Robert de Niro, Laurent Cantet - AFP
All the Awards
The official Jury of this 61st Fesival de Cannes, présided over by Sean Penn, revealed the Prize winners during the closing Ceremony of May, 25th.
The official Jury of this 61st Fesival de Cannes, présided over by Sean Penn, revealed the Prize winners during the closing Ceremony of May, 25th.
Édouard Baer hosted Robert de Niro on the stage of the Grand Théâtre Lumière to award the Palme d’or to the best film among the 22 in Competition.
Barry Levinson’s closing film What Just Happened? starring Robert De Niro, Sean Penn and Bruce Willis, was screened at the end of the ceremony.
IN COMPETTION – FEATURE FILMS
Palme d’Or
ENTRE LES MURS by Laurent Cantet
Grand Prix
GOMORRA by Matteo Garrone
Prize of the 61st Festival de Cannes ex-aequo
Catherine Deneuve for UN CONTE DE NOËL by Arnaud DESPLECHIN
Clint Eastwood for THE EXCHANGE
Award for the Best Director
ÜÇ MAYMUN (Three Monkeys) by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Jury Prize
IL DIVO by Paolo Sorrentino
Best Performance for an Actor
Benicio Del Toro for CHE by Steven SODERBERGH
Best Performance for an Actress
Sandra Corveloni for LINHA DE PASSE by Walter SALLES, Daniela THOMAS
Award for the Best Screenplay
LORNA’S SILENCE by Jean-Pierre and Luc DARDENNE
Le Prix Vulcain de l’Artiste-Technicien
Luca Bigazzi and Angelo Raguseo for IL DIVO by Paolo SORRENTINO.
IN COMPETTION – SHORT FILMS
Palme d’Or
MEGATRON by Marian Crisan
Jury Prize
JERRYCAN by Julius Avery
CAMERA D’OR
HUNGER by Steve McQueen (Un Certain Regard)
Mention Spéciale Caméra d’Or
VSE UMRUT A JA OSTANUS (They will die all but me) by Valeria Gaï GUERMANIKA (International Critics’Week)
UN CERTAIN REGARD
Un Certain Regard Prize
TULPAN by Sergey Dvortsevoy
Jury Prize
TOKYO SONATA by Kurosawa Kiyoshi
Heart Throb Jury Prize
WOLKE 9 by Andreas Drese
The Knockout of Un Certain Regard
TYSON by James Toback
Prize of Hope
JOHNNY MAD DOG by Jean-Stéphane SAUVAIRE
CINEFONDATION
First Cinéfondation Prize
HIMNON (Hymn) by Elad Keidan (The Sam Spiegel Film and TV School, Israël)
Second Cinéfondation Prize
FORBACH by Claire Burger (La fémis, France)
Third Cinéfondation Prize
STOP by Park Jae-ok (The Korean Academy of Film Arts, Corée du Sud)
KESTOMERKITSIJÄT (Signalisation des routes) by Juho Kuosmanen (University of Art and Design Helsinki, Finlande)
