2013 Cannes Film Festival
Film festival
The 66th Cannes Film Festival took place from 15 to 26 May 2013.[ 1] American filmmaker Steven Spielberg was the Jury President for the main competition.[ 2] French actress Audrey Tautou hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.[ 3]
The French film Blue Is the Warmest Colour won the Palme d'Or . In an unprecedented move, along with the director, Abdellatif Kechiche , the Jury decided to take "the exceptional step" of awarding the film's two main actresses, Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux , with the Palme.[ 4]
The festival poster featured the real-life couple and Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward kissing during the shooting of A New Kind of Love .[ 5]
The festival opened with The Great Gatsby by Baz Luhrmann ,[ 6] [ 7] and closed with Zulu by Jérôme Salle .[ 8] [ 9]
On the occasion of 100 Years of Indian Cinema , India was an Official Guest Country at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Seven Indian feature films were premiered among various sections on the festival.[ 10] [ 11] [ 12] Actress Vidya Balan was one of the Jury members for the Main Competition of the festival.[ 13] The first Incredible India Exhibition , a joint participation of the Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting , Republic of India was inaugurated by Indian delegate Chiranjeevi .[ 14] [ 15]
The main competition jury
Steven Spielberg, President of the main competition jury
Thomas Vinterberg , President of the Un Certain Regard jury
Agnès Varda , President of the Caméra d'Or jury
Juries
In Competition
Un Certain Regard
Caméra d'Or
Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition
Independent juries
The following independent juries awarded films in the frame of the Critics' Week:[ 19]
Nespresso Grand Prize
Miguel Gomes , Portuguese filmmaker - Jury President
Dennis Lim , American film programmer and critic
Alin Taşçıyan, Turkish film critic
Alex Vicente, Spanish film journalist
Neil Young, English film curator and critic
Discovery Award for Short Film
Mia Hansen-Løve , French filmmaker - Jury President
Brad Deane, Canadian film curator
Savina Neirotti, Italian program officer for the Biennale College of Cinema
Johannes Palermos, Swedish program coordinator at the Stockholm International Film Festival
Lorna Tee, Malaysian film festival consultant and film producer
France 4 Visionary Award
Mia Hansen-Løve , French film director, Jury President
Luo Jin, Chinese film critic
Eren Odabasi, Turkish film critic
Simon Pellegry, French film critic
Thiago Stivaletti, Brazilian film critic
Official Selection
In Competition
The following films have been selected for the Main Competition section:[ 20] [ 21] [ 22]
English Title
Original Title
Director(s)
Production Country
Behind the Candelabra
Steven Soderbergh
United States
Blue Is the Warmest Colour
La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2
Abdellatif Kechiche
France, Belgium, Spain
Borgman
Alex van Warmerdam
Netherlands
A Castle in Italy
Un château en Italie
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
France
The Great Beauty
La grande bellezza
Paolo Sorrentino
Italy, France
GriGris
Mahamat Saleh Haroun
Chad, France
Heli
Amat Escalante
Mexico
The Immigrant
James Gray
United States
Inside Llewyn Davis
Joel and Ethan Coen
United States, France, United Kingdom
Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian
Arnaud Desplechin
France
Like Father, Like Son
そして父になる
Hirokazu Koreeda
Japan
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
Michael Kohlhaas
Arnaud des Pallières
France, Germany
Nebraska
Alexander Payne
United States
Only God Forgives
Nicolas Winding Refn
Denmark, France
Only Lovers Left Alive
Jim Jarmusch
United Kingdom, Germany
The Past
Le Passé
Asghar Farhadi
France, Iran, Italy
Shield of Straw
藁の楯
Takashi Miike
Japan
A Touch of Sin
天注定
Jia Zhangke
China, Japan, France
Venus in Fur
La Vénus à la fourrure
Roman Polanski
France, Poland
Young & Beautiful
Jeune & Jolie
François Ozon
France
Un Certain Regard
The following films have been selected in the Un Certain Regard section:[ 20] [ 23]
English Title
Original Title
Director(s)
Production Country
As I Lay Dying
James Franco
United States
Bastards
Les Salauds
Claire Denis
France, Germany
Bends (CdO)
過界
Flora Lau
Hong Kong
The Bling Ring
Sofia Coppola
United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan
Death March
Martsang kamatayan
Adolfo Alix, Jr.
