Cannes: Uncle Boonmee Wins Palme d'Or

The 63rd Cannes Film Festival has come to a close. And while I still have a couple more reviews to file, I must first write about the awards. As you know, Tim Burton presided over the official Jury this year at the festival, and Sunday night the prize winners were revealed during the closing Ceremony. Full results after the jump.

Official Winners:

Kristin Scott Thomas hosted Charlotte Gainsbourg on the stage of the Grand Théâtre Lumière to award the Palme d'or to the best film among the 19 films in this year's Competition. Julie Bertuccelli's closing film The Tree starring Gainsbourg, was screened at the end of the ceremony.

FEATURE FILMS IN COMPETTION

Palme d'Or

LUNG BOONMEE RALUEK CHAT (Uncle Boonmee who can recall his past lives) by Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL

Grand Prix

DES HOMMES ET DES DIEUX (Of Gods And Men) by Xavier BEAUVOIS

Award for the Best Director

Mathieu AMALRIC for TOURNÉE (On Tour)

Jury Prize

UN HOMME QUI CRIE (A Screaming Man) by Mahamat-Saleh HAROUN

Best Performance for an Actor

Javier BARDEM in BIUTIFUL réalisé par Alejandro GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU

Elio GERMANO in LA NOSTRA VITA (Our Life) réalisé par Daniele LUCHETTI

Best Performance for an Actress

Juliette BINOCHE in COPIE CONFORME (Certified Copy) by Abbas KIAROSTAMI

Award for the Best Screenplay

LEE Chang-dong for POETRY

SHORT FILMS IN COMPETTIONPalme d'Or

CHIENNE D'HISTOIRE (Barking Island) by Serge AVÉDIKIAN

Jury Prize

MICKY BADER (Bathing Micky) by Frida KEMPFF

CAMERA D'OR

AÑO BISIESTO réalisé par Michael ROWE présenté dans le cadre de la Quinzaine des Réalisateurs

UN CERTAIN REGARDUn Certain Regard Prize – Fondation Groupama GAN pour le cinéma

HAHAHA by HONG Sangsoo

Jury Prize

OCTUBRE (Octobre) by Daniel VEGA & Diego VEGA

The Prize for Best Performance Un Certain Regard

Adela SANCHEZ, Eva BIANCO, Victoria RAPOSO in LOS LABIOS (The lips) by Ivan FUND & Santiago LOZA

CINEFONDATIONFirst Cinéfondation Prize

TAULUKAUPPIAAT (The Painting Sellers) by Juho KUOSMANEN

Second Cinéfondation Prize

COUCOU-LES-NUAGES (Anywhere out of the world) by Vincent CARDONA

Third Cinéfondation Prize

HINKERORT ZORASUNE (The Fith Column) by Vatche BOULGHOURJIAN

A VEC JESAM SVE ONO ŠTO ŽELIM DA IMAM (I Already am Everything I Want to Have) by Dane KOMLJEN

The Jury of the CST has awarded the "PRIX VULCAIN DE L'ARTISTE-TECHNICIEN" to :

Leslie SHATZ, for the sound of the film BIUTIFUL by Alejandro GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU.