Cannes Festival

The history of French cinema is inextricably linked to that of the most famous film festival in the world, known to one and all by the name of its host city: Cannes.

The 2011 winners were announced on 22nd May 2011. Once again the cast of directors had a very international feel; France being the most represented country with 3 entries from Bertrand Bonello, Alain Cavalier and Maiwenn. Just one American, the veteran director Terence Malick, and one Brit, Lynne Ramsay, were present in a list that includes 2000 Palme D'Or winner Lars Von Trier and Cannes favourite Pedro Almodovar.

2011 FEATURE FILM JURY

President - Robert DeNiro Martina Gusman (actress & producer, Argentina)
Nansun Shi (producer, Hong Kong/China)
Uma Thurman (actress, scriptwriter, producer, USA)
Linn Ullmann (writer,literary critic, Norway)
Olivier Assayas (director, France)
Jude Law (actor, producer, UK)
Mahamat Saleh Haroun (director, Chad)
Johnnie To (director, producer, Hong Kong/China)

2011 OFFICIAL SELECTION

Drive - Nicolas Winding Refn
Footnote - Josef Ceda
Hanezu no Tsuki - Naomi Kawase
Hara-kiri: Death of a Samurai - Takashi Miike
The Kid With a Bike - Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
L'apollonide - Bertrand Bonello
Le Havre - Aki Kaurismaki
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia - Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Melancholia - Lars von Trier
Michael - Markus Schleinzer
Pater - Alain Cavalier
Polisse - Maiwenn
The Skin That I Inhabit - Pedro Almodovar
Sleeping Beauty - Julia Leigh
La Source des femmes - Radu Mihaileanu
This Must Be the Place - Paolo Sorrentino
The Tree of Life - Terrence Malick
We Have a Pope - Nanni Moretti We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lynne Ramsay

The full list of winners for 2011 are below:

-Best Short Film Winner: Maryna Varoda
-Camera d’Or: Las Acacias by Pablo Giorgelli
-Prix du Jury: Maiwenn’s Polisse
-Best Script: Joseph Cedar for Footnote (Israel)
-Best Actress: Kirsten Dunst for Melancholia (Lars Von Trier) UK release : 30th September 2011
-Best Actor : Jean Dujardin for The Artist
-Best Director: Danish Nicolas Winding Refn for Drive UK release : 23rd September 2011
-The Grand Prix: Dardennes brothers’ The Kid with the Bike and Once Upon a
Time in Anatolia by Nuri Bilge Ceylan

…and the winner of the Palme d’Or for the 64th Cannes Film Festival was - The Tree of Life by Terrence Malick

Cinémoi Coverage

The Skin That I Inhabit - Pedro Almodovar

This May Cinémoi delivered an impressive broadcast schedule for the 64th Cannes Film Festival featuring daily coverage of the parties, press conferences and previews of the best films. No other UK broadcaster offered this service. The 2011 Film Festival ran from the 11th to the 22nd May.

What Cinémoi offered from this year’s festival

• Exclusive footage and coverage of Cannes Film Festival 2011

• One twice daily 30 minute programme for Cinémoi Channel

• One daily 5 minute short programme for the Cinémoi website

• In-depth coverage of all aspects of the festival, including - interviews, press conferences, red carpet, reports and reactions from the official selection, insights into the hot parties and a taste of the overall atmosphere

• Exclusive news / previews

Cinémoi’s Cannes 2011 schedule

Melancholia -Lars von Trier

30 minutes highlight programmes

• Thursday May 12th at 8.30pm
• Saturday May 14th at 8.30pm
• Monday May 16th at 8.30pm
• Wednesday May 18th at 8.30pm
• Friday May 20th at 8.30pm
• Sunday May 22nd at 8.30pm
• Tuesday May 24th at 8.30pm

Each programme repeated later that evening, the following afternoon and at 8.30pm the following day.

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