The 62nd Cannes Film Festival took place from 13 May to 24 May 2009. French actress Isabelle Huppert served as jury president for the main competition. Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the mystery drama film The White Ribbon.
The festival opened with Up by Pete Docter, marking the first time that an animated film opened the festival, and closed with Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky by Jan Kounen.
American filmmaker Clint Eastwood became the second recipient of the Honorary Palme d'Or.
Juries
Main competition Isabelle Huppert, French actress – Jury President Asia Argento, Italian actress Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkish filmmaker James Gray, American filmmaker Hanif Kureishi, British screenwriter Lee Chang-dong, South Korean filmmaker Shu Qi, Taiwanese actress Sharmila Tagore, Indian actress Robin Wright, American actress
Un Certain Regard Paolo Sorrentino, Italian filmmaker – Jury President Uma Da Cunha, Indian casting director and production consultant Julie Gayet, French actress and film producer Piers Handling, Canadian director and CEO of TIFF Marit Kapla, Swedish culture journalist
Caméra d'Or Roschdy Zem, French actor and filmmaker – Jury President Diane Baratier, French cinematographer Olivier Chiavassa, French member of the fédération des Industries Techniques Sandrine Ray, French filmmaker Charles Tesson, French critic Edouard Waintrop, director of the Festival Fribourg
Cinéfondation and short films John Boorman, English filmmaker – Jury President Bertrand Bonello, French filmmaker Férid Boughedir, Tunisian filmmaker Leonor Silveira, Portuguese actress Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress and model
Official Selection
In Competition The following films were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or: English Title Original Title Director(s) Production CountryAntichrist Lars von Trier Denmark, France, Italy, Germany, Poland, SwedenBright Star Jane Campion United Kingdom, Australia, France Broken Embraces Pedro Almodóvar Spain ButcheredKinatay Brillante Mendoza Philippines, France, Japan, Netherlands Enter the Void Gaspar Noé France, Germany, Italy Face Tsai Ming-liang Taiwan, FranceFish Tank Andrea Arnold United KingdomInglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino United States, Germany In the BeginningÀ l'origine Xavier Giannoli FranceLooking for Eric Ken Loach United Kingdom, France, Italy, Belgium, Spain Map of the Sounds of Tokyo Isabel Coixet SpainA ProphetUn prophète Jacques Audiard France, Italy Spring Fever Lou Ye Hong Kong, FranceTaking Woodstock Ang Lee United States Thirst Park Chan-wook South Korea, United StatesThe Time That Remains Elia Suleiman Palestine, United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium, France Wild Grass Alain Resnais FranceVincere Marco Bellocchio Italy, France Vengeance Johnnie To Hong Kong, FranceThe White RibbonDas weiße Band Michael Haneke Germany
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard: English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country AdriftÀ Deriva Heitor Dhalia Brazil Air Doll Hirokazu Koreeda Japan DogtoothΚυνόδοντας Yorgos Lanthimos Greece Eyes Wide Open Haim Tabakman Israel Father of My Children Mia Hansen-Løve France IndependenceIndependencia Raya Martin PhilippinesIrene Alain Cavalier France Mother Bong Joon-ho South Korea No One Knows About Persian Cats Bahman Ghobadi Iran NymphNang Mai Pen-Ek Ratanaruang Thailand Police, Adjective Corneliu Porumboiu Romania PreciousPrecious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire Lee Daniels United StatesSamson and Delilah Warwick Thornton AustraliaThe Silent ArmyWit Licht Jean van de Velde Netherlands Tale in the DarknessСказка про темноту Nikolay Khomeriki Russia Tales from the Golden Age Cristian Mungiu, Hanno Höfer, Constantin Popescu and Ioana Uricaru Romania To Die like a Man João Pedro Rodrigues Portugal Tomorrow at Dawn Denis Dercourt France TsarЦарь Pavel Lungin RussiaThe Wind Journeys Ciro Guerra Colombia, Germany, Netherlands, Argentina
