2010 Cannes Film Festival
The 63rd Cannes Film Festival was held from 12 to 23 May 2010, in Cannes, France.[4][5] The Cannes Film Festival, hailed as being one of the most recognized and prestigious film festivals worldwide, was founded in 1946.[6][7] It consists of having films screened in and out of competition during the festival; films screened in competition compete for the Palme d'Or award. The award in 2010 was won by Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, a Thai film directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. This was determined by the festival's jury members who reviewed films screened in competition. American film director Tim Burton was the president of the jury for the international competition, and other members of the jury for that competition included actors, screenwriters and composers, such as Kate Beckinsale, Emmanuel Carrère, Benicio del Toro, and Alexandre Desplat.[8][9] Other categories for films screened in competition that have their own separate juries for other awards are for Short Films and the Un Certain Regard category.
 The festival's official poster featuring French actress Juliette Binoche[1] | |
| Opening film | Robin Hood |
|---|---|
| Closing film | The Tree |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives)[2] |
| Hosted by | Kristin Scott Thomas |
| No. of films | 19 (En Competition)[3] 19 (Un Certain Regard) 9 (Short Film) |
| Festival date | 12–23 May 2010 |
| Website | www.festival-cannes.com |
Ridley Scott's Robin Hood opened the festival[10] and Julie Bertuccelli's The Tree was the closing film.[11] The full film lineup for the festival was announced on 15 April 2010.[12] English actress Kristin Scott Thomas was the mistress of ceremonies.[13]
Agence France-Presse, Reuters, Associated Press and Getty TV boycotted the press conference that announced the line-up for the festival, due to a dispute over access to the red carpet.[14] In a press release, the agencies said that they "may be forced to suspend their presence at the festival altogether" if an agreement was not reached.[14] Days before the festival was to begin, concerns were expressed that attendees might be delayed, or would not attend, due to plane flights to surrounding areas in France being delayed or canceled due to volcanic ash in the sky.[15] Two days before ths beginning of the festival, the just finished film Route Irish, directed by Ken Loach, was added to the main competition.[16]
Juries
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Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2010 Official Selection:[17]
- Tim Burton (American director) Jury President[18]
- Alberto Barbera (Italian film critic)
- Kate Beckinsale (English actress)
- Emmanuel Carrère (French author, screenwriter and director)
- Benicio del Toro (Puerto Rican actor)
- Alexandre Desplat (French composer)
- Víctor Erice (Spanish director)
- Shekhar Kapur (Indian director)
- Giovanna Mezzogiorno (Italian actress)
Un Certain Regard
- Claire Denis (French director) President
- Patrick Ferla (Swiss journalist)
- Kim Dong-ho (South Korean director of Busan Film Festival)
- Helena Lindblad (Swedish critic)
- Serge Toubiana (French General Director of the Cinémathèque Française)
Camera d'Or
- Gael García Bernal (Mexican director) President
- Gérard de Battista (French cinematographer)
- Stéphane Brizé (French director)
- Didier Diaz (FICAM)
- Charlotte Lipinska (French Union Critics)
Cinéfondation and short films
- Atom Egoyan (Canadian director) President
- Emmanuelle Devos (French actress)
- Carlos Diegues (Brazilian director)
- Dinara Droukarova (Russian actress)
- Marc Recha (Spanish Director)
Official selection
In competition - Feature films
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3][5][11]
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[3]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adrienn Pál | Pál Adrienn | Ágnes Kocsis | Hungary |
| Aurora | Cristi Puiu | Romania | |
| Blue Valentine | Derek Cianfrance | United States | |
| Carancho | Pablo Trapero | Argentina | |
| Chatroom | Hideo Nakata | United Kingdom | |
| The City Below | Unter dir die Stadt | Christoph Hochhäusler | Germany |
| Flight | Udaan | Vikramaditya Motwane | India |
