65th Annual Cannes Film Festival (2012)
The 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival was held from May 16 to May 27, 2012. Italian film director Nanni Moretti was the President of the Jury for the main competition and British actor Tim Roth was the President of the Jury for the Un Certain Regard section. French actress Bérénice Bejo hosted the opening and closing ceremonies. The Palme d'Or was awarded to Austrian director Michael Haneke for his film "Amour".
- WINNER
Palme d'Or
Amour
- Michael Haneke
Rust and Bone
- Jacques Audiard
Killing Them Softly
- Andrew Dominik
Lawless
- John Hillcoat
The Taste of Money
- Sang-soo Im
The Angels' Share
- Ken Loach
In the Fog
- Sergei Loznitsa
Beyond the Hills
- Cristian Mungiu
Mud
- Jeff Nichols
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
- Alain Resnais
Paradise: Love
- Ulrich Seidl
Holy Motors
- Leos Carax
Cosmopolis
- David Cronenberg
The Paperboy
- Lee Daniels
In Another Country
- Sang-soo Hong
Like Someone in Love
- Abbas Kiarostami
Post Tenebras Lux
- Carlos Reygadas
On the Road
- Walter Salles
The Hunt
- Thomas Vinterberg
After the Battle
- Yousry Nasrallah
Reality
- Matteo Garrone
Moonrise Kingdom
- Wes Anderson
Grand Prize of the Jury
Reality
- Matteo Garrone
Jury Prize
The Angels' Share
- Ken Loach
Best Actor
The Hunt
- Mads Mikkelsen
Best Actress
Beyond the Hills
- Cristina Flutur, Cosmina Stratan
Best Director
Post Tenebras Lux
- Carlos Reygadas
Best Screenplay
Beyond the Hills
- Cristian Mungiu
Golden Camera
Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Benh Zeitlin
Sofia's Last Ambulance
- Ilian Metev
La Playa DC
- Juan Andrés Arango Garcia
Antiviral
- Brandon Cronenberg
Gimme the Loot
- Adam Leon
The Sapphires
- Wayne Blair
Trashed
- Candida Brady
Villegas
- Gonzalo Tobal
Red Tails
- Anthony Hemingway
Me and Me Dad
- Katrine Boorman
Room 237
- Rodney Ascher
Clandestine Childhood
- Benjamín Ávila
A Respectable Family
- Massoud Bakhshi
Hold Back
- Rachid Djaidani
The Towrope
- William Vega
Aliyah
- Elie Wajeman
The King of Pigs
- Sang-ho Yeon
Peddlers
- Vasan Bala
Aqui y alla
- Antonio Mendez Esparza
The Wild Ones
- Alejandro Fadel
Beyond the Walls
- David Lambert
In a Rush
- Louis-Do de Lencquesaing
God's Neighbors
- Meny Yaesh
Broken
- Rufus Norris
Augustine
- Alice Winocour
Cinefondation Award
The Road To
- Taisia Igumentseva
Abigail
- Matthew James Reilly
The Hosts
- Miguel Angel Moulet
Behind the Olive Trees
- Pascale Abou Jamra
Head Over Heels
- Timothy Reckart
Les ravissements
- Arthur Cahn
Matteus
- Leni Huyghe
Could See a Puma
- Eduardo Williams
Dog Leash
- Eti Tsicko
Riyoushi
- Shôichi Akino
Slug Invasion
- Morten Helgeland, Casper Wermuth
The Camp in Razoare
- Cristi Iftime
Tambylles
- Michal Hogenauer
Terra
- Piero Messina
The Ballad of Finn + Yeti
- Meryl O'Connor
Un Certain Regard Award
After Lucia
- Michel Franco
Confession of a Child of the Century
- Sylvie Verheyde
1125: The Day He Chose His Own Fate
- Kôji Wakamatsu
White Elephant
- Pablo Trapero
Miss Lovely
- Ashim Ahluwalia
7 Days in Havana
- Benicio Del Toro, Pablo Trapero, Julio Medem, Elia Suleiman, Juan Carlos Tabío, Gaspar Noé, Laurent Cantet
Le grand soir
- Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern
Laurence Anyways
- Xavier Dolan
Antiviral
- Brandon Cronenberg
Our Children
- Joachim Lafosse
La pirogue
- Moussa Touré
Student
