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2009 Cannes Film Festival

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.

Juries
Main competitionIsabelle Huppert, French actress - Jury President • Asia Argento, Italian actress • Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkish filmmaker • James Gray, American filmmaker • Hanif Kureishi, British screenwriter • Lee Chang-dong, South Korean filmmaker • Shu Qi, Taiwanese actress • Sharmila Tagore, Indian actress • Robin Wright, American actress Un Certain RegardPaolo Sorrentino, Italian filmmaker - Jury President • Uma Da Cunha, Indian casting director and production consultant • Julie Gayet, French actress and film producer • Piers Handling, Canadian director and CEO of TIFFMarit Kapla, Swedish culture journalist Caméra d'OrRoschdy 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 filmsJohn Boorman, English filmmaker - Jury President • Bertrand Bonello, French filmmaker • Férid Boughedir, Tunisian filmmaker • Leonor Silveira, Portuguese actress • Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress and model ==Official Selection==
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: 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: Cinéma de la Plage The following films were screened outdoors at the beach cinema of Cannes: ==Parallel Sections==
Parallel Sections
===Critics' Week=== The following films were selected to be screened at the 48th Semaine de la Critique: === Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs) === 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 García Ibarra (7 min) • Canção de amor e saúde by João Nicolau (35 min) • Cicada by Amiel Courtin-Wilson (9 min) • Drömmar från 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 ==
Official Awards
, President of the 2009 Competition Jury, winner of the 2009 Palme d'Or , winner of the 2009 Grand PrixThe following films and people received the 2009 Official selection awards: In Competition Palme d'Or: The White Ribbon by Michael HanekeGrand Prix: A Prophet by Jacques AudiardBest Director: Brillante Mendoza for KinatayBest Screenplay: Mei Feng for Spring FeverBest Actress: Charlotte Gainsbourg for AntichristBest Actor: Christoph Waltz for Inglourious BasterdsPrix du Jury: • Thirst by Park Chan-wookFish Tank by Andrea ArnoldLifetime Achievement Award: Alain Resnais === Honorary Palm d'Or === • Clint Eastwood Un Certain Regard Prix Un Certain Regard: Dogtooth by Yorgos LanthimosUn Certain Regard Jury Prize: Police, Adjective by Corneliu PorumboiuUn Certain Regard Special Jury Prize: • No One Knows About Persian Cats by Bahman GhobadiFather of My Children by Mia Hansen-Løve 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 === ''Caméra d'Or'' === • Samson and Delilah by Warwick ThorntonSpecial Mention: Ajami by Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani Short Films Competition Short Film Palme d'Or: Arena by João SalavizaSpecial Mention: The Six Dollar Fifty Man by Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland == Independent awards ==
Independent awards
=== FIPRESCI Prizes === • The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke (In Competition) • Police, Adjective by Corneliu Porumboiu (Un Certain Regard) • Amreeka by Cherien Dabis (Directors' Fortnight) === Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist === • Aitor Berenguer (sound mixer) for Map of the Sounds of Tokyo === Prize of the Ecumenical Jury === • Looking for Eric by Ken LoachSpecial Mention: The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke Critics' Week • '''Critics' Week Grand Prize': Adieu Gary'' by Nassim Amaouche ==References==
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