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Palm d’Or for Haneke’s The White Ribbon

Posted by Ryan Adams On May - 24 - 2009

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Tahar Rahim in Un prophète.

Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon wins the Palm d’Or.

Thanks to frederic lyon for letting us know Charlotte Gainsbourg has been named Best Actress for her role in Antichrist and Christoph Waltz has won for Best Actor in Inglourious Basterds.

Jacques Audiard’s A Prophet wins the Grand Prix.
Brillante Mendoza wins Best Director for Kinatay.
Lou Ye wins Best Screenplay for Spring Fever.
The Jury Prize is split between Fish Tank and Thirst.
(thanks garras)

Special Award to 87-year-old Alain Resnais, whose Wild Grass premiered in Cannes this week. It’s Resnais’ 47th film, and 4th to be nominated for the Palm d’Or. (Hiroshima mon amour, Stavisky, and Mon oncle d’Amérique are the other 3.)

(thanks to dela for guiding us to Cannes Film Festival website, where all the winners are listed with some photos.)

Sasha provides the full list of winners (via filmmisery), in prettier layout, after the cut.

  • Palme d’Or: The White Ribbon directed by Michael Haneke
  • Grand Prix: A Prophet by Jacques Audiard
  • Special Jury Prize: Alan Resnais director of Wild Grass
  • Prix du Jury (Jury Prize): Fish Tank directed by Andrea Arnold & Thirst directed by Park Chan-Wook
  • Best Director: Kinatay by Brillante Mendoza
  • Best Screenplay: Spring Fever by Lou Ye
  • Best Actor: Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds
  • Best Actress: Charlotte Gainsbourgh for Antichrist
  • Camera d’Or: Samson and Delilah directed by Warwick Thorton
  • Camera d’Or (Special Mention): Ajami
  • Short Film Palme d’Or: Arena directed by Joao Salaviza

Un Certain Regard

  • Prize of Un Certain Regard: Dogtooth directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
  • Jury Prize: Police, Adjective, directed by Corneliu Porumboiu
  • Special Prize: No One Knows About Persian Cats directed by Bahman Ghobadi & Father of my children directed by Mia Hansen-Love

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40 Responses for "Palm d’Or for Haneke’s The White Ribbon"

  1. filmboymichael May 24th, 2009 at 1:13 pm 1

    I actually had a feeling she might just win for antichrist – good controversy is always kind to actors at cannes.

  2. dela May 24th, 2009 at 1:15 pm 2

    A Prophet wins Grand Prize

  3. garras May 24th, 2009 at 1:16 pm 3

    Jury Prize: Thirst and Fish Tank
    Best Screenplay: Spring Fever
    Best Director: Brillante Mendoza
    Special Prize: Alain Resnais
    Best Short: Arena (Joao Salaviza)

  4. dela May 24th, 2009 at 1:16 pm 4

    The White Ribbon wins Palm d’Or

  5. frederic lyon May 24th, 2009 at 1:21 pm 5

    Yes, Michael Haneke (white ribbon) wins palme d’or.

  6. Hunter May 24th, 2009 at 1:22 pm 6

    Chalotte Gainsborough wins Best Actress? That was a kick in the ecumenicals.

  7. JR May 24th, 2009 at 1:27 pm 7

    I really want to see Antichrist. All this controversy surrounding the film really does that to a person. Charlotte Gainsborough might really be great in it.

  8. Hunter May 24th, 2009 at 1:32 pm 8

    As the movie would have it that all women are evil and should be burned at the stake it would appear to be headed for a very long shelf life on sell-thru for guys paying alimony.

  9. Joao Mattos May 24th, 2009 at 1:56 pm 9

    My hunch was so wrong. I said that never Huppert will be the head of to jury that gives the Palm D’Or to a Haneke movie, to avoid being accused of partiality.

    But Haneke is a good director, no doubt about it. I saw the cerimony. He and Huppert exchange a very emotional hug. Sweet.

  10. Joschi May 24th, 2009 at 2:01 pm 10

    What a great, great Evening for the Austrian Film.

    Haneke and Waltz, amazing!

  11. Ryan Adams May 24th, 2009 at 2:02 pm 11

    One hunch is as good as any other when trying to guess what might happen in Cannes, Joao.

    The Jury is certainly hyper-aware of cliquish insinuations and appearances, but they’re just as likely to flout expectations as they are to flaunt them.

