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2015 Cannes Film Festival
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The 68th Cannes Film Festival took place from 13 to 24 May 2015.[1] Ethan and Joel Coen were the Co-Presidents of the Jury for the main competition,[2] marking the first time that two people co-chaired the jury.[3] Since the Coen brothers each received a separate vote, they were joined by seven other jurors to form the customary nine-juror panel.[4]
French filmmaker Jacques Audiard won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Dheepan.[5][6] During his speech, Audiard stated that "receive a prize from the Coen brothers is something pretty exceptional. I'm very touched".[7] French film director Agnès Varda was presented with the Honorary Palme d'Or at the festival's closing ceremony. She was the first female filmmaker to ever receive the award.[8]
The festival's official poster featured Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman, photographed by David Seymour. The poster was chosen to pay tribute to Bergman for her contributions to films; she also served as the Jury President at 1973 Cannes Film Festival.[9] Once again, French actor Lambert Wilson was the host for the opening and closing ceremonies.[10][11][12]
The edition was infamously marked by artistic director Thierry Frémaux pledge to celebrities to abstain from taking selfies on the red carpet. While he did not have the powers to ban the pictures from the red carpet altogether, Frémaux urged celebrities to resist the temptation.[13]
The festival opened with Standing Tall by Emmanuelle Bercot,[14] and closed with Ice and the Sky by Luc Jacquet.[15][16][17]
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Juries
Main competition
- Ethan and Joel Coen, American filmmakers - Jury Co-Presidents[18][19]
- Rossy de Palma, Spanish actress
- Guillermo del Toro, Mexican filmmaker
- Xavier Dolan, Canadian filmmaker and actor
- Jake Gyllenhaal, American actor
- Sophie Marceau, French actress and filmmaker
- Sienna Miller, English actress
- Rokia Traoré, Malian singer-songwriter and composer
Un Certain Regard
- Isabella Rossellini, Italian-American actress - Jury President[20][21]
- Haifaa al-Mansour, Saudi Arabian filmmaker
- Panos H. Koutras, Greek filmmaker
- Nadine Labaki, Lebanese filmmaker and actress
- Tahar Rahim, French actor
Camera d'Or
- Sabine Azéma, French actress - Jury President[22][23]
- Claude Garnier, French cinematographer
- Delphine Gleize, French filmmaker
- Yann Gonzalez, French filmmaker
- Didier Huck, French Technicolor executive
- Bernard Payen, French film critic and curator
- Melvil Poupaud, French actor
Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition
- Abderrahmane Sissako, Mauritanian filmmaker - Jury President[24][25]
- Cécile de France, Belgian actress
- Joana Hadjithomas, Lebanese filmmaker
- Daniel Olbrychski, Polish actor
- Rebecca Zlotowski, French filmmaker
Critics' Week
- Ronit Elkabetz, Israeli actress and filmmaker - Jury President[4][26]
- Andréa Picard, Canadian film curator and critic
- Katell Quillévéré, French filmmaker
- Peter Suschitzky, English cinematographer
- Boyd van Hoeij, French-based Dutch film critic
L'Œil d'or
- Rithy Panh, Franco-Cambodian filmmaker - Jury President[27][28]
- Diana El Jeiroudi, Syrian producer
- Scott Foundas, American film critic
- Irène Jacob, Franco-Swiss actress
- Nicolas Philibert, French filmmaker
Queer Palm
- Desiree Akhavan, American-Iranian filmmaker and actress - Jury President[29]
- Ava Cahen, French journalist
- Laëtitia Eïdo, French actress
- Elli Mastorou, Belgian film journalist
- Nadia Turincev, French film producer
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Official selection
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In Competition
The films competing for the Palme d'Or were announced at a press conference on 16 April 2015.[30] Two films were added to the main competition line-up on 23 April 2015, Valley of Love by Guillaume Nicloux and Chronic by Michel Franco.[31] The following films were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or:
- (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.[32]
- (QP) film eligible for the Queer Palm.
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section:[30][31][33] Sweet Red Bean Paste by Naomi Kawase was the opening film.
- (CdO) film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.[32]
- (ŒdO) film eligible for the Œil d'or as documentary.
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to screen out of competition:[14][15][30][31][34][35][36]
- (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.[32]
- (ŒdO) film eligible for the Œil d'or as documentary.
- (QP) film eligible for the Queer Palm.
Special Screenings
- (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.[32]
- (ŒdO) film eligible for the Œil d'or as documentary.
Cinéfondation
The Cinéfondation section focuses on films made by students at film schools. The following 18 entries (14 fiction films and 4 animation films) were selected out of 1,600 submissions. More than one-third of the films selected represent schools participating in Cinéfondation for the first time. It is also the first time that a film representing a Spanish film school had been selected.[37]
Short Films Competition
Out of 4,550 entries, the following films were selected to compete for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[37]
Cannes Classics
The full line-up for the Cannes Classics section was announced on 30 April 2015. Greek-French film director Costa-Gavras was announced as the guest of honor. In tribute to the recently deceased Portuguese film director, Cannes Classics screened Manoel de Oliveira's posthumous 1982 film Memories and Confessions. The film was previously unseen outside of Portugal.[38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46]
- (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.[32]
- (ŒdO) film eligible for the Œil d'or as documentary.
