The official Jury for this year's 62nd Festival de Cannes, presided over by Isabelle Huppert, and including Asia Argento, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Lee Chang-Dong, James Gray, Hanif Kureishi, Shu Qi, and Robin Wright Penn presented the following awards at the Closing Ceremonies on May 24th at the Palais du Festival.
IN COMPETITION – FEATURE FILMS
Palme d'Or
DAS WEISSE BAND (The White Ribbon) directed by Michael HANEKE
Grand Prix
UN PROPHÈTE (A Prophet) directed by Jacques AUDIARD
Lifetime Achievement Award
Alain RESNAIS
Best Director
Brillante MENDOZA for KINATAY
Jury Prize
FISH TANK directed by Andrea ARNOLD
BAK-JWI (Thirst) directed by PARK Chan-Wook
Best Performance by an Actor
Christoph WALTZ for INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS directed by Quentin TARANTINO
Best Performance by an Actress
Charlotte GAINSBOURG for ANTICHRIST directed by Lars von TRIER
Best Screenplay
MEI Feng for CHUN FENG CHEN ZUI DE YE WAN (Spring Fever) directed by LOU Ye
Prix Vulcain: Artist-Technician
Aitor BERENGUER, sound technician on MAP OF THE SOUNDS OF TOKYO directed by Isabel COIXET.
IN COMPETITION – SHORT FILMS
Palme d'Or
ARENA directed by João SALAVIZA
Special Distinction
THE SIX DOLLAR FIFTY MAN directed by Mark ALBISTON, Louis SUTHERLAND
CAMERA D'OR
SAMSON AND DELILAH directed by Warwick THORNTON (presented at Un Certain Regard)
Caméra d'Or – Special Distinction
AJAMI directed by Scandar COPTI, Yaron SHANI (presented at Quinzaine des Réalisateurs)
UN CERTAIN REGARD
Prix Un Certain Regard – Fondation Gan pour le Cinéma
KYNODONTAS (Dogtooth) by Yorgos LANTHIMOS
Jury Prize
POLITIST, ADJECTIV (Police, Adjective) by Corneliu PORUMBOIU
Special Prize Un Certain Regard 2009
KASI AZ GORBEHAYE IRANI KHABAR NADAREH (No One Knows About Persian Cats) by Bahman GHOBADI
LE PÈRE DE MES ENFANTS (Father of My Children) by Mia HANSEN-LØVE
CINEFONDATION
First Cinéfondation Prize
BÁBA by Zuzana Kirchnerová-Špidlová (FAMU, République Tchèque)
Second Cinéfondation Prize
GOODBYE by Song Fang (Beijing Film Academy, Chine)
Third Cinéfondation Prize (ex aequo)
DIPLOMA by Yaelle Kayam (The Sam Spiegel Film & TV School, Israël)
NAMMAE UI JIP (Don't Step out of the House) directed by Jo Sung-hee (Korean Academy of Film Arts, Corée du Sud)