  12. Joao Mattos May 24th, 2009 at 2:09 pm 12

    Buty it’s cool the jury gave a strong award to a “damned” movie like “Kinatay”, from Brillante Mendoza. I like “Serbis”. But “Serbis” and probably – as I read it – “Kinatay” are not easy material, they’re deeply violent and accused of being exploitation movies and torture porn.

  13. Gustavo H.R. May 24th, 2009 at 2:29 pm 13

    Haneke could’ve won for CACHÉ years ago. I’m so happy for him.

  14. cdmc May 24th, 2009 at 2:32 pm 14

    Or La Pianeste, for that matter.

  15. k-a May 24th, 2009 at 2:47 pm 15

    GOOOO Haneke. (Somewhere, in the dark, A. White is fuming now)

  16. Joschi May 24th, 2009 at 2:53 pm 16

    Is Christopher Waltz Oscar reasonable?

  17. Noah R. May 24th, 2009 at 2:59 pm 17

    Haneke is hit-or-miss for me. I think he has great ideas but there’s often something gimmicky about his execution. I wanted to embrace Cache so badly but couldn’t help but being annoyed by the artifice. But I love Funny Games (the original; haven’t seen the remake on the grounds of Michael Pitt) and The White Ribbon looks like more of a traditional narrative film so I’m sure I’ll see it.

    As for Antichrist, I can’t stand Lars von Trier but I can’t ignore a film that sounds as staggeringly psychotic as Antichrist. That’s why I rented Southland Tales, a recent Cannes disaster, and instantly fell in love with how bad it is.

  18. Joao May 24th, 2009 at 3:26 pm 18

    The short-film is really great. It’s about a guy that is imprissioned in his own house… A must see

  19. Ryan Adams May 24th, 2009 at 3:34 pm 19

    Here’s a youtube feature about the short film, Arena.

  20. Nyc Oscar Buff May 24th, 2009 at 4:15 pm 20

    See even with all that ‘Anti-Christ’ bashing on this website and others it still comes out with a major award at Cannes.

    Can’t wait to see it.

  21. Fool of a Took May 24th, 2009 at 4:19 pm 21

    They gave the Best Director award to a guy whose movie got trashed by the critics?

    What a fucking joke!

  22. Silvester May 24th, 2009 at 4:29 pm 22

    Actually the announcement for Best Director were greeted by loud booing, (as well as for Best Screenplay).

    Fool of a took, you’re not alone!

  23. harry May 24th, 2009 at 4:42 pm 23

    I am simultaneously surprised and completely unsurprised by Mendoza’s win. Apparently he is really well liked and the critical lashing sort of lead to the assumption that he’d never be invited back to Cannes. Perhaps this is the jury’s way of insuring that his third film gets shown at Cannes?

    As a side note, has the method of selecting juries or prizes changed over the past 20 years? It seems as if the quality of winners has gone down considerably in the past couple of decades compared to the preceding ones.

  24. Paddy M May 24th, 2009 at 5:33 pm 24

    Yes indeed, Mendoza as Best Director is a very odd choice. The jury could easily have given that award to Campion (n.b. Bright Star shut out!) or Almodóvar, and even if they were going to reward a director whose film has been criticized for being torute porn, surely von Trier is the better choice. At least Antichrist drew some good reviews; I haven’t heard anything good about Kinatay.

    The majority of these choices sit very nicely with my cinematic sensibilities – I love how the Cannes jury is never afraid to reward a film for certain excellent elements even when the film itself has been critically panned (Inglourious Basterds, Antichrist). Yet if a film is worthy of Best Director, it’s safe to say that it’s a good film, and I stuggle to see how the jury came to such a decision as a whole considering that, if you assembled a jury comprised of the world’s best film critics, it would likely have been trashed!

  25. Peralta May 24th, 2009 at 5:53 pm 25

    Hurray for João Salaviza… Arena is a great film… Will the AMPAS see it ? Força Portugal

  26. Guy Lodge May 24th, 2009 at 6:18 pm 26

    “It seems as if the quality of winners has gone down considerably in the past couple of decades compared to the preceding ones.”

    Strange thing to say after they got it so spectacularly right two years in a row with “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days” and “The Class.” Cannes has always been a bit hit-and-miss with its winners.

    By the way, it’s worth bearing in mind that the jury is discouraged from reading the press during the festival, so they can vote with an open mind. While I’m sure some of the buzz filters through to them (they could hardly fail to notice the “Antichrist” furore), they’re generally not aware of the exact critical reaction to films like “Kinatay.”

