The 72nd annual
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films o ...
took place from 14 to 25 May 2019.
Mexican filmmaker
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Alejandro González Iñárritu (; American Spanish: ; credited since 2016 as Alejandro G. Iñárritu; born 15 August 1963) is a Mexican filmmaker and screenwriter. He is primarily known for making modern psychological drama films about the hum ...
served as jury president.
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 ...
went to the South Korean film ''
Parasite
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'', directed by
Bong Joon-ho
Bong Joon-ho (, ; Hanja: 奉俊昊; born September 14, 1969) is a South Korean film director, producer and screenwriter. The recipient of four Academy Awards, his filmography is characterised by emphasis on social themes, genre-mixing, black h ...
; Bong became the first Korean director to win the award.
American film director
Jim Jarmusch
James Robert Jarmusch (; born January 22, 1953) is an American film director and screenwriter. He has been a major proponent of independent cinema since the 1980s, directing films including '' Stranger Than Paradise'' (1984), '' Down by Law'' ( ...
's ensemble
zombie
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comedy film
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''
The Dead Don't Die'' served as the opening film of the festival.
The festival honoured French filmmaker
Agnès Varda
Agnès Varda (; born Arlette Varda; 30 May 1928 – 29 March 2019) was a Belgian-born French film director, screenwriter, photographer, and artist. Her pioneering work was central to the development of the widely influential French New Wave film ...
, who died in March 2019, featuring her on the official poster of the festival. The photograph used was taken during the filming of her debut film ''
La Pointe Courte
''La Pointe Courte'' is a 1955 French drama film directed by Agnès Varda (in her feature film directorial debut). It has been cited by many critics as a forerunner of the French New Wave,Kirshner, J. (2021). An Artist in Her Own Right: The Cinema ...
'' (1955), which later screened at the Cannes Film Festival.
Juries
Main competition
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Alejandro González Iñárritu
Alejandro González Iñárritu (; American Spanish: ; credited since 2016 as Alejandro G. Iñárritu; born 15 August 1963) is a Mexican filmmaker and screenwriter. He is primarily known for making modern psychological drama films about the hum ...
, Mexican director, Jury President
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Enki Bilal
Enki Bilal (born Enes Bilal; born 7 October 1951) is a French comic book creator, comics artist and film director.
Biography Early life
Bilal was born in Belgrade, PR Serbia, Yugoslavia, to a Czech mother, Ana, who came to Belgrade as child from ...
, French author, artist and director
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Robin Campillo
Robin Campillo (; born 16 August 1962) is a Moroccan-born French screenwriter, editor and film director. He is known for his work on films such as ''The Class (2008 film), The Class'' (2008), ''Heading South'' (2005), the French zombie film ''Th ...
, French director
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Maimouna N'Diaye, Senegalese actress
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Elle Fanning
Mary Elle Fanning (born April 9, 1998) is an American actress. She made her film debut as the younger version of her sister Dakota Fanning's character in the drama film ''I Am Sam'' (2001). As a child actress, she appeared in several films, inc ...
, American actress
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Yorgos Lanthimos
Georgios "Yorgos" Lanthimos ( el, Γιώργος Λάνθιμος, Giórgos Lánthimos, ; born 23 September 1973) is a Greek film director, film producer, screenwriter, photographer, theatre director and former professional basketball player. Sin ...
, Greek director
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Paweł Pawlikowski
Paweł Aleksander Pawlikowski (; born 15 September 1957) is a Polish filmmaker. He garnered early praise for a string of documentaries in the 1990s and for his award-winning feature films of the 2000s, '' Last Resort'' (2000) and ''My Summer of ...
, Polish director
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Kelly Reichardt
Kelly Reichardt (; born March 3, 1964) is an American film director and screenwriter. She is known for her minimalist films closely associated with slow cinema, many of which deal with working-class characters in small, rural communities.
Reich ...
, American director
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Alice Rohrwacher
Alice Rohrwacher (, ; born 29 December 1980) is an Italian film director, editor and screenwriter.
