The 65th Cannes Film Festival has ended and the jury have announced their prizes. The Palme d’Or was awarded to Amour directed by Michael Haneke, his 2nd Palme d’Or win making him the first director ever to win back to back Palme d’Or prizes. American director Behn Zeitlin picked up the Camera d’Or for his first film Beasts of the Southern Wild. The full list available after the jump.
Best Short Film
Silence
Prix du Jury
The Angel’s Share dir. Ken Loach
Camera d’Or (Best First Film)
Beasts of the Southern Wild dir. Behn Zeitlin
Prix de Scenario (Screenplay)
Cristian Mungiu, Beyond the Hills
Prix du Mise-en-scene (Best Director)
Carlos Reygadas, Post Tenebras Lux
Prix d’interprétation masculine (Best Actor)
Mads Milkkelsen, The Hunt
Prix d’interprétation féminine (Best Actress)
Cosmina Straten and Cristina Flutur, Beyond the Hills
Grand prix
Reality dir. Matteo Garrone
Palme d’Or
Amour dir. Michael Haneke
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Haneke’s wins weren’t back-to-back, his previous win was three years ago. If you mean he’s the first to win twice, that’s not true either because that’s been done four or six times before, depending on how you want to count it.
Excited though for the wins for Jagten and BotSW. Cool that Matteo Garrone picked up the Grand Prix again.
UBourgeois(Quote) (Reply)
Congrats to Haneke, and it’s great to see Ken Loach’s latest credited with something. I look forward to catching at least some of these films over the coming months!
Daniel Ashtiany(Quote) (Reply)
I think what Johnson meant was that Haneke is the first director to win Palm twice in the shortest amount of time. I think. A lot of people were surprised by Haneke’s win. I am more surprised about Garrone’s win, the no love for “Rust And Bone”, “Holy Motors” and the no love for veteran American filmmakers. However what this year’s Cannes presented to this year’s Oscar race is, “The Master” “Django Unchained” “The Silver Linings Playbook ” are viable entries for contentions. Marion Cottiliard could have a strong Oscar campaign depending how her film translates over seas. Jeff Nichols, Walter Sales, and David Cronberg made decent buzz as well. The best Wes Anderson will do with the Academy is a Best Screenplay contention. And lastly “Amour” could win Haneke the elusive Best Foreign Film Oscar he should’ve won a long time ago. THAT IS ALL!
GL(Quote) (Reply)
If possible, Haneke may even land a Best Directing nomination…..it’s not impossible, previous foreign films have had many shots at this category.
Greg Fletcher.(Quote) (Reply)
Great to see Mads Mikkelsen getting some love! From what I hear it’s a powerhouse performance on par with that of Javier Bardem in Biutiful a couple of years back.
It’s still early so this year could see still more than a handful of great actor performances, and Mikkelsen might not have the big name to make him last the entire season. But it’s not completely out there to say he’s got an early leg for for an Oscar nomination. Though it depends on The Hunt getting a foreign language nom as well.
AndersCules(Quote) (Reply)
Interesting winners, I can’t wait to see what this can play as towards awards season…
Greg Fletcher.(Quote) (Reply)
I would just like to say Best Foreign Film does not go to the director. It goes to the country, despite the Director accepting it. Its stupid but technically he would not have an Oscar.
Chris(Quote) (Reply)
So Cannes is here, and I suppose, the beginning of the next awards season as well. Indulge me, then, in what I can confidently say is the last of the predictions and write-ups on the previous season (anyone’s free to contest this claim).
Part I: http://vincengregorii.blogspot.com/2012/05/oscarthon-year-two-i-films.html
Part II: http://vincengregorii.blogspot.com/2012/05/oscarthon-year-two-ii-results.html
Vincen(Quote) (Reply)
Haneke is not the first director to win back-to-back, it was Bille August who did it for Pelle Erobreren (1987) and Den goda viljan (1991).
Maciek(Quote) (Reply)