Cannes 2012: 65th Cannes Film Festival Awards Winners

Early favourite Amour, from often controversial filmmaker Michael Haneke, has taken out the top prize at the 65th Cannes Film Festival Awards in a ceremony last night. Critics, commentators and audiences alike applauded this decision, with the film being one of the director’s most humanistic in his career.

The jury this year spread the love around to Ken Loach’s The Angels’ Share, finally gave recognition to Mads Mikkelsen for his role in The Hunt and gave. The nine-member jury consisted of Italian director Nanni Moretti, as well as actress Hiam Abbass, director Andrea Arnold, designer Jean-Paul Gaultier, actress Diane Kruger, actress Emmanuelle Devos, actor Ewan McGregor, director Alexander Payne, and director Raoul Peck.

Beasts of the Southern Wild was also a big winner for the night, scooping three awards for Best First Feature (Caméra d’Or) from the Jury, as well as independent awards Youth Un Certain Regard, FIPRESCI Un Certain Regard and a special mention from the Ecumenical Jury.

One of the most talked-about films, Leos Carax’s Holy Motors, was awarded the Prix de la Jeunesse (Award of the Youth). With a small part by Kylie Minogue, it’s an Australian win, right?

PALME D’OR
Amour – Michael Haneke

GRAND PRIX
Reality – Matteo Garrone

PRIX DU JURY (JURY PRIZE)
The Angels’ Share – Ken Loach

PRIX DE LA MISE EN SCENE (BEST DIRECTOR)
Carlos Reygadas – Post Tenebras Lux

PRIX D’INTERPRETATION MASCULINE (BEST ACTOR)
Mads Mikkelsen – Jagten (The Hunt)

PRIX D’INTERPRETATION FEMININE (BEST ACTRESS)
Cristina Flutur & Cosmina Stratan – Dupã Dealuri (Beyond the Hills)

PRIX DU SCENARIO (BEST SCREENPLAY)
Cristian Mungiu – Dupã Dealuri (Beyond the Hills)

PALME D’OR DU COURT METRAGE (BEST SHORT FILM)
Sessiz-Be Deng (Silent) – L. Rezan Yesilbas

CAMÉRA D’OR (BEST FIRST FEATURE FILM)
Beasts of the Southern Wild – Benh Zeitlin

UN CERTAIN REGARD

This particular jury included Tim Roth, Leïla Bekhti, Tonie Marshall, Luciano Monteagudo, and Sylvie Pras.

UN CERTAIN REGARD AWARD (BEST FILM)
Después de Lucía (After Lucia) – Michel Franco

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Le Grand Soir (The Big Night) – Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern

BEST ACTRESS
Suzanne Clément – Laurence Anyways

BEST ACTRESS
Émilie Dequenne – À perdre la raison (Loving Without Reason)

SPECIAL DISTINCTION OF THE JURY
Djeca (Children of Sarajevo) – Aida Begic

44^TH DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT (QUINZAINE DES RÉALISATEURS)

ARTE CINEMA PRIZE (BEST FEATURE)
No – Pablo Larraín

LABEL EUROPA CINEMAS PRIZE (BEST EUROPEAN FILM)
El Taaib (The Repentant) – Merzak Allouache

SACD PRIZE (BEST FRENCH LANGUAGE FILM)
Camille redouble (Camille Rewinds) – Noémie Lvovsky
Special Mention: Ernest et Celestine – Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, Benjamin Renner

ILLY PRIZE (BEST SHORT FILM)
The Curse – Fyzal Boulifa

SPECIAL MENTION (SHORT FILM)
Os vivos tambem choram (The Living Also Cry) – Basil da Cunha