CANNES FILM FESTIVAL AWARD WINNERS: 2024-1939
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- DirectorMohammad MohammadianA complete review of the history of the Cannes Film Festival from the year of inception, including a review of the sections, programs, awards and other details of this international film festival.Cannes Film Festival
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[2024]: The 77th Annual Cannes Film Festival is scheduled to take place from 14 to 25 May 2024.
Greta Gerwig will serve as President of the Jury for the main competition.
French actress Camille Cottin will host the opening and closing ceremonies.
IMDb: Cannes | Awards for 2024.
Honorary Palme d'Or Recipients: George Lucas | Director/Producer/Screenwriter | United States | & Studio Ghibli | Japanese Animation Studio |
Wikipedia | 2024 Cannes Film Festival. - DirectorJustine TrietStarsSandra HüllerSwann ArlaudMilo Machado-GranerA woman is suspected of murder after her husband's death; their half-blind son faces a moral dilemma as the main witness.[2023]: Palme d'Or winner (Best Film).
IMDb: Cannes | Awards for 2023.
Honorary Palme d'Or Recipients: Michael Douglas | Actor/Producer | United States | and Harrison Ford | Actor | United States.
Wikipedia | 2023 Cannes Film Festival. - DirectorJonathan GlazerStarsChristian FriedelSandra HüllerJohann KarthausAuschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden beside the camp.
- DirectorAki KaurismäkiStarsAlma PöystiJussi VatanenJanne HyytiäinenIn modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles - from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog.
- DirectorThien An PhamStarsLe Phong VuNguyen ThinhVu Ngoc ManhA man returns to his hometown, where he's haunted by past memories and desires.Caméra d'Or (Best First Feature Film).
- DirectorRuben ÖstlundStarsThobias ThorwidHarris DickinsonCharlbi DeanA fashion model celebrity couple join an eventful cruise for the super-rich.[2022]: Palme d'Or winner (Best Film).
IMDb: Cannes | Awards for 2022.
Honorary Palme d'Or Recipients: Tom Cruise | Actor/Producer | United States | and Forest Whitaker | Actor/Producer/Director | United States.
Wikipedia | 2022 Cannes Film Festival. - DirectorLukas DhontStarsEden DambrineGustav De WaeleÉmilie DequenneThe intense friendship between two thirteen-year old boys Leo and Remi suddenly gets disrupted. Struggling to understand what has happened, Léo approaches Sophie, Rémi's mother. "Close" is a film about friendship and responsibility.'Joint' Grand Prix
- DirectorClaire DenisStarsMargaret QualleyJoe AlwynBenny SafdieA young American journalist stranded in present-day Nicaragua falls for an enigmatic Englishman who seems like her best chance of escape. She soon realizes, however, that he may be in even greater danger than she is.'Joint' Grand Prix
- DirectorJerzy SkolimowskiStarsHolaTakoMariettaFollows a donkey who encounters on his journeys good and bad people, experiences joy and pain, exploring a vision of modern Europe through his eyes.'Joint' Jury Prize
- DirectorFelix van GroeningenCharlotte VandermeerschStarsLupo BarbieroCristiano SassellaElena LiettiAn epic journey of friendship and self-discovery set in the breathtaking Italian Alps, The Eight Mountains follows over four decades the profound, complex relationship between Pietro and Bruno.'Joint' Jury Prize
- DirectorGina GammellRiley KeoughStarsAnjeliq AuroraSean BakerIona Red BearThe interlocking stories of two young Oglala Lakota men growing up on the Pine Ridge Reservation.Caméra d'Or (Best First Feature Film).
- DirectorJulia DucournauStarsVincent LindonAgathe RousselleGarance MarillierFollowing a series of unexplained crimes, a father is reunited with the son who has been missing for ten years.[2021]: Palme d'Or winner (Best Film).
IMDb: Cannes | Awards for 2021.
Honorary Palme d'Or Recipients: Jodie Foster | Actress/Director | United States and Marco Bellocchio | Director/Screenwriter | Italy.
