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| Opening film | Up |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: The White Ribbon |
| Hosted by | Édouard Baer |
| No. of films | 20 (En Competition)[2] 19 (Un Certain Regard) 9 (Short Film) |
| Festival date | 13–24 May 2009 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The 62nd Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 May to 24 May 2009. French actress Isabelle Huppert was the Jury President. The Palme d'Or winner was The White Ribbon, directed by Michael Haneke.[3]
The festival Opening Film was Pixar's Up,[4][5] directed by Pete Docter and Bob Peterson. This marked the first time that an animated film or 3D film opened the festival. The closing night film was Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky directed by Jan Kounen.[6]
American filmmaker Clint Eastwood became the second recipient of the Honorary Palme d'Or.[7]
The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2009 Official Selection:[8]
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[2]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antichrist | Lars von Trier | Denmark, France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Sweden | |
| Bright Star | Jane Campion | United Kingdom, Australia, France | |
| Broken Embraces | Los abrazos rotos | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
| Butchered | Kinatay | Brillante Mendoza | Philippines, France, Japan, Netherlands |
| Enter the Void | Gaspar Noé | France, Germany, Italy | |
| Face | 臉 | Tsai Ming-liang | Taiwan, France |
| Fish Tank | Andrea Arnold | United Kingdom | |
| Inglourious Basterds | Quentin Tarantino | United States, Germany | |
| In the Beginning | À l'origine | Xavier Giannoli | France |
| Looking for Eric | Ken Loach | United Kingdom, France, Italy, Belgium, Spain | |
| Map of the Sounds of Tokyo | Mapa de los sonidos de Tokyo | Isabel Coixet | Spain |
| A Prophet | Un prophète | Jacques Audiard | France, Italy |
| Spring Fever | 春风沉醉的晚上 | Lou Ye | China, France |
| Taking Woodstock | Ang Lee | United States | |
| Thirst | 박쥐 | Park Chan-wook | South Korea, United States |
| The Time That Remains | Elia Suleiman | Palestine, United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium, France | |
| Wild Grass | Les herbes folles | Alain Resnais | France |
| Vincere | Marco Bellocchio | Italy, France | |
| Vengeance | 復仇 | Johnnie To | Hong Kong, France |
| The White Ribbon | Das weiße Band | Michael Haneke | Germany |
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[2]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adrift | À Deriva | Heitor Dhalia | Brazil |
| Air Doll | 空気人形 | Hirokazu Koreeda | Japan |
| Dogtooth | Κυνόδοντας | Yorgos Lanthimos | Greece |
| Eyes Wide Open | עיניים פקוחות | Haim Tabakman | Israel |
| Father of My Children | Le père de mes enfants | Mia Hansen-Løve | France |
| Independence | Independencia | Raya Martin | Philippines |
| Irene | Alain Cavalier | France | |
| Mother | 마더 | Bong Joon-ho | South Korea |
| No One Knows About Persian Cats | کسی از گربه های ایرانی خبر نداره | Bahman Ghobadi | Iran |
| Nymph | Nang Mai | Pen-Ek Ratanaruang | Thailand |
| Police, Adjective | Poliţist, Adjectiv | Corneliu Porumboiu | Romania |
| Precious | Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire | Lee Daniels | United States |
| Samson and Delilah | Warwick Thornton | Australia | |
| The Silent Army | Wit Licht | Jean van de Velde | Netherlands |
| Tale in the Darkness | Сказка про темноту | Nikolay Khomeriki | Russia |
| Tales from the Golden Age | Amintiri din epoca de aur | Cristian Mungiu, Hanno Höfer, Constantin Popescu, Ioana Uricaru | Romania |
| To Die like a Man | Morrer Como Um Homem | João Pedro Rodrigues | Portugal |
| Tomorrow at Dawn | Demain dès l'aube | Denis Dercourt | France |
| Tsar | Царь | Pavel Lungin | Russia |
| The Wind Journeys | Los viajes del viento | Ciro Guerra | Colombia, Germany, Netherlands, Argentina |
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[2]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agora | Ágora | Alejandro Amenábar | Spain |
| The Army of Crime | L'armée du crime | Robert Guédiguian | France |
| Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (closing film) | Jan Kounen | ||
| Don't Look Back | Ne te retourne pas | Marina de Van | |
| Drag Me to Hell | Sam Raimi | United States | |
| The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | Terry Gilliam | United Kingdom, Canada, France | |
| A Town Called Panic | Panique au village | Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar | Belgium, France, Luxembourg |
| Up (opening film) | Pete Docter | United States | |
The following films were selected for the Special Screenings:[10]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashes and Blood | Cendres et sang | Fanny Ardant | France, Romania, Portugal |
| Jaffa | כלת הים | Keren Yedaya | Israel |
| The Thorn in the Heart | L'épine dans le coeur | Michel Gondry | France |
| Manila | Adolfo Alix Jr., Raya Martin | Philippines | |
| Tell Me Who You Are | Min Ye | Souleymane Cissé | Mali, France |
| My Neighbor, My Killer | Mon voisin, mon tueur | Anne Aghion | France, United States |
| The Eye of the Storm | No Meu Lugar | Eduardo Valente | Brazil |
| Petition | 上访 | Zhao Liang | China |
| Group Portrait With Kids and Motorcycles | Portrait de Groupe Avec Enfants et Motocyclettes | Pierre-William Glenn | France |
