The 63rd

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was held from 12 to 23 May 2010, in

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, France. The Cannes Film Festival, hailed as being one of the most recognized and prestigious film festivals worldwide, was founded in 1946. It consists of having films screened in and out of competition during the festival; films screened in competition compete for the

Palme d'Or The Palme d'Or (; en, Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festival's highest prize was the Grand Prix du Fe ...

award. The award in 2010 was won by ''

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives ''Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives'' ( th, ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ; ) is a 2010 Thai drama film written, produced, and directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. The film, which explores themes of reincarnation, ...

'', a

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film directed by

Apichatpong Weerasethakul Apichatpong Weerasethakul ( th, อภิชาติพงศ์ วีระเศรษฐกุล; ; ) is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Working outside the strict confines of the Thai film studio system ...

. This was determined by the festival's jury members who reviewed films screened in competition. American

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

Tim Burton Timothy Walter Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American filmmaker and animator. He is known for his gothic fantasy and horror films such as ''Beetlejuice'' (1988), ''Edward Scissorhands'' (1990), ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' (1993), ...

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 Kathrin Romany Beckinsale (born 26 July 1973) is an English actress and model. After some minor television roles, her film debut was ''Much Ado About Nothing'' (1993) while a student at the University of Oxford. She appeared in British costume ...

Emmanuel Carrère Emmanuel Carrère (born 9 December 1957) is a French author, screenwriter and film director. Life Family Carrère was born into a wealthy family in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. His father, Louis Carrère d'Encausse, is a retired insuranc ...

Benicio del Toro Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez (born February 19, 1967) is a Puerto Rican actor and producer. He has garnered critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, two Screen A ...

, and

Alexandre Desplat Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat (; born 23 August 1961) is a French film composer and conductor. He has won many awards, including two Academy Awards, for his musical scores to the films ''The Grand Budapest Hotel'' and ''The Shape of Water'', ...

. Other categories for films screened in competition that have their own separate juries for other awards are for

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and the

Un Certain Regard (, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films w ...

category.

Ridley Scott Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is a British film director and producer. Directing, among others, science fiction films, his work is known for its atmospheric and highly concentrated visual style. Scott has received many accolades thr ...

's ''

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'' opened the festival and Julie Bertuccelli's '' The Tree'' was the closing film. The full film lineup for the festival was announced on 15 April 2010. English actress

Kristin Scott Thomas Dame Kristin Ann Scott Thomas (born 24 May 1960) is a British actress who also holds French citizenship. A five-time British Academy Film Awards, BAFTA Award and Laurence Olivier Award, Olivier Award nominee, she won the BAFTA Award for Best ...

was the mistress of ceremonies.

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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. 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. 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. Two days before the beginning of the festival, the just finished film ''

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'', directed by

Ken Loach Kenneth Charles Loach (born 17 June 1936) is a British film director and screenwriter. His socially critical directing style and socialist ideals are evident in his film treatment of social issues such as poverty (''Poor Cow'', 1967), homelessne ...

, was added to the main competition.

Juries

Claire Denis 66ème Festival de Venise (Mostra) 2

Main competition

The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2010 Official Selection: *

(American director) Jury President * Alberto Barbera (Italian film critic) *

(English actress) *

(French author, screenwriter and director) *

(Puerto Rican actor) *

(French composer) *

Víctor Erice Víctor Erice Aras (; born 30 June 1940) is a Spanish film director. He is best known for his two feature fiction films, ''The Spirit of the Beehive'' (1973), which many regard as one of the greatest Spanish films ever made, and '' El Sur'' (1983 ...

(Spanish director) *

Shekhar Kapur Shekhar Kulbhushan Kapur (born 6 December 1945) is an Indian filmmaker and actor. Born into the Anand-Sahni family, Kapur is the recipient of several accolades, including a BAFTA Award, a National Film Award, a National Board of Review Award a ...

(Indian director) *

Giovanna Mezzogiorno Giovanna Mezzogiorno (; born 9 November 1974) is an Italian theatre and film actress. Early life Mezzogiorno was born in Rome, 9 November 1974, a daughter of actors Vittorio Mezzogiorno and Cecilia Sacchi. She grew up watching her parents on s ...

