There was enormous surprise Sunday evening at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival where the Palme d’Or was awarded to Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s captivating Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives. This film was co-produced by the UK, France, Germany and Spain. At 39, the director confirms his original talent previously lauded at Cannes with the Un Certain Regard Prize in 2002 for Blissfully Yours and the Jury Prize in 2004 for Tropical Malady.
With triple success for France and honours for Italy and Spain, Europe is also well-represented in a prize list that was apparently the subject of intense discussions. The Grand Prize went to Of Gods and Men by French director Xavier Beauvois , while his compatriot Juliette Binoche scooped Best Actress for Abbas Kiarostami’s Certified Copy. Mathieu Amalric completes the French haul with Best Director for On Tour (co-produced with Germany).
Best Actor was shared by Spain...
With triple success for France and honours for Italy and Spain, Europe is also well-represented in a prize list that was apparently the subject of intense discussions. The Grand Prize went to Of Gods and Men by French director Xavier Beauvois , while his compatriot Juliette Binoche scooped Best Actress for Abbas Kiarostami’s Certified Copy. Mathieu Amalric completes the French haul with Best Director for On Tour (co-produced with Germany).
Best Actor was shared by Spain...
- 5/24/2010
- by Cineuropa
- DearCinema.com
Finnish filmmaker Juho Kuosmanen’s Taulukauppiaat / The Painting Sellers (above) topped the Cinéfondation Awards at the 2010 edition of the Cannes Film Festival. The Painting Sellers follows a trio of salespeople on the road and out of luck even though it’s Christmastime. Worse yet, they have to come to terms with their budding friendship. Runners-up were Vincent Cardona’s Coucou-les-nuages / Anywhere Out of the World, followed by Vatche Boulghourjian’s The Fifth Column tied with Dane Komljem’s I Already Am Everything I Want to Have. Cinéfondation was created in 1998 "to inspire and support the next generation of international filmmakers." Photo: Cannes Film Festival...
- 5/23/2010
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
Finnish film Taulukauppiaat (The Painting Sellers) has won the Cinéfondation first prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival. The feature from Aalto University's Juho Kuosmanen was named as the best of 13 student films from around the world by the Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury headed by Chloe director Atom Egoyan. Egoyan said: "The jury was extremely impressed with the quality of the selection, particularly the excellence of the directors' work with actors. (more)...
- 5/21/2010
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
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