The 63rd Cannes Film Fest was held May 12 to 23, 2010.
The Palme d’Or award was won by Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, a Thai film by Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
American filmmaker Tim Burton was the president of the jury for the international competition.
Two disappointing films bookended this edition: Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood opened the festival and Julie Bertuccelli’s The Tree was closing film.
Festival line-up
Opener
Robin Hood by Ridley Scott
US
Closer
The Tree by Julie Bertuccelli
France, Australia
Palme d’Or Winner
The Palme d’Or was won by the Thai film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. It was the first time that an Asian movie won the award since 1997.
Tim Burton, Prexy of the Jury, stated: “You always want to be surprised by films and this film did that for most of us.”
The French film Of Gods and Men was the runner up. Xavier Beauvois’s film was considered favorite for the Palme d’Or along with Mike Leigh’s Another Year.
During the ceremony special attention was paid to Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi to increase pressure on the Iranian government to release him from jail.
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FILMS IN COMPETITION
On Tour
Tournée
Mathieu Amalric
France
Of Gods and Men
Des hommes et des dieux
Xavier Beauvois
France
Outside the Law
Hors-la-loi
Rachid Bouchareb
Algeria
Biutiful
Biutiful
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Mexico
A Screaming Man
Un homme qui crie
Mahamat Saleh Haroun
France
The Housemaid
하녀 Ha-nyeo
Im Sang-soo
South Korea
Certified Copy
Copie conforme
Abbas Kiarostami
France
Outrage
アウトレイジ
Takeshi Kitano
Japan
Poetry
시 Shi
Lee Chang-dong
South Korea
Another Year
Mike Leigh
United Kingdom
Fair Game
N/A
Doug Liman
United States
Route Irish
N/A
Ken Loach
UK
My Joy
Счастье моё
Sergei Loznitsa
Ukraine
Our Life (La nostra vita)
Daniele Luchetti
Italy
Burnt by the Sun 2
Nikita Mikhalkov
Russia
Tender Son – The Frankenstein Project
Kornél Mundruczó
Hungary
The Princess of Montpensier
La princesse de Montpensier
Bertrand Tavernier
France
Chongqing Blues
日照重慶
Wang Xiaoshuai
China
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Thailand
UN CERTAIN REGARD
Adrienn Pál
Pál Adrienn
Ágnes Kocsis
Hungary
Aurora
Cristi Puiu
Romania
Blue Valentine
Derek Cianfrance
United States
Chatroom
Hideo Nakata
UK
The City Below
Unter dir die Stadt
Christoph Hochhäusler
Germany
Socialism (Film Socialisme)
Jean-Luc Godard
France
Hahaha
하하하
Hong Sang-soo
South Korea
I Wish I Knew
Hai Shang Chuan Qi
Jia Zhangke
China
Heartbeats
Les amours imaginaires
Xavier Dolan
Canada
Life, Above All
Oliver Schmitz
South Africa
The Lips
Los labios
Iván Fund, Santiago Loza
Argentina
October (Daniel Vega, Diego Vega)
Peru
Lights Out
Qu’est-il Arrivé à Simon Werner?
Fabrice Gobert
France
Rebecca H. (Return to the Dogs)
Lodge Kerrigan
US, France
R U There by David Verbeek
Netherlands, Taiwan
The Strange Case of Angelica
O estranho caso de Angélica
Manoel de Oliveira
Portugal
Tuesday, After Christmas by Radu Muntean
Romania
Flight
Udaan
Vikramaditya Motwane
India
Carancho
Pablo Trapero
Argentina
FILMS OUT of COMPETITION
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Woody Allen
US
Kaboom by Gregg Araki
US
Carlos
Olivier Assayas
France
The Tree
Julie Bertuccelli
France, Australia
Tamara Drewe
Stephen Frears
UK
Black Heaven
L’Autre monde
Gilles Marchand
France
Robin Hood by Ridley Scott
United States
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Oliver Stone
US
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceaușescu
Autobiografia lui Nicolae Ceaușescu
Andrei Ujică
Romania
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
5 X Favela
5 X Favela, por nós mesmos
Wagner Novais, Manaira Carneiro, Rodriga Felha, Cacau Amaral, Luciano Vidigal, Cadu Barcelos and Luciana Bezerra
Brazil
Abel
Diego Luna
Mexico
Chantrapas
Otar Iosseliani
France, Georgia
Countdown to Zero
Lucy Walker
US
Draquila – Italy Trembles
Draquila – L’Italia che trema
Sabina Guzzanti
Italy
Gilles Jacob, Citizen Cannes
Gilles Jacob, l’arpenteur de la croisette
Serge Le Peron
France
Inside Job
Charles H. Ferguson
US
The Pack
La meute
Franck Richard
France, Belgium
Nostalgia for the Light
Nostalgia de la luz
Patricio Guzmán
France, Chile
Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow
Sophie Fiennes
UK
DIRECTORS FORTNIGHT
The documentary film Benda Bilili! about disabled Kinshasa street musicians Staff Benda Bilili world premiered at the festival; the group performed at opening party.
JURY INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
Tim Burton, American director (President)
Alberto Barbera, Italian cinematographer
Kate Beckinsale, English actress
Emmanuel Carrère, French author, screenwriter and director
Benicio del Toro, US actor
Alexandre Desplat, French composer
Víctor Erice, Spanish director
Shekhar Kapur, Indian director
Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Italian actress
Cinéfondation and short films
Atom Egoyan, Canadian director (President)
Emmanuelle Devos, French actress
Carlos Diegues, Brazilian director
Dinara Droukarova, Russian actress
Marc Recha, Spanish Director
JURY UN CERTAIN REGARD
Claire Denis, French director (President)
Patrick Ferla, Swiss journalist
Kim Dong-ho, South Korean director of Busan Film Festival
Helena Lindblad, Swedish critic
Serge Toubiana, French General Director of the Cinémathèque Française
AWARDS
The winners of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival were:
Palme d’Or: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Grand Prix – Of Gods and Men by Xavier Beauvois
Prix de la mise en scène – Mathieu Amalric for On Tour
Prix du scénario – Poetry by Lee Chang-dong
Prix du Jury – A Screaming Man by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Best Actress: Juliette Binoche for Certified Copy
Best Actor: Javier Bardem for Biutiful
Elio Germano for Our Life
Palme d’Or du court métrage – Barking Island by Serge Avédikian
Prix du Jury du court métrage – Bathing Micky by Frida Kempff
Prix Un Certain Regard – Hahaha by Hong Sang-soo
Un Certain Regard – Jury Prize – October by Daniel Vega, Diego Vega
Prix d’interprétation féminine Un Certain Regard – Adela Sanchez, Eva Bianco, Victoria Raposo for The Lips
Cinéfondation
1st Prize – The Painting Sellers by Juho Kuosmanen
2nd Prize – Anywhere Out of the World by Vincent Cardona
3rd Prize – The Fifth Column by Vatche Boulghourjian and I Already am Everything I Want to Have by Dane Komljenk
Caméra d’Or – Año Bisiesto by Michael Rowe
