The 63rd Cannes Film Festival took place from 12 to 23 May 2010. American filmmaker Tim Burton served as jury president for the main competition. Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives.
English actress Kristin Scott Thomas was the mistress of ceremonies. 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.
The festival opened with Robin Hood by Ridley Scott, and closed with The Tree by Julie Bertuccelli.
Juries
Main competition The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2010 Official Selection: Tim Burton, American filmmaker – Jury President Alberto Barbera, Italian film critic Kate Beckinsale, English actress Emmanuel Carrère, French author, screenwriter and director Benicio del Toro, Puerto Rican actor Alexandre Desplat, French composer Víctor Erice, Spanish filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, Indian director Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Italian actress
Un Certain Regard Claire Denis, French filmmaker – Jury President Patrick Ferla, Swiss journalist Kim Dong-ho, South Korean director of Busan Film Festival Helena Lindblad, Swedish critic Serge Toubiana, French General Director of the Cinémathèque Française
Camera d'Or Gael García Bernal, Mexican actor and director – Jury President Stéphane Brizé, French director Gérard de Battista, French cinematographer Didier Diaz, FICAM Charlotte Lipinska, French critic and member of the French Union of Critics
Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition Atom Egoyan, Canadian director – Jury President Emmanuelle Devos, French actress Carlos Diegues, Brazilian filmmaker Dinara Droukarova, Russian actress Marc Recha, Spanish Director
Official Selection In Competition Two days before the beginning of the festival, the just finished film Route Irish by Ken Loach, was added to the main competition. The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or: English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country Another Year Mike Leigh United Kingdom Biutiful Alejandro González Iñárritu Mexico, Spain Burnt by the Sun 2 Nikita Mikhalkov Russia Certified Copy Abbas Kiarostami France, Italy, Belgium Chongqing Blues Wang Xiaoshuai China Fair Game Doug Liman United States, United Arab Emirates The Housemaid Im Sang-soo South KoreaMy Joy Счастье моё Sergei Loznitsa Ukraine, Germany, Netherlands Of Gods and Men Xavier Beauvois France On Tour Mathieu Amalric France, Germany Our Life Daniele Luchetti Italy, France Outrage Takeshi Kitano Japan Outside the Law Rachid Bouchareb Algeria, France, Tunisia, BelgiumPoetry Lee Chang-dong South Korea, France The Princess of Montpensier Bertrand Tavernier France Route Irish Ken Loach United Kingdom, France, Belgium A Screaming Man Mahamat Saleh Haroun Chad, France, Belgium Tender Son: The Frankenstein Project Kornél Mundruczó Hungary Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ Apichatpong Weerasethakul Thailand
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard: English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country Adrienn Pál Pál Adrienn Ágnes Kocsis Hungary Aurora Cristi Puiu Romania Blue Valentine Derek Cianfrance United StatesCarancho Pablo Trapero Argentina, Chile, Spain, France, South Korea Chatroom Hideo Nakata United Kingdom The City Below Christoph Hochhäusler Germany Film Socialisme Jean-Luc Godard France Hahaha 하하하 Hong Sang-soo South Korea Heartbeats Xavier Dolan Canada I Wish I Knew Jia Zhangke China Life, Above All Oliver Schmitz South Africa Lights Out Fabrice Gobert France The Lips Los labios Iván Fund and Santiago Loza Argentina October Octubre Daniel Vega, Diego Vega PeruRebecca H. (Return to the Dogs) Lodge Kerrigan United States, FranceR U There David Verbeek Netherlands, Taiwan The Strange Case of Angelica Manoel de Oliveira Portugal Tuesday, After Christmas Radu Muntean Romania Udaan Vikramaditya Motwane India
Out of Competition The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceaușescu Andrei Ujică Romania Black Heaven Gilles Marchand France, Belgium Carlos Olivier Assayas France, Germany Kaboom Gregg Araki United States Robin Hood (opening film) Ridley Scott United States, United Kingdom Tamara Drewe Stephen Frears United Kingdom The Tree (closing film) Julie Bertuccelli France, Australia Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Oliver Stone United States You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger Woody Allen
Special Screenings The following films were selected to be screened: English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country 5x Favela Wagner Novais, Manaira Carneiro, Rodrigo Felha, Cacau Amaral, Luciano Vidigal, Cadu Barcelos and Luciana Bezerra Brazil Abel Diego Luna Mexico Chantrapas Otar Iosseliani France, Georgia Countdown to Zero Lucy Walker United States Draquila – Italy Trembles Sabina Guzzanti Italy Gilles Jacob, Citizen Cannes Serge Le Peron France Inside Job Charles Ferguson United States The Pack La meute Franck Richard France, Belgium Nostalgia for the Light Patricio Guzmán France, Chile Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow Sophie Fiennes United Kingdom
The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation: English Title Original Title Director(s) School Anywhere Out of the World Vincent Cardona La fémis, France Cooked Jens Blank NFTS, United Kingdom Mátyás Prikler FTF-VŠMU, Slovakia The Fifth Column Hinkerort Zorasune Vatche Boulghourjian NYU, United StatesFrozen Land Tae-yong Kim Sejong University, South Korea Here I Am Itt Vagyok Bálint Szimler SzFE, Hungary I Already Am Everything I Want to Have Dane Komljen FDU, Serbia Ijsland Iceland Gilles Coulier Sint-Lukas University, BelgiumEl Juego Benjamín Naishtat Le Fresnoy, France Marques Ribeiro EICTV, CubaMiramare Michaela Müller ALU, Croatia The Painting Sellers Taulukauppiaat Juho Kuosmanen Aalto University, FinlandShelley Andrew Wesman Harvard University, United States