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:[47]
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Parallel sections
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Critics' Week
The full selection for the Critics' Week section was announced on 20 April 2015, at the section's website.[48] Les Anarchistes by Elie Wajeman, and Learn by Heart by Mathieu Vadepied, were selected as the opening and closing films for the Critics' Week section.
- (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.[32]
- (QP) film eligible for the Queer Palm.
Directors' Fortnight
The full selection for the Directors' Fortnight section was announced on 21 April 2015, at the section's website.[49][50] In the Shadow of Women by Philippe Garrel, and Dope by Rick Famuyiwa were selected as the opening and closing films for the section.[49][51] Actua 1, a previously unseen 1968 short film directed by Garrel, preceded the screening of In the Shadow of Women.[52]
- (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.[32]
- (ŒdO) film eligible for the Œil d'or as documentary.
- (QP) film eligible for the Queer Palm.
ACID
ACID, an association of French and foreign film directors, demonstrates its support for nine films each year, seeking to provide support from filmmakers to other filmmakers.[53][54] The full ACID selection was announced on 21 April 2015, at the section's website.[55]
- (QP) indicates film eligible for the Queer Palm.
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Official Awards
In Competition
- Palme d'Or: Dheepan by Jacques Audiard[5][6]
- Grand Prix: Son of Saul by László Nemes
- Best Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien for The Assassin
- Best Screenplay: Michel Franco for Chronic
- Best Actress:
- Emmanuelle Bercot for Mon Roi
- Rooney Mara for Carol
- Best Actor: Vincent Lindon for The Measure of a Man
- Jury Prize: The Lobster by Yorgos Lanthimos
Honorary Palme d'Or
Un Certain Regard
- Prix Un Certain Regard: Rams by Grímur Hákonarson[56][57]
- Un Certain Regard Jury Prize: The High Sun by Dalibor Matanić
- Un Certain Regard Award for Best Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa for Journey to the Shore
- Prix Un Certain Talent: The Treasure by Corneliu Porumboiu
- Un Certain Regard Special Prize for Promising Future:
- Nahid by Ida Panahandeh
- Masaan by Neeraj Ghaywan
Caméra d'Or
- Land and Shade by César Augusto Acevedo
Cinéfondation
- First Prize: Share by Pippa Bianco[58]
- Second Prize: Lost Queens by Ignacio Juricic Merillán
- Third Prize:
- The Return of Erkin by Maria Guskova
- Victor XX by Ian Garrido López
Short Films Competition
- Short Film Palme d'Or: Waves '98 by Ely Dagher
- Special Mention: P.S. I Can't Breathe by Monet Merchand and Rochelle Leanne
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Independent Awards
FIPRESCI Prizes
- Son of Saul by László Nemes (In Competition)[59][60]
- Masaan by Neeraj Ghaywan (Un Certain Regard)
- Paulina by Santiago Mitre (Critics' Week)
Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist
- Vulcan Award: Tamás Zányi (sound designer) for Son of Saul[61][62]
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
- Mia Madre by Nanni Moretti[63][64]
- Commendations:
Critics' Week
- Nespresso Grand Prize: Paulina by Santiago Mitre[65]
- France 4 Visionary Award: Land and Shade by César Augusto Acevedo
- SACD Award: Land and Shade by César Augusto Acevedo
- Sony CineAlta Discovery Award for Short Film: Chickenpox by Fulvio Risuleo
- Canal+ Award: Ramona by Andrei Crețulescu
- Gan Foundation Support for Distribution Award: The Wakhan Front by Clément Cogitore
Directors' Fortnight
- Art Cinema Award: Embrace of the Serpent by Ciro Guerra[66][67]
- SACD Prize: My Golden Days by Arnaud Desplechin
- Europa Cinemas Label Award: Mustang by Deniz Gamze Ergüven
- Illy Prize for Short Film: Rate Me by Fyzal Boulifa
- Special Mention: The Exquisite Corpus by Peter Tscherkassky
L'Œil d'or
- Beyond My Grandfather Allende by Marcia Tambutti Allende[68][69]
- Special Mention: Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words by Stig Björkman
Queer Palm
- Carol by Todd Haynes[70]
- Special Mention: The Lobster by Yorgos Lanthimos
- Short Film Queer Palm: Lost Queens by Ignacio Juricic Merillán
Palm Dog
- Palm Dog Award: Lucky the Maltipoo for Arabian Nights[71][72][73]
- Grand Jury Prize: "Bob" from The Lobster
- Palm Dog Manitarian award: I Am a Soldier
François Chalais Prize
Cannes Soundtrack Award
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References
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