Cannes International Film Festival 2015

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The 68th Cannes International Film Festival took place from May 13th to 24th, 2015. The presidents of the competition jury were Ethan and Joel Coen . The French actor Lambert Wilson hosted the opening and closing ceremony again after 2014. The opening film of the festival was La tête haute by Emmanuelle Bercot shown out of competition.

Lambert Wilson, moderator of the opening ceremony and final award ceremony

Festival poster

Official festival poster
2015 (using a photograph by David Seymour )

Link to the picture
(please note copyrights )

The festival poster shows Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman in a photo by David Seymour . The motif was chosen to honor the actress's contribution to the film. Bergman had also served as the jury president in 1973 . The Swedish documentary Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words will be screened in the “Cannes Classics” section .

Official selection

International competition

Competition jury

Joel and Ethan Coen , Jury Presidents

The filmmaker duo Ethan and Joel Coen were introduced in mid-January 2015 as the successors to last year's jury president Jane Campion . It is the first time that two people have chaired the jury. Both had been nominated multiple times for the Palme d'Or: in 2004 for Ladykillers , 2007 for No Country for Old Men and 2013 for Inside Llewyn Davis . Inside Llewyn Davis was awarded the 2013 Jury Grand Prize.

The jury presidents were assisted by several jury members whose names were presented on April 21:

Competitors for the Golden Palm

An overview of the 19 feature film productions that competed for the Palme d' Or.

Movie Director country Actor (selection)
Demons and Miracles
(Dheepan)
Jacques Audiard France Antonythasan Jesuthasan , Vincent Rottiers , Marc Zinga
The value of man
(La loi du marché)
Stéphane Brizé France Vincent Lindon , Xavier Mathieu
Marguerite and Julien Valérie Donzelli France Jérémie Elkaïm , Anaïs Demoustier , Frédéric Pierrot , Geraldine Chaplin
Chronic Michel Franco United States Tim Roth , Bitsie Tulloch , David Dastmalchian
The fairy tale of fairy tales
(Il racconto dei racconti)
Matteo Garrone Italy Salma Hayek , John C. Reilly , Vincent Cassel
Carol Todd Haynes United States Cate Blanchett , Rooney Mara , Sarah Paulson , Kyle Chandler
Never Yinniang
(聶隱娘 / The Assassin)
Hou Hsiao-Hsien Taiwan Shu Qi , Chang Chen , Satoshi Tsumabuki
Shan He Gu Ren
(山河 故人 / Mountains May Depart)
Jia Zhangke People's Republic of China Zhao Tao
Our little sister
(海 街 diary / Umimachi Diary)
Hirokazu Koreeda Japan Haruka Ayase , Masami Nagasawa , Kaho , Suzu Hirose
Macbeth Justin Kurzel United Kingdom Michael Fassbender , Marion Cotillard
The Lobster
(Ο Αστακός)
Yorgos Lanthimos Greece Colin Farrell , Rachel Weisz , Léa Seydoux , Ben Whishaw , John C. Reilly
My one, my all (Mon roi) Maywenn France Vincent Cassel , Emmanuelle Bercot , Louis Garrel , Isild Le Besco
Mia madre Nanni Moretti Italy Margherita Buy , John Turturro , Nanni Moretti
Saul fia László Nemes Hungary Géza Röhrig , Levente Molnár , Urs Rechn
Valley of Love Guillaume Nicloux France Gérard Depardieu , Isabelle Huppert
Eternal Youth
(Youth)
Paolo Sorrentino Italy Michael Caine , Harvey Keitel , Jane Fonda , Rachel Weisz , Paul Dano
Louder than bombs Joachim Trier Norway Isabelle Huppert , Jesse Eisenberg , Gabriel Byrne
The Sea of ​​Trees Gus Van Sant United States Matthew McConaughey , Ken Watanabe , Naomi Watts
Sicario Denis Villeneuve United States Emily Blunt , Benicio Del Toro , Josh Brolin , Jon Bernthal

Except competition and special performances

As the first competition film, Mad Max: Fury Road by George Miller was announced out of competition. Out of competition, the following films were presented as part of the official program:

Midnight performances ("Séances de minuit")

Special performances ("Séances Spéciales")

Un Certain Regard

In the series Un Certain Regard (German “A certain look”) works by less well-known filmmakers are shown, which will be awarded a prize worth 30,000 euros. The 2015 jury was headed by the Italian actress Isabella Rossellini . Other jury members were the Saudi Arabian director Haifaa al-Mansour , the Lebanese director Nadine Labaki , the Greek director Pános H. Koútras and the French actor Tahar Rahim .

The series' program includes 19 films. The opening film of the series was the Japanese contribution Cherry Blossoms and Red Beans (あ ん, An ) by Naomi Kawase .

