2011 Cannes Film Festival
| 64th Cannes Film Festival | |
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 Official poster of the 64th Cannes Film Festival featuring a 1970 photo of American actress Faye Dunaway |
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| Opening film | Midnight in Paris |
| Closing film | The Beloved |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or (The Tree of Life) |
| Hosted by | Mélanie Laurent |
| Number of films | 20 (In Competition) 21 (Un Certain Regard) 9 (Short Film) |
| Festival date | 11 – 22 May 2011 |
| Website | |
The 64th annual Cannes Film Festival was held from 11 to 22 May 2011.[1] American actor Robert De Niro served as the president of the jury for the main competition[2][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]
Midnight in Paris, written and directed by Woody Allen, opened the festival.[6][7]Mélanie Laurent hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.[8]
Italian film director Bernardo Bertolucci was presented with the inaugural Honorary Palme d'Or Award at the opening ceremony of the festival.[9]Gus Van Sant's Restless opened the Un Certain Regard section.[10] Jailed Iranian film directors Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof were honoured at the festival.[11]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.[12][13]
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.[14] 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,[15] then declared the director "persona non grata" the following day.[16] The film remained in competition.[17]
Palme d'Or
Robert De Niro, president of the jury, during the festival.
Winner
The Palme d'Or was won by the American film The Tree of Life directed by Terrence Malick.[18] Two of the film's producers, Bill Pohlad and Sarah Green, accepted the prize on behalf of the reclusive Malick.[18][19]The Tree of Life is the first American film to win the Palme d'Or since Fahrenheit 9/11 in 2004.[19] Head of the jury, Robert De Niro, said it was difficult to choose a winner, but The Tree of Life "ultimately fit the bill".[19] De Niro explained, "It had the size, the importance, the intention, whatever you want to call it, that seemed to fit the prize."[19]
Official Selection
Cast and crew of The Source at the Cannes Film Festival for the premiere of the film
The following films were screened as part of the official selection:[20]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opener | Midnight in Paris (out of competition)[6] | — | Woody Allen | United States |
| Closer | The Beloved (out of competition) | Les Bien-aimés | Christophe Honoré | France |
In Competition
Un Certain Regard
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hunter | Охотник / Okhotnik | Bakur Bakuradze | Russia |
| Stopped on Track | Halt auf freier Strecke | Andreas Dresen | Germany |
| Outside Satan | Hors Satan | Bruno Dumont | France |
| Martha Marcy May Marlene | — | Sean Durkin | United States |
| The Snows of Kilimanjaro | Les Neiges du Kilimandjaro | Robert Guédiguian | France |
| Beauty | Skoonheid | Oliver Hermanus | South Africa |
| The Day He Arrives | 북촌방향 / Bukchonbanghyang | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| Bonsai | Bonsái | Cristián Jiménez | Chile |
| Tatsumi | N/A | Eric Khoo | Singapore |
| Arirang | 아리랑 / Arirang | Kim Ki-duk | South Korea |
| Where Do We Go Now? | هلق لوين؟ / Halla' Lawein? | Nadine Labaki | Lebanon |
| Loverboy | N/A | Cătălin Mitulescu | Romania |
| The Yellow Sea | 황해 / Hwanghae | Na Hong-jin | South Korea |
| Miss Bala | N/A | Gerardo Naranjo | Mexico |
| Hard Labor | Trabalhar Cansa | Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra | Brazil |
| Restless | — | Gus Van Sant | United States |
| The Minister | L'Exercice de l'État | Pierre Schöller | France |
| Toomelah | — | Ivan Sen | Australia |
| Oslo, 31 August | Oslo, 31. august | Joachim Trier | Norway |
| Elena | Елена / Yelena | Andrey Zvyagintsev | Russia |
| Goodbye | به امید دیدار | Mohammad Rasoulof | Iran |
Out of Competition
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midnight in Paris | — | Woody Allen | United States |
| The Conquest | La Conquête | Xavier Durringer | France |
| The Beaver | — | Jodie Foster | United States |
| The Beloved | Les Bien-aimés | Christophe Honoré | France |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | — | Rob Marshall | United States |
