62nd Annual Cannes Film Festival (2009)

The 62nd Annual Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 May – 24 May 2009. French actress Isabelle Huppert was the President of the Jury. Pete Docter and Bob Peterson directed "Up" was the opening film of the ceremony and Jan Kounen directed "Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky" was the closing film. Austrian film "The White Ribbon", directed by Michael Haneke, won the Palme d'Or award.
- WINNER

Palme d'Or

The White Ribbon - Michael Haneke
Antichrist - Lars von Trier
Thirst - Chan-wook Park
Bright Star - Jane Campion
Enter the Void - Gaspar Noé
Fish Tank - Andrea Arnold
Inglourious Basterds - Quentin Tarantino
Kinatay - Brillante Mendoza
Wild Grass - Alain Resnais
Looking for Eric - Ken Loach
Broken Embraces - Pedro Almodóvar
Map of the Sounds of Tokyo - Isabel Coixet
Spring Fever - Ye Lou
Taking Woodstock - Ang Lee
The Time that Remains - Elia Suleiman
A Prophet - Jacques Audiard
Vengeance - Johnnie To
Vincere - Marco Bellocchio
Face - Ming-liang Tsai
In the Beginning - Xavier Giannoli

Grand Prize of the Jury

A Prophet - Jacques Audiard

Jury Prize

Fish Tank - Andrea Arnold
Thirst - Chan-wook Park

Best Actor

Inglourious Basterds - Christoph Waltz

Best Actress

Antichrist - Charlotte Gainsbourg

Best Director

Kinatay - Brillante Mendoza

Best Screenplay

Spring Fever - Feng Mei

Special Distinction - Short Film

The Six Dollar Fifty Man - Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland

Special Award

Wild Grass - Alain Resnais for "For his work and exceptional contribution to the history of cinema."

Honorary Golden Palm

Clint Eastwood

Golden Camera

Samson & Delilah - Warwick Thornton
A Town Called Panic - Stéphane Aubier
Ashes and Blood - Fanny Ardant
A Brand New Life - Ounie Lecomte
Petition - Liang Zhao
Eye of the Storm - Eduardo Valente
Eyes Wide Open - Haim Tabakman
Karaoke - Chris Chan Fui Chong
Ajami - Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani
Amreeka - Cherien Dabis
I Killed My Mother - Xavier Dolan
I Love You Phillip Morris - Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Daniel and Ana - Michel Franco
Here - Tzu Nyen Ho
Eastern Plays - Kamen Kalev
The Wolberg Family - Axelle Ropert
The French Kissers - Riad Sattouf
Sirta la gal ba - Shahram Alidi
Huacho - Alejandro Fernández Almendras
Goodbye Gary - Nassim Amaouche
Bad Day to Go Fishing - Álvaro Brechner
The Ordinary People - Mathias Gokalp
Hierro - Gabe Ibáñez
Lascars - Albert Pereira-Lazaro
Ordinary People - Vladimir Perisic
Lost Persons Area - Caroline Strubbe

Golden Camera - Special Mention

Ajami - Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani

Cinefondation Award

Bába - Zuzana Kirchnerová
By the Grace of God - Ralitza Petrova
#1 - Noamir Castéra
Chapa - Thiago Ricarte
El boxeador - Juan Ignacio Pollio
Gutter - Dan Ransom Day
The Naturalist - Giulia Barbera, Gianluca Lo Presti, Federico Parodi, Michele Tozzi
Kasia - Elisabet Llado
Le contretemps - Dominique Baumard
Malzonkowie - Dara Van Dusen
Segal - Yuval Shani
The Sylpphid - Dorte Bengtson
The Horn - Kyung-dong Yim
Traverser - Hugo Frassetto

