61st Annual Cannes Film Festival (2008)
The 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival was held from May 14 to May 25, 2008. Fernando Meirelles's "Blindness" (Brazil) was the opening film of the ceremony while Barry Levinson's "What Just Happened" (USA) was the closing film. Michael Haneke's "The White Ribbon" (germany) was honoured with the Palme d'Or award.
- WINNER
Palme d'Or
The Class
- Laurent Cantet
Blindness
- Fernando Meirelles
Three Monkeys
- Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Lorna's Silence
- Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
A Christmas Tale
- Arnaud Desplechin
Changeling
- Clint Eastwood
Adoration
- Atom Egoyan
Waltz with Bashir
- Ari Folman
Frontier of the Dawn
- Philippe Garrel
Gomorrah
- Matteo Garrone
Two Lovers
- James Gray
24 City
- Zhangke Jia
Synecdoche, New York
- Charlie Kaufman
My Magic
- Eric Khoo
The Headless Woman
- Lucrecia Martel
Service
- Brillante Mendoza
Delta
- Kornél Mundruczó
Linha de Passe
- Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas
Che: Part One
- Steven Soderbergh
Che: Part Two
- Steven Soderbergh
Il divo: La spettacolare vita di Giulio Andreotti
- Paolo Sorrentino
Lion's Den
- Pablo Trapero
Palermo Shooting
- Wim Wenders
Grand Prize of the Jury
Gomorrah
- Matteo Garrone
Jury Prize
Il divo: La spettacolare vita di Giulio Andreotti
- Paolo Sorrentino
Best Actor
Che: Part One
- Benicio Del Toro
Che: Part Two
- Benicio Del Toro
Best Actress
Linha de Passe
- Sandra Corveloni
Best Director
Three Monkeys
- Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Best Screenplay
Lorna's Silence
- Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Special Award
Clint Eastwood
Catherine Deneuve
Honorary Golden Palm
Manoel de Oliveira
Golden Camera
Hunger
- Steve McQueen
Synecdoche, New York
- Charlie Kaufman
The Chaser
- Hong-jin Na
It's Hard Being Loved by Jerks
- Daniel Leconte
Afterschool
- Antonio Campos
Parking
- Mong-Hong Chung
Tulpan
- Sergei Dvortsevoy
Salt of This Sea
- Annemarie Jacir
The Dead Girl's Feast
- Matheus Nachtergaele
Versailles
- Pierre Schoeller
Acné
- Federico Veiroj
The Pleasure of Being Robbed
- Joshua Safdie
Salamander
- Pablo Agüero
Shultes
- Bakur Bakuradze
Blind Loves
- Juraj Lehotsky
Moscow, Belgium
- Christophe Van Rompaey
Better Things
- Duane Hopkins
Snow
- Aida Begic
Les grandes personnes
- Anna Novion
Everybody Dies But Me
- Valeriya Gay Germanika
Golden Camera - Special Mention
Everybody Dies But Me
- Valeriya Gay Germanika
Cinefondation Award
Anthem
- Elad Keidan
August 15th
- Xuan Jiang
Blind Spot
- Johanna Bessiere, Nicolas A Chauvelot, Olivier Clert, Cecile Dubois-Herry, Yvon Jardel, Simon Rouby
The Watch
- Marco Berger
And I'll Keep in My Heart
- Sung-a Yoon
Gata
- Diana Mkrtchyan
The Other Day in Eden
- Jan Speckenbach
Illusion Dwellers
- Robb Ellender
Interior. Scara de bloc
- Ciprian Alexandrescu
Naus
- Lukás Glaser
O Som E O Resto
- André Lavaquial
Silence
- Hadar Morag
The Maid
- Heidi Saman
This Is a Story About Ted and Alice
- Teressa Tunney
Un Certain Regard Award
Tulpan
- Sergei Dvortsevoy
The Dead Girl's Feast
- Matheus Nachtergaele
Afterschool
- Antonio Campos
Involuntary
- Ruben Östlund
Hunger
- Steve McQueen
I Want to See
- Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige
Johnny Mad Dog
- Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire
Modern Life
- Raymond Depardon
Los bastardos
- Amat Escalante
Salt of This Sea
- Annemarie Jacir
O'Horten
- Bent Hamer
Ocean Flame
- Fendou Liu
Soi Cowboy
- Thomas Clay
Parking
- Mong-Hong Chung
Tokyo Sonata
- Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Tokyo!
