The Cannes Film Festival is one of the most prestigious cinema showcases on the entertainment industry calendar. French actress Isabelle Huppert has been selected as the head of the Cannes Film Festival jury for 2009.E: Huppert to Head Cannes Jury (April 23, 2009)
The 2009 festival opened with the animated film Up! and will close with a screening of Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky. The 62nd Cannes Film Festival is being held May 13-24, 2009.LA Times: Devilish Cannes Film Festival (April 23, 2009)
2009 Feature Film Jury
- Jury President: Isabelle Huppert actress (France)LA Times: Devilish Cannes Film Festival (April 23, 2009)
- Asia Argento, actress, director, screenwriter (Italy)LA Times: Devilish Cannes Film Festival (April 23, 2009)
- Nuri Bilge Ceylan, director, screenwriter, actor (Turkey)LA Times: Devilish Cannes Film Festival (April 23, 2009)
- Lee Chang-dong, director, author, screenwriter (South Korea)LA Times: Devilish Cannes Film Festival (April 23, 2009)
- James Gray, director, screenwriter (U.S.)LA Times: Devilish Cannes Film Festival (April 23, 2009)
- Hanif Kureishi, author, screenwriter (U.K.)LA Times: Devilish Cannes Film Festival (April 23, 2009)
- Shu Qi, actress (Taiwan)LA Times: Devilish Cannes Film Festival (April 23, 2009)
- Robin Wright Penn, actress (U.S.)LA Times: Devilish Cannes Film Festival (April 23, 2009)
2009 Short Film Jury
- Jury President: John Boorman, director, author, producer (U.K.)LA Times: Devilish Cannes Film Festival (April 23, 2009)
- Bertrand Bonello, director (France)LA Times: Devilish Cannes Film Festival (April 23, 2009)
- Ferid Boughedir, director (Tunisia)LA Times: Devilish Cannes Film Festival (April 23, 2009)
- Leonor Silveira, actress (Portugal)LA Times: Devilish Cannes Film Festival (April 23, 2009)
- Zhang Ziyi, actress (China)LA Times: Devilish Cannes Film Festival (April 23, 2009)
Notable Palme d'Or Winners
- Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver
- Akira Kurosawa's Kagemusha
- Lars von Trier's Dancer in the Dark
- Cristian Mungiu's 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
