Cannes 2014: Winners!

The most prestigious film festival in the world has drawn to a close. The jury headed by Jane Campion ("The Piano", "Bright Star") has chosen the winners in tonight's suspenseful, glittering and star-studded presentation.

And the winners are ---

Short Film Palme d'Or: "Leidi"

Camera d'Or: "Party Girl"
Best Actor: Timothy Spall, "Mr Turner"

Timothy Spall, "Mr Turner"

Best Actress: Julianne Moore, "Maps to the Stars"
Best Screenplay: "Leviathan"
 

Best Screenplay, "Leviathan"
















Jury Prize: TIE "Mommy" and "Goodbye to Language"

Xavier Dolan, "Mommy"

Jean-Luc Godard, "Goodbye to Language"

Best Director: Bennett Miller, "Foxcatcher"

Grand Prix: "The Wonders"

The Wonders - Alice Rohrwacher



Palme d'Or: "Winter Sleep"



Winter Sleep - Palme d'Or Winner

 Congratulations to the winners!

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Raymond De Asis Lo

Cannes 2014: Hungary's "White God" is Un Certain Regard Winner

The Hungarian allegorical tale featuring a pack of dogs as lead stars won the Un Certain Regard prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

“White God,” described by the New York Times as "a fierce and beautiful Hungarian parable about a girl, her dog, and the uprising that’s sparked after they are separated" is the 6th film from director Kornel Mundruczo who describes the film as an allegory about the treatment of minorities and immigrants in Europe.

"Turist" (dir. Ruben Ostlund) won the jury prize.

The popular Un Certain Regard opening film " Party Girl" won an ensemble prize while the best actor prize was awarded to actor David Gulpilil for his role in "Charlie's Country" (dir. Rolf De Heer). Wim Wenders and Juliano Salgado shared a special prize for their film "Salt of the Earth."

The festival's top prizes including the much coveted Palme d'Or will be announced Sunday. 

Films in the running for the top prize include "Two Days, One Night", "Winter Sleep", "Wild Tales", "Leviathan" and Xavier Dolan's "Mommy".

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Raymond De Asis Lo

In Photos: 2014 Cannes Competition Films

The 2014 Cannes Film Festival is past its halfway mark and the current favorite to win the prestigious Palme d'Or is the the new film from Cannes favorite brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, "Two Days, One Night". We'll know by Sunday if this holds true. Other movies getting good buzz are "Foxcatcher", "Mr Turner", "Clouds of Sils Maria" and "Winter Sleep."



The Search





Timbuktu



Wild Tales





Leviathan



Winter Sleep







Saint Laurent





Mr Turner



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Raymond Lo

Cannes 2014 Official Line-up

Here's the 49 official films screening at Cannes. There are 18 Competition films and notably missing are films from China and Korea although both countries are represented well in the Un Certain Regard section. Australian filmmaker Jane Campion is head of jury this year.

Oh, I wish i could go to Cannes this year. :(

One day, someday.

List below:

OPENING NIGHT

1) "Grace of Monaco" (dir. Olivier Dahan, France-U.S.-Belgium-Italy) Nicole Kidman stars.

COMPETITION

2) "The Captive" (dir. Atom Egoyan, Canada)

Ryan Reynolds, Scott Speedman, Rosario Dawson

3) "Clouds of Sils Maria" (dir. Olivier Assayas, France-Switzerland-Germany)

Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, Chloe Grace Moretz

4) "Foxcatcher" (dir. Bennett Miller, U.S.)

5) "Goodbye to Language 3D" (dir. Jean-Luc Godard, Switzerland)

6) "The Homesman" (dir. Tommy Lee Jones, U.S.)

Meryl Streep, Hilary Swank

7) "Jimmy’s Hall" (dir. Ken Loach, U.K.-Ireland-France)

8) "Leviathan" (dir. Andrei Zvyagintsev, Russia)

9) "Le Meraviglie" (dir. Alice Rohrwacher, Italy-Switzerland-Germany)

10) "Maps to the Stars" (dir. David Cronenberg, U.S.)

11) "Mommy" (dir. Xavier Dolan, France-Canada)

12) "Saint Laurent" (dir. Bertrand Bonello, France)

13) "The Search" (dir. Michel Hazanavicius, France)

Berenice Bejo, Annette Bening

14) "Still the Water" (dir. Naomi Kawase, Japan)

15) "Mr. Turner" (dir. Mike Leigh, U.K.)

16) "Timbuktu" (dir. Abderrahmane Sissako, France)

17) "Two Days, One Night" (dir. Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Belgium)

Marion Cotillard 

18) "Wild Tales" (dir. Damian Szifron, Argentina-Spain)

19) "Winter Sleep" (dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey-Germany-France)

OUT OF COMPETITION
20) "Coming Home" (dir. Zhang Yimou, China)

21) "How to Train Your Dragon 2" (dir. Dean DeBlois, U.S.)

22) "Les Gens du Monde" (dir. Yves Jeuland, France)

UN CERTAIN REGARD
23) "Party Girl" (dir. Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger and Samuel Theis, France)
24) "Amour Fou" (dir. Jessica Hausner, Austria-Luxembourg-Germany)
25) "Bird People" (dir. Pascale Ferran, France)
26) "The Blue Room" (dir. Mathieu Amalric, France)
27) "Charlie’s Country" (dir. Rolf de Heer, Australia)
28) "A Girl at My Door" (dir. July Jung, South Korea)
29) "Eleanor Rigby" (dir. Ned Benson, U.S.)
30) "Fantasia" (dir. Wang Chao, China)
31) "Force Majeure" (dir. Ruben Ostlund, Sweden)
32) "Harcheck Mi Headro" (dir. Keren Yedaya, Israel)
33) "Hermosa Juventud" (dir. Jaime Rosales, Spain)
34) "Incompresa" (dir. Asia Argento, Italy-France)
35) "Jauja" (dir. Lisandro Alonso, Denmark-U.S.-Argentina)
36) "Lost River" (dir. Ryan Gosling, U.S.)
37) "Run" (dir. Philippe Lacote, France-Ivory Coast)
38) "Salt of the Earth" (dir. Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, France-Italy-Brazil)
39) "Snow in Paradise" (dir. Andrew Hulme, U.K.)
40) "Titli" (dir. Kanu Behl, India)
41) "Xenia" (dir. Panos Koutras, Greece-France-Belgium)

MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS

42) "The Rover" (dir. David Michod, Australia)

43) "The Salvation" (dir. Kristian Levring, Denmark

44) "The Target" (dir. Yoon Hong-seung, South Korea)

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

45) "Bridges of Sarajevo" (dir. Aida Begic, Isild le Besco, Leonardo di Constanzo, Pedro Costa, Jean-Luc Godard, Kamen Kalev, Sergei Loznitsa, Vincenzo Marra, Ursula Meier, Vladimir Perisic, Cristi Puiu, Marc Recha, Angela Schanelec)

46) "Caricaturistes: Fantassins de la democratie" (dir. Stephanie Valloatto, France)

47) "Maidan" (dir. Sergei Loznitsa, Ukraine)

48) "Red Army" (dir. Polsky Gabe, Russia)

49) "Silvered Water" (dir. Mohammed Oussama and Wiam Bedirxan, Syria-France)

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Raymond