| 62nd Cannes Film Festival | |
| Opening: | Up |
| Closing: | Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky |
| Location: | Cannes, France |
| Founded: | 1946 |
| Awards: | Palme d'Or |
| Host: | Édouard Baer |
| Number: | 20 (En Competition) 19 (Un Certain Regard) 9 (Short Film) |
| Date: | 13–24 May 2009 |
| Main: | Cannes Film Festival |
| Previous: | 2008 |
| Next: | 2010 |
The 62nd Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 May to 24 May 2009. French actress Isabelle Huppert was the Jury President. The Palme d'Or winner was The White Ribbon, directed by Michael Haneke.[1]
The festival Opening Film was Pixar's Up,[2] [3] directed by Pete Docter and Bob Peterson. This marked the first time that an animated film or 3D film opened the festival. The closing night film was Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky directed by Jan Kounen.[4]
American filmmaker Clint Eastwood became the second recipient of the Honorary Palme d'Or.[5]
The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2009 Official Selection:[6]
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[8]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antichrist | data-sort-value="von Trier" | Denmark, France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Sweden | |||||
| Bright Star | data-sort-value="Campion" | United Kingdom, Australia, France | |||||
| Broken Embraces | data-sort-value="abrazos" | Los abrazos rotos | data-sort-value="Almodóvar" | Spain | |||
| Butchered | Kinatay | data-sort-value="Mendoza" | Philippines, France, Japan, Netherlands | ||||
| Enter the Void | data-sort-value="Noe" | France, Germany, Italy | |||||
| Face | 臉 | data-sort-value="Ming-liang" | Taiwan, France | ||||
| Fish Tank | data-sort-value="Arnold" | United Kingdom | |||||
| Inglourious Basterds | data-sort-value="Tarantino" | United States, Germany | |||||
| In the Beginning | data-sort-value="A l'origine" | À l'origine | data-sort-value="Giannoli" | France | |||
| Looking for Eric | data-sort-value="Loach" | United Kingdom, France, Italy, Belgium, Spain | |||||
| Map of the Sounds of Tokyo | Mapa de los sonidos de Tokyo | data-sort-value="Coixet" | Spain | ||||
| data-sort-value="Prophet" | A Prophet | data-sort-value="prophete" | Un prophète | data-sort-value="Audiard" | France, Italy | ||
| Spring Fever | data-sort-value="Chun feng" | 春风沉醉的晚上 | data-sort-value="Ye" | China, France | |||
| Taking Woodstock | data-sort-value="Lee" | United States | |||||
| Thirst | data-sort-value="Bakjwi" | 박쥐 | data-sort-value="Chan-wook" | South Korea, United States | |||
| The Time That Remains | data-sort-value="Suleiman" | Palestine, United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium, France | |||||
| Wild Grass | data-sort-value="herbes folles" | Les herbes folles | data-sort-value="Resnais" | France | |||
| Vincere | data-sort-value="Bellocchio" | Italy, France | |||||
| Vengeance | data-sort-value="Fuk sau" | 復仇 | data-sort-value="To" | Hong Kong, France | |||
| data-sort-value="White Ribbon" | The White Ribbon | data-sort-value="weisse Band" | Das weiße Band | data-sort-value="Haneke" | Michael Haneke | Germany | |
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrift | data-sort-value="A Deriva" | À Deriva | data-sort-value="Dhalia" | Brazil | |||
| Air Doll | 空気人形 | data-sort-value="Koreeda" | Japan | ||||
| Dogtooth | data-sort-value="Kynodontas" | Κυνόδοντας | data-sort-value="Lanthimos" | Yorgos Lanthimos | Greece | ||
| Eyes Wide Open | data-sort-value="Einayim" | עיניים פקוחות | data-sort-value="Tabakman" | Haim Tabakman | Israel | ||
| Father of My Children | data-sort-value="pere de" | Le père de mes enfants | data-sort-value="Hansen-Løve" | France | |||
| Independence | Independencia | data-sort-value="Martin" | Philippines | ||||
| Irene | data-sort-value="Cavalier" | France | |||||
| Mother | data-sort-value="Madeo" | 마더 | data-sort-value="Joon-ho" | South Korea | |||
| No One Knows About Persian Cats | data-sort-value="Kasi az" | کسی از گربه های ایرانی خبر نداره | data-sort-value="Ghobadi" | Iran | |||
| Nymph | Nang Mai | data-sort-value="Ratanaruang" | Thailand | ||||
| Police, Adjective | Poliţist, Adjectiv | data-sort-value="Porumboiu" | Romania | ||||
| Precious | Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire | data-sort-value="Daniels" | United States | ||||
| Samson and Delilah | data-sort-value="Thornton" | Australia | |||||
| data-sort-value="Silent Army" | The Silent Army | Wit Licht | data-sort-value="van de Velde" | Netherlands | |||
| Tale in the Darkness | Сказка про темноту | data-sort-value="Khomeriki" | Russia | ||||