| Bollywood: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told | N/A | Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and Jeff Zimbalist | India |
Midnight Screenings
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wu Xia | Wu Xia | Peter Chan | Hong Kong |
| Days of Grace | Dias de gracia | Everardo Gout | Mexico |
Special Screenings
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Days | Tamantashar yom | Ahmad Abdallah, Mariam Abou Ouf, Kamla Abu Zikri, Ahmed Alaa, Mohamed Ali, Sherif Arafa, Sherif El Bendary, Marwan Hamed, Khaled Marei and Yousry Nasrallah | Egypt |
| Out of Bounds | Labrador | Frederikke Aspöck | Denmark |
| No More Fear | La khaoufa baada al'yaoum | Mourad Ben Cheikh | Tunisia |
| Duch, Master of the Forges of Hell | Le Maître des forges de l'Enfer | Rithy Panh | France |
| Michel Petrucciani | N/A | Michael Radford | France |
| Leader-Sheep | Tous au Larzac | Christian Rouaud | France |
| The Big Fix | — | Rebecca Tickell and Josh Tickell | United States |
Short Films
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghost | 고스트 / Ghost | Dahci Ma | South Korea |
| Swimsuit 46 | Badpakje 46 | Wannes Destoop | Belgium |
| Soy tan feliz | N/A | Vladimir Durán | Argentina |
| Bear | — | Nash Edgerton | Australia |
| Cold | Kjøttsår | Lisa Marie Gamlem | Norway |
| Meathead | — | Sam Holst | New Zealand |
| It Is Nothing | Ce n'est rien | Nicolas Roy | Canada |
| Paternal Womb | ふたつのウーテル | Megumi Tazaki | Japan |
| Cross | — | Maryna Vroda | France, Ukraine |
Cinéfoundation
The following films were selected to be screened in the Cinéfondation section, which focuses on short films made by students at film schools:[20]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | School |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cagey Tigers | N/A | Aramisova | FAMU, Czech Republic |
| Suu and Uchikawa | Suu et Uchikawa | Nathanael Carton | NYU Asia, Singapore |
| The Trip | A Viagem | Simão Cayatte | Columbia University, United States |
| On My Doorstep | Befetach beity | Anat Costi | Bezalel Academy, Israel |
| The Agony and Sweat of the Human Spirit | — | D. Jesse Damazo and Joe Bookman | University of Iowa, United States |
| Bento Monogatari | N/A | Pieter Dirkx | Hogeschool Sint-Lukas, Belgium |
| The Letter | Der Brief | Doroteya Droumeva | dffb, Germany |
| Duel Before Nightfall | Duelo Antes da Noite | Alice Furtado | Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil |
| Drari | N/A | Kamal Nazraq | La Fémis, France |
| Salsipuedes | N/A | Mariano Luque | National University of Córdoba, Argentina |
| The Wedding Party | La fiesta de casamiente | Gastón Margolin and Martín Morgenfeld | Universidad del Cine, Argentina |
| Till Summer Comes | L'estate che non viene | Pasquale Marino | Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Italy |
| Big Muddy | — | Jefferson Moneo | Columbia University, United States |
| Martha Must Fly | Al Martha lauf | Ma'ayan Rypp | Tel Aviv University, Israel |
| Fly by Night | 야간비행 / Ya-gan-bi-hang | Son Tae-gyum | Chung-Ang University, South Korea |
| Changeling | Der Wechselbalg | Maria Steinmetz | HFF Konrad Wolf, Germany |
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were selected to be screened in the independent Directors' Fortnight section:[21]
Feature Films
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Fée | N/A | Dominique Abel, Bruno Romy and Fiona Gordon | Belgium |
| O abismo prateado | N/A | Karim Aïnouz | Brazil |
| Code Blue | N/A | Urszula Antoniak | Netherlands |
| Blue Bird | N/A | Gust Van Den Berghe | Belgium |
| The Other Side of Sleep | N/A | Rebecca Daly | Ireland |
| End of Silence | La Fin du silence | Roland Edzard | France |
| Après le Sud | N/A | Jean-Jacques Jauffret | France |
| Mushrooms | Chatrak | Vimukthi Jayasundara | India |
| Return | N/A | Liza Johnson | United States |
| The Island | Ostrovat (Островът) | Kamen Kalev | Bulgaria |
| Sur la planche | N/A | Leila Kilani | Morocco |
| Porfirio | N/A | Alejandro Landes | Colombia |
| Les Géants | The Giants | Bouli Lanners | Belgium |
| Breathing | Atmen | Karl Markovics | Austria |
| Iris in Bloom | En ville | Valérie Mrejen and Bertrand Schefer | France |
| Play | N/A | Ruben Östlund | Sweden |
| The Silence of Joan | Jeanne captive | Philippe Ramos | France |
| Corpo Celeste | N/A | Alice Rohrwacher | Italy |
| Volcano | N/A | Runar Runarsson | Iceland |
| Palawan Fate | Busong | Auraeus Solito | Philippines |