Her film '' Le pupille'' was nominated for Oscar in 2023 in short film categories.
Early life
Rohrwacher was born in Fiesole, in Tuscany, to an ...
, Italian director
Un Certain Regard
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Nadine Labaki
Nadine Labaki ( ar, نادين لبكي ''Nādīn Labikī''; born February 18, 1974) is a Lebanese actress, director and activist. Labaki first came into the spotlight as an actress in the early 2000s. Her film-making career began in 2007 after ...
, Lebanese director, Jury President
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Marina Foïs
Marina Sylvie Foïs (born 21 January 1970) is a French actress.
Life and career
Born in Boulogne-Billancourt in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in a family from Russian, Jewish Egyptian, German and Italian ancestry, Marina Foïs was discove ...
, French actress
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Nurhan Sekerci-Porst
Nurhan is a Turkish unisex name and may refer to:
Given name
* Nurhan Atasoy (born 1934), Turkish art historian
* Nurhan Çakmak (born 1981), Turkish women's footballer
* Nurhan Çınar (born 1994), Turkish field hockey player
* Nurhan Fırat (bor ...
, German film producer
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Lisandro Alonso
Lisandro Alonso (born 2 June 1975) is an Argentine film director and screenwriter. He has directed six feature-length films and a short film since 2001 and is loosely associated with the ''New Argentine Cinema'' movement. His film '' La libertad ...
, Argentine director
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Lukas Dhont
Lukas Dhont (born 1991) () is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. He was featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list in 2019.
Early life
Dhont was born in Gent (in English Ghent), Belgium. His mother, Hilbe is a fashion teacher at an art ...
, Belgian director
Caméra d'or
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Rithy Panh
Rithy Panh ( km, ប៉ាន់ រិទ្ធី; born April 18, 1964) is a Cambodian documentary film director and screenwriter.
The French-schooled director's films focus on the aftermath of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. R ...
, Cambodian-French director, Jury President
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Alice Diop
Alice Diop (b. 1979) is a French filmmaker, who makes films about contemporary French society.
Early life and education
Born in Aulnay-sous-Bois in 1979, daughter of Senegalese parents, Alice Diop was raised in the Cité des 3000 housing project I ...
, French director
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Sandrine Marques, French director, author and film critic
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Benoît Delhomme, French cinematographer
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Nicolas Naegelen, French president director of Polyson
Cinéfondation and short films
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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, Jury President
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Stacy Martin
Stacy Martin (born 20 March 1990) is a French actress. Her breakthrough role was playing Joe as a young woman in Lars von Trier's 2013 drama film ''Nymphomaniac''.
Early life
Martin was born in Paris, where she spent her early childhood. She m ...
, French-UK actress
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Eran Kolirin
Eran Kolirin (Hebrew: ערן קולירין) (born 4 November 1973) is an Israeli screenwriter and film director.
In 2004, he directed the feature-length television drama, ''The Long Journey''. His cinema directorial debut, ''The Band's Visit'' ( ...
, Israeli director
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Panos H. Koutras
Panos H. Koutras ( el, Πάνος Χ. Κούτρας; born in Athens) is a Greek film director, film producer and screenwriter, who made his debut with the feature film '' The Attack of the Giant Moussaka'' (1999), an independent science-fiction ...
, Greek director
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Cătălin Mitulescu
Cătălin Mitulescu (; born 13 January 1972 in Bucharest) is a Romanian film director. He graduated from the Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film in Bucharest in 2001.
He is best known for the short film ''Trafic (2004 film), Trafic'' ...
, Romanian director
Independent juries
International Critics' Week
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Ciro Guerra
Ciro Guerra (born 6 February 1981) is a Colombian film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his 2015 film ''Embrace of the Serpent'', the film was nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Foreign Language Film ...
, Colombian director, Jury President
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Amira Casar
Amira Casar is a British-born actress who grew up in England, Ireland, and France.
Early life
Amira is the daughter of a Kurds, Kurdish father and a Russian mother. She was born in London and was subsequently raised in England, Ireland, and Fran ...
