It has been another fun twelve days, but the 65th Cannes Film Festival comes to a close today. All that's left is for the winners to be announced, and of course the dreadfully long wait for me to get a chance to see them.
More 2012 Cannes coverage:
Official Selection Preview
Un Certain Regard Preview
Report and Roundup: Days 1-6
Report and Roundup: Days 7-12
Read on for the full list of awards presented at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival:
Official Competition
Quotes from the post festival jury press conference:
Jury president Nanni Moretti sharing his personal thoughts on the films: "The directors seemed to be more in love with their style than with their characters."
Moretti on his fellow jurors: "I'd like to thank them all, Ewan McGregor for his sincerity and his patience, the passion of Hiam Abbass, the great humor of Jean-Paul Gaultier, he is the ideal spectator, the determination of Diane Kruger, the kindness of Emmannuelle Devos, the competence and culture of Raoul Peck, the tremendous energy of Andrea Arnold, and the enormous cinematic encyclopedia that is Alexander Payne."
Ewan McGregor on the Best Actor award: "It's a very subtle and beautifully played performance by Mads Mikkelsen. The wonder is in the subtlety of it really."
Raoul Peck on the decision process: "Each film has it own chance. Every member of the jury was able to add an additional viewpoint to the others, and together we were able to obtain a very comprehensive view of each film. Although none of the awards were given unanimously, we all stand behind these awards, we are very satisfied with the work we've done."
Alexander Payne on no awards given to American films: "At a film festival, it's not about countries it's about the films. It's incorrect to draw any generalizations based on one tiny snapshot."
Andrea Arnold on Post Tenebras Lux: "I personally love this film. It's one of the films that dared to fail and be brave about life. I think it's full of the fragility, vulnerability, and tenderness of life."
Moretti on the absence of Holy Motors: "There were a large number of films that weren't awarded. Holy Motors, Paradise: Love, and Post Tenebras Lux were the three films that most divided the jury. One of these controversial films got an award and the other two did not."
Palme d'Or
- Amour
directed by Michael Haneke
Austria, Germany, France
Grand Prix
- Reality
directed by Matteo Garrone
Italy, France
Prix du Jury (Jury Prize)
- The Angels' Share
directed by Ken Loach
UK, France
Prix de la mise en scene (Best Director)
- Carlos Reygadas
for Post Tenebras Lux
Mexico, France, Netherlands
Prix d'interpretation masculine (Best Actor)
- Mads Mikkelsen for his perfomance in Jagten (The Hunt)
directed by Thomas Vinterberg
Denmark
Prix d'interpretation feminine (Best Actress)
- Cristina Flutur & Cosmina Stratan ex aequo for their performances in Beyond the Hills
directed by Cristian Mungiu
Romania
Prix du scenario (Best Screenplay)
- Beyond the Hills
directed by Cristian Mungiu
Romania
Palme d'Or du court metrage (Best Short Film)
- Sessiz-Be Deng (Silent)
directed by L. Rezan Yesilbas
Turkey
Caméra d'Or (Best First Feature Film)
- Beasts of the Southern Wild
directed by Benh Zeitlin
USA
Caméra d'Or jury: Michel Andrieu, Remy Chevrin, Francis Gavelle, Hervé Icovic, Gloria Satta
Un Certain Regard
This year's five member jury was led by Tim Roth who was joined by actress Leïla Bekhti, director Tonie Marshall, critic Luciano Monteagudo, and artistic director Sylvie Pras.
