2015 Cannes Film Festival


The 68th Cannes Film Festival took place from 13 to 24 May 2015. Ethan and Joel Coen were the Co-Presidents of the Jury for the main competition, marking the first time that two people co-chaired the jury. Since the Coen brothers each received a separate vote, they were joined by seven other jurors to form the customary nine-juror panel.
French filmmaker Jacques Audiard won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Dheepan. During his speech, Audiard stated that "receive a prize from the Coen brothers is something pretty exceptional. I'm very touched". French film director Agnès Varda was presented with the Honorary Palme d'Or at the festival's closing ceremony. She was the first female filmmaker to ever receive the award.
The festival's official poster featured Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman, photographed by David Seymour. The poster was chosen to pay tribute to Bergman for her contributions to films; she also served as the Jury President at 1973 Cannes Film Festival. Once again, French actor Lambert Wilson was the host for the opening and closing ceremonies.
The edition was infamously marked by artistic director Thierry Frémaux pledge to celebrities to abstain from taking selfies on the red carpet. While he did not have the powers to ban the pictures from the red carpet altogether, Frémaux urged celebrities to resist the temptation.
The festival opened with Standing Tall by Emmanuelle Bercot, and closed with Ice and the Sky by Luc Jacquet.
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Juries

Main competition

''Un Certain Regard''

''Camera d'Or''

''Cinéfondation'' and Short Films Competition

Critics' Week

''L'Œil d'or''

Queer Palm

Official selection

In Competition

The films competing for the Palme d'Or were announced at a press conference on 16 April 2015. Two films were added to the main competition line-up on 23 April 2015, Valley of Love by Guillaume Nicloux and Chronic by Michel Franco. The following films were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or:

''Un Certain Regard''

The following films were selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section: Sweet Red Bean Paste by Naomi Kawase was the opening film.

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to screen out of competition:

''Cinéfondation''

The Cinéfondation section focuses on films made by students at film schools. The following 18 entries were selected out of 1,600 submissions. More than one-third of the films selected represent schools participating in Cinéfondation for the first time. It is also the first time that a film representing a Spanish film school had been selected.

Short Films Competition

Out of 4,550 entries, the following films were selected to compete for the Short Film Palme d'Or:

Cannes Classics

The full line-up for the Cannes Classics section was announced on 30 April 2015. Greek-French film director Costa-Gavras was announced as the guest of honor. In tribute to the recently deceased Portuguese film director, Cannes Classics screened Manoel de Oliveira's posthumous 1982 film Memories and Confessions. The film was previously unseen outside of Portugal.

''Cinéma de la Plage''

The Cinéma de la Plage is a part of the Official Selection of the festival. The outdoors screenings at the beach cinema of Cannes are open to the public:

Parallel sections

Critics' Week

The full selection for the Critics' Week section was announced on 20 April 2015, at the section's website. Les Anarchistes by Elie Wajeman, and Learn by Heart by Mathieu Vadepied, were selected as the opening and closing films for the Critics' Week section.

Directors' Fortnight

The full selection for the Directors' Fortnight section was announced on 21 April 2015, at the section's website. In the Shadow of Women by Philippe Garrel, and Dope by Rick Famuyiwa were selected as the opening and closing films for the section. Actua 1, a previously unseen 1968 short film directed by Garrel, preceded the screening of In the Shadow of Women.

ACID

ACID, an association of French and foreign film directors, demonstrates its support for nine films each year, seeking to provide support from filmmakers to other filmmakers. The full ACID selection was announced on 21 April 2015, at the section's website.

Official Awards

In Competition

[Honorary Palme d'Or]

''Un Certain Regard''

''[Caméra d'Or]''

Land and Shade by César Augusto Acevedo

''Cinéfondation''

  • First Prize: Share by Pippa BiancoSecond Prize: Lost Queens by Ignacio Juricic MerillánThird Prize:
  • * The Return of Erkin by Maria Guskova
  • * Victor XX by Ian Garrido López

Short Films Competition

Independent Awards

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Son of Saul by László Nemes Masaan by Neeraj Ghaywan Paulina by Santiago Mitre

Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist

[Prize of the Ecumenical Jury]

Mia Madre by Nanni MorettiCommendations:

Critics' Week

Nespresso Grand Prize: Paulina by Santiago Mitre

Directors' Fortnight

Art Cinema Award: Embrace of the Serpent by Ciro GuerraSACD Prize: My Golden Days by Arnaud DesplechinEuropa Cinemas Label Award: Mustang by Deniz Gamze ErgüvenIlly Prize for Short Film: Rate Me by Fyzal Boulifa

''L'Œil d'or''

Beyond My Grandfather Allende by Marcia Tambutti Allende

[Queer Palm]

Carol by Todd Haynes

Palm Dog

[François Chalais Prize]

Son of Saul by László Nemes

[Cannes Soundtrack Award]