2011 Cannes Film Festival
Film festival
The 64th Cannes Film Festival was held from 11 to 22 May 2011.[2] American actor Robert De Niro served as the president of the jury for the main competition[3] and French filmmaker Michel Gondry headed the jury for the short film competition.[4] South Korean film director Bong Joon-ho was the head of the jury for the Caméra d'Or prize, which is awarded to the best first-time filmmaker.[5] The American film The Tree of Life , directed by Terrence Malick won the Palme d'Or .[6]
Midnight in Paris , written and directed by Woody Allen , opened the festival[7] [8] and Beloved (Les Bien-aimés ), directed by Christophe Honoré and screened as out of competition, closed the festival. Mélanie Laurent hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.
Italian film director Bernardo Bertolucci was presented with the third Honorary Palme d'Or Award at the opening ceremony of the festival.[9] Though the award had been given out sporadically in the past the Honorary Palme d'Or was supposed to presented annually after 2011. However it was not given again until the 2015 Cannes Film Festival .[10] Gus Van Sant 's Restless opened the Un Certain Regard section.[11] Jailed Iranian film directors Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof were honoured at the festival.[12] Goodbye by Rasoulof and Panahi's This Is Not a Film was screened at the festival, and Panahi was awarded the Carrosse d'Or. Four female directors featured in the main competition: Australian Julia Leigh , Japan's Naomi Kawase , Scottish director Lynne Ramsay and France's own Maïwenn Le Besco .[13] [14]
Danish film director Lars von Trier caused controversy with comments he made at the press conference of his film Melancholia . When he was asked about the relation between the influences of German Romanticism in the film and his own German heritage, the director made jokes about Jews and Nazis. He said he understood Adolf Hitler and admired the work of architect Albert Speer , and jokingly announced that he was a Nazi.[15] The Cannes Film Festival first issued an official apology for the remarks the same day and clarified that Trier is not a Nazi or an antisemite,[16] then declared the director "persona non grata " the following day.[17] The film remained in competition.[18]
Robert De Niro , 2011 Jury President
Emir Kusturica , Un Certain Regard Jury President
The jury for the main competition. From left to right: Johnnie To , Mahamat-Saleh Haroun , Nansun Shi , Martina Gusman , Robert De Niro , Linn Ullmann , Jude Law , Uma Thurman and Olivier Assayas
Juries
Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2010 Official Selection:[19] [20] [21] [22]
Un Certain Regard
Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition
Camera d'Or
Bong Joon-ho , South Korean filmmaker - Jury President
Robert Alazraki, French cinematographer
Daniel Colland, French manager of Cinedia laboratory
Danièle Heymann , French critic
Jacques Maillot , French director
Alex Masson, French critic
Eva Vezer, Hungarian Head of Magyar Filmunio
Critics' Week.
Nespresso Grand Prize [23]
Lee Chang-dong , South Korean filmmaker - Jury President
Scott Foundas, American film critic
Nick James, English film critic
Cristina Piccino, Italian film critic
Sergio Wolf, Argentinian film critic and curator
Official Selection
In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or .[1] The Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted :
English Title
Original Title
Director(s)
Production Country
The Artist
Michel Hazanavicius
France
Drive
Nicolas Winding Refn
United States
Footnote
הערת שוליים
Joseph Cedar
Israel
Hanezu
朱花の月
Naomi Kawase
Japan
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
一命
Takashi Miike
Japan, United Kingdom
Le Havre
Aki Kaurismäki
Finland, France, Germany
House of Tolerance
L'apollonide (Souvenirs de la maison close)
Bertrand Bonello
France
The Kid with a Bike
Le Gamin au vélo
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Belgium, France
Melancholia
Lars von Trier
Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany
Michael (CdO)
Markus Schleinzer
Austria
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Pater
Alain Cavalier
France
Polisse
Maïwenn
The Skin I Live In
La piel que habito
Pedro Almodóvar
Spain
Sleeping Beauty (CdO)
Julia Leigh
Australia
The Source
La source des femmes
Radu Mihăileanu
France, Belgium, Italy
This Must Be the Place
Paolo Sorrentino
Italy, France, Ireland
The Tree of Life
Terrence Malick
United States
We Have a Pope
Habemus Papam
Nanni Moretti
Italy, France
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Lynne Ramsay
United Kingdom, United States
(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.[24]
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard .[1] The Prix un certain regard winners have been highlighted :
(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.[24]
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[1] [25]
(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.[24]
Special Screenings
The following films were shown as special screenings.[1] [26]
(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.[24]
Cinéfondation
The following films were selected to be screened in the Cinéfondation section, which focuses on short films made by students at film schools.[27] The winner of the Cinéfondation First Prize has been highlighted :
