Cannes Film Festival Winners

June 2nd, 2006

The summary of the winners for the 2006 Cannes Film Festival is:

  • Palme d'Or (Won by Ken Loach for The Wind That Shakes the Barley)
  • Grand Prix (Won by Bruno Dumont for Flandres)
  • Prix de la mise en scène (Won by Alejandro González Iñárritu director of Babel)
  • Prix du Jury (Won by Andrea Arnold for Red Road)
  • Prix du scénario (Won by Pedro Almodovar for Volver)
  • Prix d'interprétation féminine du Festival de Cannes (Won by the cast of Volver including Penelope Cruz)
  • Prix d'interprétation masculine du Festival de Cannes (Won by the cast of Indigènes)
  • Prix un certain regard (Won by Chao Wang for Luxury Car)

Glasgow Film Gets Award

May 30th, 2006

A film shot and produced in Glasgow, Scotland, has won the special jury prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Red Road, which cost just over £1m to make, is about a CCTV operator who sees the city through the security cameras.

Ken Loach wins Palme D'Or

May 29th, 2006

British director Ken Loach won the "Palme d'Or" at the Cannes festival on Sunday for his Irish civil war film "The Wind That Shakes The Barley," and called the award a triumph for political cinema.

Twin Towers' Preview at Cannes

May 24th, 2006

Oliver Stone presented a 25-minute preview at the Cannes Film Festival of his upcoming "World Trade Center," promising an agonizing portrait of courage, camaraderie and perseverance.

Marie Antoinette Booed at Cannes

May 24th, 2006

Director Sofia Coppola’s hotly-awaited new movie Marie Antoinette was booed at its debut screening in Cannes today. The film is based upon a Vietnamese girl's who at the age of 19, became the Queen of France, Marie-Antoinette.

Sidney Poitier Honoured

May 18th, 2006

CANNES, France (AP) - France gave actor Sidney Poitier its highest arts honour Thursday at the Cannes Film Festival, where the culture minister praised him for tearing down barriers for black actors in Hollywood.

Poitier was named a commander in France's order of arts and letters. Culture Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres told the 79-year-old actor: "You are the champion of equality between men."

The Wind That Shakes The Barley

May 18th, 2006

Ken Loach's 'The Wind That Shakes The Barley' is one of the favourites to win at the Cannes Film Festival. It's now currently being shown, to be followed immediately by a press conference.

BBC Reporter at Cannes

May 17th, 2006

Darren Waters, a BBC Reporter, is delivering an update to all the happenings at the Cannes Film Festival as they occur. Highlights today will be based upon the premiere of the Da Vinci Code.

Cannes to Pay Tribute to Anouk Aimee

May 17th, 2006

The Festival de Cannes will pay tribute to Anouk Aimée on Saturday May 27th, 2006.

A legendary actress, she's unforgettable as Lola in Model Shop (1969) by Jacques Demy, enigmatic and mysterious in Federico Fellini's The Sweet Life and 8 ½.

She acquires international celebrity with the success of A Man and a Woman by Claude Lelouch, Palme d'Or in 1966 and is also awarded the Golden Globe for Best Actress. During her career she works with the greatest names in filmmaking, such as Bernardo Bertolucci, Anatole Litvak, Vittorio de Sica, André Delvaux, George Cukor and Robert Altman.

Da Vinci Code Film Preview

May 16th, 2006

The preview viewing for the press at the Cannes Film Festival has been rather tame, given the press coverage of the film over the past few weeks.

the reaction at the first press screening in Cannes was largely negative, and loud laughter broke out at one of the pivotal scenes.

"Nothing really works. It's not suspenseful. It's not romantic. It's certainly not fun," said Stephen Schaefer of the Boston Herald.

"It seems like you're in there forever. And you're conscious of how hard everybody's working to try to make sense of something that basically perhaps is unfilmable."