, French-English actress
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Marianne Slot, French-Danish film producer
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Djia Mambu, Belgian-Congolese film journalist and critic
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Jonas Carpignano
Jonas Carpignano (; born January 16, 1984) is an Italian-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 fulfi ...
, Italian-American director
L'Œil d'or
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Yolande Zauberman
Yolande Zauberman () is a French film director and screenwriter.
Career
She made her debut in cinema working alongside Amos Gitai. In 1987 she directed her first documentary ''Classified People'', dealing with apartheid in South Africa, which wo ...
, French director, Jury President
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Romane Bohringer
Romane Bohringer (; born 14 August 1973) is a French actress, film director, screenwriter, and costume designer. She is the daughter of Richard Bohringer and sister of Lou Bohringer. Her parents named her after Roman Polanski.
She won the Cé ...
, French actress and director
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Éric Caravaca
Éric Caravaca (born 21 November 1966) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter.Iván Giroud
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, Cuban film festival director
*
Ross McElwee
Ross McElwee is an American documentary filmmaker known for his autobiographical films about his family and personal life, usually interwoven with an episodic journey that intersects with larger political or philosophical issues. His humorous an ...
, American director
Queer Palm
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Virginie Ledoyen
Virginie Fernández (born 15 November 1976), known by her stage name Virginie Ledoyen (), is a French actress who has appeared in French, British and American films.
Life and career
Ledoyen was born in Aubervilliers, the daughter of Olga, a res ...
, French actress, Jury President
*
Claire Duguet
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Canada
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* Clair Parish, New Brunswick
* Pointe-Claire, Que ...
, French cinematographer and director
*
Kee-Yoon Kim, French comedian
*
Filipe Matzembacher, Brazilian director
*
Marcio Reolon, Brazilian director
Official selection
In competition
The following films were selected to 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 ...
:
:
(CdO) indicates film eligible for the
Caméra d'Or
The Caméra d'Or ("''Golden Camera''") is an award of the Cannes Film Festival for the best first feature film presented in one of the Cannes' selections (Official Selection, Directors' Fortnight or International Critics' Week
The International ...
as a feature directorial debut.
:
(QP) indicates film in competition for the
Queer Palm.
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected to compete in 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 ...
'' section:
:
(CdO) indicates film eligible for the
Caméra d'Or
The Caméra d'Or ("''Golden Camera''") is an award of the Cannes Film Festival for the best first feature film presented in one of the Cannes' selections (Official Selection, Directors' Fortnight or International Critics' Week
The International ...
as a feature directorial debut.
:
(QP) indicates film in competition for the
Queer Palm.
Out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
:
(QP) indicates film in competition for the
Queer Palm.
:
(ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the
Œil d'or for documentary.
Special screenings
The following films were selected be shown in the special screenings section:
:
(CdO) indicates film eligible for the
Caméra d'Or
The Caméra d'Or ("''Golden Camera''") is an award of the Cannes Film Festival for the best first feature film presented in one of the Cannes' selections (Official Selection, Directors' Fortnight or International Critics' Week
The International ...
as a feature directorial debut.
:
(ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the
Œil d'or for documentary feature.
Short films
Out of 4,240 entries, the following films were selected to compete 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 ...
.
:
(ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the
Œil d'or for documentary.
:
(QP) indicates film in competition for the
Queer Palm.
Cinéfondation
The
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 ...
section focuses on films made by students at film schools. The following 17 entries (14 live-action and 3 animated films) were selected out of 2,000 submissions. Six of the films selected represent schools participating in Cinéfondation for the first time.
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:(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
]
Cannes Classics
The full line-up for the Cannes Classics section was announced on 26 April 2019.
Restorations
Documentaries
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 selected to be screened in the International Critics' Week
The International Critics' Week (french: Semaine de la Critique) was founded in 1962 and is organized by the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics. It was created following the showing of '' The Connection'' directed by Shirley Clarke which had been ...
section:
Features
Short films
:(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
Special screenings
:(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
Invitation
Films from Morelia International Film Festival
The Morelia International Film Festival (''Spanish'': ''Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia''; FICM) was founded in 2003 in the city of Morelia, Michoacán, México. It is an annual event that takes place during the second week of October.
