Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL of Thailand Wins the 2010 Palme d’Or

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The 63rd Cannes Film Festival ended with the thai filmmaker, Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL winning the Palme d’Or, the highest prize for his film “LUNG BOONMEE RALUEK CHAT (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives)”.

If Thailand can go as high as winning the most coveted prize at the Cannes, then Nigeria can produce the films that can qualify for competition and win top prizes. What is the benefit of producing thousands of movies since 1992 to date and not a single Nollywood movie has even qualified for the Official Selection of the Cannes Film Festival? Nigerian filmmakers must step up to compete with the best in the world or go and dump their mediocre movies in the Atlantic Ocean before coming to the Côte d’Azur and get dazed and fazed by the outstanding filmmakers from all over the world.

Congratulations to all the worthy winners.

 

SYNOPSIS:

Suffering from acute kidney failure, Uncle Boonmee has chosen to spend his final days surrounded by his loved ones in the countryside. Surprisingly, the ghost of his deceased wife appears to care for him, and his long lost son returns home in a non-human form. Contemplating the reasons for his illness, Boonmee treks through the jungle with his family to a mysterious hilltop cave — the birthplace of his first life…

Complete List of the Winners at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival

 

Feature films

  • Palme d’Or

    LUNG BOONMEE RALUEK CHAT (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives) directed by Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL

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  • Grand Prix

    DES HOMMES ET DES DIEUX (OF GODS AND MEN) directed by Xavier BEAUVOIS

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  • Award for Best Director

    Mathieu AMALRIC for TOURNÉE (ON TOUR)

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  • Award for Best Screenplay

    LEE Chang-dong for POETRY

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  • Award for Best Actress

    Juliette BINOCHE in COPIE CONFORME (CERTIFIED COPY) directed by Abbas KIAROSTAMI

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  • Award for Best Actor Ex-aequo

    Javier BARDEM in BIUTIFUL directed by Alejandro GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU

  • Elio GERMANO in LA NOSTRA VITA (OUR LIFE) directed by Daniele LUCHETTI
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  • Jury Prize

    UN HOMME QUI CRIE (A screaming man) directed by Mahamat-Saleh HAROUN

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    Short Films

  • Palme d’Or – Short Film

    CHIENNE D’HISTOIRE (BARKING ISLAND) directed by Serge AVÉDIKIAN

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  • Jury Prize – Short Film

    MICKY BADER (BATHING MICKY) directed by Frida KEMPFF

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    Un Certain Regard :

  • Un Certain Regard Prize – Groupama Gan Foundation for Cinema

    HAHAHA directed by HONG Sangsoo

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  • Jury Prize – Un Certain Regard

    OCTUBRE (OCTOBER) directed by Daniel VEGA, Diego VEGA

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  • Un Certain Regard Award for Best Actress

    LOS LABIOS (THE LIPS) played by Victoria RAPOSO, Eva BIANCO, Adela SANCHEZ

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    Cinefondation :

  • 1st Prize Cinéfondation

    TAULUKAUPPIAAT (THE PAINTING SELLERS) directed by Juho KUOSMANEN

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  • 2nd Prize – Cinéfondation

    COUCOU-LES-NUAGES (Anywhere out of the world) directed by Vincent CARDONA

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    Golden Camera :

  • Caméra d’or

    AÑO BISIESTO directed by Michael ROWE

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