Wikipedia | 2021 Cannes Film Festival. - DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsAmir JadidiMohsen TanabandehSahar GoldoostRahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint against the payment of part of the sum. But things don't go as planned.'Joint' Grand Prix
- DirectorJuho KuosmanenStarsSeidi HaarlaYura BorisovDinara DrukarovaAs a train weaves its way up to the arctic circle, two strangers share a journey that will change their perspective on life.'Joint' Grand Prix
- DirectorNadav LapidStarsAvshalom PollakNur FibakOded AzulayAn Israeli filmmaker throws himself in the midst of two battles doomed to fail: one against the death of freedom, the other against the death of a mother.'Joint' Jury Prize.
- DirectorApichatpong WeerasethakulStarsTilda SwintonAgnes BrekkeDaniel Giménez CachoA woman from Scotland, while traveling in Colombia, begins to notice strange sounds. Soon she begins to think about their appearance.'Joint' Jury Prize
- DirectorAntoneta Alamat KusijanovicStarsGracija FilipovicLeon LucevDanica CurcicA teenage girl decides to replace her controlling father with his wealthy foreign friend during a weekend trip to the Adriatic Sea.Camera d'Or (Best First Feature Film).
- StarsBjorn Jiskoot Jr.Isabelle HuppertPedro AlmodóvarA festival for international movies, which give each year the Palme d'Or.[2020]: The 73rd Annual Cannes Film Festival was scheduled to run from 12 to 23 May 2020 but cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.
Spike Lee was named as President of the Jury for the main competition.
IMDb: Festival Central | Cannes.
IMDb: Cannes | Awards for 2020.
Wikipedia | 2020 Cannes Film Festival. - DirectorBong Joon HoStarsSong Kang-hoLee Sun-kyunCho Yeo-jeongGreed and class discrimination threaten the newly-formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.[2019]: Palme d'Or winner (Best Film).
IMDb: Cannes | Awards for 2019.
Honorary Palme d'Or Recipient: Alain Delon | Actor | France.
Wikipedia | 2019 Cannes Film Festival. - DirectorMati DiopStarsMame Bineta SaneAmadou MbowTraoreIn a popular suburb of Dakar, workers on the construction site of a futuristic tower, without pay for months, decide to leave the country by the ocean for a better future. Among them is Souleiman, the lover of Ada, promised to another.Grand Prix
- DirectorJuliano DornellesKleber Mendonça FilhoStarsBárbara ColenThomas AquinoSilvero PereiraAfter the death of her grandmother, Teresa comes home to her matriarchal village in a near-future Brazil to find a succession of sinister events that mobilizes all of its residents.'Joint' Jury Prize
- DirectorLadj LyStarsDamien BonnardAlexis ManentiDjebril ZongaA cop from the provinces moves to Paris to join the Anti-Crime Brigade of Montfermeil, discovering an underworld where the tensions between the different groups mark the rhythm.'Joint' Jury Prize
- DirectorCesar DiazStarsArmando EspitiaEmma DibAurelia CaalErnesto is a young anthropologist in Guatemala. One day, while hearing the account of an old woman, he thinks he has found a lead that might guide him to his father, a "guerrillero" who went missing during the war.Camera d'Or (Best First Feature Film).
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsLily FrankySakura AndôKirin KikiOn the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by loyalty, a penchant for petty theft and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence.[2018]: Palme d'Or winner (Best Film).
IMDb: Cannes | Awards for 2018.
Special Palme d'Or: The Image Book (2018) - Awarded for the first time in 2018.
Wikipedia | 2018 Cannes Film Festival. - DirectorSpike LeeStarsJohn David WashingtonAdam DriverLaura HarrierRon Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, Colorado, successfully infiltrates the local Ku Klux Klan branch aided by a Jewish surrogate who eventually becomes its leader. Based on actual events.Grand Prix
- DirectorNadine LabakiStarsZain Al RafeeaYordanos ShiferawBoluwatife Treasure BankoleWhile serving a five-year sentence for a violent crime, a 12-year-old boy sues his parents for neglect.Jury Prize
- DirectorLukas DhontStarsVictor PolsterArieh WorthalterOliver BodartA promising teenage dancer enrolls at a prestigious ballet school while grappling with her gender dysphoria.Camera d'Or (Best First Feature Film).
- DirectorRuben ÖstlundStarsClaes BangElisabeth MossDominic WestA prestigious Stockholm museum's chief art curator finds himself in times of both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit.[2017]: Palme d'Or winner (Best Film).
IMDb: Cannes | Awards for 2017.
70th Anniversary Prize Recipient: Nicole Kidman.
