60th Cannes Film Festival Awards

These are the awards given last Sunday. The closing ceremony was fun to watch but there was no cadeau.

Palmarès du 60e Festival de Cannes

Feature Films

Palme d'Or : 4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 Zile (4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days), Cristian Mungiu , Romania

Grand Prix : Mogari No Mori (The Mourning Forest), Naomi Kawase, Japan
Prix du 60e anniversaire (60th Aniversary Award): Gus Van Sant and his film Paranoid Park, France and USA
Prix d'interprétation féminine (Best Actress): Jeon Do-Yeon for Milyang (Secret Sunshine), South Korea
Prix d'interprétation masculine (Best Actor): Konstantin Lavronenko for Izgnanie (The Banishment), Russia and Belgium
Prix de la mise en scène (Best Director): Julian Schnabel for Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly), France
Prix du scénario (Best Screenplay) : Fatih Akin for Yasamin Kiyisinda (The Edge of Heaven), Germany and Turkey

Prix du Jury (Jury Prize) (a tie) :
Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud, France and USA
Luz Silenciosa (Stellet Licht - Silent Light), Carlos Reygadas, Mexico, France and Netherlands

Prize "Vulcain de l'Ariste-Technicien", awarded by the C.S.T: Janusz Kaminski for Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly), France

Short Films

Palme d'Or: Ver Llover (Watching It Rain), Elisa Miller, Mexico
Mentions spéciales (Honorable Mentions)
Ah Ma (Grandma), Anthony Chen, Singapore,
Run, Mark Albiston, New Zealand

Camera d'Or

Caméra d'Or : Meduzot (Jellyfish), Etgar Keret et Shira Geffen, Israel and France
Mention spéciale (Honorable Mention) Control, Anton Corbijn, UK

Palme d'Or exceptionnelle (Career Achievement Award): Jane Fonda (Fonda is only the fourth -and the first non-French national- recipient of this award. Previous winners were directos Alain Resnais and Gerard Oury, and actress Jeanne Moreau.)

Un Certain Regard

Un Certain Regard Prize - Fondation Gan pour le cinéma : California Dreamin' (Nesfarsut) (California Dreamin' (Endless)), Cristian Nemescu, Romania
Special Jury Prize: Actrices (Actresses (Dreams of the Night Before)), Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, France
Jury Coup de Coeur: Bikur Hatizmoret (The Band's Visit), Eran Kolirin, Israel and France

Cinéfondation Awards

1st Prize: Ahora Todos Parecen Contentos (Now Everyone Seems to be Happy), Gonzalo Tobal, Argentina
2nd Prize: Ru Dao (Way Out), Chen Tao, China
3rd Prize (a tie):
A Reunion, Hong Sung-Hoon, South Korea
Minus, Pavle Vuckovic, Serbia-Montenegro

Directors' Fortnight

Feature Films
Prix Regards Jeunes (Young Eyes Prize) : Control, Anton Corbijn, UK and Australia

Prix Art et Essai -Cicae- :(Art and Essay Prize): Garage, Lenny Abrahamson. Ireland
Art et Essai Honorable Mentions :
Control, Anton Corbijn. UK and Australia
Gegenüber (Counterparts), Jan Bonny, Germany

Label Europe Cinéma (Best European Film): Control, Anton Corbijn, UK and Australia

FIPRESCI Award: Elle s'appelle Sabine (Her Name is Sabine), Sandrine Bonnaire, France

Short Film
SACD Prize Best Short Film: Même pas Mort, Claudine Natkin, France

International Critics' Week

Feature Films
Grand Prix : XXY de Lucia Puenzo , Argentina, Spain and France
SACD Prize: Meduzot (Jellyfish), Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen, Israel and France
ACID/CCAS Support Award: XXY, Lucia Puenzo, Argentina, Spain and France
OFAJ/TV5MONDE (VERY) Young Critic Award: Meduzot (Jellyfish), Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen, Israel and France


Short Films
Canal+ Award for Best Short Film: Madame Tutli-Putli, Chris Lavis and Maciek Sczerbowski, Canada
Kodak Discovery Award for Best Short Film: Um Ramo, Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra, Brazil

International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI)

Critics Prize : 4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 Zile(4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days), Cristian Mungiu, Romania
Honorable Mention: Bikur Hatizmoret (The Band's Visit), Eran Kolirin, Israel
Honorable Mention: Elle s'appelle Sabine (Her Name is Sabine), Sandrine Bonnaire, France

Other Awards

Ecumenical Jury Prize: Yazamin Kisyisinda (The Edge of Heaven), Fatih Akin, Germany and Turkey

26th Youth Prize: Bikur Hatizmoret (The Band's Visit) Eran Kolinin, Israel

French National Education Administration Prize: 4 luni, 3 saptaman si 2 Zile (4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days) Cristian Mungiu, Romania

2007 France-Culture Award for Career Achievement: Rithy Panh, Cambodia.