The Daily 2010

After the closing ceremony, the award winners each held, in turn, a mini press conference. Selected extracts. Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Palme d’Or for Lung Boonme Raluek Chat (Uncle Boonme Who can Recall His Past Lives)) I tried to offer a different kind of film, a film that pushes back the limits, that challenges the...

The official Jury of this 63rd Festival de Cannes, presided over by Tim Burton, revealed this evening the prizes winners during the closing Ceremony. Kristin Scott Thomas hosted Charlotte Gainsbourg on the stage of the Grand Théâtre Lumière to award the Palme d’or to the best film among the 19 in...

The Short Film Jury Prize has been attributed to Frida Kempff for her film Micky Bader.

The entire film crew of The Tree got together for an all-female press conference. The director, Julie Bertuccelli, came accompanied by her two actresses, Charlotte Gainsbourg and young Morgana Davies, as well as the two producers of the film. Selected extracts. Julie Bertuccelli, on the choice of adapting the book by Judy...

EDITORS IN CHIEF Vinca Van Eecke vveecke@festival-cannes.fr Emilie Blanchet louvemilie@hotmail.com ASSISTANT Nikola Krsteski nikola_krsteski@hotmail.fr JOURNALISTS Béatrice de Mondenard beamonde@free.fr Benoît Pavan benoitpavan@hotmail.fr Guénolé...

The Palme d'Or has been awarded to Lung Boonmee Raluek Chat (Uncle Boonmee who can Recall his Past Lives) by the Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Charlotte Gainsbourg, the lead actress of the closing film, The Tree, made the presentation of the ultimate award. The winner declared: "This Palme is very important for the history...

Actress Diane Kruger presented the tied award for Best Actor to Javier Bardem for Biutiful directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and to Elio Germano for La Nostra Vita (Our Life) directed by Daniele Luchetti.  Javier Bardem said "Bonsoir merci beaucoup" (Good evening, thank you very much) in French, before saying that this...

The Camera d'Or has been awarded to Ano bisiesto (Leap Year) by the Mexican Michael Rowe (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs). The prize was presented by the French actress Emmanuelle Béart. The President of the Caméra d'Or Jury, Gael Garcia Bernal, talked of a "very special film, made with great care and a lot of love." The winning...

The VIP guests expected to be in attendance today are: Alberto BARBERA, Kate BECKINSALE, Cate BLANCHETT, Stephane BRIZE, Tim BURTON, Emmanuel CARRERE, Monia CHOKRI, Russell CROWE, Benicio DEL TORO, Claire DENIS, Alexandre DESPLAT, Victor ERICE, Patrick FERLA, Gael GARCIA BERNAL, William HURT, Shekhar KAPUR, Huan-Ru KE, Dong Ho KIM,...

Debussy Theatre   09h00 BIUTIFUL by Alejandro Gonzáles Iñárritu 2h18       12h00 ANOTHER YEAR by Mike Leigh 2h09 ...

Find all the exclusive interviews given by the members of the Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury: Atom Egoyan, Président du Jury: "It’s every film lovers’ dream to be in the realm of film." Marc Recha : "It takes patience to make films, and to know how to grow with them..." Dinara Droukarova : "It’s wonderful to be...

Cinéfondation Prizes 2010 awarded today by the Jury presided by Atom Egoyan This year the Cinéfondation Selection showed 13 student films coming from Asia, Europe, North and South America. The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury, presided by Atom Egoyan, composed of film directors Carlos Diegues and Marc Recha...

A few minutes after the closing ceremony for this 63rd edition, the Feature Films Jury made up of Tim Burton, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Kate Beckinsale, Benicio Del Toro, Alberto Barbera, Emmanuel Carrère, Victor Erice, Alexandre Desplat, and Shekhar Kapur spoke to journalists one last time. Extracts.     On the Palme d’or...

The Grand Prix went to Des Hommes et des dieux (Of Gods and Men) directed by Xavier Beauvois. After receiving his award from the actress, Salma Hayek, the director described his experience of shooting the film as a “moment of grace” and took the opportunity to pay tribute to the memory of the eight Christian monks from the...

  The Award for Best Screenplay went to Lee Chang-dong for Poetry. After receiving his award from the French actress, Emmanuelle Devos, the director said: “I´d like to thank Mr Tim Burton and the other members of his Jury. I´d like to share this honour with all of the film´s actors and...

The Best Actress Prize has been awarded to Juliette Binoche for her role in Copie conforme (Certified Copy) by Abbas Kiarostami. After have being handed the Prize by actor/director Guillaume Canet, Juliette Binoche said: “How wonderful, how wonderful it was to work with you, Abbas! Your camera is the one that revealed me to my...

The Jury Prize has been awarded to A Screaming Man by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun. After receiving the Prize from actress Asia Argento, the director declared: “I come from a country where there isn’t much of anything. In a kind of a desert, I learnt that you have to make films like you cook your favourite dishes for the people you...

  The Prize for Best Director has been awarded to Mathieu Amalric for his film Tournée (On Tour). After the announcement, the winner declared: “This moves me very much, I have the impression of coming home. (He calls his actresses.) I need all of you to be able to experience this moment. The direction was all them....

  The Short Film Palme d’or went to Serge Avedikian for his film Chienne d’histoire (Barking Island). After receiving the award from the President of the Short Films Jury, Atom Egoyan, and the actress, Michelle Rodriguez, he said: “Thank you to the Jury for making this decision. I needed this award because I...

 The French director, Julie Bertuccelli, will close the 63rd Festival de Cannes with her 2nd feature film, The Tree. This film, adapted from Judy Pascoe’s first novel, “Our Father Who Art in the Tree” and starring Charlotte Gainsbourg, deals with the theme of mourning. The film takes place in Australia where Dawn (Charlotte...

Gael García Bernal made his debut in Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu’s Amores Perros and has already acted with some of the most famous directors, including Alfonso Cuarón, Walter Salles, Michel Gondry, Jim Jarmusch. He has also directed short films and Deficit, his first feature. In 2005, he founded the production company "Canana"...

Find all the interviews given by the members of the Feature Films Jury.   Tim Burton, President of the Jury: "I am always very sad and emotional at the end of monster movies!"   Alberto Barbera: "Everything I have learned about life comes from the cinema."   Kate Beckinsale: "I remember falling in love with French...