Philippines
Fruitvale Station (CdO)
Ryan Coogler
United States
The German Doctor
Wakolda
Lucía Puenzo
Argentina, Spain, France, Norway
The Golden Dream (CdO)
La jaula de oro
Diego Quemada-Diez
Mexico
Grand Central
Rebecca Zlotowski
France, Austria
Manuscripts Don't Burn
دستنوشتهها نمیسوزند
Mohammad Rasoulof
Iran
Miele (CdO)
Valeria Golino
Italy, France
The Missing Picture
L'image manquante
Rithy Panh
Cambodia, France
My Sweet Pepper Land
Huner Saleem
France, Germany, Iraq
Norte, the End of History
Norte, hangganan ng kasaysayan
Lav Diaz
Philippines
Nothing Bad Can Happen (CdO)
Tore tanzt
Katrin Gebbe
Germany
Omar
عمر
Hany Abu-Assad
Palestine
Sarah Prefers to Run (CdO)
Sarah préfère la course
Chloé Robichaud
Canada
Stranger by the Lake
L'Inconnu du lac
Alain Guiraudie
France
(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.[ 24]
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to play out of competition:[ 20]
(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.[ 24]
Special Screenings
The following films were presented in the Special screenings section:
Cinéfondation
The Cinéfondation section focuses on films made by students at film schools. The following 18 entries (14 fiction films and 4 animation films) were selected, out of 1,550 submissions from 277 different schools. One-third of the films selected represented schools competing for the first time. It was also the first time for a Chilean film to be selected in Cinéfondation.[ 25] [ 26] The winner of the Cinéfondation First Prize has been highlighted .
English title
Original title
Director(s)
School
After the Winter
Au-delà de l'hiver
Jow Zhi Wei
Le Fresnoy, France
Asunción
Camila Luna Toledo
Pontifical Catholic University , Chile
Babaga
בבגה
Gan de Lange
Sam Spiegel Film and Television School , Israel
Danse Macabre
Małgorzata Rżanek
Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw , Poland
Duet
دوئت
Navid Danesh
Karnameh Film School, Iran
Exile
Vladilen Vierny
La Fémis , France
Fable of a Blood-Drained Girl
Contrafábula de una niña disecada
Alejandro Iglesias Mendizábal
Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica , Mexico
Going South
Jefferson Moneo
Columbia University , United States
Ham Story
O Šunce
Eliška Chytková
Tomas Bata University in Zlín , Czech Republic
In the Fishbowl
În acvariu
Tudor Cristian Jurgiu
UNATS , Romania
The Line
선
Kim Soo-jin
Chung-Ang University , South Korea
The Magnificent Lion Boy
Ana Caro
National Film and Television School , United Kingdom
Needle
Anahita Ghazvinizadeh
School of the Art Institute of Chicago , United States
The Norm of Life
Норма жизни
Evgeny Byalo
BKCP , Russia
Pandas
Pandy
Matúš Vizár
FAMU , Czech Republic
Stepsister
Joey Izzo
San Francisco State University , United States
Tomorrow All the Things
Mañana todas las cosas
Sebastián Schjaer
Universidad del Cine , Argentina
Waiting for the Thaw
En attendant le dégel
Sarah Hirtt
INSAS , Belgium
Short film competition
Out of 3,500 submissions, the following films were selected to compete for the Short Film Palme d'Or .[ 27] [ 25] The Short film Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted .
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
37˚4 S
Adriano Valerio
France
Condom Lead
Arab and Tarzan
Palestine
Meteorite + Impotence
隕石とインポテンツ
Omoi Sasaki
Japan
Mont Blanc
Gilles Coulier
Belgium
More Than Two Hours
بیشتر از دو ساعت
Ali Asgari
Iran
Olena
Elżbieta Benkowska
Poland
Ophelia
Annarita Zambrano
France
Safe
세이프
Moon Byoung-gon
South Korea
Whale Valley
Hvalfjörður
Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
Denmark, Iceland
Cannes Classics
The Festival uses Cannes Classics to place the spotlight on rediscovered or restored masterworks from the past, or ones that have been re-released in theatres or on DVD.[ 28] [ 29] [ 30] [ 31] [ 32]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Tribute
Opium
Arielle Dombasle
France
Documentaries about Cinema
Barefoot in the Kitchen
Con la pata quebrada
Diego Galán
Spain
Shepard & Dark
Treva Wurmfeld
United States
A Story of Children and Film
Mark Cousins
United Kingdom
Restored Prints
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)
Ted Kotcheff
Canada
An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
秋刀魚の味
Yasujirō Ozu
Japan
La Belle et la Bete (1946)
Jean Cocteau
France
Charulata (1964)
চারুলতা
Satyajit Ray
India
Cleopatra (1963)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
United States, United Kingdom
Conversation Piece (1974)
Gruppo di famiglia in un interno
Luchino Visconti
Italy, France
The Desert of the Tartars (1976)
Il deserto dei Tartari
Valerio Zurlini
Italy, France, West Germany
Fedora (1978)
Billy Wilder
United States
Goha (1958)
Jacques Baratier
France, Tunisia
The Grande Bouffe (1973)
La grande abbuffata
Marco Ferreri
Italy, France
Hiroshima mon amour (1959)
Alain Resnais
France, Japan
Le Joli Mai (1963)
Chris Marker , Pierre Lhomme
France
The Last Detail (1973)
Hal Ashby
United States
The Last Emperor (1987)
Bernardo Bertolucci
China, United Kingdom, Italy
Lucky Luciano (1973)
Francesco Rosi
Italy
Purple Noon (1960)
Plein Soleil
René Clément
France
Queen Margot (1994)
La Reine Margot
Patrice Chéreau
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
Jacques Demy
Visions of Eight (1973)
Miloš Forman , Claude Lelouch , Yuri Ozerov , Mai Zetterling , Kon Ichikawa , John Schlesinger , Arthur Penn , Michael Pfleghar
United States
World Cinema Foundation
Manila in the Claws of Light (1975)
Maynila sa mga kuko ng liwanag
Lino Brocka
Philippines
The Wagoner (1963)
Borom Sarret
Ousmane Sembene
Senegal
Cinéma de la Plage
The Cinéma de la Plage is a part of the Official Selection. The outdoors screenings at the beach cinema of Cannes are open to the public.[ 33]
Parallel sections
Critics' Week
The line-up for the Critics' Week was announced on 22 April at the section's website. The following films were selected:[ 34] [ 35]
Feature films - The winner of the Grand Prix Nespresso has been highlighted .
