Other Prizes

Alongside the Official Competition trophies, other prizes were awarded to the films presented during this Festival. Here is the list:

– At Directors’ Fortnight, Control by Dutch filmmaker Anton Corbijn received the Prix Regards Jeunes (Young Eyes Prize), awarded to a first
or second feature-length film, as well as the Label Europa Cinéma Prize, intended for the best European film of the Fortnight. Garage by Ireland‘s Lenny Abrahamson was the winner of the Prix Art et Essai, which gave honorable mention to the aforementioned
Control and to Gegenüber (Counterparts) by Jan Bonny, of Germany.
Note that the SACD Prize for Best Short Film in French was awarded to Même pas Mort by Claudine Natkin.

– The International Critics’ Week Grand Prize, intended as a groundbreaking prize whereby the film press rewards rising new talents, was awarded to
XXY by Lucia Puenzo of Argentina. The SACD French Society of Dramatic Authors and
Composers, a collective managing authors’ rights, bestowed its honors upon Meduzot by Israeli filmmakers Etgar Keret Shira Geffen. The Canal + Grand Prize for the Best Short
Film went to Madame Tutli-Putli by Canadians Chris Lavis and Maciek Sczerbowski.

– The Jury of the FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) awarded the International Critics Prize to 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2
Days by Romanian Cristian Mungiu, presented in the Official Competition. Honorable mention was awarded to The Band’s Visit by Eran Kolirin, from the Un Certain Regard
section. Lastly, in the sidebar programs Critics’ Week and Directors’ Fortnight, the FIPRESCI singled out Elle s’appelle Sabine, the first film directed by French actress
Sandrine Bonnaire, about her autistic sister.

– The Ecumenical Jury Prize was awarded to The Edge of Heaven by Fatih Akin, presented in Competition. The Jury mentioned: “This film
skillfully tells the story of the intersecting destinies in Germany and
Turkey of men and women from different backgrounds. It makes the viewer aware of the pain and
complexity of the loss of cultural identity and relationships, as well as the valuable cultural exchanges, transitions, and cohabitations possible between these two worlds. Two other major
themes are parent-child relationships, sacrifice, and reconciliation.” Established in 1974, the Ecumenical Jury designates works of artistic
quality, film testimonials to the depth of human feeling and its mystery, through human preoccupations, hopes, and despairs.

– The 26th Youth Prize was awarded to The Band’s Visit by Eran Kolirin, presented in Un Certain Regard. This reward, created in 1982 by the
French Ministry of Youth, Sports, and Community Organizations, enables a jury of young film-lovers to give their verdict about the films presented in Competition and in the Un Certain Regard
section.

– The French National Education Administration Prize, which singles out films for their usefulness as learning resources, was awarded to 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days by
Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu. The jurors are teachers and other members of the community of educators, as well as people from the film world. Actress Bernadette Laffont was the president
of this year’s jury. The winning film will be issued as a teaching DVD which will facilitate approach to it and elicit analysis and debate in the classroom.

– The Prix France-Culture is awarded yearly by French national public radio during the Cannes Festival to a filmmaker for career achievement. The 2007 prize
went to Cambodian Rithy Panh “for the intensity of his work and his commitment to the presentation of Cambodia‘s cinematographic memory.” Charlotte Rampling was president of the jury.

Photo Copyright AFP