Awards for 2009

Grand Prize of the Jury

WINNER

A Prophet: Jacques Audiard

Jury Prize

WINNERS

Fish Tank: Andrea Arnold
Tied with Bakjwi.
Thirst: Chan-wook Park
Tied with Fish Tank.

Best Actor

WINNER

Inglourious Basterds: Christoph Waltz

Best Actress

WINNER

Antichrist: Charlotte Gainsbourg

Best Director

WINNER

Kinatay: Brillante Mendoza

Best Screenplay

WINNER

Spring Fever: Feng Mei

Special Distinction

Best Short Film

WINNER

The Six Dollar Fifty Man: Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland

Technical Grand Prize

WINNER

Map of the Sounds of Tokyo: Aitor Berenguer

Special Award

WINNER

Wild Grass: Alain Resnais
For his whole works.

Award

Autour de la Sélection, Heritage Film

WINNER

Wake in Fright: Ted Kotcheff (director) (Madman Entertainment (production company))

Golden Camera

WINNER

Samson & Delilah: Warwick Thornton

IN-COMPETITION

Bad Day to Go Fishing: Álvaro Brechner (director)

Golden Camera - Special Mention

WINNER

Ajami: Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani

Cinefondation Award

WINNER

Bába: Zuzana Kirchnerová

IN-COMPETITION

By the Grace of God: Ralitza Petrova

Un Certain Regard Award

WINNER

Dogtooth: Giorgos Lanthimos

Un Certain Regard - Special Jury Prize

WINNERS

No One Knows About Persian Cats: Bahman Ghobadi
Father of My Children: Mia Hansen-Løve

Un Certain Regard Jury Prize

WINNER

Police, Adjective: Corneliu Porumboiu

Critics Week Grand Prize

WINNER

Goodbye Gary: Nassim Amaouche

IN-COMPETITION

Bad Day to Go Fishing: Álvaro Brechner (director)

SACD Screenwriting Award

WINNER

Lost Persons Area: Caroline Strubbe

ACID Award

WINNER

Sirta la gal ba: Shahram Alidi (director) (Agence du Cinéma Indépendant pour sa Diffusion (ACID) (distributor))

Kodak Short Film Award

IN-COMPETITION

Together: Eicke Bettinga

Young Critics Award

Best Feature

WINNER

Sirta la gal ba: Shahram Alidi (director)

Small Golden Rail

WINNER

Runaway: Cordell Barker

SACD Prize (Directors' Fortnight)

WINNER

I Killed My Mother: Xavier Dolan

Label Europa Cinemas

WINNER

Little Girl: Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel

C.I.C.A.E. Award

WINNER

I Killed My Mother: Xavier Dolan

C.I.C.A.E. Award - Special Mention

WINNER

The Misfortunates: Felix Van Groeningen

Unifrance Short Film Grand Prize

WINNER

Schéma directeur: Bernard Tanguy

FIPRESCI Prize

Director's Fortnight

WINNER

Amreeka: Cherien Dabis

Competition

WINNER

The White Ribbon: Michael Haneke

Un Certain Regard

WINNER

Police, Adjective: Corneliu Porumboiu

Award of the Youth

Foreign Film

WINNER

Sirta la gal ba: Shahram Alidi (director)

Prix Regards Jeune

WINNER

I Killed My Mother: Xavier Dolan

Cinema Prize of the French National Education System

WINNER

The White Ribbon: Michael Haneke

Award of the City of Rome

WINNER

The Wind Journeys: Ciro Guerra

American Pavillon's Emerging Filmmaker Showcase

Best Documentary

WINNER

Freedom to Choose: Jimmy Greenway (Producer), Michael Nadeau (Director), Kirk Souder (Director)

Chopard Trophy

Female Revelation

WINNER

Léa Seydoux

Palme d'Or - Best Short Film

WINNER

Arena: João Salaviza

IN-COMPETITION

After Tomorrow: Emma Sullivan
Ciao mama: Goran Odvorcic

Palme d'Or

WINNER

The White Ribbon: Michael Haneke

IN-COMPETITION

Antichrist: Lars von Trier
Thirst: Chan-wook Park
Bright Star: Jane Campion
Enter the Void: Gaspar Noé
Fish Tank: Andrea Arnold
Inglourious Basterds: Quentin Tarantino
Kinatay: Brillante Mendoza
Wild Grass: Alain Resnais
Looking for Eric: Ken Loach
Broken Embraces: Pedro Almodóvar
Map of the Sounds of Tokyo: Isabel Coixet
Spring Fever: Ye Lou
Taking Woodstock: Ang Lee
The Time that Remains: Elia Suleiman
A Prophet: Jacques Audiard
Vengeance: Johnnie To
Vincere: Marco Bellocchio
Face: Ming-liang Tsai
In the Beginning: Xavier Giannoli

Jury:

Isabelle Huppert: France, president
Asia Argento
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
James Gray
Hanif Kureishi
Chang-dong Lee
Shu Qi
Sharmila Tagore
Wright Penn, Robin

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