(Italian actress)

Un Certain Regard

Claire Denis Claire Denis (; born 21 April 1946) is a French film director and screenwriter. Her feature film ''Beau Travail'' (1999) has been called one of the greatest films of the 1990s, as well as of all time. Other acclaimed works include '' Trouble Ev ...

(French director) President * Patrick Ferla (Swiss journalist) * Kim Dong-ho (South Korean director of

Busan Film Festival The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF, previously Pusan International Film Festival, PIFF), held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan (''also'' Pusan), South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. The first festiv ...

) * Helena Lindblad (Swedish critic) * Serge Toubiana (French General Director of the

Cinémathèque Française The Cinémathèque Française (), founded in 1936, is a French non-profit film organization that holds one of the largest archives of film documents and film-related objects in the world. Based in Paris's 12th arrondissement, the archive offers ...

)

Camera d'Or

Gael García Bernal Gael García Bernal (; born 30 November 1978) is a Mexican actor and producer. He is best known for his performances in the films '' Bad Education'', '' The Motorcycle Diaries'', ''Amores perros'', ''Y tu mamá también'', ''Babel'', '' Coco'', ...

(Mexican director) President *

Gérard de Battista Gérard de Battista is a cinematographer, had a long relationship with the Spanish actress Victoria Abril and they have two sons together, one in 1990 (Martín) and another one in 1992 (Félix). Partial filmography *''Sans peur et sans reproche ( ...

(French cinematographer) * Stéphane Brizé (French director) * Didier Diaz (FICAM) * Charlotte Lipinska (French Union Critics)

Cinéfondation and short films

Atom Egoyan Atom Egoyan (; hy, Աթոմ Եղոյեան, translit=Atom Yeghoyan; born July 19, 1960) is a Canadian filmmaker. He was part of a loosely-affiliated group of filmmakers to emerge in the 1980s from Toronto known as the Toronto New Wave. Egoyan m ...

(Canadian director) President *

Emmanuelle Devos Emmanuelle Devos (born 10 May 1964) is a French actress. She is the daughter of actress Marie Henriau. She won the César Award for Best Actress in 2002 for her performance in ''Sur mes lèvres'', directed by Jacques Audiard. She has also been ...

(French actress) *

Carlos Diegues Carlos Diegues, also known as Cacá Diegues (born May 19, 1940), is a Brazilian film director. He was born in Maceió, Alagoas, and is best known as a member of the Cinema Novo movement. He is popularly known for his unconventional, yet intriguing ...

(Brazilian director) * Dinara Droukarova (Russian actress) *

Marc Recha Marc Recha (born 18 October 1970) is a Catalan Spanish film director and screenwriter. He has directed 18 films (9 shorts and 9 feature films) since 1988. He mostly films his films in Catalan Language but also in French and Spanish. His film '' ...

(Spanish Director)

Official selection

In competition - Feature films

The following feature films competed for the

Un Certain Regard

The following films were selected for the competition of

Films out of competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:

Special screenings

The following films were shown as special screenings.

Cinéfondation

The following short films were selected for the competition of

Cinéfondation La ''Cinéfondation'' is a foundation under the aegis of the Cannes Film Festival, created to inspire and support the next generation of international filmmakers. It was created in 1998 by Gilles Jacob. Since then it has developed complementary ...

: : * denotes first time a school was selected to compete

Short film competition

The following short films competed for the

Short Film Palme d'Or The Short Film Palme d'Or (french: Palme d'Or du court métrage) is the highest prize given to a short film at the Cannes Film Festival. Since the creation of the Cinéfondation La ''Cinéfondation'' is a foundation under the aegis of the Cannes ...

Cannes Classics

Cannes Classics places the spotlight on documentaries about cinema and restored masterworks from the past. World Cinema Foundation

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.

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following films were screened for the 49th

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(49e Semaine de la Critique): Feature film competition * ''

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'' by Janus Metz (Denmark) * '' Bedevilled'' by Jang Cheol-so (South Korea) * '' Belle Épine'' by

Rebecca Zlotowski Rebecca Zlotowski (born 21 April 1980) is a French film director and screenwriter. Education A former student at prestigious Ecole Normale Supérieure, Rebecca Zlotowski received her teaching qualification in French modern literature in 2003. ...

