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
References
Fast Facts
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Festival
May 13-May 24, 2009
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Founded
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Founded by
Jean Zay, Philippe Erlanger
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When
Annually help in the second half of the month of May
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Where
Cannes, France
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Top prizes
Palme d'Or, Grand Prix Award
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2009
Clint Eastwood was honored with a lifetime achievement Palme d'Or, only the second person to ever receive that awardGuardian: Cannes Film Festival Honours Clint Eastwood (February 26, 2009)
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2007
60th Anniversary
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1997
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1939
Created as a response to fascist political influence over the Venice Film Festival
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Fact:
15 awards categories honor various aspects of filmmaking, including acting, directing, and screenwriting
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Fact:
The Palme d'Or is presented to the jury's selection of the best film
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Fact:
Isabelle Huppert has had sixteen of her films screened in competition at Cannes, won two Best Actress Awards, and was previously a Cannes jury member in 1984E: Huppert to Head Cannes Jury (April 23, 2009)
