“Kinatay” screens in Competition
Filipino director Brillante Mendoza's "Kinatay" in Competition
One year after the in-Competition presentation of Serbis, Brillante Mendoza is back in Cannes as the advocate for his seventh feature film, Kinatay, competing for the Palme d’Or. In Kinatay, which means "massacre" in Filipino, the streets of Manila turn into a hellhole for Peping, a young criminology student. As a junior member of a local gang, he is never trusted with anything big. One day, however, his crime bosses offer him a lot of money for a very special task…
"My film is based on a true story, explained Brillante Mendoza. When I was doing research for my film Slingshot, I interviewed a number of petty gangsters. One of them was a former criminology student whose confession to me was much like Peping’s story. I put the story in the back of my mind as an excellent subject for a film. I was drawn to the idea of talking about death in an incongruous situation and time. I wanted to show how absurd it was."
![© <p>The official Jury of this 62nd Festival de Cannes, presided by Isabelle Huppert, revealed the Prize winners during the Closing Ceremonies on the evening of May 24th. <br />
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<strong>IN COMPETTION - FEATURE FILMS</strong><br />
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<strong>Palme d'Or</strong><br />
DAS WEISSE BAND (The White Ribbon) directed by Michael HANEKE <br />
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<strong>Grand Prix</strong><br />
UN PROPHÈTE (A Prophet) directed by Jacques AUDIARD</p>
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<p><strong>Lifetime achievement award for his work and his exceptional contribution to the history of cinema</strong></p>
<p>Alain RESNAIS</p>
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<strong>Best Director </strong><br />
Brillante MENDOZA for KINATAY <br />
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Jury Prize</strong><br />
FISH TANK directed by Andrea ARNOLD</p>
<p>BAK-JWI (Thirst) directed by PARK Chan-Wook<br />
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<strong>Best Performance for an Actor</strong><br />
Christoph WALTZ in INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS directed by Quentin TARANTINO <br />
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Best Performance by an Actress</strong><br />
Charlotte GAINSBOURG in ANTICHRIST directed by Lars von TRIER <br />
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<strong>Best Screenplay</strong><br />
MEI Feng for CHUN FENG CHEN ZUI DE YE WAN (Spring Fever) directed by LOU Ye <br />
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Prix Vulcain: Artist-Technician</strong><br />
Aitor BERENGUER, sound technician of the movie MAP OF THE SOUNDS OF TOKYO directed by Isabel COIXET.<br />
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<strong>IN COMPETITION - SHORT FILMS</strong><br />
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Palme d'Or</strong><br />
ARENA directed by João SALAVIZA<br />
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Special </strong><strong>Distinction</strong></p>
<p>THE SIX DOLLAR FIFTY MAN directed by Mark ALBISTON, Louis SUTHERLAND<br />
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<strong>CAMERA D'OR </strong><br />
SAMSON AND DELILAH directed by Warwick THORNTON (presented at Un Certain Regard)<br />
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<strong>Caméra d'Or – Special Distinction</strong><br />
AJAMI directed by Scandar COPTI, Yaron SHANI (presented at Quinzaine des Réalisateurs)<br />
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UN CERTAIN REGARD</strong><br />
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Prix Un Certain Regard - Fondation Groupama Gan pour le Cinéma</strong><br />
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KYNODONTAS (Dogtooth) by Yorgos LANTHIMOS<br />
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<strong>Jury Prize</strong></p>
<p>POLITIST, ADJECTIV (Police, Adjective) by Corneliu PORUMBOIU. <br />
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Special Prize Un Certain Regard 2009</strong><br />
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KASI AZ GORBEHAYE IRANI KHABAR NADAREH (No One Knows About Persian Cats) by Bahman GHOBADI</p>
<p>LE PÈRE DE MES ENFANTS (Father of My Children) by Mia HANSEN-LØVE<br />
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<strong>CINEFONDATION</strong><br />
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<strong>First Cinéfondation Prize</strong><br />
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BÁBA by Zuzana Kirchnerová-Špidlová (FAMU, République Tchèque)<br />
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<strong>Second Cinéfondation Prize</strong><br />
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GOODBYE by Song Fang (Beijing Film Academy, Chine)<br />
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<strong>Third Cinéfondation Prize </strong>(<em>ex aequo</em>)<br />
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DIPLOMA by Yaelle Kayam (The Sam Spiegel Film & TV School, Israël)<br />
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NAMMAE UI JIP (Don't Step out of the House) directed by Jo Sung-hee (Korean Academy of Film Arts, Corée du Sud)</p>
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