- Darezhan Omirbayev
Three Worlds
- Catherine Corsini
Horses of God
- Nabil Ayouch
La Playa DC
- Juan Andrés Arango Garcia
Children of Sarajevo
- Aida Begic
Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Benh Zeitlin
Gimme the Loot
- Adam Leon
Mystery
- Ye Lou
Renoir
- Gilles Bourdos
Un Certain Regard - Special Jury Prize
Le grand soir
- Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern
Un Certain Regard - Best Actress
Laurence Anyways
- Suzanne Clément
Our Children
- Émilie Dequenne
Critics Week Grand Prize
Aquí y allá
- Antonio Méndez Esparza
In a Rush
- Louis-Do de Lencquesaing
God's Neighbors
- Meny Yaesh
Beyond the Walls
- David Lambert
Peddlers
- Vasan Bala
The Wild Ones
- Alejandro Fadel
Sofia's Last Ambulance
- Ilian Metev
SACD Award
God's Neighbors
- Meny Yaesh
ACID Award
The Wild Ones
- Alejandro Fadel
Canal+ Award
Circle Line
- Su-won Shin
Grand Golden Rail
Beyond the Walls
- David Lambert
Small Golden Rail
It's Not a Cowboy Movie
- Benjamin Parent
Golden Coach
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
SACD Prize (Directors' Fortnight)
Camille Rewinds
- Noémie Lvovsky
Label Europa Cinemas
The Repentant
- Merzak Allouache
C.I.C.A.E. Award
No
- Pablo Larrain
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
The Hunt
- Thomas Vinterberg
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention
Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Benh Zeitlin
Award of the Youth
Holy Motors
- Leos Carax
Prix Regards Jeune
Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Benh Zeitlin
François Chalais Award
Horses of God
- Nabil Ayouch
Palme d'Or - Best Short Film
Silent
- L Rezan Yesilbas
Mi santa mirada
- Alvaro Aponte
Cockaigne
- Emilie Verhamme
The Chair
- Grainger David
This Path Ahead
- Hamé
Falastein#sandouk al intezar lil burtuqal
- Bassam Sammy Chekhes
Night Shift
- Zia Mandviwalla
Chef de meute
- Chloé Robichaud
Gasp
- Eicke Bettinga
Yardbird
- Michael Spiccia
Un Certain Regard - Special Distinction of the Jury
Children of Sarajevo
- Aida Begic
France 4 Visionary Award
Sofia's Last Ambulance
- Ilian Metev
Vulcain Prize for the Technical Artist
The Hunt
- Charlotte Bruus Christensen
SACD Prize (Directors' Fortnight) - Special Mention
Ernest & Celestine
- Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, Benjamin Renner
Illy Prize
The Curse
- Fyzal Boulifa
Illy Prize - Special Mention
Os Vivos Tambem Choram
- Basil da Cunha
Queer Palm
Laurence Anyways
- Xavier Dolan
Discovery Award
Un dimanche matin
- Damien Manivel
The Dickslap
- Jean Baptiste Saurel
It's Not a Cowboy Movie
- Benjamin Parent
Circle Line
- Su-won Shin
Doppelganger
- Juliana Rojas
Family Dinner
- Stefan Constantinescu
Fleuve rouge#sông hông
- Stéphanie Lansaque, François Leroy
Return
- Shay Levi
Orizont
- Paul Negoescu
Yeguas y cotorras
- Natalia Garagiola
Palm Dog
Sightseers
- Smurf, Ged
Palm Dog - Jury Prize
Le grand soir
- Billy Bob
Discovery Award - Special Mention
Doppelgänger
- Juliana Rojas
Queer Palm - Short Film
It's Not a Cowboy Movie
- Benjamin Parent
FIPRESCI Prize - Competition
In the Fog
- Sergei Loznitsa
FIPRESCI Prize - Un Certain Regard
Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Benh Zeitlin
Chopard Trophy - Female Revelation
Shailene Woodley
Chopard Trophy - Male Revelation
Ezra Miller
FIPRESCI Prize - Directors' Fortnight
Hold Back
- Rachid Djaidani