F ...
:
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were selected to be screened in the 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 ...
section:
Features
:(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or
The Caméra d'Or ("''Golden Camera''") is an award of the Cannes Film Festival for the best first feature film presented in one of the Cannes' selections (Official Selection, Directors' Fortnight or International Critics' Week
The International ...
as a feature directorial debut.
:(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
Special screenings
Short and medium-length films
:(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
Exhibition
ACID
The following films were selected to be screened in the ACID (Association for the Distribution of Independent Cinema) section:
Feature films
:(ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the Œil d'or as documentary.
:(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
ACID Trip #3 - Argentina
Awards
Official awards
In Competition
The following awards were presented for films shown In Competition:
* 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 ...
: ''Parasite
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has ...
'' by Bong Joon-ho
Bong Joon-ho (, ; Hanja: 奉俊昊; born September 14, 1969) is a South Korean film director, producer and screenwriter. The recipient of four Academy Awards, his filmography is characterised by emphasis on social themes, genre-mixing, black h ...
* Grand Prix
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Arts and entertainment ...
: ''Atlantics
''Atlantics'' (french: Atlantique) is a 2019 internationally co-produced supernatural romantic drama film directed by Mati Diop, in her feature directorial debut. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. ...
'' by Mati Diop
Mati Diop (born 22 June 1982) is a French-Senegalese filmmaker and actress who starred in the 2008 film '' 35 Shots of Rum''. She also directed the 2019 film ''Atlantics'', for which she became the first black female director to be in contention ...
* Best Director Best Director is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards. It may refer to:
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* AACTA Award for Best Direction
* Academy Award for Best Director
* BA ...
: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Brothers Jean-Pierre Dardenne (; born 21 April 1951) and Luc Dardenne (born 10 March 1954), collectively referred to as the Dardenne brothers, are a Belgian filmmaking duo. They write, produce, and direct their films together.
The Dardennes ...
for ''Young Ahmed
''Young Ahmed'' (french: Le Jeune Ahmed) is a 2019 Belgian drama film directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. The film revolves around a young Muslim boy from Belgium who plots to murder his teacher in the name of his religion. It was selected ...
''
* Jury Prize
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:
** ''Bacurau
''Bacurau'' () is a 2019 Brazilian-French weird western film written and directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles. It stars Sônia Braga, Udo Kier, Bárbara Colen, Thomas Aquino, Silvero Pereira, and Karine Teles. The film, a co ...
'' by Kleber Mendonça Filho
Kleber Mendonça Filho (; born 3 November 1968) is a Brazilian film director, screenwriter, producer, and critic.
Life and career
With a degree in journalism from the Federal University of Pernambuco, Kleber Mendonça Filho began his career as ...
and Juliano Dornelles
** ''Les Misérables
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In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its original ...
'' by Ladj Ly
Ladj Ly (; born 19 March 1980 in Paris) is a French film director and screenwriter. He won a Jury Prize in Cannes Film Festival for ''Les Misérables'' in 2019. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
Biography
Ly's ...
* Best Actress
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: Emily Beecham
Emily Beecham (born 12 May 1984) is an American-British actress and singer. She is best known for her role in the Coen Brothers film ''Hail, Caesar!'', the AMC series '' Into the Badlands'', and the title role in the 2017 film '' Daphne''. She s ...
for '' Little Joe''
* Best Actor
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The term most often refers to th ...
: Antonio Banderas
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for ''Pain and Glory
''Pain and Glory'' ( es, Dolor y gloria) is a 2019 Spanish drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. It stars Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas, Julieta Serrano, and Penélope Cruz.
The film was releas ...