| A Brand New Life | 여행자 | Ounie Lecomte | South Korea |
The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:[2][11]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | School |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Noamir Castéra | ENSAV La Cambre, Belgium | |
| Bába | Zuzana Kirchnerová | FAMU, Czech Republic | |
| The Boxer | El boxeador | Juan Ignacio Pollio | Universidad del Cine, Argentina |
| By the Grace of God | Ralitza Petrova | NFTS, United Kingdom | |
| Chapa | Thiago Ricarte | FAAP, Brazil | |
| Diploma | Yaelle Kayam | The Sam Spiegel Film & TV School, Israel | |
| Don't Step Out of the House | 남매의 집 | Jo Sung-hee | Korean Academy of Film Arts, South Korea |
| Goodbye | Fang Song | Beijing Film Academy, China | |
| Gutter | Dan Ransom Day | New York University, United States | |
| The Horn | 뿔 | Yim Kyung-dong | Kaywon School of Art, South Korea |
| Kasia | Elisabet Llado | IAD, Belgium | |
| The Naturalist | Il Naturalista | Giulia Barbera | Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Italy |
| The Setback | Le Contretemps | Dominique Baumard | La fémis, France |
| Significant Others | Malzonkowie | Dara Van Dusen | PWSFTViT, Poland |
| Segal | Yuval Shani | Tel-Aviv University, Israel | |
| The Sylpphid | Sylfidden | Dorte Bengtson | Den Danske Filmskole, Denmark |
| Traverser | Hugo Frassetto | La Poudrière, France | |
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[2]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| After Tomorrow | Emma Sullivan | United Kingdom | |
| Arena | João Salaviza | Portugal | |
| Ciao mama | Ciao mama | Goran Odvorcic | Croatia |
| Lars and Peter | Lars og Peter | Daniel Borgman | Denmark |
| The Man in the Blue Gordini | L'Homme À la Gordini | Jean-Christophe Lie | France |
| Missing | Missen | Jochem de Vries | Netherlands |
| Silence | Klusums | Laila Pakalniņa | Latvia |
| The Six Dollar Fifty Man | Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland | New Zealand | |
| Worstward Ho | Rumbo a Peor | Àlex Brendemühl | Spain |
The Festival Cannes Classics places the spotlight on documentaries about cinema[12] and restored masterworks from the past.[13]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Documentaries | |||
| Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno | L'Enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot | Serge Bromberg, Ruxandra Medrea | France |
| Images from the Playground | Bilder från lekstugan | Stig Björkman | Sweden |
| Pietro Germi - The Good, the Beautiful and the Brave | Pietro Germi - Il bravo, il bello, il cattivo | Claudio Bondi | Italy |
| Two of the New Wave | Deux de la Vague | Emmanuel Laurent | France |
| Restored Prints | |||
| The 400 Blows (1959) | Les quatre cents coups | François Truffaut | France |
| Accident (1967) | Joseph Losey | United Kingdom | |
| L'Avventura (1960) | Michelangelo Antonioni | France, Italy | |
| The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966) | Signore & signori | Pietro Germi | Italy |
| A Brighter Summer Day (1991) | 牯嶺街少年殺人事件 | Edward Yang | Taiwan |
| Eyes Without a Face (1960) | Les yeux sans visage | Georges Franju | France |
| Far from Vietnam (1967) | Loin du Vietnam | Chris Marker, Joris Ivens, Claude Lelouch, Jean-Luc Godard, William Klein, Agnès Varda and Alain Resnais |
France |
| God Does Not Believe in Us Anymore(1982) | An uns glaubt Gott nicht mehr | Axel Corti | Austria, West Germany |
| The Housemaid (1960) | 하녀 | Kim Ki-young | South Korea |
| The Molly Maguires (1970) | Martin Ritt | United States | |
| Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953) | Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot | Jacques Tati | France |
| The Night of Counting the Years (1969) | المومياء | Shadi Abdel Salam | Egypt |
| Once Upon a Time... the Revolution (1971) | Giù la testa | Sergio Leone | Italy |
| Pierrot le fou (1965) | Jean-Luc Godard | France | |
| The Red Shoes (1948) | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | United Kingdom | |
| Victim (1961) | Basil Dearden | ||
| Wake in Fright (1971) | Ted Kotcheff | Australia | |
| The Wave (1936) | Redes | Emilio Gómez Muriel, Fred Zinnemann | Mexico |
The Cinéma de la Plage is a part of the Official Selection. The outdoors screenings at the beach cinema of Cannes are open to the public.[14]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | David Lean | United States, United Kingdom | |
| Neil Young Trunk Show (2008) | Jonathan Demme | United States | |
| Pink Floyd – The Wall (1982) | Alan Parker | United Kingdom | |
| Soundtrack for a Revolution (2009) | Dan Sturman, Bill Guttentag | United States, France, United Kingdom | |
| Tengri: Blue Heavens (2008) | Tengri, le bleu du ciel | Marie-Jaoul de Poncheville | Germany, France, Kyrgyzstan |
| Total Balalaika Show (1993) | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland, Sweden | |
| Wattstax (1972) | Mel Stuart | United States | |
| Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1973) | D. A. Pennebaker | United Kingdom | |
The following films were screened for the 48th Critics' Week (48e Semaine de la Critique):[15]
Feature film competition
Short film competition
Special screenings
The following films were screened for the 2009 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[16]
Feature films
Special screenings
Short films
The following films and people received the 2009 Official selection awards:[17][3]
