Cannes International Film Festival winners have been announced. Cannes 2010 was under the shadow of political events of our time and an evidence of that was the imprisonment of one the jury members, Jaefar Panahi in Iran.
Guardian (UK) under the title of ” Cannes film festival 2010: a triumph of politics over art” writes: “The consensus seems to be that Cannes 2010 was far from a stellar year. But the competition produced a bewitching Palme d’Or winner, there were frequent gems elsewhere, and flashes of real social engagement from the likes of Jean-Luc Godard and Lucy Walker.
Cannes 2010 may have been a non-vintage year in many ways, but it yielded a glorious Palme d’Or winner in the form of Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, by the Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, an utterly beguiling film, bewitchingly mysterious and strange in his distinctive manner, and unselfconsciously yet unapologetically spiritual – a spirituality that the director quietly offers as an alternative to the belligerent nationalism and factious politics for which Thailand is now in the news.”
2010 Cannes International Film Festival Winners:
• Palme d’Or
LUNG BOONMEE RALUEK CHAT (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives) directed by Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL
• Grand Prix
DES HOMMES ET DES DIEUX (OF GODS AND MEN) directed by Xavier BEAUVOIS
• Award for Best Director
Mathieu AMALRIC for TOURNÉE (ON TOUR)
• Award for Best Screenplay
LEE Chang-dong for POETRY
• Award for Best Actress
Juliette BINOCHE in COPIE CONFORME (CERTIFIED COPY) directed by Abbas KIAROSTAMI
• Award for Best Actor
Javier BARDEM in BIUTIFUL directed by Alejandro GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU
• Elio GERMANO in LA NOSTRA VITA (OUR LIFE) directed by Daniele LUCHETTI
• Jury Prize
UN HOMME QUI CRIE (A screaming man) directed by Mahamat-Saleh HAROUN
SHORT FILMS
• Palme d’Or – Short Film
CHIENNE D’HISTOIRE (BARKING ISLAND) directed by Serge AVÉDIKIAN
• Jury Prize – Short Film
MICKY BADER (BATHING MICKY) directed by Frida KEMPFF
