| 63rd Cannes Film Festival | |
|---|---|
 The festival's official poster featuring French actress Juliette Binoche | |
| Opening film | Robin Hood |
| Closing film | The Tree |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives) |
| Number of films | 19 (En Competition) 19 (Un Certain Regard) 9 (Short Film) |
| Festival date | 12–23 May 2010 |
| Website | |
The 63rd annual Cannes Film Festival was held from 12 to 23 May 2010, in Cannes, France. The Cannes Film Festival, hailed as being one of the most recognized and prestigious film festivals worldwide, was founded in 1946. It consists of having films screened in and out of competition during the festival; films screened in competition compete for the Palme d'Or award. The award in 2010 was won by Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, a Thai film directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. This was determined by the festival's jury members who reviewed films screened in competition. American film director Tim Burton was the president of the jury for the international competition, and other members of the jury for that competition included actors, screenwriters and composers, such as Kate Beckinsale, Emmanuel Carrère, Benicio del Toro and Alexandre Desplat. Other categories for films screened in competition that have their own separate juries for other awards are for Short Films and the Un Certain Regard category. Ridley Scott's Robin Hood opened the festival and Julie Bertuccelli's The Tree was the closing film. The full film lineup for the festival was announced on 15 April 2010.
Agence France-Presse, Reuters, Associated Press and Getty TV boycotted the press conference that announced the line-up for the festival, due to a dispute over access to the red carpet. In a press release, the agencies said that they "may be forced to suspend their presence at the festival altogether" if an agreement was not reached. Days before the festival was to begin, concerns were expressed that attendees might be delayed, or would not attend, due to plane flights to surrounding areas in France being delayed or canceled due to volcanic ash in the sky.
Festival line-up
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opener | Robin Hood | Ridley Scott | United States | |
| Closer | The Tree | Julie Bertuccelli | France, Australia | |
Palme d'Or
Winner
The Palme d'Or was won by the Thai film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. It was the first time that an Asian movie won the award since 1997. Tim Burton, chairman of the jury that determined the award, stated about its decision: "You always want to be surprised by films and this film did that for most of us." French film Of Gods and Men was the runner up. The Xavier Beauvois-directed film had been considered a favourite for the Palme d'Or along with Mike Leigh's Another Year. During the ceremony special attention was paid to Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi in hopes of increasing international pressure on the Iranian government to release Panahi from jail.
Films in competition
The following films competed for the Palme d'Or.
Un Certain Regard
The following films were screened in the Un Certain Regard category.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adrienn Pál | Pál Adrienn | Ágnes Kocsis | Hungary |
| Aurora | N/A | Cristi Puiu | Romania |
| Blue Valentine | N/A | Derek Cianfrance | United States |
| Chatroom | N/A | Hideo Nakata | United Kingdom |
| The City Below | Unter dir die Stadt | Christoph Hochhäusler | Germany |
| Socialism | Film Socialisme | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
| Hahaha | 하하하 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| I Wish I Knew | Hai Shang Chuan Qi | Jia Zhangke | China |
| Heartbeats | Les amours imaginaires | Xavier Dolan | Canada |
| Life, Above All | Life, Above All | Oliver Schmitz | South Africa |
| The Lips | Los labios | Iván Fund, Santiago Loza | Argentina |
| October | Octubre | Daniel Vega, Diego Vega | Peru |
| Lights Out | Qu'est-il Arrivé à Simon Werner? | Fabrice Gobert | France |
| Rebecca H. (Return to the Dogs) | N/A | Lodge Kerrigan | United States, France |
| R U There | N/A | David Verbeek | Netherlands, Taiwan |
| The Strange Case of Angelica | O estranho caso de Angélica | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal |
| Tuesday, After Christmas | Marţi, după Crăciun | Radu Muntean | Romania |
| Flight | Udaan | Vikramaditya Motwane | India |
| Carancho | Carancho | Pablo Trapero | Argentina |
Films out of competition
The following films were shown out of competition.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger | N/A | Woody Allen | United States |
| Kaboom | N/A | Gregg Araki | United States |
| Carlos | N/A | Olivier Assayas | France |
| The Tree | N/A | Julie Bertuccelli | France, Australia |
| Tamara Drewe | N/A | Stephen Frears | United Kingdom |
| Black Heaven | L'autre monde | Gilles Marchand | France |
| Robin Hood | N/A | Ridley Scott | United States |
| Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps | N/A | Oliver Stone | United States |
| The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceaușescu | Autobiografia lui Nicolae Ceaușescu | Andrei Ujică | Romania |
Special screenings
The following films were shown as special screenings.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 X Favela | 5 X Favela, por nós mesmos | Wagner Novais, Manaira Carneiro, Rodriga Felha, Cacau Amaral, Luciano Vidigal, Cadu Barcelos and Luciana Bezerra | Brazil |
| Abel | N/A | Diego Luna | Mexico |
| N/A | Chantrapas | Otar Iosseliani | France, Georgia |
| Countdown to Zero | N/A | Lucy Walker | United States |
| Draquila – Italy Trembles | Draquila - L'Italia che trema | Sabina Guzzanti | Italy |
| Gilles Jacob, Citizen Cannes | Gilles Jacob, l'arpenteur de la croisette | Serge Le Peron | France |
| Inside Job | N/A | Charles H. Ferguson | United States |
| The Pack | La meute | Franck Richard | France, Belgium |
| Nostalgia for the Light | Nostalgia de la luz | Patricio Guzmán | France, Chile |
| Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow | N/A | Sophie Fiennes | United Kingdom |
Short films
The following films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barking Island | Chienne d'histoire | Serge Avédikian | France |
| First Aid | Ezra rishona | Yarden Karmin | Israel |
| Station | Estação | Marcia Faria | Brazil |
| Muscles | N/A | Edward Housden | Australia |
| Bathing Micky | Micky bader | Frida Kempff | Sweden |
| To Swallow a Toad | Jurģis Krāsons | Latvia | |
| Rosa | N/A | Monica Lairana | Argentina |
| Maya | Pedro Pío Martín Pérez | Cuba | |
| Blocks | Blokes | Marially Rivas | Chile |
Director's Fortnight
The documentary film Benda Bilili! about disabled Kinshasa street musicians Staff Benda Bilili had its world premiere at the festival, with the group in attendance and performing at the Director's Fortnight opening party.
Juries
International competition
| Cinéfondation and short films
| Un Certain Regard
|
Awards
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun at the festival for his film A Screaming Man
The winners of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival were:
- Palme d'Or – Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- Grand Prix – Of Gods and Men by Xavier Beauvois
- Prix de la mise en scène – Mathieu Amalric for On Tour
- Prix du scénario – Poetry by Lee Chang-dong
- Prix du Jury – A Screaming Man by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
- Prix d'interprétation féminine – Juliette Binoche for Certified Copy
- Prix d'interprétation masculine
- Palme d'Or du court métrage – Barking Island by Serge Avédikian
- Prix du Jury du court métrage – Bathing Micky by Frida Kempff
- Prix Un Certain Regard – Hahaha by Hong Sang-soo
- Un Certain Regard – Jury Prize – October by Daniel Vega, Diego Vega
- Prix d'interprétation féminine Un Certain Regard – Adela Sanchez, Eva Bianco, Victoria Raposo for The Lips
- Cinéfondation
- 1st Prize – The Painting Sellers by Juho Kuosmanen
- 2nd Prize – Anywhere Out of the World by Vincent Cardona
- 3rd Prize – The Fifth Column by Vatche Boulghourjian and I Already am Everything I Want to Have by Dane Komljenk
- Caméra d'Or – Año Bisiesto by Michael Rowe
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