Honorary Palme d'Or Recipient: Jeffrey Katzenberg | Producer | United States.
Wikipedia | 2017 Cannes Film Festival. - DirectorRobin CampilloStarsNahuel Pérez BiscayartArnaud ValoisAdèle HaenelMembers of the advocacy group ACT UP Paris demand action by the government and pharmaceutical companies to combat the AIDS epidemic in the early 1990s.Grand Prix
- DirectorAndrey ZvyagintsevStarsMaryana SpivakAleksey RozinMatvey NovikovA couple going through a divorce must team up to find their son who has disappeared during one of their bitter arguments.Jury Prize
- DirectorLéonor SerrailleStarsLaetitia DoschSouleymane Seye NdiayeGrégoire MonsaingeonIn her early thirties, broke, and in the wake of a humbling breakup, a spirited, yet rudderless young woman finds herself struggling to get by in the bustling Parisian metropolis; however, if she can make it there, she'll make it anywhere.Camera d'Or (Best First Feature Film).
- DirectorKen LoachStarsDave JohnsHayley SquiresSharon PercyAfter surviving a heart-attack, a 59-year-old carpenter must fight bureaucratic forces to receive Employment and Support Allowance.[2016]: Palme d'Or winner (Best Film).
IMDb: Cannes | Awards for 2016.
Honorary Palme d'Or Recipient: Jean-Pierre Léaud | Actor | France.
Wikipedia | 2016 Cannes Film Festival. - DirectorXavier DolanStarsGaspard UllielMarion CotillardLéa SeydouxLouis (Gaspard Ulliel), a terminally ill writer, returns home after a long absence to tell his family that he is dying.Grand Prix
- DirectorAndrea ArnoldStarsSasha LaneShia LaBeoufRiley KeoughA teenage girl with nothing to lose joins a traveling magazine sales crew, and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love as she criss-crosses the Midwest with a band of misfits.Jury Prize
- DirectorHouda BenyaminaStarsOulaya AmamraDéborah LukumuenaKévin MischelA street teenager from a dysfunctional family from a banlieue (HLMs) in Paris comes across a young dancer who turns her life upside down.Camera d'Or (Best First Feature Film).
- DirectorJacques AudiardStarsJesuthasan AntonythasanKalieaswari SrinivasanClaudine VinasithambyDheepan is a Sri Lankan Tamil warrior who flees to France and ends up working as a caretaker outside Paris.[2015]: Palme d'Or winner (Best Film).
IMDb: Cannes | Awards for 2015.
Honorary Palme d'Or Recipient: Agnès Varda | Director | France.
Wikipedia | 2015 Cannes Film Festival. - DirectorLászló NemesStarsGéza RöhrigLevente MolnárUrs RechnA Jewish-Hungarian concentration camp prisoner sets out to give a child he mistook for his son a proper burial.Grand Prix
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsColin FarrellRachel WeiszJessica BardenIn a dystopian near future, according to the laws of The City, single people are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in 45 days or they're transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.Jury Prize
- DirectorCésar Augusto AcevedoStarsHaimer LealHilda RuizEdison RaigosaAfter having left a long time ago, a humble country sugar cane worker returns home to meet his grandson and deal with the hardships his family has been put into.Camera d'Or (Best First Feature Film).
- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsHaluk BilginerMelisa SözenDemet AkbagA hotel owner and landlord in a remote Turkish village deals with conflicts within his family and a tenant behind on his rent.[2014]: Palme d'Or winner (Best Film).
IMDb: Cannes | Awards for 2014.
Wikipedia | 2014 Cannes Film Festival. - DirectorAlice RohrwacherStarsAlba RohrwacherMaria Alexandra LunguSam LouwyckA family of beekeepers living in the Tuscan countryside finds their household disrupted by the simultaneous arrival of a silently troubled teenage boy and a reality TV show intent on showcasing the family.Grand Prix
- DirectorXavier DolanStarsAnne DorvalAntoine Olivier PilonSuzanne ClémentA widowed single mother, raising her violent son alone, finds new hope when a mysterious neighbor inserts herself into their household.'Joint' Jury Prize
- DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsHéloïse GodetKamel AbdelliRichard ChevallierA silent, surreal parallel between a couple and a dog.'Joint' Jury Prize
- DirectorMarie Amachoukeli-BarsacqClaire BurgerSamuel TheisStarsAngélique LitzenburgerJoseph BourMario TheisAn aging nightclub hostess decides to settle down and get married.Camera d'Or (Best First Feature Film) & Un Certain Regard: Ensemble Prize.
