2012_Cannes_Film_Festival

2012 Cannes Film Festival

2012 Cannes Film Festival

Film festival

The 65th Cannes Film Festival was held from 16 to 27 May 2012.[1] Italian film director Nanni Moretti was the president of the jury for the main competition[2] and British actor Tim Roth was the president of the jury for the Un Certain Regard section.[3] French actress Bérénice Bejo hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.[4]

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The festival Opening Film was Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom. And the Closing Film was Claude Miller's final movie Thérèse Desqueyroux.[5] The main announcement of the line-up took place on 19 April. The official poster of the festival features Marilyn Monroe, to mark the 50th anniversary of her death.[6]

The Palme d'Or was awarded to Austrian director Michael Haneke for his film Amour. Haneke had won the Palme in 2009 for The White Ribbon. The jury awarded the Grand Prix to Matteo Garrone's Reality, while Ken Loach's The Angels' Share received the Jury Prize.

Juries

Nanni Moretti, President of the main competition jury
Tim Roth, President of the Un Certain Regard jury
Carlos Diegues, President of the Caméra d'Or jury
The main competition jury; from left to right: Alexander Payne, Andrea Arnold, Jean Paul Gaultier, Hiam Abbass, Emmanuelle Devos, Raoul Peck, Diane Kruger, Nanni Moretti, Ewan McGregor, and festival president Gilles Jacob

Μain competition

The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2012 Official Selection:[7][8]

Un Certain Regard

  • Tim Roth, British actor - Jury President
  • Leïla Bekhti, French actress
  • Tonie Marshall, French actress and filmmaker
  • Luciano Monteagudo, Argentine film critic
  • Sylvie Pras, French chief of the Pompidou Centre and artistic director of the festival of La Rochelle

Caméra d'Or

  • Carlos Diegues, Brazilian filmmaker - Jury President[9]
  • Michel Andrieu, French filmmaker
  • Rémy Chevrin, French cinematographer
  • Francis Gavelle, French film critic
  • Hervé Icovic, French art director
  • Gloria Satta, Italian film journalist

Cinéfoundation and short films

Independent juries

The following independent juries awarded films in the frame of the Critics' Week.

Nespresso Grand Prize[11]

  • Bertrand Bonello, French filmmaker - Jury President
  • Francisco Ferreira, Portuguese film critic
  • Akiko Kobari, Japanese film and dance critic
  • Robert Koehler, American film critic
  • Hanns-Georg Rodek, German film critic

France 4 Visionary Award[11]

  • Céline Sciamma, French filmmaker - Jury President
  • Victor-Emmanuel Boinem, Belgian film student and blogger
  • Ryan Lattanzio, American student and lead film critic at The Daily Californian
  • Bikas Mishra, Indian founder and editor of DearCinema.com
  • Kim Seehe, South Korean student and film critic

Nikon Discovery Award for Short Film

  • João Pedro Rodrigues, Portuguese film director - Jury President
  • Jakub Felcman, Czech film curator
  • Marianne Khoury [ar], Egyptian film director and producer
  • Danny Lennon, Canadian film curator
  • Kleber Mendonça Filho, Brazilian film director, curator, and critic

Official Selection

The official selection was announced on 19 April at Grand Hôtel in Paris. Among comments after the announcement, journalists noted the unusually high number of Hollywood films in the line-up, the absence of any female director in the main competition, as well as the absence of competing first-time feature film directors.[12][13] The festival's artistic leader Thierry Frémaux responded that people should not focus only on the competition films: "The selection is an ensemble; you have to consider the whole package."[13]

In Competition

The following films were selected as In Competition.[14][15] The Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted:

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(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.[16]

Un Certain Regard

The following films were screened in the Un Certain Regard section.[14] The Un Certain Regard Prize winner has been highlighted:

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(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.[16]

Out of Competition

The following films were screened out of competition:[14]

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(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.[16]

Special Screenings

The following films were screened in the Special Screenings section:[14]

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(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.[16]

Cinéfondation

The Cinéfondation section focuses on films made by students at film schools. The following entries were selected, out of more than 1,700 submissions from 320 different schools.[17] The winner of the Cinéfondation First Prize has been highlighted:

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Short film Competition

Out of 4,500 submissions, the following films were selected for the short film competition.[17] The Short film Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted.

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Cannes Classics

The following films were screened in the Cannes Classics section.[18][19] The Hungarian "montage film" Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen, directed by György Pálfi, was selected as the closing film for the Cannes Classics section.[18][20][21][22]

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Cinéma de la Plage

The Cinéma de la Plage is a part of the Official Selection of the festival. The outdoors screenings at the beach cinema of Cannes are open to the public.[23]

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Parallel Sections

Critics' Week

The line-up for the Critics' Week was announced on 23 April at the section's website. The feature competition consists entirely of directorial debuts, something the section's artistic director Charles Tesson stressed was not intentional, but only the way it turned out when the submissions had been judged by quality. The following films were selected.[24]

Feature films - The winner of the Grand Prix Nespresso has been highlighted:

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(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.[16]

Short and Medium Length Films

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Special Screenings

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Directors' Fortnight

The line-up for the Directors' Fortnight was announced at a press conference on 24 April.[25] The following films were selected:[26]

Feature Films - The winner of the Art Cinema Award has been highlighted:

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(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.[16]

Short Films - The winner of the Premier Prix Illy for Short Filmmaking has been highlighted:

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Official Awards

Michael Haneke, winner of the 2012 Palme d'Or
Matteo Garrone, winner of the 2012 Grand Prix

The Palme d'Or was won by the French-language film Amour directed by Michael Haneke. Haneke previously won the award for The White Ribbon in 2009.[27] Love tells the story of an elderly couple preparing for death.[28] During his acceptance speech, the director said "A very, very big thanks to my actors who have made this film. It's their film. They are the essence of this film."[27]

Moretti said that none of the winners had been selected unanimously, and described such an outcome as "a middle ground that would have pleased no one". He revealed that Holy Motors, Paradise: Love and Post Tenebras Lux were the entries that most had divided the jury.[29]

The following films and people received the 2012 Official selection awards:[30][31]

In Competition

Un Certain Regard

Caméra d'Or

Cinéfondation

  • 1st Prize: The Road to by Taisia Igumentseva[30]
  • 2nd Prize: Abigail by Matthew James Reilly
  • 3rd Prize: The Hosts by Miguel Angel Moulet

Short Films Competition

Independent Awards

FIPRESCI Prizes

Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

Critics' Week

Directors' Fortnight

Prize of the Youth Jury

Prix François Chalais

Queer Palm

Palm Dog Jury

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