The 62nd Cannes Film Festival took place from 13 May to 24 May 2009. French actress Isabelle Huppert served as jury president for the main competition. Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film The White Ribbon.
The festival opened with Up by Pete Docter, marking the first time that an animated film opened the festival, and closed with Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky by Jan Kounen.
American filmmaker Clint Eastwood became the second recipient of the Honorary Palme d'Or.
Juries
Main competition
Un Certain Regard
Caméra d'Or
- Roschdy Zem, French actor and filmmaker - Jury President
- Diane Baratier, French cinematographer
- Olivier Chiavassa, French member of the fédération des Industries Techniques
- Sandrine Ray, French filmmaker
- Charles Tesson, French critic
- Edouard Waintrop, director of the Festival Fribourg
Cinéfondation and short films
Official Selection
In Competition
The following films were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or:
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
Special Screenings
The following films were selected to be screened at the Special Screenings section:
Cinéfondation
The following short films were selected for the Cinéfondation competition:
Short Film Competition
The following short films were selected to compete for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
Cannes Classics
The following films were selected to be screened at the Cannes Classics sections:
Cinéma de la Plage
The following films were screened outdoors at the beach cinema of Cannes:
Parallel Sections
The following films were selected to be screened at the 48th Semaine de la Critique:
The following films were selected to be screened:
Short films
- American Minor by Charlie White (8 min)
- Anna by Rúnar Rúnarsson (35 min)
- El ataque de los robots de Nebulosa-5 by Chema GarcÃÂa Ibarra (7 min)
- Canção de amor e saúde by João Nicolau (35 min)
- Cicada by Amiel Courtin-Wilson (9 min)
- Drömmar frÃÂ¥n skogen by Johannes Nyholm (9 min)
- Dust Kid by Jung Yumi (10 min)
- The Fugitives by Guillaume Leiter (25 min)
- The History of Aviation by Bálint Kenyeres (15 min)
- Jagdfieber (The Hunting Fever) by Alessandro Comodin (22 min)
- John Wayne Hated Horses by Andrew T. Betzer (10 min)
- Nice by Maud Alpi (25 min)
- SuperBarroco by Renata Pinheiro (17 min)
- Thermidor by Virgil Vernier (17 min)
Official Awards
The following films and people received the 2009 Official selection awards:
In Competition
Un Certain Regard
Cinéfondation
- First Prize: Bába by Zuzana Kirchnerová
- Second Prize: Goodbye by Fang Song
- Third Prize:
- Diploma by Yaelle Kayam
- Nammae Ui Jip by Jo Sung-hee
Short Films Competition
Independent awards
Critics' Week
Regards Jeunes Prize
References
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