(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 ''Sound of Noise'' is a 2010 Swedish language, Swedish-French language, French Comedy film, comedy-Crime film, crime film written and directed by Ola Simonsson and Johannes Stjärne Nilsson. It tells the story of a group of musicians who illegally ...

'' by Ola Simonsson, Johannes Stjärne Nilsson (Sweden, France) * ''

The Myth of the American Sleepover ''The Myth of the American Sleepover'' is a 2010 American coming-of-age film written and directed by David Robert Mitchell. It had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 13, 2010, and was released in the United States on July 22, 2011, ...

'' by

David Robert Mitchell David Robert Mitchell (born October 19, 1974) is an American film director and writer. He received significant recognition as a director after completing his second feature, the critically acclaimed horror film '' It Follows'' (2014). Early life ...

(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 Ariel Kleiman (born 1985 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian director and filmmaker based in London. Biography Kleiman was born to a Jewish family in Melbourne, Australia; his parents emigrated from Odessa, Ukraine in the 1970s. He gradua ...

(Australia) * ''Love Patate'' by Gilles Cuvelier (France) * ''

Native Son ''Native Son'' (1940) is a novel written by the American author Richard Wright. It tells the story of 20-year-old Bigger Thomas, a black youth living in utter poverty in a poor area on Chicago's South Side in the 1930s. While not apologizing ...

'' 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 ''The Names of Love'' (french: Le Nom des gens) is a 2010 French romantic comedy film directed by Michel Leclerc, written by Leclerc and Baya Kasmi, and produced by Antoine Rein, Fabrice Goldstein and Caroline Adrian. The film recorded 764,821 a ...

'' (''Le Nom des gens'') by

Michel Leclerc Michel Leclerc (born 24 April 1965) is a French director and screenwriter. Career During the 1990s, Leclerc worked as a TV editor and cameraman. He also wrote and directed a number of shorts. For years, he was a columnist on television shows su ...

(France) *'' Copacabana'' by

Marc Fitoussi Marc Fitoussi (born 20 July 1976) is a French film director and screenwriter. Life and career After a university degree course in English and art history, Fitoussi joined the Conservatoire européen d'écriture audiovisuelle (CEEA) (European ...

(France) *''

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'' by

Quentin Dupieux Quentin Dupieux (, born 14 April 1974), also known by his musical stage name Mr. Oizo (), is a French filmmaker, electronic musician, and DJ. Dupieux is credited with his legal name for his films, while the name "Mr. Oizo" is used for his musica ...

(France) *'' Women Are Heroes'' by JR (France) :Short and medium length *''Bastard'' by

Kirsten Dunst Kirsten Caroline Dunst (; born April 30, 1982) is an American actress. She made her acting debut in the short ''Oedipus Wrecks'' directed by Woody Allen in the anthology film ''New York Stories'' (1989). She then gained recognition for her rol ...

(United States) *''The Clerk’s Tale'' by

James Franco James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor and filmmaker. For his role in '' 127 Hours'' (2010), he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. Franco is known for his roles in films, such as Sam Raimi's ''Spider-Ma ...

(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

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Staff Benda Bilili Staff Benda Bilili are a group of street musicians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They used to live around the grounds of the zoo in the country's capital city, Kinshasa, and play music which is rooted in soukous, with elements of old-sc ...

had its world premiere at the festival, with the group in attendance and performing at the

Director's Fortnight The Directors' Fortnight (french: Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) is an independent selection of the Cannes Film Festival. It was started in 1969 by the French Directors Guild after the events of May 1968 resulted in cancellation of the Cannes festi ...

opening party. The following films were screened for the 2010

Directors' Fortnight The Directors' Fortnight (french: Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) is an independent selection of the Cannes Film Festival. It was started in 1969 by the French Directors Guild after the events of May 1968 resulted in cancellation of the Cannes festiv ...

(Quinzaine des Réalizateurs): Feature films * ''All Good Children'' by Alicia Duffy (Ireland, Belgium, France, United Kingdom) * '' Año bisiesto'' by

Michael Rowe Michael Rowe (born 1960) is an American television writer, producer and comedian. He has written for ''Becker'', ''The Nanny'', '' Futurama'', '' Paranormal Action Squad'' and '' Family Guy'', as well as writing the episode of ''The PJs ''Th ...