Un Certain Regard Award (Best Film)
- Después de Lucía (After Lucia)
directed by Michel Franco
Mexico, France
Special Jury Prize
- Le Grand Soir (The Big Night)
directed by Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern
France
Best Actress
- Suzanne Clément for her performance in Laurence Anyways
directed by Xavier Dolan
Canada, France
Best Actress
- Émilie Dequenne for her performance in À perdre la raison (Loving Without Reason)
directed by Joachim Lafosse
France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Special Distinction of the Jury
- Djeca (Children of Sarajevo)
directed by Aida Begic
Bosnia and Herzegovina
44th Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs)
Arte Cinema Prize (Best Feature)
- No
directed by Pablo Larraín
Chile, USA
Label Europa Cinemas Prize (Best European Film)
- El Taaib (The Repentant)
directed by Merzak Allouache
Algeria, France
SACD Prize (Best French Language Film)
- Camille redouble (Camille Rewinds)
directed by Noémie Lvovsky
France
Special Mention
- Ernest et Celestine
directed by Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, Benjamin Renner
France, Belgium, Luxembourg
Illy Prize (Best Short Film)
- The Curse
directed by Fyzal Boulifa
UK, Morocco
Special Mention (Short Film)
- Os vivos tambem choram (The Living Also Cry)
directed by Basil da Cunha
Switzerland, Portugal
51st International Critic's Week (Semaine de la Critique)
Nespresso Grand Prize
- Aquí y Allá
directed by Antonio Méndez Esparza
Spain
Jury: Bertrand Bonello, Francisco Ferreira, Akiko Kobari, Robert Koehler, Hanns-Georg Rodek
France 4 Visionary Award
- Sofia's Last Ambulance
directed by Ilian Metev
Germany, Croatia, Bulgaria
Jury: Céline Sciamma, Victor-Emmanuel Boinem, Ryan Lattanzio, Bikas Mishra, Kim Sehee
SACD Prize
- Les Voisins de Dieu (God's Neighbors)
directed by Meni Yaesh
Israel, France
Jury: Gérard Krawczyk, Bertrand Tavernier, Christine Laurent, Yves Nilly, Benjamin Legrand
ACID/CCAS Distribution Support
- Los Salvajes (The Wild Ones)
directed by Alejandro Fadel
Argentina
Jury: Chiara Malta, Aurélia Georges, Stefano Savona, Kathy Sebbah, Anna Defendini
Canal+ Award (Best Short Film)
- Circle Line
directed by Shin Suwon
South Korea
Jury: Pascale Faure, Brigitte Pardo
Nikon Discovery Award (Short Film)
- Un Dimanche Matin (A Sunday Morning)
directed by Damien Manivel
South Korea
Jury: João Pedro Rodrigues, Danny Lennon, Marianne Coury, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Jakub Felcman
Special Mention (Short Film)
- O Duplo (Doppelgänger)
directed by Juliana Rojas
Brazil
15th Cinéfondation
First Prize €15,000
- Doroga Na (The Road To)
directed by Taisia Igumentseva, VGIK
Russia
Second Prize €11,250
- Abigail
directed by Matthew James Reilly, NYU
USA
Third Prize €7,500
- Los Anfitriones (The Hosts)
directed by Miguel Angel Moulet, EICTV
Cuba
Independent Awards
FIPRESCI In Competition
- V Tumane (In the Fog)
directed by Sergei Loznitsa
Germany, Netherlands, Belarus, Russia, Latvia
FIPRESCI Un Certain Regard
- Beasts of the Southern Wild
directed by Benh Zeitlin
USA
FIPRESCI Directors' Fortnight
- Rengaine (Hold Back)
directed by Rachid Djaidani
France
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
- Jagten (The Hunt)
directed by Thomas Vinterberg
Denmark
Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention
- Beasts of the Southern Wild
directed by Benh Zeitlin
USA
François Chalais Prize
- Les Chevaux de Dieu (God's Horses)
directed by Nabil Ayouch, screened in Un Certain Regard
Morocco
Prix de la Jeunesse (Award of the Youth)
- Holy Motors
directed by Leos Carax
France
Prix Regard Jeune (Youth Un Certain Regard Award)
- Beasts of the Southern Wild
directed by Benh Zeitlin
USA
Prix Vulcain de l'Artiste-Technicien
- Charlotte Bruss Christensen for the outstanding cinematography in the film Jagten
directed by Thomas Vinterberg
Denmark
Queer Palm
- Laurence Anyways
directed by Xavier Dolan, screened in Un Certain Regard
Canada, France
Queer Palm - Short Film
- Ce n'est pas un film de Cow-Boys (It's Not a Cowboy Movie)
directed by Benjamin Parent, screened in Critic's Week
France
Palm Dog
- Banjo and Poppy in Sightseers
directed by Ben Wheatley, screened in Directors' Fortnight
UK
6 comments:
Haneke's Amour is that original? A little surprised to see it win biggest award, considering I read it was touch-and-go if he'd even make it, since it is similar to another film. Maybe as one reviewer writes, Amour is a good companion to Away From Her
I'm currently finishing up my Cannes post-mortem where I'll admit, I found this year to be a bit underwhelming as there weren't a lot of standouts this year. There's more I have to say once I post my post-mortem later today. At least your coverage of the festival made it fun.
Thanks for putting this together BT. You are always the best place to look.
Go Haneke!!
Fantastic coverage this year BT! Did you hear anything about that film 'Spring Breakers'? I thought it was supposed to be showing at Cannes.
I just want to echo others and say thanks for the coverage. Shame about Like Someone in Love
not living up to expectations but it's great to see Vinterberg back on top.
Thanks for your very detailed analysis!
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