web|url=http://cannes.juryoecumenique.org/palmares/article/looking-for-eric |title=Jury Œcuménique Palmarés 2009 |work=cannes.juryoecumenique.org |access-date=22 July 2017}}
- Special Mention: The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000147/2009 |title=Cannes Film Festival Awards for 2009 |work=imdb.com |access-date=22 July 2017}}
= Critics' Week =
- 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 (H5)
= Regards Jeunes Prize =
= [[Prix François Chalais]] =
- No One Knows About Persian Cats by Bahman Ghobadi{{cite web |url=http://www.francois-chalais.fr/laureats-cannes/cannes-2009 |title=Association Prix François Chalais Cannes 2009 |work=francois-chalais.fr |access-date=22 July 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160316141726/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/2009/inCompetition.html 2009 Cannes Film Festival] (web.archive)
- [http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/69-editions/retrospective/2009/selection/in-competition-feature-films Official website Retrospective 2009]
- [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000147/2009 Cannes Film Festival Awards for 2009] at Internet Movie Database
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