FESTIVAL: Cannes Film Festival 2010

(I know this is long overdue. I apologize, I have been really busy recently.)

The most glamorous film festival in the world, the Cannes Film Festival, was held from the 12th to the 23rd of May. As expected, a lot of famous celebrities graced the event. A-list stars like Russel Crowe and Cate Blanchett were there promoting Ridley Scott's Robin Hood while Hollywood actors like Gerard Butler and Elizabeth banks were there to join the celebration.

The jury is star-studded as well, led by Tim Burton as the President of the Jury for Feature Film. Also part of the jury were Gael Garcia-Bernal, Benecio Del Toro, Kate Beckinsale, Shekhar Kapur and Claire Denis.

Aside from giving awards to exceptional international independent films, Cannes Film Festival has also been the avenue for producers to promote and give special screenings of upcoming movies. Aside from Robin Hood, some out-of-competition films were Gregg Araki's Kaboom, Stephen Frears' Tamara Drewe, Oliver Stone's Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps and Woody Allen's You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger.

The Palm D'Or is the highest award given to the best feature film in competition. Past recipients of this award is Steven Soderbergh for Sex, Lies and Videotape and Quentin Tarantino for Pulp Fiction. This year, this highly coveted award was given to Thai director, Apichatpong Weerasethakul for his film, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Lung Boonmee Raluek Chat).

Below is a list of the winnersof this year's Cannes Film Festival:

IN COMPETITION :

FEATURE FILMS

• Palme d'Or

  LUNG BOONMEE RALUEK CHAT (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives) directed by Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL

• Grand Prix

  DES HOMMES ET DES DIEUX (OF GODS AND MEN) directed by Xavier BEAUVOIS

• Award for Best Director

  Mathieu AMALRIC for TOURNÉE (ON TOUR)

• Award for Best Screenplay

  LEE Chang-dong for POETRY

• Award for Best Actress

  Juliette BINOCHE in COPIE CONFORME (CERTIFIED COPY) directed by Abbas KIAROSTAMI

• Award for Best Actor Ex-aequo

  Javier BARDEM in BIUTIFUL directed by Alejandro GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU
  Elio GERMANO in LA NOSTRA VITA (OUR LIFE) directed by Daniele LUCHETTI

• Jury Prize

  UN HOMME QUI CRIE (A screaming man) directed by Mahamat-Saleh HAROUN

SHORT FILMS

• Palme d'Or - Short Film

  CHIENNE D'HISTOIRE (BARKING ISLAND) directed by Serge AVÉDIKIAN

• Jury Prize - Short Film

  MICKY BADER (BATHING MICKY) directed by Frida KEMPFF
  
  

  UN CERTAIN REGARD :

  • Un Certain Regard Prize - Groupama Gan Foundation for Cinema

    HAHAHA directed by HONG Sangsoo

  • Jury Prize - Un Certain Regard

    OCTUBRE (OCTOBER) directed by Daniel VEGA, Diego VEGA

  • Un Certain Regard Award for Best Actress

    LOS LABIOS (THE LIPS) played by Victoria RAPOSO, Eva BIANCO, Adela SANCHEZ
    
    

    CINEFONDATION :

    • 1st Prize Cinéfondation

      TAULUKAUPPIAAT (THE PAINTING SELLERS) directed by Juho KUOSMANEN

    • 2nd Prize - Cinéfondation

      COUCOU-LES-NUAGES (Anywhere out of the world) directed by Vincent CARDONA

    • 3rd Prize Cinéfondation Ex-aequo

      HINKERORT ZORASUNE (THE FIFTH COLUMN) directed by Vatche BOULGHOURJIAN
      JA VEC JESAM SVE ONO ŠTO ŽELIM DA IMAM (I ALREADY AM EVERYTHING I WANT TO HAVE) directed by Dane KOMLJEN

    GOLDEN CAMERA :

    • Caméra d'or

      AÑO BISIESTO directed by Michael ROWE

Reference: http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/2010/allAward.html