| Hahaha | 하하하 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| Heartbeats | Les amours imaginaires | Xavier Dolan | Canada |
| I Wish I Knew | Hai Shang Chuan Qi | Jia Zhangke | China |
| Life, Above All | Oliver Schmitz | South Africa | |
| Lights Out | Qu'est-il arrivé à Simon Werner? | Fabrice Gobert | France |
| The Lips | Los labios | Iván Fund, Santiago Loza | Argentina |
| October | Octubre | Daniel Vega, Diego Vega | Peru |
| Rebecca H. (Return to the Dogs) | Lodge Kerrigan | United States, France | |
| R U There | David Verbeek | Netherlands, Taiwan | |
| Socialism | Film Socialisme | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
| The Strange Case of Angelica | O estranho caso de Angélica | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal |
| Tuesday, After Christmas | Marţi, după Crăciun | Radu Muntean | Romania |
Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceaușescu | Autobiografia lui Nicolae Ceaușescu | Andrei Ujică | Romania |
| Black Heaven | L'Autre monde | Gilles Marchand | France |
| Carlos | Olivier Assayas | France | |
| Kaboom | Gregg Araki | United States | |
| Robin Hood | Ridley Scott | United States | |
| Tamara Drewe | Stephen Frears | United Kingdom | |
| The Tree | Julie Bertuccelli | France, Australia | |
| Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps | Oliver Stone | United States | |
| You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger | Woody Allen | United States | |
Special screenings
The following films were shown as special screenings.[3][11]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 X Favela | 5 X Favela, por nós mesmos | Wagner Novais, Manaira Carneiro, Rodriga Felha, Cacau Amaral, Luciano Vidigal, Cadu Barcelos and Luciana Bezerra | Brazil |
| Abel | Diego Luna | Mexico | |
| Chantrapas | Otar Iosseliani | France, Georgia | |
| Countdown to Zero | Lucy Walker | United States | |
| Draquila – Italy Trembles | Draquila - L'Italia che trema | Sabina Guzzanti | Italy |
| Gilles Jacob, Citizen Cannes | Gilles Jacob, l'arpenteur de la croisette | Serge Le Peron | France |
| Inside Job | Charles H. Ferguson | United States | |
| The Pack | La meute | Franck Richard | France, Belgium |
| Nostalgia for the Light | Nostalgia de la luz | Patricio Guzmán | France, Chile |
| Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow | Sophie Fiennes | United Kingdom | |
Cinéfondation
The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:[3][19]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | School |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anywhere Out of the World | Coucou-Les-Nuages | Vincent Cardona | La fémis, France |
| Cooked | Jens Blank | NFTS, United Kingdom | |
| Dakujem, dobre | Mátyás Prikler | FTF-VŠMU, Slovakia | |
| The Fifth Column | Hinkerort Zorasune | Vatche Boulghourjian | NYU, United States |
| Frozen Land | Tae-yong Kim | Sejong University*, South Korea | |
| Here I Am | Itt Vagyok | Bálint Szimler | SzFE, Hungary |
| I Already Am Everything I Want to Have | Ja Vec Jesam Sve Ono Što Želim Da Imam | Dane Komljen | FDU, Serbia |
| Ijsland | Iceland | Gilles Coulier | Sint-Lukas University*, Belgium |
| El Juego | Benjamín Naishtat | Le Fresnoy, France | |
| Los Minutos, Las Horas | Marques Ribeiro | EICTV, Cuba | |
| Miramare | Michaela Müller | ALU*, Croatia | |
| The Painting Sellers | Taulukauppiaat | Juho Kuosmanen | Aalto University, Finland |
| Shelley | Andrew Wesman | Harvard University*, United States | |
- * denotes first time a school was selected to compete
Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[3][11]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barking Island | Chienne d'histoire | Serge Avédikian | France |
| Bathing Micky | Micky bader | Frida Kempff | Sweden |
| Blocks | Blokes | Marially Rivas | Chile |
| First Aid | Ezra rishona | Yarden Karmin | Israel |
| Maya | Pedro Pío | Cuba | |
| Muscles | Edward Housden | Australia | |
| Rosa | Monica Lairana | Argentina | |
| Station | Estação | Marcia Faria | Brazil |
| To Swallow a Toad | Jurģis Krāsons | Latvia | |
Cannes Classics
Cannes Classics places the spotlight on documentaries about cinema and restored masterworks from the past.