- DirectorAbdellatif KechicheStarsLéa SeydouxAdèle ExarchopoulosSalim KechioucheAdèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire and to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adèle grows, seeks herself, loses herself, and ultimately finds herself through love and loss.[2013]: Palme d'Or winner (Best Film).
IMDb: Cannes | Awards for 2013.
Wikipedia | 2013 Cannes Film Festival.
*Please note: Originated in (2013), 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.
Recipients of the Pierre Angénieux ExcelLens in Cinematography include:
2013: Philippe Rousselot
2014: Vilmos Zsigmond
2015: Roger Deakins
2016: Peter Suschitzky
2017: Christopher Doyle
2018: Edward Lachman
2019: Bruno Delbonnel
2020: No festival due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2021: Agnès Godard
2022: Darius Khondji
2023: Barry Ackroyd
2024: To Be Decided
Wikipedia: Pierre Angénieux Excellens in Cinematography. - DirectorEthan CoenJoel CoenStarsOscar IsaacCarey MulliganJohn GoodmanA week in the life of a young singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961.Grand Prix
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsMasaharu FukuyamaMachiko OnoYôko MakiRyota is a successful workaholic businessman. When he learns that his biological son was switched with another boy after birth, he faces the difficult decision to choose his true son or the boy he and his wife have raised as their own.Jury Prize
- DirectorAnthony ChenStarsYann Yann YeoTian Wen ChenAngeli BayaniIn 90s Singapore, the friendship between Filipino nursemaid Teresa and her young charge Jiale makes waves in a family, while the Asian recession hits the region.Camera d'Or (Best First Feature Film).
- DirectorMichael HanekeStarsJean-Louis TrintignantEmmanuelle RivaIsabelle HuppertGeorges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, also a musician, lives in Britain with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.[2012]: Palme d'Or winner (Best Film).
IMDb: Cannes | Awards for 2012.
Wikipedia | 2012 Cannes Film Festival. - DirectorMatteo GarroneStarsAniello ArenaPaola MinaccioniLoredana SimioliLuciano is a charming fishmonger whose unexpected and sudden obsession with being a contestant on a reality show leads him down a rabbit hole of skewed perceptions and paranoia.Grand Prix
- DirectorKen LoachStarsPaul BranniganJohn HenshawRoger AllamNarrowly avoiding jail, new dad Robbie vows to turn over a new leaf. A visit to a whisky distillery inspires him and his mates to seek a way out of their hopeless lives.Jury Prize
- DirectorBenh ZeitlinStarsQuvenzhané WallisDwight HenryLevy EasterlyFaced with both her hot-tempered father's fading health and melting ice-caps that flood her ramshackle bayou community and unleash ancient aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy must learn the ways of courage and love.Camera d'Or (Best First Feature Film).
- DirectorTerrence MalickStarsBrad PittSean PennJessica ChastainThe story of a family in Waco, Texas in 1956. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence and struggles with his parents' conflicting teachings.[2011]: Palme d'Or winner (Best Film).
IMDb: Cannes | Awards for 2011.
Honorary Palme d'Or Recipients: Bernardo Bertolucci | Director | Italy and Jean-Paul Belmondo | Actor | France.
Wikipedia | 2011 Cannes Film Festival. - DirectorJean-Pierre DardenneLuc DardenneStarsThomas DoretCécile de FranceJérémie RenierAbandoned by his father, a young boy is left in a state-run youth farm. In a random act of kindness, the town hairdresser agrees to foster him on weekends.'Joint' Grand Prix
- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsMuhammet UzunerYilmaz ErdoganTaner BirselA group of men set out in search of a dead body in the Anatolian steppes.'Joint' Grand Prix
- DirectorMaïwennStarsKarin ViardJoeyStarrMarina FoïsA journalist covering police assigned to a juvenile division enters into an affair with one of her subjects.Jury Prize
- DirectorPablo GiorgelliStarsGermán De SilvaHebe DuarteNayra Calle MamaniReluctantly, a dour long-distance truck driver agrees to give a lift to a Paraguayan single mother and her five-month-old daughter to Buenos Aires. Can the palpable silence soften up the taciturn trucker's sullen heart?Camera d'Or (Best First Feature Film).