  27. bridgie james rosenthal May 24th, 2009 at 7:53 pm 27

    “I am simultaneously surprised and completely unsurprised by Mendoza’s win. Apparently he is really well liked and the critical lashing sort of lead to the assumption that he’d never be invited back to Cannes.”

    You got it right. Mendoza’s last two films that premiered in Cannes were critically reviled (especially “Kinatay”) but were French co-produced, so the competition slot may have something to do about it.

    “Perhaps this is the jury’s way of insuring that his third film gets shown at Cannes?”

    It’s the festival director who has the say in selecting the films in every section, and even a Filipino critic like me was surprised and unsurprised by its inclusion in the main competition, let alone its Best Director award.

  28. humdinger May 24th, 2009 at 10:59 pm 28

    kudos for Brillante Mendoza..proud to be Pinoy!

  29. Glenn May 24th, 2009 at 11:19 pm 29

    This decade alone we’ve had “Dancer in the Dark”, “The Pianist”, “The Class”, “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days” and “Elephant”. Better strike record than any other major award organisation, that’s for sure.

  30. Manuel May 25th, 2009 at 1:35 am 30

    Congrats to Haneke! He is an awesome director. Funny Games ( the original) and Cache are genious. Looking forward to White Ribbon but also the Piano Teacher and Benny´s Video

  31. Dominik May 25th, 2009 at 4:03 am 31

    I´m very happy about the way the awards were handed out this year, especially recognition for Gainsbourg (she must have had a hard time with von Trier, I bet).
    Christopher Waltz might very probably get a nomination for best supporting actor!

  32. blizzards14 May 25th, 2009 at 4:25 am 32

    Proud to be Pinoy.

    I am not a fan of Brillante Mendoza.

    (But I definitely liked Kubrador)

    may be the judges liked the rawness of his films. Pls. dont accuse any unfair competition. Critics have already been unfair to him.

    I would like to think that the reason why the critics did not like it because they dont have the artistic eye like the festival juries have.

    Mabuhay!

  33. blizzards14 May 25th, 2009 at 4:29 am 33

    kubrador is not even his.

    Well, I think Foster Child is a breakthrough performance for Cherry Pie Picache

    Im still happy for him.

  34. Chamboosy May 25th, 2009 at 5:15 am 34

    Thank God Samson And Delilah won the Camera d’Or! Not only is it a perfect film, it’s also quite possibly the most important Australian film of all time. Definitely one of the most amazing Australian films ever. Ahh… happy days.

    Maybe that’s the key to success in Cannes for Australian films – cram them full of aboriginal’s and you’ve got a success (look at Ten Canoes and how well that did).

    For a film that consists of little to no dialogue and sparse use of indigenous language would there be any chance of a nomination in foreign language film? I’d certainly hope so.

  35. Jeremie May 25th, 2009 at 9:12 am 35

    I don’t know why everybody keeps saying that he was booed when the award was announced. It absolutely not the case. Check it for yourself, the whole ceremony is online on Cannes website. It is the same for Best Screenplay. Someone said it was greeted by loud booing… Well we obviously did not watch the same ceremony.

    http://festival-cannes.canalplus.fr/video/ceremonie-de-cloture

    If you don’t want to watch the whole ceremony you can just select the awards you want to watch on the right menu next to the video (screenplay and director are at the bottom)

  36. cdmc May 25th, 2009 at 4:32 pm 36

    Best Director and Screenplay were not booed in the Lumiere Theater but in the adjacent Debussy Theater where the press were watching via CCTV.

  37. blizzards14Proud2bPINOI May 25th, 2009 at 6:46 pm 37

    So why are they saying that Best Director and Best Screenplay got greeted by loud booing were in truth and in fact those fucking critics were not in the auditorium in the first place?

    When Crash won. I booed in front of my TV (and thousand others) but I never read a single article about it being booed.

    I think when you “BOO” you have to be in the place so they would here your boo otherwise there is no fucking sense in doing it.

  38. casey May 25th, 2009 at 9:33 pm 38

    yet another reason I am DYING to see ANTICHRIST!
    good for cannes for handing it an award!

  39. blizzards14 May 27th, 2009 at 3:14 am 39

    Viva Universidad de Sto. Tomas!

  40. Kezza May 27th, 2009 at 1:31 pm 40

    EVERYONE should see Samson and Deliah it is a brilliant film and so happy that it won the prize and some recognition – I am an Aussie and we are well known for not supporting our own films – I hope this makes us sit up and take notice – we do make good sometimes brilliant films and they never make a profit.

    Unfortunately action always wins hands down at the box office which I like as well but there are more than that out there to enjoy.


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