Short Films Competition The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or: English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country Barking Island Chienne d'histoire Serge Avédikian France Bathing Micky Micky bader Frida Kempff Sweden Blocks Blokes Marially Rivas Chile First Aid Ezra rishona Yarden Karmin Israel Maya Pedro Pío Cuba Muscles Edward Housden Australia Rosa Monica Lairana Argentina Station Estação Marcia Faria Brazil To Swallow a Toad Jurģis Krāsons Latvia
Cannes Classics The following films were selected to be screened: English Title Original Title Director(s) Production CountryRestored Prints The 317th Platoon (1964) Pierre Schoendoerffer France The African Queen (1951) John Huston United States, United Kingdom The Battle of the Rails (1946) René Clément France (1989) Jacques Davila The Great Love (1969) Pierre Etaix Happy Go Lucky (1946) Marcel L'Herbier Khandhar (1983) Mrinal Sen India Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) Hector Babenco Brazil, United States The Leopard (1963) Luchino Visconti Italy Psycho (1960) Alfred Hitchcock United States The Tin Drum (1979) Volker Schlöndorff West Germany, Poland,Yugoslavia, France Tristana (1970) Luis Buñuel Spain, France, ItalyWorld Cinema Foundation The Eloquent Peasant (1970) Shadi Abdel Salam Egypt (1941) Roberto Rossellini Italy Two Girls on the Street (1939) Andre de Toth Hungary Revenge (1989) Месть Yermek Shinarbayev Soviet Union A River Called Titas (1973) Titash Ekti Nadir Naam Ritwik Ghatak BangladeshDocumentaries about Cinema ...But Film is My Mistress Stig Björkman Sweden Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff Craig McCall United Kingdom Hollywood Don't Surf! Greg MacGillivray and Sam George United States Toscan Isabelle Partiot-Pieri France
The section line-up includes classics films, commemorations and world premieres of new productions at the Cannes' Plage Macé. The following films were selected to be screened:
English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country From Here to Eternity (1953) Fred Zinnemann United States The Girl Hunters (1963) Roy Rowland United Kingdom Rock'n'roll... Of Corse! Stéphane Bébert, Lionel Guedj France The Silent World (1956) Louis Malle, Jacques-Yves Cousteau France, Italy That Night in Varennes (1982) Ettore Scola The Two Escobars (30 for 30) Jeff Zimbalist and Michael Zimbalist United States
Parallel sections Critics' Week The following films were screened for the 49th Critics' Week (): English Title Original Title Director(s) Production CountryIn CompetitionArmadillo Janus Metz PedersenDenmarkBedevilled Jang Cheol-sooSouth KoreaDear PrudenceBelle ÉpineRebecca ZlotowskiFranceBi, Don't Be AfraidBi, dung so!Di Dang PhanVietnam, France, GermanySandcastle Boo JunfengSingaporeSound of Noise Ola Simonsson and Johannes Stjärne NilssonSweden, FranceThe Myth of the American Sleepover David Robert MitchellUnited StatesSpecial ScreeningsCopacabana Marc FitoussiFranceThe Names of Love Michel LeclercRubber Quentin DupieuxWomen Are HeroesJR Short Films CompetitionA DistraçãoIvan Cavi Borges and Gustavo Melo BrazilBerik Daniel BorgmanDenmarkThe Boy Who Wanted to Be a LionAlois di LeoUnited KingdomDeeper Than YesterdayAriel KleimanAustraliaLove PatateGilles CuvelierFranceNative SonScott GrahamUnited KingdomVasco Sébastien LaudenbachFranceShort Films – Special ScreeningsNicolas SilholFranceBastard Kirsten DunstUnited StatesThe Clerk’s TaleJames FrancoGonzalo TobalArgentinaFracture Nicolas SarkissianFrance
Directors' 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. The following films were screened for the 2010 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs): English Title Original Title Director(s) Production CountryA AlegriaThe Joy Felipe Bragança and Marina MeliandeBrazilAll Good Children Alicia DuffyBelgium, France, United KingdomBenda Bilili!Renaud Barret and Florent de La TullayeDemocratic Republic of the Congo, FranceBoxing Gym Frederick WisemanUnited StatesCleveland versus Wall StreetCleveland contre Wall StreetJean-Stéphane BronSwitzerland, France Jean Paul CiveyracFranceEverything Will Be FineChristoffer BoeDenmark, Sweden, FranceIllegal IllégalOlivier Masset-DepasseBelgium, Luxembourg, FranceThe Invisible EyeDiego LermanArgentina, France, SpainLeap Year Año bisiestoMichael RoweMexicoThe Light ThiefСвет-акеAktan AbdykalykovKirghizistan, Germany, France, NetherlandsLove Like PoisonKatell QuillévéréFranceGust Van Den BergheBelgiumPicco Philip Koch GermanyFabienne Berthaud FranceLe quattro volte Michelangelo FrammartinoItaly, Germany, SwitzerlandShit YearCam ArcherUnited StatesThe Silent HouseGustavo Hernández PérezUruguayThe Tiger Factory Ming jin WooMalaysia, JapanTwo Gates of Sleep Alistair Banks Griffin United StatesLe Vagabond Avishai SivanIsraelWe Are What We AreJorge Michel GrauMexicoYou All Are CaptainsOliver LaxeSpainShort FilmsCautare Ionuţ PiţurescuRomaniaLight André SchreudersNetherlandsMary Last Seen Sean DurkinUnited StatesLouis GarrelFranceShadows of SilencePradeepan RaveendranFrance, Sri LankaShikashaIsamu HirabayashiJapanA Silent Child Jesper KlevenåsSwedenThree HoursAnnarita ZambranoItaly, FranceZedCrew Noah PinkCanada, Zambia
Official Awards