- DirectorApichatpong WeerasethakulStarsThanapat SaisaymarJenjira PongpasSakda KaewbuadeeDying of kidney disease, a man spends his last, somber days with family, including the ghost of his wife and a forest spirit who used to be his son, on a rural northern Thailand farm.[2010]: Palme d'Or winner (Best Film).
IMDb: Cannes | Awards for 2010.
Wikipedia | 2010 Cannes Film Festival.
*Please note: In (2010), an independently sponsored prize for selected LGBT-related films, called the Queer Palm, is introduced.
Queer Palm Film Recipients:
2010 | Kaboom (2010)
2011 | Beauty (2011)
2012 | Laurence Anyways (2012)
2013 | Stranger by the Lake (2013)
2014 | Pride (2014)
2015 | Carol (2015)
2016 | The Lives of Thérèse (2016)
2017 | 120 BPM (2017)
2018 | Girl (2018)
2019 | Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
2020 | No festival due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021 | The Divide (2021)
2022 | Joyland (2022)
2023 | Monster (2023)
2024 | To Be Decided
See Also: The Best Queer Short Award introduced in 2022. - DirectorXavier BeauvoisStarsLambert WilsonMichael LonsdaleOlivier RabourdinUnder threat by fundamentalist terrorists, a group of Trappist monks stationed with an impoverished Algerian community must decide whether to leave or stay.Grand Prix
- DirectorMahamat-Saleh HarounStarsYoussouf DjaoroDiouc KomaEmile Abossolo M'boPresent-day Chad. Adam, fifty-five, a former swimming champion, is pool attendant at a smart N'Djamena hotel. When the hotel gets taken over by new Chinese owners, he is forced to give up his job to his son Abdel. Terribly resentful, he feels socially humiliated. The country is in the throes of a civil war. Rebel forces are attacking the government. The authorities demand that the population contribute to the "war effort", giving money or volunteers old enough to fight off the assailants. The District Chief constantly harasses Adam for his contribution. But Adam is penniless; he only has his son....Jury Prize
- DirectorMichael RoweStarsMónica Del CarmenGustavo Sánchez ParraMarco ZapataLaura's personal life consists of one affair after another. She meets Arturo and the pair enter into an intense, violent sexual relationship. As days go by, Laura crosses out the days on a calendar, revealing her secret past to her lover.Camera d'Or (Best First Feature Film).
*Please note: In (2010), a new section entitled; Cannes Short Film, has grouped the Short Film Competition and the Short Film Corner in a complimentary dynamic that aims to offer an overall view on the worldwide production of shorts. - DirectorMichael HanekeStarsChristian FriedelErnst JacobiLeonie BeneschStrange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. Who is responsible?[2009]: Palme d'Or winner (Best Film).
IMDb: Cannes | Awards for 2009.
Honorary Palme d'Or Recipient: Clint Eastwood | Actor/Director | United States.
Wikipedia | 2009 Cannes Film Festival. - DirectorJacques AudiardStarsTahar RahimNiels ArestrupAdel BencherifA delinquent Muslim man struggles to get by in prison until he is taken under the wing of a powerful mob boss. But his gradual rise through the mob's ranks brings him in conflict with his mentor.Grand Prix
- DirectorPark Chan-wookStarsSong Kang-hoKim Ok-binChoi Hee-jinThrough a failed medical experiment, a priest is stricken with vampirism and is forced to abandon his ascetic ways.'Joint' Jury Prize
- DirectorAndrea ArnoldStarsKatie JarvisMichael FassbenderKierston WareingEverything changes for 15-year-old Mia when her mum brings home a new boyfriend.'Joint' Jury Prize
- DirectorWarwick ThorntonStarsRowan McNamaraMarissa GibsonMitjili Napanangka GibsonA glue-sniffing boy and his girlfriend escape the government-controlled no-hope Aboriginal community they live in and go to the city, Alice Springs, looking for a better life.Camera d'Or (Best First Feature Film).
- DirectorLaurent CantetStarsFrançois BégaudeauAgame Malembo-EmeneAngélica SancioTeacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough Parisian neighborhood.[2008]: Palme d'Or winner (Best Film).
IMDb: Cannes | Awards for 2008.
Honorary Palme d'Or Recipient: Manoel de Oliveira | Director | Portugal.
