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Cannes Film Festival 2011: Winners: THE TREE OF LIFE, DRIVE

Robert De Niro, Cannes FIlm Festival 2011

The Tree of Life, Drive, and the other winners of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival have been announced. The 64th Annual Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes), ”founded in 1946, is one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious film festivals. The private festival is held annually (usually in May) at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, in the resort town of Cannes, in the south of France…at the Festival de Cannes in France, the jury presided by Robert De Niro presented their awards in a ceremony at the Palais. Robert De Niro received a standing ovation from the attendees.” The jury for the 2011 Cannes Film Festival consisted of aforementioned “president Robert De Niro (USA), Martina Gusman (Argentina), Nansun Shi (China), Uma Thurman (USA), Linn Ullmann (Norway), Olivier Assayas (France), Jude Law (UK), Mahamat Saleh Haround (Chad) and Johnnie To (China/Hong-Kong).” The full listing of the winners of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival is below.

Palme d’Or

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The Tree of Life, by Terrence Malick 

Grand Prix Ex-aequo

 

Le Gamin au Vélo (The Kid With a Bike) by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’da (Once Upon a Time in Anatolia)by Nuri Bilge Ceylan 

Prix de la Mise en Scene (Best Director)

 

Nicolas Winding Refn for Drive 

Prix du Scenario (Best Screenplay)

 

Joseph Cedar for Hearat Shulayim (Footnote) 

Camera d’Or (Best First Feature)

 

Las Acacias by Pablo Gorgelli 

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Prix du Jury (Jury Prize)

 

Polisse by Maiwenn 

Prix d’interpretation feminine (Best Actress)

 

Kirsten Dunst for Melancholia 

Prix d’interpretation masculine (Best Actor)

 

Jean Dujarin, The Artist 

Vulcain Prize for an artist technician, awarded by the C.S.T.

 

La Piel Que Habito (The Skin I Live In), cinematography by José Luis Alcaine 

Special Distinction by the C.S.T.

 

We Need to Talk About Kevin, Sound Design by Paul Davies, Editing by Joe Bini

Palme d’Or (short film)
Cross, Maryna Vroda (France)

Jury Prize (short film)

Badpakje 46 (Swimuit 46), Wannes Destoop

 

Source: Chinokino

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Rollo Tomasi

Rollo Tomasi is a Connecticut-based film critic, TV show critic, news, and editorial writer. He will have a MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University in 2025. Rollo has written over 700 film, TV show, short film, Blu-ray, and 4K-Ultra reviews. His reviews are published in IMDb's External Reviews and in Google News. Previously you could find his work at Empire Movies, Blogcritics, and AltFilmGuide. Now you can find his work at FilmBook.
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