Out of Competition The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: English Title Original Title Director(s) Production CountryAgoraÁgora Alejandro Amenábar SpainThe Army of Crime Robert Guédiguian FranceCoco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (closing film) Jan Kounen Don't Look Back Marina de Van Drag Me to Hell Sam Raimi United StatesThe Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Terry Gilliam United Kingdom, Canada, FranceA Town Called Panic Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar Belgium, France, LuxembourgUp (opening film) Pete Docter United States
Special Screenings The following films were selected to be screened at the Special Screenings section: English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country Ashes and Blood Fanny Ardant France, Romania, PortugalA Brand New Life Ounie Lecomte South KoreaThe Eye of the Storm Eduardo Valente Brazil Group Portrait With Kids and Motorcycles Pierre-William Glenn FranceJaffaכלת הים Keren Yedaya IsraelManila Adolfo Alix Jr. and Raya Martin Philippines My Neighbor, My Killer Anne Aghion France, United StatesPetition Zhao Liang China Tell Me Who You AreMin Ye Souleymane Cissé Mali, FranceThe Thorn in the Heart Michel Gondry France
The following short films were selected for the Cinéfondation competition: English title Original title Director(s) School #1 Noamir Castéra ENSAV La Cambre, Belgium Bába Zuzana Kirchnerová FAMU, Czech Republic The Boxer El boxeador Juan Ignacio Pollio Universidad del Cine, Argentina By the Grace of God Ralitza Petrova NFTS, United Kingdom Chapa Thiago Ricarte FAAP, Brazil Diploma Yaelle Kayam The Sam Spiegel Film & TV School, Israel Don't Step Out of the House Jo Sung-hee Korean Academy of Film Arts, South Korea Goodbye Fang Song Beijing Film Academy, China Gutter Dan Ransom Day New York University, United States The Horn Yim Kyung-dong Kaywon School of Art, South Korea Kasia Elisabet Llado IAD, Belgium The Naturalist Giulia Barbera Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Italy The Setback Dominique Baumard La fémis, France Significant Others Malzonkowie Dara Van Dusen PWSFTViT, Poland Segal Yuval Shani Tel-Aviv University, Israel Sylfidden Dorte Bengtson Den Danske Filmskole, Denmark Traverser Hugo Frassetto La Poudrière, France
Short Film Competition The following short films were selected to compete for the Short Film Palme d'Or: English title Original title Director(s) Production Country After Tomorrow Emma Sullivan United Kingdom Arena João Salaviza Portugal Ciao mama Ciao mama Goran Odvorcic Croatia Lars and Peter Lars og Peter Daniel Borgman Denmark The Man in the Blue Gordini Jean-Christophe Lie France Missing Missen Jochem de Vries Netherlands Silence Klusums Laila Pakalniņa Latvia The Six Dollar Fifty Man Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland New Zealand Worstward Ho Àlex Brendemühl Spain
Cannes Classics The following films were selected to be screened at the Cannes Classics sections: English title Original title Director(s) Production CountryRestored Prints The 400 Blows (1959) François Truffaut France Accident (1967) Joseph Losey United Kingdom L'Avventura (1960) Michelangelo Antonioni France, Italy The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966) Pietro Germi Italy A Brighter Summer Day (1991) Edward Yang Taiwan Duck, You Sucker! (1971) Sergio Leone Italy, United States Eyes Without a Face (1960) Georges Franju France Far from Vietnam (1967) Chris Marker, Joris Ivens,Claude Lelouch, Jean-Luc Godard,William Klein, Agnès Vardaand Alain Resnais France (1982) Axel Corti Austria, West Germany The Housemaid (1960) Kim Ki-young South Korea The Molly Maguires (1970) Martin Ritt United States Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953) Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot Jacques Tati France The Night of Counting the Years (1969) المومياء Shadi Abdel Salam Egypt Pierrot le fou (1965) Jean-Luc Godard France The Red Shoes (1948) Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger United Kingdom Victim (1961) Basil Dearden Wake in Fright (1971) Ted Kotcheff Australia The Wave (1936) Redes Emilio Gómez Muriel and Fred Zinnemann MexicoDocumentaries about CinemaHenri-Georges Clouzot's InfernoSerge Bromberg and Ruxandra MedreaFranceImages from the PlaygroundStig BjörkmanSwedenPietro Germi – The Good, the Beautiful and the BraveClaudio BondiItalyTwo of the New WaveEmmanuel LaurentFrance
