There was enormous surprise Sunday evening at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival where the Palme d’Or was awarded to Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s captivating Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives. This film was co-produced by the UK, France, Germany and Spain. At 39, the director confirms his original talent previously lauded at Cannes with the Un Certain Regard Prize in 2002 for Blissfully Yours and the Jury Prize in 2004 for Tropical Malady.
With triple success for France and honours for Italy and Spain, Europe is also well-represented in a prize list that was apparently the subject of intense discussions. The Grand Prize went to Of Gods and Men by French director Xavier Beauvois , while his compatriot Juliette Binoche scooped Best Actress for Abbas Kiarostami’s Certified Copy. Mathieu Amalric completes the French haul with Best Director for On Tour (co-produced with Germany).
Best Actor was shared by Spain...
With triple success for France and honours for Italy and Spain, Europe is also well-represented in a prize list that was apparently the subject of intense discussions. The Grand Prize went to Of Gods and Men by French director Xavier Beauvois , while his compatriot Juliette Binoche scooped Best Actress for Abbas Kiarostami’s Certified Copy. Mathieu Amalric completes the French haul with Best Director for On Tour (co-produced with Germany).
Best Actor was shared by Spain...
- 5/24/2010
- by Cineuropa
- DearCinema.com
The Palme d’Or isn’t given out until Sunday but awards are starting to come in from Cannes. The Un Certain Regard award, created in 1998, was chaired this year by director Clair Denis and this year’s winner is Hahaha by Hong Sangsoo. The film beat out such competition as the Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams film Blue Valentine and the new film by Jean-Luc Godard. The biggest surprise, however, came from the International Federation of Film Critics who awarded theirFIPRESCI prize to Tournee (“On Tour”) by Mathieu Amalric, a film that opened the first day of Cannes and was largely derided in most quarters as inconsequential fluff.
Un Certain Regard: Hahaha by Hong Sangsoo
Cinefoundation Awards:
1st Prize: Taulukauppiatt (“The Painting Sellers”) by Juho Kuosmanen
2nd Prize: Coucou-Les-Nuages (“Anywhere Out of the World”) by Vincent Cardona
3rd Prize (tie): Hinkerort Zorasune (“The Fifth Column”) by Vatche Boulghourjian...
Un Certain Regard: Hahaha by Hong Sangsoo
Cinefoundation Awards:
1st Prize: Taulukauppiatt (“The Painting Sellers”) by Juho Kuosmanen
2nd Prize: Coucou-Les-Nuages (“Anywhere Out of the World”) by Vincent Cardona
3rd Prize (tie): Hinkerort Zorasune (“The Fifth Column”) by Vatche Boulghourjian...
- 5/23/2010
- by keithsim
- IMDb Blog - All the Latest
Finnish filmmaker Juho Kuosmanen’s Taulukauppiaat / The Painting Sellers (above) topped the Cinéfondation Awards at the 2010 edition of the Cannes Film Festival. The Painting Sellers follows a trio of salespeople on the road and out of luck even though it’s Christmastime. Worse yet, they have to come to terms with their budding friendship. Runners-up were Vincent Cardona’s Coucou-les-nuages / Anywhere Out of the World, followed by Vatche Boulghourjian’s The Fifth Column tied with Dane Komljem’s I Already Am Everything I Want to Have. Cinéfondation was created in 1998 "to inspire and support the next generation of international filmmakers." Photo: Cannes Film Festival...
- 5/23/2010
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
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