Movie Director country
Masaan
(Fly Away Solo)
Neeraj Ghaywan India
Stubborn Bucks
(Hrùtar)
Grímur Hákonarson Iceland
Cherry blossoms and red beans
(あ ん, An)
Naomi Kawase Japan
Kishibe no tabi
(Journey to the Shore / 岸 辺 の 旅)
Kiyoshi Kurosawa Japan
Je suis un soldat Laurent Larivière France
Zvizdan Dalibor Matanić Croatia
Taklub Brilliant Mendoza Philippines
The other side Roberto Minervini United States
Un etaj mai jos Radu Muntean Romania
Mu-Roe-Han
(무뢰한 / The Shameless)
Oh Seung-Uk South Korea
Las elegidas David Pablos Mexico
Nahid
(ناهید)
Ida Pananandeh Iran
The treasure
(Comoara)
Corneliu Porumboiu Romania
Alias ​​María José Luis Rugeles Gracia Colombia
Chauthi Koot Gurvinder Singh India
Madonna
(마돈나)
Shin Su-Won South Korea
Cemetery of Splendor
(รัก ที่ ขอนแก่น / Rak Ti Khon Kaen)
Apichatpong Weerasethakul Thailand
Maryland Alice Winocour France
Ephraim and the Lamb
(Lamb)
Yared Zeleke Ethiopia

Short film competition

The jury of the short film competition was headed by the Mauritanian director and screenwriter Abderrahmane Sissako . Other jury members were the Lebanese director Joana Hadjithomas , the French director Rebecca Zlotowski , the Belgian actress Cécile de France and the Polish actor Daniel Olbrychski . The jury decides on the award of the Golden Palm for the best short film. Nine films were included in the competition; a total of 4,550 applications were received from over 100 countries.

Movie Director country
Moug 98
(موج ٩٨)
Ely Dagher Lebanon , Qatar
The guests Shane Danielsen Australia
Salı Ziya Demirel Turkey , France
Le repas dominical Celine Devaux France
Love is blind Dan Hodgson United Kingdom
Ave Maria Basil Khalil State of Palestine , France , Germany
Copain Jan Roosens , Raf Roosens Belgium
patriot Eva Riley United Kingdom
Presente imperfecto Iair Said Argentina

Cinéfondation

For the Cinéfondation series, launched in 1998 , short films from around the world are selected, including both animation and real- life films. The program is aimed at film students. The short film jury around Abderrahmane Sissako acted as the jury.

Movie Director College, country
Koshtargah
(کشتارگاه)
Behzad Azadi Art Academy Tehran, Iran
El ser magnetico Mateo Bendesky Universidad del Cine, Argentina
Share Pippa Bianco Directing Workshop for Women ( American Film Institute ), United States
Manoman Simon Cartwright National Film and Television School , United Kingdom
Victor XX Ian Garrido López ESCAC, Spain
Vosvrashchenye Erkin
(возвращение Эркин)
Maria Guskowa Wysschije kursy szenaristow i reschissjorow (WKSR), Russia
Leonardo Félix Hazeaux, Thomas Nitsche, Edward Noonan, Franck Pina, Raphaëlle Plantier Supinfocom, France
Locas perdidas Ignacio Juricic Merillán Universidad de Chile , Chile
Tsunami Sofie Kampmark The Animation Workshop, Denmark
retriever Tomáš Klein, Tomáš Merta Film and TV Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts , Czech Republic
Les chercheurs Aurélien Peilloux La fémis , France
Absent Eliza Petkova German Film and Television Academy Berlin , Germany
Asara Rehovot Mea Etsim
(עשרה רחובות, מאה עצים)
Miki Polonski Minshar for Art, Israel
Tschetyrnadzat schagow
(Четырнадцать шагов)
Maksim Shawkin School of New Cinema Moscow, Russia
Anfibio Héctor Silva Núñez International Film and Television Academy , Cuba
Ainahan ne palaa Salla Sorri Aalto University , Finland
Het Paradijs Laura Vandewynckel Erasmushogeschool Brussel, Belgium
Ri guang zhi xia
(日光 之下)
Qiu Yang University of Melbourne , Australia

Semaine de la critique

In parallel to the award of the Golden Palm, the Semaine de la critique , which has existed since 1962 (until 2007 Semaine internationale de la critique ), is dedicated to discovering new talent. Organized by the Syndicat français de la critique de cinéma , only first films or second works by young directors compete. In the past, the competition consisted of seven feature films and seven short film works, which have been awarded various prizes since 1990. The “International Critics' Week” is accompanied by special screenings of numerous short films.

Feature films

Movie Director country
Dégradé Arab Nasser , Tarzan Nasser State of Palestine , France , Qatar
Krisha Trey Edward Shults United States
Mediterranea Jonas Carpignano Italy , France , United States , Germany
Ni le ciel ni la terre Clement Cogitore France , Belgium
Paulina Santiago Miter Argentina , Brazil , France
Sleeping giant Andrew Cividino Canada
La tierra y la sombra César Augusto Acevedo Colombia , France , Netherlands , Chile , Brazil

Short films

Movie Director country
Everything will be fine Patrick Vollrath Germany
Pojkarna
(Boys)
Isabella Carbonell Sweden
Command action João Paulo Miranda Brazil
La fin du dragon Marina Diaby France
The Fox Exploits the Tiger's Might Lucky Kuswandi Indonesia
Jeunesse des loups-garous Yann Delattre France
Love Comes Later Sonejuhi Sinha United States
Ramona Andrei Cretulescu Romania
Too Cool for School Kevin Phillips United States
Varicella Fulvio Risuleo Italy

Quinzaine des réalisateurs

The side series Quinzaine des Réalisateurs (German: "Two weeks of directors") was launched in 1969 on the basis of the May riots that had taken place a year earlier and is organized by the Société des réalisateurs de films (SRF). Feature films (documentaries and feature films) as well as a large number of short films from all over the world will be shown without a prize being awarded. The opening film of the series was L'ombre des femmes by Philippe Garrel ; The graduation film is Dope by Rick Famuyiwa .