''
* Best Screenplay
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: Céline Sciamma
Céline Sciamma (; born 12 November 1978) is a French screenwriter and film director. She is especially known for her films Girlhood (film), ''Girlhood'' (2014), ''My Life as a Courgette'' (2016), and ''Portrait of a Lady on Fire'' (2019), winni ...
for ''Portrait of a Lady on Fire
''Portrait of a Lady on Fire'' (french: Portrait de la jeune fille en feu, lit=Portrait of the Young Lady on Fire) is a 2019 French historical romantic drama film written and directed by Céline Sciamma, starring Noémie Merlant and Adèle Haen ...
''
* Special Mention: Elia Suleiman
Elia Suleiman ( ar, إيليا سليمان, ; born 28 July 1960) is a Palestinian film director and actor of Rûm Greek Orthodox origin. He is best known for the 2002 film ''Divine Intervention'' ( ar, يد إلهية), a modern tragic comedy on ...
for ''It Must Be Heaven
''It Must Be Heaven'' is a 2019 internationally co-produced comedy film directed by, written by, and starring, Elia Suleiman. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. It was selected as the Palestinian entr ...
''
Un Certain Regard
* Un Certain Regard Award: ''The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão
''The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão'' ( pt, A Vida Invisível de Eurídice Gusmão) is a 2019 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Karim Aïnouz based on the 2016 novel ''The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão'' by Martha B ...
'' by Karim Aïnouz
Karim Aïnouz (born 17 January 1966) is a Brazilian film director and visual artist.
Career
Karim Aïnouz was born to a Brazilian mother and an Algerian father. He is a film director, screenwriter and visual artist. Aïnouz's feature debut, ' ...
* Un Certain Regard Jury Prize: ''Fire Will Come
''Fire Will Come'' ( gl, O que arde, links=no) is a 2019 internationally co-produced Galician language drama film directed by Oliver Laxe. Filmed in the Serra dos Ancares area of Galicia, many of the cast were local people and not professiona ...
'' 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 ...
* Un Certain Regard Award for Best Director: Kantemir Balagov
Kantemir Arturovich Balagov (russian: Кантемир Артурович Балагов, kbd, Бэлагъы Артурыкъуэ Къантемыр; born 28 July 1991) is a Russian film director of Circassian descent, screenwriter and cinema ...
for '' Beanpole''
* Un Certain Regard Jury Award for Best Performance: Chiara Mastroianni
Chiara Charlotte Mastroianni (born 28 May 1972) is a French actress and singer. She is the daughter of Marcello Mastroianni and Catherine Deneuve.
Early life
Mastroianni was born to French actress Catherine Deneuve and Italian actor Marcello Ma ...
for ''On a Magical Night
''On a Magical Night'' (french: Chambre 212, lit=Room 212) is a 2019 comedy film written and directed by Christophe Honoré and starring Chiara Mastroianni. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, wh ...
''
* Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize:
** Albert Serra
Albert Serra (Catalan pronunciation: lß'ɛɾ sɛrəborn 9 October 1975) is a Spanish independent filmmaker and manager of the production company Andergraun Films, set up by Montse Triola primarily to produce Serra's films. He is best known fo ...
for '' Liberté''
** Bruno Dumont
Bruno Dumont (; born 14 March 1958) is a French film director and screenwriter. To date, he has directed ten feature films, all of which border somewhere between realistic drama and the avant-garde. His films have won several awards at the Canne ...
for ''Joan of Arc
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''
* Coup de Cœur Award:
** ''A Brother's Love
''A Brother's Love'' (french: La femme de mon frère, lit=My Brother's Wife) is a 2019 Canadian comedy-drama film written and directed by Monia Chokri. It had its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. ...
'' by Monia Chokri
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Life and career
Born in Quebec City in 1982, she began her acting career after she completed her studies at Montreal's Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in 2005. Her mother is ...
** '' The Climb'' by Michael Angelo Covino
Golden Camera
* Caméra d'Or
The Caméra d'Or ("''Golden Camera''") is an award of the Cannes Film Festival for the best first feature film presented in one of the Cannes' selections (Official Selection, Directors' Fortnight or International Critics' Week
The International ...
: ''Our Mothers
''Our Mothers'' ( es, Nuestras madres) is a 2019 internationally co-produced drama film directed by César Díaz. It follows a forensic anthropologist in Guatemala investigating the disappearance of his father, a guerrilla fighter who went miss ...
