2012 Cannes Film Festival
The 65th Cannes Film Festival was held from 16 to 27 May 2012.[1] Italian film director Nanni Moretti was the president of the jury for the main competition[2] and British actor Tim Roth was the president of the jury for the Un Certain Regard section.[3] French actress Bérénice Bejo hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.[4]
Opening film
The festival Opening Film was Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom. And the Closing Film was Claude Miller's final movie Thérèse Desqueyroux.[5] The main announcement of the line-up took place on 19 April. The official poster of the festival features Marilyn Monroe, to mark the 50th anniversary of her death.[6]
The Palme d'Or was awarded to Austrian director Michael Haneke for his film Amour. Haneke had won the Palme in 2009 for The White Ribbon. The jury awarded the Grand Prix to Matteo Garrone's Reality, while Ken Loach's The Angels' Share received the Jury Prize.
Parallel Sections[edit]
Critics' Week[edit]
The line-up for the Critics' Week was announced on 23 April at the section's website. The feature competition consists entirely of directorial debuts, something the section's artistic director Charles Tesson stressed was not intentional, but only the way it turned out when the submissions had been judged by quality. The following films were selected.[24]
Feature films - The winner of the Grand Prix Nespresso has been highlighted:
