▌CANNES ▌Late Like A Mug--So What! #Cannes #madREALmad #noladies

Congratulations to all the winners, and a special s/o to Mahamat-Saleh Haroun!

The Winners of the 63rd Cannes Film Festival

-Palme d'Or (Golden Palm): "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives" by Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand)

-Grand Prize: "Of Gods and Men" by Xavier Beauvois (France)

-Jury Prize: "A Screaming Man" by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (Chad)

-Best Director: Mathieu Amalric for "On Tour" (France)

-Best Actor: Javier Bardem, "Biutiful" (Mexico) and Elio Germano, "La Nostra Vita" (Italy)

-Best Actress: Juliette Binoche, "Certified Copy" (Iran)

-Best Screenplay: Lee Chang-Dong, "Poetry" (Korea)

-Camera d'Or (first-time director): "Ano Bisiesto" by Michael Rowe (Mexico)

-Best short film: "Chienne d'Histoire," by Serge Avedikian (France)

▌SMASH ▌Campaign "You Cannes NOT Be Serious"

U.K. Based outlet, Film Directing 4 Women, has already given you the uniform. (Go 'head. Order the t-shirt and hat.) Now check out the swelling call to arms that begs the Cannes pardon: Really?! No lady directors in the line-up?

Check it out aqui.

(Does this feel like Election 2008, or is it just me?) 

NO GIRLS ALLOWED? : Cannes Lineup Announced

Here's an interesting point as you peruse the Cannes features: No lady directors to speak of. I guess there's color at least, right...?

{super sadface}

Read the full article aqui via THR.




In Competition
"Another Year," Mike Leigh (U.K.)
"Biutiful," Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Spain, Mexico)
"Burnt by the Sun 2," Nikita Mikhalkov (Germany, France, Russia)
"Certified Copy," Abbas Kiarostami (France, Italy, Iran)
"Fair Game," Doug Liman (U.S.)
"Hors-la-loi," Rachid Bouchareb (France, Belgium, Algeria)
"The Housemaid," Im Sang-soo (South Korea)
"La nostra vita," Daniele Luchetti (Italy, France)
"La Princesse de Montpensier," Bertrand Tavernier (France)
"Of Gods and Men," Xavier Beauvois (France)
"Outrage," Takeshi Kitano (Japan)
"Poetry," Lee Chang-dong (South Korea)
"A Screaming Man," Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (France, Belgium, Chad)
"Tournee," Mathieu Amalric (France)
"Uncle Boonmee who can Recall his Past Lives," Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Spain, Thailand, Germany, U.K.-France)
"You, My Joy," Sergey Loznitsa (Ukraine, Germany)

Un Certain Regard
"Adrienn Pal," Agnes Kocsis (Hungary, Netherlands, France, Austria)
"Aurora," Cristi Puiu (Romania)
"Blue Valentine," Derek Cianfrance (U.S.)
"Chatroom," Hideo Nakata (U.K.)
"Chongqing Blues," Wang Xiaoshuai (China)
"The City Below," Christoph Hochhausler (Germany, France)
"Film Socialisme," Jean-Luc Godard (Switzerland, France)
"Ha Ha Ha," Hong Sang-soo (South Korea)
"Les Amours imaginaires," Xavier Dolan (Canada)
"Life Above All," Oliver Schmitz (France)
"Los labios," Ivan Fund, Santiago Loza (Argentina)
"Octubre," Daniel Vega (Peru)
"Qu'est-il Arrive a Simon Werner?" Fabrice Gobert (France)
"Rebecca H.," Lodge Kerrigan (France)
"R U There," David Verbeek (Taiwan)
"The Strange Case of Angelica," Manoel de Oliveira (Portugal)
"Tuesday, After Christmas," Radu Muntean (Romania)
"Udaan," Vikramaditya Motwane (India)

Out of Competition
"Robin Hood," Ridley Scott (U.S., U.K.)
"Tamara Drewe," Stephen Frears (U.K.)
"Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps," Oliver Stone (U.S.)
"You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger," Woody Allen (U.K., Spain)

Midnight Screenings
"Kaboom," Gregg Araki (U.S., France)
"L'autre mMonde," Gilles Marchand (France)

Special screenings
"Abel," Diego Luna (Mexico)
"Chantrapas," Otar Iosseliani (France)
"Draquila -- L'Italia Che Trema," Sabina Guzzanti (Italy)
"Inside Job," Charles Ferguson (U.S.)
"Nostalgia de la Luz," Patricio Guzman (France)
"Over Your Cities Grass will Grow," Sophie Fiennes (Netherlands)

Competition jury

Tim Burton, president

Alberto Barbera

Kate Beckinsale

Emmanuel Carre

Benicio Del Toro

Victor Erice

Shekhar Kapur

Giovanna Mezzogiorno