'' by César Díaz
Short Films
* 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 ...
: ''The Distance Between Us and the Sky
''The Distance Between Us and the Sky'' is a 2019 Greek-French short film written and directed by Vasilis Kekatos.
The film won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot
Two unnamed strangers (played by Nikos Zeginoglou ...
'' by Vasilis Kekatos
* Special Mention: ''Monster God'' by Agustina San Martín
Cinéfondation
* First Prize: ''Mano a mano'' by Louise Courvoisier
* Second Prize: ''Hiêu'' by Richard Van
* Third Prize:
** ''Ambience'' by Wisam Al Jafari
** ''The Little Soul'' by Barbara Rupik
Honorary Palme d'Or
* Honorary 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 ...
: Alain Delon
Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon (; born 8 November 1935) is a French actor and filmmaker. He was one of Europe's most prominent actors and screen sex symbols in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. In 1985, he won the César Award for Best Actor for h ...
Independent awards
FIPRESCI Prizes
* In Competition: ''It Must Be Heaven
''It Must Be Heaven'' is a 2019 internationally co-produced comedy film directed by, written by, and starring, Elia Suleiman. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. It was selected as the Palestinian entr ...
'' by Elia Suleiman
Elia Suleiman ( ar, إيليا سليمان, ; born 28 July 1960) is a Palestinian film director and actor of Rûm Greek Orthodox origin. He is best known for the 2002 film ''Divine Intervention'' ( ar, يد إلهية), a modern tragic comedy on ...
* Un Certain Regard: '' Beanpole'' by Kantemir Balagov
Kantemir Arturovich Balagov (russian: Кантемир Артурович Балагов, kbd, Бэлагъы Артурыкъуэ Къантемыр; born 28 July 1991) is a Russian film director of Circassian descent, screenwriter and cinema ...
* Parallel section: '' The Lighthouse'' by Robert Eggers
Robert Houston Eggers (born July 7, 1983) is an American filmmaker, director, and production designer. He is best known for writing and directing the historical horror films ''The Witch (2015 film), The Witch'' (2015) and ''The Lighthouse (2019 f ...
(Directors' Fortnight)
Ecumenical Prize
* Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
The Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (french: Prix du Jury Œcuménique) is an independent film award for feature length films shown at major international film festivals since 1973. The award was created by Christian film makers, film critics and ot ...
: '' A Hidden Life'' by Terrence Malick
Terrence Frederick Malick (born November 30, 1943) is an American filmmaker. His films include '' Days of Heaven'' (1978), '' The Thin Red Line'' (1998), for which he received Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenp ...
International Critics' Week
* Nespresso Grand Prize: ''I Lost My Body
''I Lost My Body'' (french: J'ai perdu mon corps) is a 2019 French adult animated film directed by . It premiered in the International Critics' Week section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the ''Nespresso'' Grand Prize, becoming t ...
'' by Jérémy Clapin
* Leitz Cine Discovery Prize for Short Film: ''She Runs'' by Qiu Yang
* Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award: Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson
Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson (; born 22 November 1963) is an Icelandic actor who has worked extensively in Icelandic cinema. He has had roles in Friðrik Þór Friðriksson's '' Englar alheimsins'' (''Angels of the Universe'') and Baltasar Kormák ...
for ''A White, White Day
''A White, White Day'' ( is, Hvítur, Hvítur Dagur) is a 2019 Icelandic drama film directed by Hlynur Pálmason. It premiered in the Critics' Week section at the Cannes Film Festival on 16 May 2019. It won Best Film Award at the 2019 Torino Fil ...
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* Gan Foundation Award for Distribution: ''Vivarium
A vivarium (Latin, literally for "place of life"; plural: ''vivaria'' or ''vivariums'') is an area, usually enclosed, for keeping and raising animals or plants for observation or research. Water-based vivaria may have open tops providing they a ...
