Cannes Film Festival 2019 Day 12: Award Winners
Congratulations
by Alexa Dalby
Palme d’Or
Bong Joon-Ho for Parasite, the first Korean winner of the Palme d’Or and the second southeast Asian winner in consecutive years after Kore-eda for Shoplifters.
Grand Prix
Atlantique by Mati Diop, first black female director to appear in Competition at Cannes.
Best Actor
Antonio Banderas for Dolor y Gloria by Pedro Almodóvar.
Jury Prize
Les Misérables by Ladj Ly and Bacurau by Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles, jointly.
Best Director
Goes to Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne for Young Ahmed.
Best actress
British actor Emily Beecham for Little Joe.
Best Screenplay
Celine Sciamma for Portrait of a Lady on Fire.
Special Mention
Elia Suleiman for his film It Must Be Heaven.
Caméra d’Or
César Díaz wins the Caméra d’Or for his debut film Nuestras Madres (Our Mothers).
The award for the best first film was awarded by the Jury headed by Cambodian director Rithy Panh. The Caméra d’Or adds up to two other prizes which were given to Nuestras Madres earlier during the festival: the SACD (Authors Society) prize, and the Grand Rail d’Or.
Entirely filmed in Guatemala, with a crew from Guatemala, Mexico, France and Belgium, Nuestras Madres (Our Mothers) is set in the aftermath of Guatemala’s civil war. Ernesto (Armando Espitia), a young anthropologist works at the forensic foundation. One day, through an old lady’s testimony, he thinks he found a lead that will allow him to find his father, a guerrillero disappeared during the war.
Short Film
The Distance Between Us and the Sky by Greek director Vasilis Kekatos.
Short Films Special Mention: Monster God, Agustina San Martin
Golden Eye Documentary Prize: For Sama, Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts
Ecumenical Jury Prize: Hidden Life, Terrence Malick
Queer Palm: Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Céline Sciamma
Un Certain Regard
« UN CERTAIN REGARD » PRIZE
A VIDA INVISÍVEL DE EURÍDICE GUSMÃO
(LA VIE INVISIBLE D’EURÍDICE GUSMÃO/THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF EURÍDICE GUSMÃO)
BY KARIM AÏNOUZ
JURY PRIZE
O QUE ARDE
(VIENDRA LE FEU/FIRE WILL COME)
BY OLIVER LAXE
PRIZE FOR BEST PERFORMANCE
CHIARA MASTROIANNI
FOR CHAMBRE 212 (ON A MAGICAL NIGHT) BY CHRISTOPHE HONORÉ
PRIZE FOR BEST DIRECTOR
KANTEMIR BALAGOV
FOR BEANPOLE (UNE GRANDE FILLE)
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
LIBERTÉ
BY ALBERT SERRA
JURY’S « COUP DE CŒUR » (Ex-aequo)
LA FEMME DE MON FRÈRE (A BROTHER’S LOVE)
BY MONIA CHOKRI
THE CLIMB
BY MICHAEL ANGELO COVINO
JURY SPECIAL MENTION
JEANNE (JOAN OF ARC)
BY BRUNO DUMONT
Semaine de la Critique
Nespresso Grand Prize
J’AI PERDU MON CORPS (I LOST MY BODY)
by Jérémy Clapin
Leitz Cine Discovery Prize for short film
SHE RUNS by Qiu Yang
Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award
Ingvar E. Sigurðsson
for HVÍTUR, HVÍTUR DAGUR (A WHITE, WHITE DAY)
by Hlynur Pálmason
Gan Foundation Award for Distribution
The Jokers Films, French distributor for VIVARIUM by Lorcan Finnegan
SACD Award
César Díaz writer of
NUESTRAS MADRES (OUR MOTHERS)
Canal + Award for short film
IKKI ILLA MEINT (SANS MAUVAISE INTENTION)
by Andrias Høgenni
Prix des Cinémas Art et Essai – Cannes 2019
PARASITE
by Bong Joon-ho
En Compétition
Distribué par The Jokers/Les Bookmakers
Sortie le 5 juin 2019
Mention au film:
LES MISÉRABLES
by Ladj Ly
En Compétition – Distribué par Le Pacte
Quinzaine des Réalisateurs
Directors’ Fortnight is a non competitive section but some of its sponsors do award some films.
Europa Cinemas – Alice et le Maire by Nicolas Pariser
SACD Paris – Une fille facile by Rebecca Zlotowski
illyissimo short length film –
Stay Awake, Be Ready by Pham Thien An
FIPRESCI
Competition: “It Must Be Heaven” (Elia Suleiman)
Un Certain Regard: “Beanpole” (Kantemir Balagov)
Directors’ Fortnight/Critics’ Week: “The Lighthouse” (Robert Eggers)
CINÉFONDATION
First Prize: “Mano a Mano,” Louise Courvoisier
Second Prize: “Hiéu,” Richard Van
Third Prize — TIE: “Ambience,” Wisam Al Jafari; “Duszyczka” (The Little Soul), Barbara Rupik
PALM DOG
Best canine performance in a film at Cannes.
Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood by director Quentin Tarantino has won the prestigious award. The movie has particularly touched the jury, all experienced professionals of the film industry. Brandy, the beautiful pit bull in the film stole the hearts of the jury and the spotlight from her fellow actors: Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Margot Robbie.
Three dogs actually played Brandy’s role in the movie. Their names were Sayuri, Cerberus, and Siren.