(Mexico) * '' Benda Bilili!'' by Renaud Barret, Florent de La Tullaye'' (France) * '' Boxing Gym'' by

Frederick Wiseman Frederick Wiseman (born January 1, 1930) is an American filmmaker, documentarian, and theater director. His work is "devoted primarily to exploring American institutions". He has been called "one of the most important and original filmmakers wor ...

(United States) * ''Cleveland versus Wall Street'' (''Cleveland contre Wall Street'') by

Jean-Stéphane Bron Jean-Stéphane Bron (1969-) is a Switzerland, Swiss film director. Born in 1969 in Lausanne, Jean-Stéphane Bron graduated from the École cantonale d'art de Lausanne (ECAL). After ''Known to Our Departments'' and ''The Way I Look at You'', he dir ...

(Switzerland, France) * ''Des filles en noir'' by Jean Paul Civeyrac (France) * ''

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'' by

Christoffer Boe Christoffer Boe (born 1974) is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He is an established and well-known not only in Denmark, but all through the world. Among his international awards there are FIPRESCI Director of the Year at San Sebastián ...

(Denmark, Sweden, France) * ''

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'' (''Illégal'') by

Olivier Masset-Depasse Olivier Masset-Depasse is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. He made his feature-length debut in 2006 with ''Cages''. In 2010, he wrote and directed ''Illegal'', which premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for eight ...

(Belgium, Luxembourg, France) * '' The Invisible Eye'' (''La mirada invisible'') by

Diego Lerman Diego Lerman (born March 24, 1976, in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine film director, producer and screenplay writer. He works mainly in the cinema of Argentina.. Directing and screenplay filmography * ''La Prueba'' (1999) * ''Tan d ...

(Argentina, France, Spain) * ''Le Vagabond'' by Avishai Sivan (Israel) * '' Le quattro volte'' by

Michelangelo Frammartino Michelangelo Frammartino (born 1968) is an Italian filmmaker. Biography Michelangelo Frammartino was born in Milan to Calabrian parents in 1968. In 1991 he enrolled in the Architecture Faculty of the Politecnico di Milano. Between 1994 and 1 ...

(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 Cam Archer (born 1981) is an American independent filmmaker, photographer and sound designer, currently residing in Santa Cruz, California. ''Cinemad'' Career Archer's first success was with his 2003 student produced short film, ''bobbycrush'', a ...

(United States) * ''The Joy'' by Felipe Bragança, Marina Meliande (Brazil) * ''

The Light Thief ''The Light Thief'' ( ky, Свет-аке, ''Svet-Ake'') is a 2010 Kyrgyz drama film directed by Aktan Arym Kubat. The film was Kyrgyzstan's submission for Best Foreign Language Film for the 83rd Academy Awards, but did not make the final shortli ...

'' (''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 ''Two Gates of Sleep'' is a 2010 American drama film written and directed by Alistair Banks Griffin and starring Brady Corbet, David Call and Karen Young. ''Two Gates of Sleep'' was produced by Josh Mond and Andrew Renzi through the production ...

'' by Alistair Banks Griffin (United States) * ''

Love Like Poison ''Love Like Poison'' (french: Un poison violent, ) is a 2010 French coming-of-age story, coming-of-age drama film directed by Katell Quillévéré and starring Clara Augarde, Lio and Michel Galabru. The film's title is taken from the song "Un poi ...

'' (''Un poison violent'') by

Katell Quillévéré Katell Quillévéré (born 30 January 1980) is a French film director and screenwriter, known for directing the films ''Love Like Poison'' (2010) and '' Suzanne'' (2013). In 2015 she was selected to be a member of the jury for the International ...

(France) * '' You All Are Captains'' (''Todos vós sodes capitáns'') by

Oliver Laxe Óliver Laxe Coro (born 11 April 1982) is a French-born Spanish film director, screenwriter and actor of Galician ancestry. His debut feature film '' You All Are Captains'' premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI Pr ...

(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 Timothy Sean Durkin (born December 9, 1981) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. He won the Dramatic Directing Award at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival for ''Martha Marcy May Marlene''. His short film, ''Mary Last Seen'', on ...

(United States) * ''Petit tailleur'' by

Louis Garrel Louis Garrel (born 14 June 1983) is a French actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his starring role in '' The Dreamers'', directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.