English Title
Original Title
Director(s)
School
The Agony and Sweat of the Human Spirit
D. Jesse Damazo & Joe Bookman
University of Iowa , United States
Bento Monogatari
Pieter Dirkx
Hogeschool Sint-Lukas , Belgium
Big Muddy
Jefferson Moneo
Columbia University , United States
Cagey Tigers
Tigre z klietky
Aramisova
FAMU , Czech Republic
Changeling
Der Wechselbalg
Maria Steinmetz
HFF Konrad Wolf, Germany
Drari
Kamal Nazraq
La Fémis , France
Duel Before Nightfall
Duelo Antes da Noite
Alice Furtado
Universidade Federal Fluminense , Brazil
Fly by Night
야간비행 / Ya-gan-bi-hang
Son Tae-gyum
Chung-Ang University , South Korea
The Letter
Der Brief
Doroteya Droumeva
DFFB , Germany
Martha Must Fly
Al Martha lauf
Ma'ayan Rypp
Tel Aviv University , Israel
On My Doorstep
Befetach beity
Anat Costi
Bezalel Academy , Israel
Salsipuedes
Mariano Luque
National University of Córdoba , Argentina
Suu and Uchikawa
Suu et Uchikawa
Nathanael Carton
NYU Asia , Singapore
Till Summer Comes
L'estate che non viene
Pasquale Marino
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia , Italy
The Trip
A Viagem
Simão Cayatte
Columbia University , United States
The Wedding Party
La fiesta de casamiento
Gastón Margolin & Martín Morgenfeld
Universidad del Cine , Argentina
Short films
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or .[1] The Short film Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted :
English Title
Original Title
Director(s)
Production Country
Bear
Nash Edgerton
Australia
Cold
Kjøttsår
Lisa Marie Gamlem
Norway
Cross
Maryna Vroda
France, Ukraine
Ghost
Dahci Ma
South Korea
It Is Nothing
Ce n'est rien
Nicolas Roy
Canada
Meathead
Sam Holst
New Zealand
Paternal Womb
Megumi Tazaki
Japan
Soy tan feliz
Vladimir Durán
Argentina
Swimsuit 46
Badpakje 46
Wannes Destoop
Belgium
Cannes Classics
The following films were selected to be screened in the Cannes Classics section.[28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33]
Cinéma de la Plage
The Cinéma de la Plage is a part of the Official Selection of the festival. The outdoors screenings at the beach cinema of Cannes are open to the public.[34]
Parallel Sections
Critics' Week
The line-up for the Critics' Week section was announced on 18 April at the section's website.[35] Declaration of War , directed by Valérie Donzelli , and Bachelor Days Are Over , directed by Katia Lewkowicz, were selected as the opening and closing films of the Semaine de la Critique section.[36]
Feature films
(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.[24]
Short Films
English Title
Original Title
Director(s)
Production Country
Alexis Ivanovitch, You're My Hero
Alexis Ivanovitch vous êtes mon héros
Guillaume Gouix
France
Black Moon
Amy Siegel
United States
Blue
Stephen Kang
New Zealand
Boy
Topaz Adizes
United States
Finis Operis
불멸의 사나이
Moon Byoung-gon
South Korea
In Front of the House
집 앞에서
Lee Tae-ho
The Inviolability of the Domicile Is Based On the Man Who Appears Wielding an Axe at the Door of His House
La inviolabilidad del domicilio se basa en el hombre que aparece empuñando un hacha
Alex Piperno
Uruguay, Argentina
Junior
Julia Ducournau
France
Permanencias
Permanências
Ricardo Alves Júnior
Brazil
Sundays
Dimanches
Valéry Rosier
Belgium
Special Screenings
(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.[24]
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were selected to be screened in the independent Directors' Fortnight section:[37]
Feature Films
(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.[24]
Special Screenings
Short films
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Country
Armand 15 ans l’été dernier
Blaise Harrison
France
Boro in the Box
Bernard Mandico
Cigarette at Night
Duane Hopkins
United Kingdom
Csicska
Attila Till
Hungary
Dans le jardin du temps, portrait d’Ely et Nina Bielutin
Clément Cogitore
France
Demain, ça sera bien
Pauline Gay
France
Fourplay: Tampa
Henry Kyle
United States
The Guidance of Reason
La conduite de la Raison
Aliocha
France
Killing the chickens to Scare the Monkeys
Jens Assur
Sweden
Mila Caos
Simon Paetau
Germany
Nuven
Basil Da Cuncha
Chile
Las Palmas
Johannes Nyholm
Sweden
Le songe de Poliphile
Camille Henrot
France
Vice versa one
Sadat Shahrbanoo
Afghanistan
Official Awards
Terrence Malick , winner of the 2011 Palme d'Or
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne , winners of the Grand Prix
The Palme d'Or was won by the American film The Tree of Life directed by Terrence Malick .[38] Two of the film's producers, Bill Pohlad and Sarah Green, accepted the prize on behalf of the reclusive Malick.[38] The Tree of Life is the first American film to win the Palme d'Or since Fahrenheit 9/11 in 2004. Head of the jury, Robert De Niro, said it was difficult to choose a winner, but The Tree of Life "ultimately fit the bill". De Niro explained, "It had the size, the importance, the intention, whatever you want to call it, that seemed to fit the prize."[39]
The following films and people received the 2011 Official selection awards:[6] [40]
In Competition
Un Certain Regard
Cinéfondation
1st Prize : The Letter by Doroteya Droumeva
2nd Prize : Drari by Kamal Nazraq
3rd Prize : Fly by Night by Son Tae-gyum
Short Films Competition
Independent Awards
Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist
Critics' Week
Directors' Fortnight
Palm Dog
References
External links
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