Wikipedia | 2008 Cannes Film Festival. - DirectorMatteo GarroneStarsGianfelice ImparatoSalvatore AbbruzzeseToni ServilloScampia Vele is the Corbusian architecture which has become a stronghold for Mafia of Naples, Italy.Grand Prix
- DirectorPaolo SorrentinoStarsToni ServilloAnna BonaiutoGiulio BosettiThe story of Italian politician Giulio Andreotti, who has served as Prime Minister of Italy seven times since the restoration of democracy in 1946.Jury Prize
- DirectorSteve McQueenStarsMichael FassbenderLiam CunninghamStuart GrahamIrish republican Bobby Sands leads the inmates of a Northern Irish prison in a hunger strike.Camera d'Or (Best First Feature Film).
- DirectorCristian MungiuStarsAnamaria MarincaLaura VasiliuVlad IvanovA woman assists her friend in arranging an illegal abortion in 1980s Romania.[2007]: Palme d'Or winner (Best Film).
IMDb: Cannes | Awards for 2007.
Honorary Palme d'Or Recipient: Jane Fonda | Actress | United States.
Wikipedia | 2007 Cannes Film Festival. - DirectorNaomi KawaseStarsShigeki UdaMachiko OnoKanako MasudaA care-giver at a small retirement home takes one of her patients for a drive to the country, but the two wind up stranded in a forest where they embark on an exhausting and enlightening two-day journey.Grand Prix
- DirectorVincent ParonnaudMarjane SatrapiStarsChiara MastroianniCatherine DeneuveGena RowlandsA precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.'Joint' Jury Prize
- DirectorCarlos ReygadasStarsCornelio WallMiriam ToewsMaria PankratzIn a Mennonite community in Mexico, a father's faith is tested when he falls in love with a new woman.'Joint' Jury Prize
- DirectorShira GeffenEtgar KeretStarsSarah AdlerNikol LeidmanGera SandlerMeduzot (the Hebrew word for Jellyfish) tells the story of three very different Israeli women living in Tel Aviv whose intersecting stories weave an unlikely portrait of modern Israeli life. Batya, a catering waitress, takes in a young child apparently abandoned at a local beach. Batya is one of the servers at the wedding reception of Keren, a young bride who breaks her leg in trying to escape from a locked toilet stall, which ruins her chance at a romantic honeymoon in the Caribbean. One of the guests is Joy, a Philippine chore woman attending the event with her employer, and who doesn't speak any Hebrew (she communicates mainly in English), and who is guilt-ridden after having left her young son behind in the Philippines.Camera d'Or (Best First Feature Film).
*Please note: In (2007), to celebrate 60 years of the Festival de Cannes, 33 of the world's greatest directors were invited to take part in the anniversary film, Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s'éteint et que le film commence (To Each His Own Cinema) (2007), each shooting a 3-minute short film about the rooms in which films are projected in cinemas. - DirectorKen LoachStarsCillian MurphyPádraic DelaneyLiam CunninghamAgainst the backdrop of the Irish War of Independence, two brothers fight a guerrilla war against British forces.[2006]: Palme d'Or winner (Best Film).
IMDb: Cannes | Awards for 2006.
Wikipedia | 2006 Cannes Film Festival.
The documentary film Chambre 666 (Room 666) (1982) by Wim Wenders, filmed during the running of the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, was later screened out of competition at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. The principal question put forward to the directors interviewed was, "Is cinema a language about to get lost, an art about to die?" - DirectorBruno DumontStarsAdélaïde LerouxSamuel BoidinHenri CretelBruno Dumont follows up the controversial Twentynine Palms with this tale of a group of young soldiers who go off to war and experience some life-changing events. Flandres won the Grand Prix Prize at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.Grand Prix
- DirectorAndrea ArnoldStarsKate DickieTony CurranMartin CompstonJackie works as a CCTV operator. Each day she watches over a small part of the world, protecting the people living their lives under her gaze. One day a man appears on her monitor, a man she thought she would never see again, a man she never wanted to see again. Now she has no choice, she is compelled to confront him.Jury Prize
- DirectorCorneliu PorumboiuStarsMircea AndreescuTeodor CorbanIon SapdaruA local talk show host organizes an alcoholic professor and a pensioner known for playing Santa Claus to decide whether there was ever a revolution in their town Vaslui.Camera d'Or (Best First Feature Film).
