2009 Cannes Film Festival

62nd Cannes Film Festival
The poster shows a still from the film L'Avventura by Michelangelo Antonioni.[1]
Opening filmUp
Closing filmCoco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsPalme d'Or: The White Ribbon
Hosted byÉdouard Baer
No. of films20 (En Competition)[2]
19 (Un Certain Regard)
9 (Short Film)
Festival date13–24 May 2009
Websitefestival-cannes.com

The 62nd Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 May to 24 May 2009. French actress Isabelle Huppert was the Jury President. The Palme d'Or winner was The White Ribbon, directed by Michael Haneke.[3]

The festival Opening Film was Pixar's Up,[4][5] directed by Pete Docter and Bob Peterson. This marked the first time that an animated film or 3D film opened the festival. The closing night film was Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky directed by Jan Kounen.[6]

American filmmaker Clint Eastwood became the second recipient of the Honorary Palme d'Or.[7]

Isabelle Huppert, President of the 2009 Competition Jury
  1. ^ "The Official 62nd Cannes Film Festival Poster". Cannes Film Festival. festival-cannes.com. 23 May 2009. Archived from the original on 20 June 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference selection was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "62ème Festival de Cannes". cinema-francais.fr. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Out of Competition - Opening Film - Up". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Up To Open Festival". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
  6. ^ "Out of Competition - Closing Film - Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  7. ^ "A Honorary Palme at the opening ceremony of the Festival de Cannes". Archived from the original on 24 January 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2015.

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