| Tales from the Golden Age | Amintiri din epoca de aur | data-sort-value="Mungiu" | Cristian Mungiu, Hanno Höfer, Constantin Popescu, Ioana Uricaru | Romania | |||
| To Die like a Man | Morrer Como Um Homem | data-sort-value="Rodrigues" | Portugal | ||||
| Tomorrow at Dawn | Demain dès l'aube | data-sort-value="Dercourt" | France | ||||
| Tsar | data-sort-value="Tsar" | Царь | data-sort-value="Lungin" | Russia | |||
| data-sort-value="Wind Journeys" | The Wind Journeys | data-sort-value="viajes del" | Los viajes del viento | data-sort-value="Guerra" | Colombia, Germany, Netherlands, Argentina | ||
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agora | Ágora | Spain | ||||
| data-sort-value="Army" | The Army of Crime | data-sort-value="armée" | L'armée du crime | data-sort-value="Guédiguian" | France | |
| Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (closing film) | data-sort-value="Kounen" | |||||
| Don't Look Back | Ne te retourne pas | data-sort-value="de Van" | ||||
| Drag Me to Hell | data-sort-value="Raimi" | United States | ||||
| The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | data-sort-value="Gilliam" | United Kingdom, Canada, France | ||||
| data-sort-value="Town" | A Town Called Panic | Panique au village | data-sort-value="Aubier" | Belgium, France, Luxembourg | ||
| Up (opening film) | data-sort-value="Docter" | United States | ||||
The following films were selected for the Special Screenings:[9]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashes and Blood | Cendres et sang | data-sort-value="Ardant" | France, Romania, Portugal | ||||
| Jaffa | כלת הים | data-sort-value="Yedaya" | Israel | ||||
| data-sort-value="Thorn" | The Thorn in the Heart | data-sort-value="epine" | L'épine dans le coeur | data-sort-value="Gondry" | France | ||
| Manila | data-sort-value="Alix" | Philippines | |||||
| Tell Me Who You Are | Min Ye | data-sort-value="Cissé" | Mali, France | ||||
| My Neighbor, My Killer | Mon voisin, mon tueur | data-sort-value="Aghion" | France, United States | ||||
| data-sort-value="Eye of" | The Eye of the Storm | No Meu Lugar | data-sort-value="Valente" | Eduardo Valente | Brazil | ||
| Petition | 上访 | data-sort-value="Liang" | China | ||||
| Group Portrait With Kids and Motorcycles | Portrait de Groupe Avec Enfants et Motocyclettes | data-sort-value="Glenn" | France | ||||
| data-sort-value="Brand New" | A Brand New Life | data-sort-value="Yeo-haeng" | 여행자 | data-sort-value="Lecomte" | Ounie Lecomte | South Korea | |
The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:[10]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | School | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data-sort-value="Castéra" | Noamir Castéra | ENSAV La Cambre, Belgium | |||
| Bába | data-sort-value="Kirchnerová" | Zuzana Kirchnerová | FAMU, Czech Republic | |||
| data-sort-value="Boxer" | The Boxer | data-sort-value="boxeador" | El boxeador | data-sort-value="Pollio" | Juan Ignacio Pollio | Universidad del Cine, Argentina |
| By the Grace of God | data-sort-value="Petrova" | Ralitza Petrova | NFTS, United Kingdom | |||
| Chapa | data-sort-value="Ricarte" | Thiago Ricarte | FAAP, Brazil | |||
| Diploma | data-sort-value="Kayam" | Yaelle Kayam | The Sam Spiegel Film & TV School, Israel | |||
| Don't Step Out of the House | data-sort-value="Nammae" | 남매의 집 | data-sort-value="Sung-hee" | Korean Academy of Film Arts, South Korea | ||
| Goodbye | data-sort-value="Song" | Fang Song | Beijing Film Academy, China | |||
| Gutter | data-sort-value="Day" | Dan Ransom Day | New York University, United States | |||
| data-sort-value="Horn" | The Horn | data-sort-value="Bbul" | 뿔 | data-sort-value="Kyung-dong" | Yim Kyung-dong | Kaywon School of Art, South Korea |
| Kasia | data-sort-value="Llado" | Elisabet Llado | IAD, Belgium | |||
| data-sort-value="Naturalist" | The Naturalist | data-sort-value="Naturalista" | Il Naturalista | data-sort-value="Barbera" | Giulia Barbera | Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Italy |
| data-sort-value="Setback" | The Setback | data-sort-value="Contretemps" | Le Contretemps | data-sort-value="Baumard" | Dominique Baumard | La fémis, France |
| Significant Others | Malzonkowie | data-sort-value="Van Dusen" | Dara Van Dusen | PWSFTViT, Poland | ||
| Segal | data-sort-value="Shani" | Yuval Shani | Tel-Aviv University, Israel | |||
| data-sort-value="Sylpphid" | The Sylpphid | Sylfidden | data-sort-value="Bengtson" | Dorte Bengtson | Den Danske Filmskole, Denmark | |
| Traverser | data-sort-value="Frassetto" | Hugo Frassetto | La Poudrière, France | |||
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After Tomorrow | data-sort-value="Sullivan" | Emma Sullivan | United Kingdom | |||