- DirectorJean-Pierre DardenneLuc DardenneStarsJérémie RenierDéborah FrançoisJérémie SegardBruno and Sonia, a young couple living off her benefit and the thefts committed by his gang, have a new source of money: their newborn son.[2005]: Palme d'Or winner (Best Film).
IMDb: Cannes | Awards for 2005.
Honorary Palme d'Or Recipient: Catherine Deneuve | Actress | France.
Wikipedia | 2005 Cannes Film Festival. - DirectorJim JarmuschStarsBill MurrayJessica LangeSharon StoneAs the extremely withdrawn Don Johnston is dumped by his latest woman, he receives an anonymous letter from a former lover informing him that he has a son who may be looking for him. A freelance sleuth neighbor moves Don to embark on a cross-country search for his old flames in search of answers.Grand Prix
- DirectorXiaoshuai WangStarsYuanyuan GaoBin LiHao QinIn the 1980s, encouraged by the government, a large number of families leave Chinese cities to settle in the poorer regions of the country, in order to develop local industry. The film's main character is a 19 years old girl who lives in the Guizhou province, where her parents have settled. That's where she has grown up, where her friends are and where she first experiences love. But her father believes that their future lies in Shanghai. How can they all keep on living together when they don't share the same dreams ?Jury Prize
- DirectorMiranda JulyStarsJohn HawkesMiranda JulyMiles ThompsonA lonely shoe salesman and an eccentric performance artist struggle to connect in this unique take on contemporary life.'Joint' Camera d'Or (Best First Feature Film).
- DirectorVimukthi JayasundaraStarsMahendra PereraHemasiri LiyanageNilupili JayawardenaWeary residents (Soma, Lata, Piyasiri) of a war-ravaged country drift through life.'Joint' Camera d'Or (Best First Feature Film).
- DirectorMichael MooreStarsMichael MooreGeorge W. BushBen AffleckMichael Moore's view on what happened to the United States after September 11 and how the Bush Administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.[2004]: Palme d'Or winner (Best Film).
IMDb: Cannes | Awards for 2004.
Wikipedia | 2004 Cannes Film Festival.
*Please note: 'Fahrenheit 9/11' was the first documentary to win the Palme d'Or since Le monde du silence (The Silent World) (1956). - DirectorPark Chan-wookStarsChoi Min-sikYoo Ji-taeKang Hye-jeongAfter being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must track down his captor in five days.Grand Prix
- DirectorApichatpong WeerasethakulStarsBanlop LomnoiSakda KaewbuadeeHuai DessomA romance between a soldier and a country boy, wrapped around a Thai folk-tale involving a shaman with shape-shifting abilities.Jury Prize
- DirectorKeren YedayaStarsDana IvgyRonit ElkabetzMeshar CohenOr shoulders a lot: she's 17 or 18, a student, works evenings at a restaurant, recycles cans and bottles for cash, and tries to keep her mother Ruthie from returning to streetwalking in Tel Aviv. Ruthie calls Or "my treasure," but Ruthie is a burden. She's just out of hospital, weak, and Or has found her a job as a house cleaner. The call of the quick money on the street is tough for Ruthie to ignore. Or's emotions roil further when the mother of the youth she's in love with comes to the flat to warn her off. With love fading and Ruthie perhaps beyond help, Or's choices narrow.Camera d'Or (Best First Feature Film).
*Please note: Important heritage films, which used to be screened as thematic retrospectives, have, since (2004), been presented at Cannes Classics, a selection that presents restored copies, tributes to film-making and documentaries about cinema. - DirectorGus Van SantStarsElias McConnellAlex FrostEric DeulenSeveral ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.[2003]: Palme d'Or winner (Best Film).
IMDb: Cannes | Awards for 2003.
Honorary Palme d'Or Recipient: Jeanne Moreau | Actress | France.
Wikipedia | 2003 Cannes Film Festival. - DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsMuzaffer ÖzdemirMehmet Emin ToprakZuhal GencerAfter his wife leaves him, a photographer has an existential crisis and tries to cope with his cousin's visit.Grand Prix
- DirectorSamira MakhmalbafStarsAgheleh RezaieAbdolgani YousefraziMarzieh AmiriIn a post-Taliban Afghanistan a young woman (Agheleh Rezaie) attends school against her conservative father's will, hoping to learn more about democracy to fulfill her dream of being the country's next president.Jury Prize
- DirectorChristoffer BoeStarsNikolaj Lie KaasMaria BonnevieKrister HenrikssonA young man who thought himself already in love with a nice girl is drawn into a literary drama when he is captured by a deep and stimulating love affair.Camera d'Or (Best First Feature Film).
