Sunday, May 24, 2009

Cannes Awards: Quinzaine des Réalisateurs, Un Certain Regard, Semaine de la Critique

The 62nd annual Cannes Film Festival has ended, and while the main competition prizes won't be given out until later today, the sidebars have already announced their winners. They are as follows.

Un Certain Regard

Prix Un Certain Regard: Dogtooth [Kynodontas] - d. Yorgos Lanthimos - Greece
Prix du jury: Police, adjective [Intermediar] - d. Corneliu Porumboiu - Romania
Prix special Un Certain Regard: (tie) No One Knows About Persian Cats - d. Bahman Ghobadi - Iran / Le père de mes enfants [The Father of My Children] - d. Mia Hansen-Løve - France

Semaine de la Critique

Grand Prix: Adieu Gary - d. Nassim Amaouche - France
SACD Award: Lost Persons Area - d. Caroline Strubbe - Belgium/Netherlands/Hungary/Germany/France
ACID/CCAS Support Award: Whisper with the Wind - d. Shahram Alidi - Iraq
OFAJ/TV5MONDE Young Critic Award: Whisper with the Wind - d. Shahram Alidi - Iraq

Quinzaine des Réalisateurs

Art Cinéma Award: J'ai tué ma mère [I Killed My Mother] - d. Xavier Dolan - Canada
Special Mention: De helaasheid der dingen [La mertitude des choses] - d. Felix van Groeningen - Belgium
7e Prix Regards Jeunes 2009: J'ai tué ma mère
SACD Prize: J'ai tué ma mère
Europa Cinemas Label: La Pivellina - d. Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel - Austria

IndieWire explains what these awards mean here.