(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

was won by the

film ''

'' directed by

. It was the first time that an Asian movie won the award since 1997.

, 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." French film '' Of Gods and Men'' was the runner up. The

Xavier Beauvois Xavier Beauvois (; born 20 March 1967) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. Career His film ''Don't Forget You're Going to Die'' was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Jury Prize. His film '' Of Gods an ...

-directed film had been considered a favourite for the Palme d'Or along with

Mike Leigh Mike Leigh (born 20 February 1943) is an English film and theatre director, screenwriter and playwright. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and further at the Camberwell School of Art, the Central School of Art and Design ...

's '' Another Year''. During the ceremony special attention was paid to Iranian filmmaker

Jafar Panahi Jafar Panâhi ( fa, جعفر پناهی, ; born 11 July 1960) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film editor, commonly associated with the Iranian New Wave film movement. After several years of making short films and working as an ass ...

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: In Competition *

: ''

'' by

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: '' Of Gods and Men'' by

* Best Director Award:

Mathieu Amalric Mathieu Amalric (; born 25 October 1965) is a French actor and filmmaker. He is best known internationally for his roles in the James Bond film ''Quantum of Solace'', in which he played the lead villain, Steven Spielberg's ''Munich (2005 film), ...

for '' On Tour'' *

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: ''

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'' by Lee Chang-dong * Best Actress Award:

Juliette Binoche Juliette Binoche (; born 9 March 1964) is a French actress and dancer. She has appeared in more than sixty feature films and has been the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Silver Bear, ...

for ''

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'' *

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Javier Bardem Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (; born 1 March 1969) is a Spanish actor. Known for his roles in Blockbuster (entertainment), blockbusters and foreign films, he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as the psychopath, ...

for ''

Biutiful ''Biutiful'' is a 2010 psychological drama film directed, produced and co-written by Alejandro González Iñárritu and starring Javier Bardem. The project marks González Iñárritu's first film in his native Spanish language since his debut ...

'' &

Elio Germano Elio Germano (born 25 September 1980) is an Italian actor. He is the recipient of many accolades, including a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor and a Silver Bear for Best Actor. Life and career Born in Rome to a Molisan family from Duro ...

for '' Our Life'' * Prix du Jury: ''

A Screaming Man ''A Screaming Man'' (french: Un homme qui crie) is a 2010 drama film by Mahamat Saleh Haroun, starring Youssouf Djaoro and Diouc Koma. Set in 2006, it revolves around the civil war in Chad, and tells the story of a man who sends his son to war in ...

'' by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun Un Certain Regard *

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: '' Hahaha'' by

Hong Sang-soo Hong Sang-soo (홍상수, born 25 October 1960) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Early life Hong's parents owned the film production company Cinetel Soul. Hong took the entrance exam and entered the theater department at Chun ...

* Un Certain Regard Jury Prize: ''

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'' 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 Komljen Golden Camera *

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: '' Año Bisiesto'' by

Short films *

: ''Barking Island'' by

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* Short Film Jury Prize: ''Bathing Micky'' by Frida Kempff

Independent awards

FIPRESCI Prizes * '' On Tour'' (''Tournée'') by

(In Competition) * '' Adrienn Pál'' (''Pál Adrienn'') by Ágnes Kocsis (Un Certain Regard) * '' You All Are Captains'' (''Todos vós sodes capitáns'') by

(Directors' Fortnight) Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist *

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: Leslie Shatz, Bob Beemer, Jon Taylor (Sound Department) for ''

'' Ecumenical Jury *

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: '' Of Gods and Men'' (''Des hommes et des dieux'') by

* Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention: '' Another Year'' by

& ''

'' (''Shi'') by Lee Chang-dong Awards in the frame of International Critics' Week * Critics Week Grand Prize: ''

'' 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: ''

'' by Ola Simonsson, Johannes Stjärne Nilsson * Canal+ Gran Prix for short film: ''Berik'' by Daniel Joseph Borgman * Kodak Discovery Award for Best Short Film: ''Deeper Than Yesterday'' by

Other awards * Regards Jeunes Prize: '' Heartbeats'' (''Les amours imaginaires'') by

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Association Prix François Chalais *

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: ''

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'' by

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References

External links

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