Haneke’s The White Ribbon wins Palme d’Or
The 62nd Cannes Film Festival closed yesterday, when this year’s winners were announced at the awards ceremony.
German helmer Michael Haneke won the Palme d’Or with his black-and-white prison drama The White Ribbon. Haneke had previously won the director award for Cache (2005) and the Grand Prix for The Piano Teacher (2001) at the Cannes Film Festival.
The Grand Prix went to French director Jacques Audiard’s drama A Prophet.
Here is the list of all the winners:
Palme d’Or
The White Ribbon, Michael Haneke
Grand Prix
A Prophet, Jacques Audiard
Special Jury Prize
Alain Resnais, Wild Grass
Director
Brillante Mendoza, Kinatay
Jury Prize
Fish Tank, Andrea Arnold
Thirst, Park Chan-wook
Actor
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Actress
Charlotte Gainsbourg, Antichrist
Screenplay
Mei Feng, Spring Fever
Short Films Jury Prizes
Palme d’Or
Arena, Joao Salaviza
Special Mention
The Six Dollar Fifty Man, Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland
Un Certain Regard Jury Awards
Main Prize
Dogtooth, Giorgos Lanthimos
Jury Prize
Police, Adjective, Corneliu Porumboiu
Special Prize
No One Knows About Persian Cats, Bahman Ghobadi
Father of My Children, Mia Hansen-Love
Other Main Jury Awards
Camera d’Or
Samson And Delilah, Warwick Thornton
Special Mention
Ajami, Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani
Critics’ Week Grand Prix
Farewell Gary Cooper, Nassim Amaouche
FIPRESCI awards
Competition
The White Ribbon, Michael Haneke
Un Certain Regard
Police, Adjective, Corneliu Porumboiu
Directors’ Fortnight
Amreeka, Cherien Dabis
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