- Joon-ho Bong, Leos Carax, Michel Gondry
Tyson
- James Toback
Versailles
- Pierre Schoeller
Wendy and Lucy
- Kelly Reichardt
Cloud 9
- Andreas Dresen
Regard Knockout Award
Tyson
- James Toback
Regard Hope Award
Johnny Mad Dog
- Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire
Un Certain Regard Jury Prize
Tokyo Sonata
- Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Un Certain Regard - Jury Coup de Coeur
Cloud 9
- Andreas Dresen
Critics Week Grand Prize
Snow
- Aida Begic
Better Things
- Duane Hopkins
The Stranger in Me
- Emily Atef
Everybody Dies But Me
- Valeriya Gay Germanika
Blood Appears
- Pablo Fendrik
Les grandes personnes
- Anna Novion
Moscow, Belgium
- Christophe Van Rompaey
SACD Award
Moscow, Belgium
- Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem, Pat van Beirs
ACID Award
Moscow, Belgium
- Christophe Van Rompaey
Canal+ Award
Next Floor
- Denis Villeneuve
Young Critics Award
Blood Appears
- Pablo Fendrik
Grand Golden Rail
Moscow, Belgium
- Christophe Van Rompaey
Small Golden Rail
La copie de Coralie
- Nicolas Engel
Golden Coach
Jim Jarmusch
SACD Prize (Directors' Fortnight)
God's Offices
- Claire Simon
Label Europa Cinemas
Eldorado
- Bouli Lanners
C.I.C.A.E. Award
Blind Loves
- Juraj Lehotsky
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
Adoration
- Atom Egoyan
France Culture Award
Sandrine Bonnaire
Award of the Youth
Tulpan
- Sergei Dvortsevoy
Regards Jeunes Prize
Eldorado
- Bouli Lanners
Everybody Dies But Me
- Valeriya Gay Germanika
Prix Regards Jeune
Everybody Dies But Me
- Valeriya Gay Germanika
François Chalais Award
Sanguepazzo
- Marco Tullio Giordana
NFB Online Short Film Competition
Historia de un letrero
- Alonso Alvarez
Cinema Prize of the French National Education System
Tulpan
- Sergei Dvortsevoy
Palme d'Or - Best Short Film
Megatron
- Marian Crisan, Anca Puiu
Jerrycan
- Julius Avery
El deseo
- Marie Benito
411-Z
- Dániel Erdélyi
De moins en moins
- Mélanie Laurent
My Rabit Hoppy
- Anthony Lucas
Good Trip
- Javier Palleiro, Guillermo Rocamora
2 Birds
- Rúnar Rúnarsson
Love You More
- Sam Taylor-Johnson
Vulcain Prize for the Technical Artist
Il divo: La spettacolare vita di Giulio Andreotti
- Luca Bigazzi, Angelo Raguseo
Discovery Award
Skhizein
- Jérémy Clapin
A espera
- Fernanda Teixeira
I Hear Your Scream
- Pablo Lamar
Ergo
- Géza M Tóth
La copie de Coralie
- Nicolas Engel
Next Floor
- Denis Villeneuve
Nosebleed
- Jeff Vespa
Palm Dog
Wendy and Lucy
- Lucy
Palm Dog - Jury Prize
O'Horten
- Molly
Jury Prize - Short Film
Jerrycan
- Julius Avery
Un Regard Neuf Short Film Prize
Muro
- Tião
FIPRESCI Prize - Competition
Delta
- Kornél Mundruczó
FIPRESCI Prize - Un Certain Regard
Hunger
- Steve McQueen
Chopard Trophy - Female Revelation
Wei Tang
Chopard Trophy - Male Revelation
Omar Metwally
FIPRESCI Prize - Directors' Fortnight or Critics' Week
Eldorado
- Bouli Lanners
Cinefondation Award - 2nd Prize
Forbach
- Claire Burger
Cinefondation Award - 3rd Prize
Stop
- Jae-ok Park
Roadmarkers
- Juho Kuosmanen