Un Certain Regard Award

Dogtooth - Yorgos Lanthimos
Adrift - Heitor Dhalia
Tales from the Golden Age - Hanno Höfer, Razvan Marculescu, Cristian Mungiu, Constantin Popescu, Ioana Uricaru
Tomorrow at Dawn - Denis Dercourt
Eyes Wide Open - Haim Tabakman
Independencia - Raya Martin
Irene - Alain Cavalier
No One Knows About Persian Cats - Bahman Ghobadi
Air Doll - Hirokazu Koreeda
Father of My Children - Mia Hansen-Løve
The Wind Journeys - Ciro Guerra
To Die Like a Man - João Pedro Rodrigues
Mother - Joon-ho Bong
Nymph - Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Police, Adjective - Corneliu Porumboiu
Precious - Lee Daniels
Samson & Delilah - Warwick Thornton
Skazka pro temnotu - Nikolay Khomeriki
The Silent Army - Jean van de Velde
Tsar - Pavel Lungin

Un Certain Regard - Special Jury Prize

No One Knows About Persian Cats - Bahman Ghobadi
Father of My Children - Mia Hansen-Løve

Un Certain Regard Jury Prize

Police, Adjective - Corneliu Porumboiu

Critics Week Grand Prize

Goodbye Gary - Nassim Amaouche
Huacho - Alejandro Fernández Almendras
Ordinary People - Vladimir Perisic
Lost Persons Area - Caroline Strubbe
Bad Day to Go Fishing - Álvaro Brechner
Sirta la gal ba - Shahram Alidi
Altiplano - Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth

SACD Award

Lost Persons Area - Caroline Strubbe

ACID Award

Sirta la gal ba - Shahram Alidi

Canal+ Award

Seeds of the Fall - Patrik Eklund

Young Critics Award

Sirta la gal ba - Shahram Alidi

Grand Golden Rail

Goodbye Gary - Nassim Amaouche

Small Golden Rail

Runaway - Cordell Barker

Golden Coach

Naomi Kawase

SACD Prize (Directors' Fortnight)

I Killed My Mother - Xavier Dolan

Label Europa Cinemas

Little Girl - Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel

C.I.C.A.E. Award

I Killed My Mother - Xavier Dolan

C.I.C.A.E. Award - Special Mention

The Misfortunates - Felix van Groeningen

SFR Prize

Montparnasse - Mikhaël Hers

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

Looking for Eric - Ken Loach

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention

The White Ribbon - Michael Haneke

Award of the Youth

Dogtooth - Yorgos Lanthimos

Regards Jeunes Prize

Sirta la gal ba - Shahram Alidi
I Killed My Mother - Xavier Dolan

François Chalais Award

No One Knows About Persian Cats - Bahman Ghobadi

Cinema Prize of the French National Education System

The White Ribbon - Michael Haneke

Award of the City of Rome

The Wind Journeys - Ciro Guerra

Palme d'Or - Best Short Film

Arena - João Salaviza
Silence - Laila Pakalnina
The Man in the Blue Gordini - Jean-Christophe Lie
Lars and Peter - Daniel Borgman
Missing - Jochem de Vries
Rumbo a peor - Àlex Brendemühl
The Six Dollar Fifty Man - Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland
After Tomorrow - Emma Sullivan
Ciao mama - Goran Odvorcic

Vulcain Prize for the Technical Artist

Map of the Sounds of Tokyo - Aitor Berenguer

Discovery Award

Logorama - François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy, Ludovic Houplain
Together - Eicke Bettinga
Noche adentro - Pablo Lamar
Runaway - Cordell Barker
It's Free for Girls - Marie Amachoukeli-Barsacq, Claire Burger
The Party - Dalibor Matanic
Seeds of the Fall - Patrik Eklund

Palm Dog

Up - Dug

FIPRESCI Prize - Competition

The White Ribbon - Michael Haneke

FIPRESCI Prize - Un Certain Regard

Police, Adjective - Corneliu Porumboiu

Chopard Trophy - Female Revelation

Léa Seydoux

Chopard Trophy - Male Revelation

David Kross

FIPRESCI Prize - Directors' Fortnight or Critics' Week

Amreeka - Cherien Dabis

Cinefondation Award - 2nd Prize

Goodbye - Fang Song

Cinefondation Award - 3rd Prize

Diploma - Yaelle Kayam
Nammae ui jip - Sung-hee Jo
Cannes Film Festival Award Years
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