'' by Lorcan Finnegan
* SACD Award: ''Our Mothers
''Our Mothers'' ( es, Nuestras madres) is a 2019 internationally co-produced drama film directed by César Díaz. It follows a forensic anthropologist in Guatemala investigating the disappearance of his father, a guerrilla fighter who went miss ...
'' by César Díaz
* Canal+ Award for Short Film: ''Ikki Illa Meint'' by Andrias Høgenni
Directors' Fortnight
* Europa Cinemas Label Award for Best European Film: ''Alice and the Mayor
''Alice and the Mayor'' (french: Alice et le Maire) is a 2019 French drama film directed by Nicolas Pariser. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Europa Cinemas Label Award for B ...
'' by Nicolas Pariser
* SACD Award for Best French-language Film: ''An Easy Girl
''An Easy Girl'' (french: Une fille facile) is a 2019 French comedy-drama film directed by Rebecca Zlotowski, starring Zahia Dehar, Mina Farid, Benoît Magimel and Nuno Lopes. Set in summertime in Cannes, the film follows a 16-year-old who is dr ...
'' 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. ...
* Illy Short Film Award: ''Stay Awake, Be Ready'' by Pham Thien An
* Carrosse d'Or: John Carpenter
John Howard Carpenter (born January 16, 1948) is an American filmmaker, actor, and composer. Although he worked in various film genres, he is most commonly associated with horror, action, and science fiction films of the 1970s and 1980s. He ...
L'Œil d'or
* L'Œil d'or
''L'Œil d'or, le prix du documentaire'' — Cannes (, "The Golden Eye, The Documentary Prize — Cannes") is a documentary film award created in 2015. It is awarded to the best documentary presented in one of the sections of the Cannes Film Festi ...
:
** ''For Sama
''For Sama'' () is a 2019 documentary film produced and narrated by Waad Al-Kateab, and directed by Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts. The film focuses on Waad Al-Kateab's journey as a journalist and rebel in the Syrian uprising. Her husband is ...
'' by Waad Al-Kateab
Waad Al-Kateab ( ar, وعد الخطيب; born ) is the pseudonym of a Syrian journalist, filmmaker, and activist. Her documentary, ''For Sama'' (2019), was nominated for four BAFTAs at the 73rd British Academy Film Awards, winning for Best Docu ...
and Edward Watts
** ''The Cordillera of Dreams
''The Cordillera of Dreams'' ( es, La cordillera de los sueños / french: La Cordillère des songes) is a 2019 Chilean-French documentary film directed by Patricio Guzmán. It is considered the third installment in a trilogy of films by Guzmán ab ...
'' by Patricio Guzmán
Patricio Guzmán Lozanes (born August 11, 1941) is a Chilean documentary film director. He is most known for his films ''The Battle of Chile'' (1975-1979) and ''Salvador Allende'' (2004).
Career
Guzmán also teaches documentary film classes in ...
Queer Palm
* Queer Palm Award: ''Portrait of a Lady on Fire
''Portrait of a Lady on Fire'' (french: Portrait de la jeune fille en feu, lit=Portrait of the Young Lady on Fire) is a 2019 French historical romantic drama film written and directed by Céline Sciamma, starring Noémie Merlant and Adèle Haen ...
'' by Céline Sciamma
Céline Sciamma (; born 12 November 1978) is a French screenwriter and film director. She is especially known for her films Girlhood (film), ''Girlhood'' (2014), ''My Life as a Courgette'' (2016), and ''Portrait of a Lady on Fire'' (2019), winni ...
* Short Film Queer Palm: ''The Distance Between Us and the Sky
''The Distance Between Us and the Sky'' is a 2019 Greek-French short film written and directed by Vasilis Kekatos.
The film won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot
Two unnamed strangers (played by Nikos Zeginoglou ...
'' by Vasilis Kekatos
Prix François Chalais
* François Chalais Prize
The François Chalais Prize ( French: ''Prix François Chalais'') is awarded at two main events, the Cannes Film Festival (since 1997) and the Young Reporters' Awards (since 1999). It was created to pay tribute to French journalist and film histor ...
