2009 Cannes Film Festival
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.
The festival opened with Up by Pete Docter, marking the first time that an animated film opened the festival, and closed with Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky by Jan Kounen.
American filmmaker Clint Eastwood became the second recipient of the Honorary Palme d'Or.
Juries
Main competition
- Isabelle Huppert, French actress - Jury President
- Asia Argento, Italian actress
- Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkish filmmaker
- James Gray, American filmmaker
- Hanif Kureishi, British screenwriter
- Lee Chang-dong, South Korean filmmaker
- 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
- 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, French member of the fédération des Industries Techniques
- Sandrine Ray, French filmmaker
- Charles Tesson, French critic
- Edouard Waintrop, director of the Festival Fribourg
Cinéfondation and short films
- John Boorman, English filmmaker - Jury President
- Bertrand Bonello, French filmmaker
- Férid Boughedir, Tunisian filmmaker
- Leonor Silveira, Portuguese actress
- Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress and model
Official Selection
In Competition
The following films were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or:''Un Certain Regard''
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:Special Screenings
The following films were selected to be screened at the Special Screenings section:''Cinéfondation''
The following short films were selected for the Cinéfondation competition:Short Film Competition
The following short films were selected to compete for the Short Film Palme d'Or:Cannes Classics
The following films were selected to be screened at the Cannes Classics sections:''Cinéma de la Plage''
The following films were screened outdoors at the beach cinema of Cannes:Parallel Sections
[Critics' Week]
The following films were selected to be screened at the 48th Semaine de la Critique:[Directors' Fortnight] (''Quinzaine des Réalizateurs'')
The following films were selected to be screened:Short films
- 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
Official Awards
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
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- Clint Eastwood
''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
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- The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke
- Police, Adjective by Corneliu Porumboiu
- Amreeka by Cherien Dabis
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- Aitor Berenguer for ''Map of the Sounds of Tokyo''
[Prize of the Ecumenical Jury]
- Looking for Eric by Ken Loach
- * Special Mention: The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke
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
Regards Jeunes Prize
- Whisper with the wind by Shahram Alidi
[Prix François Chalais]
- No One Knows About Persian Cats by Bahman Ghobadi