The 64th Cannes Film Festival awards were presented on May 23. The international jury, chaired by Robert de Niro, awarded the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) to Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life. The director was not present; in fact, he has not talked to the press in years.
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The 64th Cannes Film Festival awards were presented on May 23. The international jury, chaired by Robert de Niro, awarded the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) to Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life. The director was not present; in fact, he has not talked to the press in years.
Photo: Producers Dede Gardner, second right, and Bill Pohlad, second left, at the closing ceremony.
Photo: Producers Dede Gardner, second right, and Bill Pohlad, second left, at the closing ceremony.
After receiving the prize on behalf of Terrence Malick, Bill Pohlad said Malick “is very shy and discreet. But I spoke to him today and I know he is very happy to receive this honor.”
Photo: Producers Dede Gardner and Bill Pohlad with the Palme d'Or awarded to Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life.
Photo: Producers Dede Gardner and Bill Pohlad with the Palme d'Or awarded to Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life.
This year's Grand Prix was divided between two directors: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne for their social drama Le Gamin au Velo (The Kid with a Bike)…
Photo: Belgians Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, from left, at the closing ceremony.
Photo: Belgians Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, from left, at the closing ceremony.
…and Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s existential thriller, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia.
Photo: Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey, at the closing ceremony.
Photo: Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey, at the closing ceremony.
The Jury Prix was awarded to Polisse, a story of a police department investigating crimes against minors, by Maiwenn Le Besco, France.
Photo: Maiwenn at the closing ceremony.
Photo: Maiwenn at the closing ceremony.
The Best Actress Award went to Kirsten Dunst for her role in Lars Von Trier's movie Melancholia, although the provocative Danish film director shocked the audience when he said, “I'm a Nazi” and that he “understands Hitler.”
Photo: Kirsten Dunst at the closing ceremony.
Photo: Kirsten Dunst at the closing ceremony.
The award for Best Director went to Denmark’s Nicolas Winding Refn for Drive, the story of a Hollywood stunt driver who moonlights as a getaway driver-for-hire in the criminal underworld.
The Prize for Best Actor was awarded to French actor Jean Dujardin for his role in The Artist by Michel Hazanavicius. “I don’t think awards are what I work for, but this one has come as a wonderful surprise,” Dujardin told the press.
The Camera d'Or for Best Debut Film went to Pablo Giorgelli, photo, for Las Acacias, Spain-Argentina. It is the story of a truck driver delivering timber from Asuncion to Buenos Aires.
The Short Film Palme d'Or was awarded to Cross-Country by Maryna Vroda, France-Ukraine.