(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.[ 24]
Short films - The winner of the Canal+ Award has been highlighted .
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Agit Pop
Nicolas Pariser
France
Breathe Me
Eun-young Han
South Korea
Come and Play
Komm und spiel
Daria Belova
Germany
La Lampe au beurre de yak
Wei Hu
China, France
Océan
Emmanuel Laborie
France
The Opportunist
David Lassiter
United States
Pátio
Ali Muritiba
Brazil
Pleasure
Ninja Thyberg
Sweden
Tau Seru
Rodd Rathjen
India, Australia
Vikingar
Magali Magistry
France, Iceland
Special Screenings
(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.[ 24]
Directors' Fortnight
The line-up for the Directors' Fortnight was announced at a press conference on 23 April with the following films being selected.[ 36] [ 37]
Feature films - The winner of the Art Cinema Award (and the Prix SACD) has been highlighted .
(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.[ 24]
Short films
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
A Wild Goose Chase
Gambozinos
João Nicolau
Portugal, France
Lágy eső
Dénes Nagy
Hungary, Belgium
Le quepa sur la vilni!
Yann Le Quellec
France, Belgium
You Can't Do Everything at Once, But You Can Leave Everything at Once
Man kann nicht alles auf einmal tun, aber man kann alles auf einmal lassen
Marie-Elsa Sgualdo
Switzerland
Shadow of a Cloud
O umbra de nor
Radu Jude
Romania
About a Month
Pouco mais de um mês
André Novais Oliveira
Brazil
Que je tombe tout le temps?
Eduardo Williams
France
Solecito
Oscar Ruiz Navia
Colombia, France, Denmark
Swimmer
Lynne Ramsay
United Kingdom
Awards
Abdellatif Kechiche , winner of the 2013 Palme d'Or
Joel & Ethan Coen , winners of the Gran Prix
Registration and accreditation tent for the 2013 Festival
Official awards
The French film Blue Is the Warmest Colour , directed by Abdellatif Kechiche , won the Palme d'Or .[ 38] In a first for the competition, the jury decided to award the Palme d'Or to Kechiche and the actresses who star in the film: Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux .[ 39] Blue Is the Warmest Colour is a coming-of-age film that tells the story of a lesbian relationship between a 15-year-old girl and an older woman.[ 40] It has shocked some critics with its graphic and controversial sex scenes.[ 40] [ 41] A reporter for the Radio France Internationale stated that Kechiche paid tribute to the "Tunisian revolution" and "the right to love freely" during his acceptance speech.[ 4] The president of the jury, Steven Spielberg , said "The film is a great love story ... We were absolutely spellbound by the two brilliant young actresses, and the way the director observed his young players."[ 41] The Grand Prix was won by the Coen brothers 's Inside Llewyn Davis , while Bruce Dern and Bérénice Bejo were awarded Best Actor and Best Actress respectively.[ 39]
The following films and people received the 2013 Official Selection awards:[ 42] [ 1]
In Competition
Un Certain Regard
Cinéfondation
1st Prize : Needle by Anahita Ghazvinizadeh
2nd Prize : Waiting for the Thaw by Sarah Hirtt
3rd Prize : In the Fishbowl by Tudor Cristian Jurgiu
Short Films Competition
Independent Awards
Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist
Critics' Week
Nespresso Grand Prize : Salvo by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza[ 48]
France 4 Visionary Award: Salvo by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza
Special Mention : Los Dueños by Agustín Toscano and Ezequiel Radusky
Discovery Award for short film : Come and Play by Daria Belova
Canal+ Short Film Award : Pleasure by Ninja Thyberg
Directors' Fortnight
Palm Dog Jury
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