The Daily 2006

Michele Yeoh had the honours of bestowing the Grand Prize to Bruno Dumont for his film Flandres. During the Award Ceremony, Bruno Dumont declared: "I am very touched to be here this evening. I am highly honoured with Flandres for all of French cinema. Because French cinema is also Days of Glory, I'm thinking about...

Jean Rochefort bestowed the Best Actress Award to "a family of actresses", to the six actresses in Pedro Almodovar's film Volver: Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Chus Lampreave, Yohana Cobo and Blanca Portillo. Carmen Maura: "Good evening and thank you. We are deeply moved. I am so proud to be...

Diane Kruger was cast to hand the Best Actor Award to the ensemble cast of Days of Glory by Rachid Bouchareb: Jamel Debbouze, Samy Naceri, Sami Bouajila, Roschdy Zem and Bernard Blancan. During the Award Ceremony, Roschdy Zem declared: "I have a thought for the soldiers that we portrayed in the film, who didn't...

Tim Burton and Marion Cotillard presented Alejandro Gonz lez Iñ rritu the Best Director Prize for his film Babel. During the Award Ceremony, Alejandro Gonz lez Iñ rritu declared: "Thank you! Six years...

The Best Screenplay Award went to Pedro Almod¢var for Volver, presented by Souleymane Cissé. During the Award Ceremony, Pedro Almod¢var declared: "There were many Spanish-speaking films this year at the Festival. I should therefore like to congratulate the ...

The Jury Prize goes to Red Road by Andrea Arnold During the Award Ceremony, Andrea Arnold declared: "Good evening. No more than just a few hours ago I was still in London, it is really very strange... I should like to begin by thanking the Festival. Last week, on Saturday evening, I was here, discovering in this...

Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne as well as other Jury member Sandrine Bonnaire were present to bestow the Camera d'Or Prize to A Fost sau n-a fost? by Corneliu Porumboiu, presented in Directors' Fortnight sidebar. During the Award Ceremony, Corneliu Porumboiu declared: "Thank you very much! I should like to thank my...

Palme d'Or for Best Short Film went to Sniffer by Bobbie Peers. The Short Film Jury presided by Andrei Konchalovsky also gave the Jury Prize to Primera Nieve by Pablo Aguero and Special Mention to Conte de Quartier by Florence Miailhe. During the Award Ceremony, Bobbie Peers declared: "A big thank you to my little...

Amira Casar and Tony Gatlif

It is director Tony Gatlif who has the honours of closing the Festival de Cannes this year with Transylvania, screened out of competition. A long-standing regular on the Croisette, after having presented in 1993 Latcho Drom in the section Un Certain Regard and in 2004 Exiles, earning him the Best Director's Prize. The...

On the occasion of the out-of-competition presentation of Transylvania, closing this Festival, the crew of the film reunited to lend themselves to the traditional game of questions and answers with journalists at a press conference. In attendance were: director Tony Gatlif, producer Fabienne Vonier and actors Birol...

The Norman McLaren Prize was this evening awarded to the winner of the Palme d'Or for Best Short Film, Norwegian filmmaker Bobbie Peers for Sniffer. Created under the aegis of the Festival de Cannes in honour of that great genius of animated shorts, this Prize is endowed with a grant of 3,000 euros (with an optional offer of...

Today in the Palais des Festivals, the National Education Prize, distinguishing a film for its outstanding artistic, cultural and educational qualities, was presented to Marie Antoinette by American director Sofia Coppola. The jury, given the task of awarding the prize, was presided by author and director...

The François Chalais Prize, which celebrates this year its tenth anniversary, was awarded yesterday evening at 9:30 pm to Rachid Bouchareb, a French filmmaker of Algerian origin, for his feature film Days of Glory, in the running for the Palme d'Or. Created by Mei Chen Chalais, the wife of François Chalais, this...

On the Croisette today: Anouk Aimée, Ivana Baquero, Emmanuelle Béart, Dany Boon, Rachida Brakni, Eric Caravaca, Amira Casar, Christian Clemenson, Marion Cotillard, Emma de Caunes, Antoine de Caunes, Cécile de France, Rodrigo de la Serna, Franck Dubosc, Faye Dunaway, Pablo Echarri, Mehmet Eryilmaz, Marie...

Caroline Scheufele-Gruosi, CEO of Chopard and creator of the Palme d'Or for the Festival de Cannes, in service since 1997, was crowned honorary citizen of Cannes yesterday evening, "in recognition of her commitment and her participation in the exceptional development of the Festival." Made of 24-carat gold, the trophy, which...

The 3rd edition of the Producers Network, a forum that aims to favour meetings between producers in order to bring their projects to successful completion, brought together 550 producers from 55 different countries. Launched in 2004 by the Festival de Cannes and the Film Market, the Producers Network is equally a programme...

The 25th Young Audiences Award was awarded to Back Home by Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche. This award, created in 1982 by the French Ministry of Youth, Sports and Life, and sponsored this year by actress Marie Gillain, enables a jury of seven young film buffs to judge fourteen films presented in the Official Selection and the...

Emmanuelle Béart handed the the Palme d'Or to The Wind That Shakes the Barley by Ken Loach. During the Award Ceremony, Ken Loach declared in French: "It's extraordinary, thank you very much! I've forgot all my French words now. It is a great honour for us to be here, because Cannes is the most wonderful cinema...

For the third consecutive year in the history of the Festival de Cannes , the Jury met the press to explain their selected winners. At the side of President Wong Kar Wai were Patrice Leconte, Monica Bellucci, Helena Bonham Carter, Tim Roth, Samuel L. Jackson, Lucrecia Martel, Elia Suleiman and Zhang Ziyi. Highlights. ...