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsAdrien BrodyThomas KretschmannFrank FinlayDuring WWII, acclaimed Polish musician Wladyslaw faces various struggles as he loses contact with his family. As the situation worsens, he hides in the ruins of Warsaw in order to survive.[2002]: Palme d'Or winner (Best Film).
IMDb: Cannes | Awards for 2002.
Wikipedia | 2002 Cannes Film Festival.
*Please note: In (2002), the festival began to sporadically award a non-competitive Honorary Palme d'Or to individuals who had achieved a notable body of work but who had never won a competitive Palme d'Or. American director Woody Allen was the inaugural recipient.
Honorary Palme d'Or Recipients:
2002 | Woody Allen | Director/Actor/Screenwriter | United States
2003 | Jeanne Moreau | Actress | France.
2005 | Catherine Deneuve | Actress | France
2007 | Jane Fonda | Actress | United States
2008 | Manoel de Oliveira | Director/Screenwriter | Portugal
2009 | Clint Eastwood | Actor/Director | United States
2011 | Jean-Paul Belmondo | Actor | France
2011 | Bernardo Bertolucci | Director/Screenwriter | Italy
2015 | Agnès Varda | Director/Screenwriter | France
2016 | Jean-Pierre Léaud | Actor | France
2017 | Jeffrey Katzenberg | Producer | United States
2019 | Alain Delon | Actor | France
2021 | Jodie Foster | Actress/Director | United States
2022 | Tom Cruise | Actor/Producer | United States
2022 | Forest Whitaker | Actor/Producer/Director | United States
2023 | Michael Douglas | Actor/Producer | United States
2023 | Harrison Ford | Actor | United States
2024 | George Lucas | Director/Producer/Screenwriter | United States - DirectorAki KaurismäkiStarsMarkku PeltolaKati OutinenAnnikki TähtiM arrives in Helsinki only to be viciously attacked by thugs and pronounced dead by medics. He revives but with no memory of his past or his identity. He rebuilds his life from scratch, but the past inevitably catches up with him.Grand Prix
- DirectorElia SuleimanStarsElia SuleimanManal KhaderGeorge IbrahimSeparated by a checkpoint, Palestinian lovers from Jerusalem and Ramallah arrange clandestine meetings.Jury Prize
- DirectorJulie Lopes-CurvalStarsHélène FillièresJonathan ZaccaïBulle OgierSeaside takes place in a small coastal town on the Bay of Somme. The year-round inhabitants find ways to make their lives work; Paul, a lifeguard in the summer, works at the grocery all winter. His mother, Rose (Ogier) likes to play the slots just about anytime; his girlfriend Marie works in the local factory - the town's biggest business - but watching the summertime vacationers each year just makes her increasingly curious about what else might be out there. From these and several other stories, aided by close, revealing observations, we see a community perched between transition and stasis.Camera d'Or (Best First Feature Film).
- DirectorNanni MorettiStarsNanni MorettiLaura MoranteJasmine TrincaA psychoanalyst and his family go through profound emotional trauma when their son dies in a scuba-diving accident.[2001]: Palme d'Or winner (Best Film).
IMDb: Cannes | Awards for 2001.
Wikipedia | 2001 Cannes Film Festival. - DirectorMichael HanekeStarsIsabelle HuppertAnnie GirardotBenoît MagimelA young man romantically pursues his masochistic piano teacher.Grand Prix
- DirectorZacharias KunukStarsNatar UngalaaqSylvia IvaluPeter-Henry ArnatsiaqThe telling of an Inuit legend of an evil spirit causing strife in the community and one warrior's endurance and battle of its menace.Camera d'Or (Best First Feature Film).
- DirectorLars von TrierStarsBjörkCatherine DeneuveDavid MorseAn Eastern European US immigrant with a love for musicals has to cope with the gradual loss of her vision.[2000]: Palme d'Or winner (Best Film).
IMDb: Cannes | Awards for 2000.
Wikipedia | 2000 Cannes Film Festival.