Feature films

Movie Director country
A perfect day Fernando León de Aranoa Spain
Allende, mi Abuelo Allende Marcia Tambutti Chile , Mexico
As 1001 noites Miguel Gomes Portugal
Les cowboys Thomas Bidegain France
The shaman and the snake Ciro Guerra Colombia , Venezuela , Argentina
Fatima Philippe Faucon France
Green Room Jeremy Saulnier United States
Much Loved Nabil Ayouch Morocco , France
mustang Deniz Gamze Ergüven France , Germany , Turkey
Peace to Us in Our Dreams Sarūnas Bartas Lithuania , France
Songs My Brothers Taught Me Chloé Zhao United States
Efterskalv Magnus Von Horn Sweden , France , Poland
The brand new will Jaco Van Dormael Belgium , France , Luxembourg
Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse Arnaud Desplechin France

Short films

Movie Director country
Bleu tonnerre Jean-Marc E. Roy, Philippe David Gagné Canada
Calme ta joie Emmanuel Laskar France
El pasado roto Martín Morgenfeld, Sebastián Schjaer Argentina
Kung Fury David Sandberg Sweden
Pitchoune Reda Kateb France
Provas, exorcismos Susana Nobre Portugal
Pueblo Elena López Riera Spain
Quelques secondes Nora El Hourch France
Quintal André Novais Oliveira Brazil
Rate me Fyzal Boulifa United Kingdom
The Exquisite Corpus Peter Tscherkassky Austria

Caméra d'Or

Sabine Azéma

The Caméra d'Or (“Golden Camera”) has been awarded since 1978 for the best debut film by a director, regardless of which section he is represented in. The 2015 president of the international jury is the French actress Sabine Azéma . She is supported by the jury members Delphine Gleize (director), Melvil Poupaud (actor), Claude Garnier (camerawoman), Didier Huck (representative of the film industry), Yann Gonzalez (director) and Bernard Payen (film critic).

Award winners

competition
Short film competition
  • Golden Palm for the best short film: Waves '98 (Moug '98) - Director: Ely Dagher
Golden camera
Un Certain Regard
  • Main prize: Sture Böcke (Hrùtar) - Director: Grímur Hákonarson
  • Jury Prize: Zvizdan - Director: Dalibor Matanić
  • Special “Un Certain Talent Prize”: The Treasure (Comoara) - Director: Corneliu Porumboiu
  • Best Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa - Kishibe no tabi (Journey to the Shore)
  • "Promizing Future Prize": Masaan (Fly Away Solo) - Direction: Neeraj Ghaywan and Nahid - Direction: Ida Pananandeh
Cinéfondation
  • 1st prize: Share - Director: Pippa Bianco
  • 2nd prize: Locas perdidas - director: Ignacio Juricic Merillán
  • 3rd prize: The Return of Erkin (Woswrtschschenije Erkin) - directed by Maria Guskowa and Victor XX - directed by Ian Garrido López
Semaine de la critique
  • "Grand Prix Nespresso de la Semaine de la Critique":
  • "France 4 Visionary Award":
  • "Prix SACD":
  • "Grand Prix Canal +" for the best short film:
Quinzaine des réalisateurs
  • "Art Cinema Award":
  • "Prix SACD":
  • "Label Europe Award":
  • Illy Prize for the best short film:
  • Honorable Mention:
Further prices

Web links

Commons : 2015 Cannes Film Festival  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  2. ^ Joel and Ethan Coen to preside over the jury of the 68th Festival de Cannes . In: Cannes . Retrieved January 20, 2015.
  3. ^ Lambert Wilson to host ceremonies of the 68th Festival de Cannes . In: Cannes . Archived from the original on August 26, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 12, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.festival-cannes.fr
  4. It's poster time at the Festival de Cannes! . In: Cannes . Retrieved March 24, 2015.
  5. Coen brothers to jointly head Cannes jury . In: BBC News . Retrieved January 20, 2015.
  6. Christophe Beney: Cannes 2015 Info and Announcements, in Real Time . In: Accréds . Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  7. Mad Max on the Croisette! . In: Cannes . Retrieved March 25, 2015.
  8. The Short Films Selection at the 68th Festival de Cannes ( Memento of the original from August 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.festival-cannes.fr archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . festival-cannes.fr, April 15, 2015.
  9. 68th Festival de Cannes Awards . In: festival-cannes.com, May 24, 2015 (accessed June 17, 2019).