: '' A Hidden Life'' by Terrence Malick
Terrence Frederick Malick (born November 30, 1943) is an American filmmaker. His films include '' Days of Heaven'' (1978), '' The Thin Red Line'' (1998), for which he received Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenp ...
Cannes Soundtrack Award
* Cannes Soundtrack Award The Cannes Soundtrack Award is an independent award of the Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festiva ...
: Alberto Iglesias
Alberto Iglesias Fernández-Berridi (born 21 October 1955) is a Spanish composer. He was first noticed as a score composer for Spanish films, mostly from Pedro Almodóvar and Julio Medem. His career became more international with time and he even ...
for ''Pain and Glory
''Pain and Glory'' ( es, Dolor y gloria) is a 2019 Spanish drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. It stars Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas, Julieta Serrano, and Penélope Cruz.
The film was releas ...
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Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist
* Vulcan Award
The Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist (french: Prix Vulcain de l’Artiste Technicien) is an independent film award created in 2003. It rewards the work of a technician for his or her collaboration in the creation of a film from the official se ...
: Flora Volpelière (editing) and Julien Poupard (cinematography) for ''Les Misérables
''Les Misérables'' ( , ) is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century.
In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its original ...
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* Special Mention: Claire Mathon
Claire Mathon (born 1975) is a French cinematographer. Her work includes '' The Queen of Hearts'', '' Going South'', and ''Stranger by the Lake''. Mathon photographed '' Portrait of a Lady on Fire'', for which she received a César Award for Best ...
for ''Atlantics
''Atlantics'' (french: Atlantique) is a 2019 internationally co-produced supernatural romantic drama film directed by Mati Diop, in her feature directorial debut. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. ...
'' and ''Portrait of a Lady on Fire
''Portrait of a Lady on Fire'' (french: Portrait de la jeune fille en feu, lit=Portrait of the Young Lady on Fire) is a 2019 French historical romantic drama film written and directed by Céline Sciamma, starring Noémie Merlant and Adèle Haen ...
'' (cinematography)
* Artistic Direction Mention: Lee Ha-jun for ''Parasite
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has ...
''
Palm Dog
* Palm Dog Award
The Palm Dog Award is a yearly alternative award presented by the international film critics during the Cannes Film Festival. Begun in 2001 by Toby Rose, it is awarded to the best performance by a canine (live or animated) or group of canines dur ...
: Sayuri for ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'' is a 2019 comedy-drama film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. Produced by Columbia Pictures, Bona Film Group, Heyday Films, and Visiona Romantica and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it is a ...
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* Grand Jury Prize:
** Canine cast in '' Little Joe''
** Canine cast in ''Aasha and the Street Dogs'' (Marché du Film
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* Palm DogManitarian Award: Google
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for their support of dogs in the workplace
* Underdog Award: ''The Unadoptable''
Trophée Chopard
* Chopard Trophy: François Civil
François Civil (; born 29 January 1990) is a French actor. He has appeared in both French and English-language feature films and is known for his roles in ''Frank'' (2014), ''As Above, So Below'' (2014), ''Call My Agent!'' (2015–17), ''Five'' ...
and Florence Pugh
Florence Pugh ( ; born 3 January 1996) is an English actress. She made her acting debut in 2014 in the drama film ''The Falling (2014 film), The Falling''. Pugh gained recognition in 2016 for her leading role as a young bride in the independe ...
Pierre Angénieux ExcelLens in Cinematography
* Pierre Angénieux Excellens in Cinematography The Pierre Angénieux ExcelLens in Cinematography is an annual award that pays tribute to a prominent international director of photography at the Cannes Film Festival. The award originated in 2013.
The name comes from Pierre Angénieux, inventor o ...
: Bruno Delbonnel
Bruno Delbonnel, , (born 1957) is a French cinematographer. He worked on the films ''Amélie'' (2001), ''A Very Long Engagement'' (2004), ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' (2009), ''Inside Llewyn Davis'' (2013) and '' Darkest Hour'' (2 ...
* Special Encouragement Award for promising cinematographer: Modhura Palit
References
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