World Cinema Foundation
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Documentaries about Cinema[20] | |||
| ...But Film is My Mistress | ...Men filmen är min älskarinna | Stig Björkman | Sweden |
| Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Craig McCall | United Kingdom | |
| Hollywood Don't Surf! | Greg MacGillivray, Sam George | United States | |
| Toscan | Isabelle Partiot-Pieri | France | |
| Restored prints[21] | |||
| The 317th Platoon (1964) | La 317ème section | Pierre Schoendoerffer | France |
| The African Queen (1951) | John Huston | United States, United Kingdom | |
| The Battle of the Rails (1946) | La Bataille du rail | René Clément | France |
| La campagne de Cicéron (1989) | Jacques Davila | France | |
| The Great Love (1969) | Le grand amour | Pierre Etaix | France |
| Happy Go Lucky (1946) | Au petit bonheur | Marcel L'Herbier | France |
| Khandhar (1983) | Mrinal Sen | India | |
| Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) | O Beijo da Mulher-Aranha | Hector Babenco | Brazil, United States |
| The Leopard (1963) | Il Gattopardo | Luchino Visconti | Italy |
| Psycho (1960) | Alfred Hitchcock | United States | |
| The Tin Drum (1979) | Die Blechtrommel | Volker Schlöndorff | West Germany, Poland, Yugoslavia, France |
| Tristana (1970) | Luis Buñuel | Spain, France, Italy | |
| World Cinema Foundation[22] | |||
| El-Fallâh el-fasîh (1970, short) | The Eloquent Peasant | Shadi Abdel Salam | Egypt |
| Il ruscello di Ripasottile (1941, short) | Roberto Rossellini | Italy | |
| Két Lány Az Utcán (1939) | André de Toth | Hungary | |
| Revenge (1989) | Yermek Shinarbayev | Soviet Union | |
| Titash Ekti Nadir Naam (1973) | Ritwik Ghatak | Bangladesh | |
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.[23]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| From Here to Eternity (1953) | Fred Zinnemann | United States | |
| The Girl Hunters (1963) | (Solo pour une blonde) | Roy Rowland | United Kingdom |
| Rock'n'roll... Of Corse! (2010) | Stéphane Bébert, Lionel Guedj | France | |
| The Silent World (1956) | Le Monde du silence | Louis Malle, Jacques-Yves Cousteau | France, Italy |
| That Night in Varennes (1982) | La Nuit de Varennes | Ettore Scola | France, Italy |
| The Two Escobars (2010) | Jeff Zimbalist, Michael Zimbalist | United States | |
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 49th International Critics' Week (49e Semaine de la Critique):[24]
Feature film competition
- Armadillo by Janus Metz (Denmark)
- Bedevilled by Jang Cheol-so (South Korea)
- Belle Épine by Rebecca Zlotowski (France)
- Bi, Don't Be Afraid (Bi, dung so!) by Di Dang Phan (Vietnam, France, Germany)
- Sandcastle (film) by Boo Junfeng (Singapore)
- Sound of Noise by Ola Simonsson, Johannes Stjärne Nilsson (Sweden, France)
- The Myth of the American Sleepover by David Robert Mitchell (United States)
Short film competition
- A distração by Ivan Cavi Borges, Gustavo Melo (Brazil)
- Berik by Daniel Joseph Borgman (Denmark)
- Deeper Than Yesterday by Ariel Kleiman (Australia)
- Love Patate by Gilles Cuvelier (France)
- Native Son by Scott Graham (United Kingdom)
- The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Lion by Alois Di Leo (United Kingdom)
- Vasco by Sébastien Laudenbach (France)
Special screening
- The Names of Love (Le Nom des gens) by Michel Leclerc (France)
- Copacabana by Marc Fitoussi (France)
- Rubber by Quentin Dupieux (France)
- Women Are Heroes by JR (France)
- Short and medium length
- Bastard by Kirsten Dunst (United States)
- The Clerk’s Tale by James Franco (United States)
- L’Amour-propre by Nicolas Silhol (France)
- Cynthia todavía tienes las llaves by Gonzalo Tobal (Argentina)
- Fracture by Nicolas Sarkissian (France)
Directors' Fortnight
The documentary film Benda Bilili! about disabled Kinshasa street musicians Staff Benda Bilili had its world premiere at the festival, with the group in attendance and performing at the Director's Fortnight opening party.[25]
The following films were screened for the 2010 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[26]
Feature films
- All Good Children by Alicia Duffy (Ireland, Belgium, France, United Kingdom)
- Año bisiesto by Michael Rowe (Mexico)
- Benda Bilili! by Renaud Barret, Florent de La Tullaye (France)
- Boxing Gym by Frederick Wiseman (United States)
- Cleveland versus Wall Street (Cleveland contre Wall Street) by Jean-Stéphane Bron (Switzerland, France)
- Des filles en noir by Jean Paul Civeyrac (France)
- Everything Will Be Fine by Christoffer Boe (Denmark, Sweden, France)