The following films were screened outdoors at the beach cinema of Cannes: English title Original title Director(s) Production Country Lawrence of Arabia (1962) David Lean United States, United Kingdom Neil Young Trunk Show (2008) Jonathan Demme United States Pink Floyd – The Wall (1982) Alan Parker United Kingdom Soundtrack for a Revolution Dan Sturman and Bill Guttentag United States, France, United Kingdom Tengri: Blue Heavens (2008) Marie-Jaoul de Poncheville Germany, France, Kyrgyzstan Total Balalaika Show (1993) Aki Kaurismäki Finland, Sweden Wattstax (1972) Mel Stuart United States Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1973) D. A. Pennebaker United Kingdom
Parallel Sections
Critics' Week The following films were selected to be screened at the 48th : English Title Original Title Director(s) Production CountryIn CompetitionAltiplano Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth Belgium, Germany, NetherlandsBad Day to Go FishingÁlvaro BrechnerUruguay, Spain Goodbye Gary Cooper Adieu Gary Nassim Amaouche FranceHuacho Alejandro Fernández AlmendrasChile, France, GermanyLost Persons AreaCaroline StrubbeBelgiumWhisper with the WindSirta la gal baShahram AlidiIraq, IranSpecial ScreeningsHierro Gabe IbáñezSpainLascars Round da WayAlbert Pereira-Lazaro and Emmanuel KlotzFranceThe Ordinary PeopleMathias GokalpShort Films CompetitionIt's Free for GirlsMarie Amachoukeli and Claire Burger FranceLogorama François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy and Ludovic HouplainPablo LamarParaguay, ArgentinaRunaway Cordell BarkerCanadaSeeds of the FallSlitagePatrik EklundSwedenTogether Eicke BettingaGermany, United KingdomTulum La ViréeDalibor MatanićCroatiaShort Films – Special Screenings1989 Camilo MatizColombia6 HoursSeong-hyeok MoonSouth KoreaGrégoire ColinFranceCrumbsLes MiettesPierre PinaudElo Vera EgitoBrazilFaiblesses Nicolas GiraudFranceSpread Through the AirVera EgitoBrazil
Directors' Fortnight () The following films were selected to be screened: English Title Original Title Director(s) Production CountryAjami / Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani Israel, Palestine, Germany, United KingdomAmreekaCherien DabisUnited States, Canada, Kuwait, PalestineCarcassesDenis CôtéCanadaChange NothingPedro CostaPortugal, FranceChristmasNavidadSebastián LelioChile, FranceDaddy LonglegsGo Get Some RosemaryBenny Safdie and Josh SafdieUnited StatesDaniel & AnaMichel FrancoMexicoEarth MadnessLuc MoulletFranceEastern PlaysИзточни пиесиKamen KalevBulgariaThe French KissersRiad SattoufFranceHereHo Tzu NyenSingaporeHumpdayLynn SheltonUnited StatesI Love You Phillip MorrisGlenn Ficarra and John RequaFrance, United StatesI Killed My MotherXavier DolanCanadaKaraokeChris Chong Chan FuiMalaysiaThe King of EscapeAlain GuiraudieFranceLike You Know It AllHong Sang-sooSouth KoreaThe Little OneLa PivellinaRainer Frimmel and Tizza CoviAustriaThe MisfortunatesFelix van GroeningenBelgiumOxhide IILiu JiayinChinaPolytechniqueDenis VilleneuveCanadaTetroFrancis Ford CoppolaUnited States, Argentina, Spain, ItalyThe Wolberg FamilyAxelle RopertFrance, BelgiumYuki & NinaHippolyte Girardot and Nobuhiro SuwaJapan, FranceSpecial ScreeningsFirefly (2000)Naomi KawaseJapanMikhaël HersFrance
Short films
American Minor by Charlie White (8 min) Anna by Rúnar Rúnarsson (35 min) by Chema García Ibarra (7 min) by João Nicolau (35 min) Cicada by Amiel Courtin-Wilson (9 min) by Johannes Nyholm (9 min) Dust Kid by Jung Yumi (10 min) The Fugitives by Guillaume Leiter (25 min) The History of Aviation by Bálint Kenyeres (15 min) Jagdfieber (The Hunting Fever) by Alessandro Comodin (22 min) John Wayne Hated Horses by Andrew T. Betzer (10 min) Nice by Maud Alpi (25 min) by Renata Pinheiro (17 min)