CAN: Winners!

The 2008 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL WINNERS were announced this past Sunday in
what turned out to be a star studded affair. Robert De Niro himself
presented La Palme D’Or to the winner while the President of the Jury was
actor extraordinaire Sean Penn.

As for the Jury itself, here’s who was doing the judging this year: Jeanne Balibar (Actress) –
Rachid Bouchareb (Director) – Sergio Castellitto (Actor) – Alfonso Cuaron
(Director) – Alexandra Maria Lara (Actress) – Natalie Portman
(Actress) – Marjane Satrapi (Author, Director ) – Apichatpong Weerasethakul
(Director).

Here are the WINNERS of the 2008 International
Cannes Film Festival!

Benicio del Toro, Catherine Deneuve and Robert De Niro.

IN COMPETITION – FEATURE FILMS

Palme d’Or
ENTRE LES MURS (THE CLASS) by Laurent Cantet

Grand Prix
GOMORRA by Matteo Garrone

Prize of the 61st Festival de Cannes ex-aequo
Catherine Deneuve for UN CONTE DE NOËL by Arnaud DESPLECHIN
Clint Eastwood for L’ÉCHANGE (The Exchange)

Award for the Best Director
ÜÇ MAYMUN (Three Monkeys / Les Trois Singes) by Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Jury Prize
IL DIVO by Paolo Sorrentino

Best performance by an Actor
Benicio Del Toro dans / for CHE de / by Steven SODERBERGH

Best Performance for an Actress
Sandra Corveloni dans / for LINHA DE PASSE de / by Walter SALLES, Daniela
THOMAS

Award for the Best Screenplay
LE SILENCE DE LORNA de / by Jean-Pierre et Luc DARDENNE

Palme D’Or presenter Robert De Niro and winner Laurent Cantet!

IN COMPETITION – SHORT FILMS

Palme d’Or
MEGATRON de / by Marian Crisan

Jury Prize
JERRYCAN de / by Julius Avery

CAMERA D’OR
HUNGER de / by Steve McQueen (Un Certain Regard)

Spécial Mention Caméra d’Or
VSE UMRUT A JA OSTANUS (Ils mourront tous sauf moi) de / by Valeria Gaï
GUERMANIKA (Semaine Internationale de la Critique)

Benicio del Toro accepting his award for CHE!

Un Certain Regard Prize
TULPAN de / by Sergey Dvortsevoy

Jury Prize
TOKYO SONATA de / by Kurosawa Kiyoshi

Heart Throb Jury Prize
WOLKE 9 de / by Andreas Drese

The Knockout of Un Certain Regard
TYSON de / by James Toback

Prize of Hope
JOHNNY MAD DOG de / by Jean-Stéphane SAUVAIRE

First Cinéfondation Prize
HIMNON (Hymne) de / by Elad Keidan (The Sam Spiegel Film and TV School,
Israël)

Second Cinéfondation Prize
FORBACH de / by Claire Burger (La fémis, France)

Third Cinéfondation Prize
STOP de / by Park Jae-ok (The Korean Academy of Film Arts, Corée du Sud)
KESTOMERKITSIJÄT (Signalisation des routes) de / by Juho Kuosmanen
(University of Art and Design Helsinki, Finlande) Back Print

Winner of the Palme D’Or – French director Laurent Cantet!