| Arena | data-sort-value="Salaviza" | João Salaviza | Portugal | |||
| Ciao mama | Ciao mama | data-sort-value="Odvorcic" | Goran Odvorcic | Croatia | ||
| Lars and Peter | Lars og Peter | data-sort-value="Borgman" | Denmark | |||
| data-sort-value="Man in" | The Man in the Blue Gordini | data-sort-value="Homme" | L'Homme À la Gordini | data-sort-value="Lie" | Jean-Christophe Lie | France |
| Missing | Missen | data-sort-value="Vries" | Jochem de Vries | Netherlands | ||
| Silence | Klusums | data-sort-value="Pakalniņa" | Latvia | |||
| The Six Dollar Fifty Man | data-sort-value="Albiston" | New Zealand | ||||
| Worstward Ho | Rumbo a Peor | data-sort-value="Brendemühl" | Spain | |||
The Festival Cannes Classics places the spotlight on documentaries about cinema[11] and restored masterworks from the past.[12]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Documentaries | ||||||
| Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno | L'Enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot | data-sort-value="Bromberg" | Serge Bromberg, Ruxandra Medrea | France | ||
| Images from the Playground | Bilder från lekstugan | data-sort-value="Björkman" | Stig Björkman | Sweden | ||
| Pietro Germi - The Good, the Beautiful and the Brave | Pietro Germi - Il bravo, il bello, il cattivo | data-sort-value="Bondi" | Claudio Bondi | Italy | ||
| Two of the New Wave | Deux de la Vague | Emmanuel Laurent | France | |||
| Restored Prints | ||||||
| data-sort-value="400" | The 400 Blows (1959) | data-sort-value="quatre cents" | Les quatre cents coups | data-sort-value="Truffaut" | France | |
| Accident (1967) | data-sort-value="Losey" | United Kingdom | ||||
| L'Avventura (1960) | data-sort-value="Antonioni" | France, Italy | ||||
| data-sort-value="Birds" | The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966) | Signore & signori | data-sort-value="Germi" | Italy | ||
| data-sort-value="Brighter" | A Brighter Summer Day (1991) | 牯嶺街少年殺人事件 | data-sort-value="Yang" | Taiwan | ||
| Eyes Without a Face (1960) | data-sort-value="yeux" | Les yeux sans visage | data-sort-value="Franju" | France | ||
| Far from Vietnam (1967) | Loin du Vietnam | data-sort-value="Marker" | France | |||
| (1982) | An uns glaubt Gott nicht mehr | data-sort-value="Corti" | Austria, West Germany | |||
| data-sort-value="Housemaid" | The Housemaid (1960) | data-sort-value="Hanyeo" | 하녀 | data-sort-value="Ki-young" | South Korea | |
| The Molly Maguires (1970) | data-sort-value="Ritt" | United States | ||||
| Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953) | data-sort-value="vacances" | Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot | data-sort-value="Tati" | France | ||
| data-sort-value="Night of" | The Night of Counting the Years (1969) | المومياء | data-sort-value="Salam" | Egypt | ||
| Once Upon a Time... the Revolution (1971) | Giù la testa | data-sort-value="Leone" | Italy | |||
| Pierrot le fou (1965) | data-sort-value="Godard" | France | ||||
| The Red Shoes (1948) | data-sort-value="Powell" | United Kingdom | ||||
| Victim (1961) | data-sort-value="Dearden" | |||||
| Wake in Fright (1971) | data-sort-value="Kotcheff" | Australia | ||||
| data-sort-value="Wave" | The Wave (1936) | Redes | data-sort-value="Gómez Muriel" | Mexico | ||
The Cinéma de la Plage is a part of the Official Selection. The outdoors screenings at the beach cinema of Cannes are open to the public.[13]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | data-sort-value="Lean" | United States, United Kingdom | |||
| Neil Young Trunk Show (2008) | data-sort-value="Demme" | United States | |||
| Pink Floyd – The Wall (1982) | data-sort-value="Parker" | United Kingdom | |||
| Soundtrack for a Revolution (2009) | data-sort-value="Sturman" | United States, France, United Kingdom | |||
| Tengri: Blue Heavens (2008) | Tengri, le bleu du ciel | data-sort-value="Poncheville" | Marie-Jaoul de Poncheville | Germany, France, Kyrgyzstan | |
| Total Balalaika Show (1993) | data-sort-value="Kaurismaki" | Finland, Sweden | |||
| Wattstax (1972) | data-sort-value="Stuart" | United States | |||
| Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1973) | data-sort-value="Pennebaker" | United Kingdom | |||
The following films were screened for the 48th Critics' Week (48e Semaine de la Critique):[14]
Feature film competition
Short film competition
Special screenings
Short films
The following films were screened for the 2009 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[15]
Feature films
Special screenings
Short films
The following films and people received the 2009 Official selection awards:[16]