| Impardonnables | N/A | André Téchiné | France |
Special Screenings
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| El velador | N/A | Natalia Almada | United States |
| Les jeunes gens modernes | N/A | Jérôme de Missolz and Jean-François Sanz | France |
| Guilty of Romance | Koi no Tsumi | Sion Sono | Japan |
| Back Door Channels: The Price of Peace | N/A | Harry Hunkele | United States |
| La nuit elles dansent | N/A | Isabelle Lavigne and Stéphane Thibault | Canada |
Short Films
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Guidance of Reason | La conduite de la Raison | Aliocha | France |
| Killing the chickens to Scare the Monkeys | N/A | Jens Assur | Sweden |
| Anonymous (street meat) | N/A | Migdia Chinea | United States |
| Dans le jardin du temps, portrait d’Ely et Nina Bielutin | N/A | Clément Cogitore | France |
| Nuven | N/A | Basil Da Cuncha | Chile |
| Demain, ça sera bien | N/A | Pauline Gay | France |
| Armand 15 ans l’été dernier | N/A | Blaise Harrison | France |
| Le songe de Poliphile | N/A | Camille Henrot | France |
| Cigarette at Night | N/A | Duane Hopkins | United Kingdom |
| Fourplay: Tampa | N/A | Henry Kyle | United States |
| Boro in the Box | N/A | Bernard Mandico | France |
| Las Palmas | N/A | Johannes Nyholm | Sweden |
| Mila Caos | N/A | Simon Paetau | Germany |
| Vice versa one | N/A | Sadat Shahrbanoo | Afghanistan |
| Csicska | N/A | Attila Till | Hungary |
Juries
International competition
The jury for the International 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
- Robert De Niro, American actor (President)[22][23][24]
- Jude Law, English actor
- Uma Thurman, American actress
- Martina Gusmán, Argentine actress and producer
- Nansun Shi, Hong Kong producer
- Linn Ullmann, Norwegian critic and writer
- Olivier Assayas, French director
- Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Chadian director
- Johnnie To, Hong Kong director and producer
Un Certain Regard
Cinéfondation and short films
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Camera d'Or
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Awards
- Official Selection
- In Competition
- Palme d'Or – The Tree of Life by Terrence Malick
- Grand Prix – Once Upon a Time in Anatolia by Nuri Bilge Ceylan and The Kid with a Bike by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
- Prix de la mise en scène – Nicolas Winding Refn for Drive
- Prix du scénario – Footnote by Joseph Cedar
- Jury Prize – Polisse by Maïwenn
- Prix d'interprétation féminine – Kirsten Dunst for Melancholia
- Prix d'interprétation masculine – Jean Dujardin for The Artist
- Camera d'Or – Las Acacias by Pablo Giorgelli
- Palme d'Or du court métrage – Cross by Maryna Vroda
- Prix du Jury du court métrage – Swimsuit 46 by Wannes Destoop
- Un Certain Regard[25]
- Prize of Un Certain Regard – Arirang by Kim Ki-duk and Stopped on Track by Andreas Dresen
- Special Jury Prize – Elena by Andrey Zvyagintsev
- Directing Prize – Mohammad Rasoulov for Goodbye
- Cinéfondation
- 1st Prize – The Letter by Doroteya Droumeva
- 2nd Prize – Drari by Kamal Nazraq
- 3rd Prize – Fly by Night by Son Tae-gyum
- Independent sections
- Critics' Week[26]
- Grand Prix Nespresso – Take Shelter by Jeff Nichols
- Special Mention from the Jury President – Snowtown by Justin Kurzel
- Prix SACD – Take Shelter by Jeff Nichols
- Prix SACD (Directors' Fortnight) – The Giants by Bouli Lanners
- ACID/CCAS Prize – Las Acacias by Pablo Giorgelli
- Very Young Critics Prize – Las Acacias by Pablo Giorgelli
- Independent awards
- FIPRESCI Awards[27]
- In Competition – Le Havre by Aki Kaurismäki
- Un Certain Regard – The Minister by Pierre Schöller
- Critics' Week or Directors' Fortnight – Take Shelter by Jeff Nichols
- Ecumenical Jury
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury – This Must Be the Place by Paolo Sorrentino
- Special Mention – Le Havre by Aki Kaurismäki
- Special Mention – Where Do We Go Now? by Nadine Labaki
- Palm Dog[28]
- Palm Dog Award – Uggy for The Artist
- Special Jury Prize – Laika for Le Havre
- International Confederation of Art Cinemas[30]
- Art Cinema Award for The Giants by Bouli Lanners
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External links
- Official Cannes Festival Site (in English)
- Cannes Film Festival 2011 – Radio France Internationale
- 2011 Cannes Film Festival at IMDb
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