- Illegal (Illégal) by Olivier Masset-Depasse (Belgium, Luxembourg, France)
- The Invisible Eye (La mirada invisible) by Diego Lerman (Argentina, France, Spain)
- Le Vagabond by Avishai Sivan (Israel)
- Le quattro volte by Michelangelo Frammartino (Italy, Germany, Switzerland)
- Petit bébé Jésus de Flandre by Gust Van den Berghe (Belgium)
- Picco by Philip Koch (Germany)
- Pieds nus sur les limaces by Fabienne Berthaud (France)
- Shit Year by Cam Archer (United States)
- The Joy by Felipe Bragança, Marina Meliande (Brazil)
- The Light Thief (Svet-Ake) by Aktan Arym Kubat (Kirghizistan, Germany, France, Netherlands)
- The Silent House by Gustavo Hernández (Uruguay)
- The Tiger Factory by Ming jin Woo (Malaysia, Japan)
- Two Gates of Sleep by Alistair Banks Griffin (United States)
- Love Like Poison (Un poison violent) by Katell Quillévéré (France)
- You All Are Captains (Todos vós sodes capitáns) by Oliver Laxe (Spain)
- We Are What We Are (Somos lo que hay) by Jorge Michel Grau (Mexico)
Short films
- A Silent Child by Jesper Klevenås (Sweden)
- Light by André Schreuders (Netherlands)
- Mary Last Seen by Sean Durkin (United States)
- Petit tailleur by Louis Garrel (France)
- Cautare by Ionuţ Piţurescu (Romania)
- Shadows of Silence by Pradeepan Raveendran (France)
- Shikasha by Isamu Hirabayashi (Japan)
- Three Hours by Annarita Zambrano (Italy, France)
- ZedCrew by Noah Pink (Canada, Zambia)
Awards
Official awards
The Palme d'Or was won by the Thai film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul.[27] It was the first time that an Asian movie won the award since 1997.[28] Tim Burton, chairman of the jury that determined the award, stated about its decision: "You always want to be surprised by films and this film did that for most of us."[29] French film Of Gods and Men was the runner up.[30] The Xavier Beauvois-directed film had been considered a favourite for the Palme d'Or along with Mike Leigh's Another Year.[31] During the ceremony special attention was paid to Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi in hopes of increasing international pressure on the Iranian government to release Panahi from jail.
The following films and people received the 2010 Official selection awards:[2][32] In Competition
- Palme d'Or: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- Grand Prix: Of Gods and Men by Xavier Beauvois
- Best Director Award: Mathieu Amalric for On Tour
- Best Screenplay Award: Poetry by Lee Chang-dong
- Best Actress Award: Juliette Binoche for Certified Copy
- Best Actor Award: Javier Bardem for Biutiful & Elio Germano for Our Life
- Prix du Jury: A Screaming Man by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Un Certain Regard
- Prix Un Certain Regard: Hahaha by Hong Sang-soo
- Un Certain Regard Jury Prize: October by Daniel Vega, Diego Vega
- Un Certain Regard Best Actress Award: Adela Sanchez, Eva Bianco, Victoria Raposo for The Lips
Cinéfondation
- First Prize: – The Painting Sellers by Juho Kuosmanen
- 2nd Prize: Anywhere Out of the World by Vincent Cardona
- 3rd Prize: The Fifth Column by Vatche Boulghourjian and I Already am Everything I Want to Have by Dane Komljenk
Golden Camera
- Caméra d'Or: Año Bisiesto by Michael Rowe
Short films
- Short Film Palme d'Or: Barking Island by Serge Avédikian
- Short Film Jury Prize: Bathing Micky by Frida Kempff
Independent awards
FIPRESCI Prizes[33]
- On Tour (Tournée) by Mathieu Amalric (In Competition)
- Adrienn Pál (Pál Adrienn) by Ágnes Kocsis (Un Certain Regard)
- You All Are Captains (Todos vós sodes capitáns) by Oliver Laxe (Directors' Fortnight)
Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist[34]
- Vulcan Award: Leslie Shatz, Bob Beemer, Jon Taylor (Sound Department) for Biutiful
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Of Gods and Men (Des hommes et des dieux) by Xavier Beauvois
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention: Another Year by Mike Leigh & Poetry (Shi) by Lee Chang-dong
Awards in the frame of International Critics' Week[32]
- Critics Week Grand Prize: Armadillo by Janus Metz
- SACD Award: Bi, Don't Be Afraid (Bi, dung so!) by Di Dang Phan
- ACID Award: Bi, Don't Be Afraid (Bi, dung so!) by Di Dang Phan
- Young Critics Award: Sound of Noise by Ola Simonsson, Johannes Stjärne Nilsson[34]
- Canal+ Gran Prix for short film: Berik by Daniel Joseph Borgman[34]
- Kodak Discovery Award for Best Short Film: Deeper Than Yesterday by Ariel Kleiman
Other awards
- Regards Jeunes Prize: Heartbeats (Les amours imaginaires) by Xavier Dolan
Association Prix François Chalais
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