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Cannes Film Festival: 2008

Golden Palm

Date:	14 May - 25 May
Host:	Cécile De France
Jury:	Sean Penn (I) (USA) (president); Jeanne Balibar (France); Alexandra Maria Lara (Germany); Natalie Portman (USA); Marjane Satrapi (Iran); Rachid Bouchareb (France); Sergio Castellitto (Italy); Alfonso Cuarón (Mexico); Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand); Hsiao-hsien Hou (Taiwan) (president) (short films); Susanne Bier (Denmark) (short films); Marina Hands (France) (short films); Olivier Assayas (France) (short films); Laurence Kardish (USA) (short films)


Winner:
	Entre les murs (2008) - Laurent Cantet
Other In-Competition Films:
	Adoration (2008) - Atom Egoyan Argentine, The (2008) - Steven Soderbergh - Also for Guerrilla (2008). Blindness (2008) - Fernando Meirelles (I) Changeling (2008) - Clint Eastwood Delta (2008) - Kornél Mundruczó Divo, Il (2008) - Paolo Sorrentino Er shi si cheng ji (2008) - Zhang Ke Jia Frontière de l'aube, La (2008) - Philippe Garrel Gomorra (2008) - Matteo Garrone Leonera (2008) - Pablo Trapero Linha de Passe (2008) - Walter Salles; Daniela Thomas (I) Mujer sin cabeza, La (2008) - Lucrecia Martel My Magic (2008) - Eric Khoo Palermo Shooting (2008) - Wim Wenders Serbis (2008) - Brillante Mendoza Silence de Lorna, Le (2008) - Jean-Pierre Dardenne; Luc Dardenne Synecdoche, New York (2008) - Charlie Kaufman Two Lovers (2008) - James Gray (I) Un conte de Noël (2008) - Arnaud Desplechin Waltz with Bashir (2008) - Ari Folman Üç maymun (2008) - Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Best Short Film


Winner:
	Megatron (2008) - Marian Crisan
Other In-Competition Films:
	2 Birds (2008) - Rúnar Rúnarsson 411-Z (2007) - Dániel Erdélyi Buen Viaje (2008) - Javier Palleiro; Guillermo Rocamora De moins en moins (2008) - Mélanie Laurent Deseo, El (2008) - Marie Benito Jerrycan (2008) - Julius Avery Love You More (2008) - Sam Taylor Wood Megatron (2008) - Marian Crisan My Rabit Hoppy (2008) - Anthony Lucas (I)

Grand Prize of the Festival


Winner:
	Gomorra (2008) - Matteo Garrone

Jury Prize


Winner:
	Divo, Il (2008) - Paolo Sorrentino

Best Actor


Winner:
	Argentine, The (2008) - Benicio Del Toro - Also for Guerrilla (2008).

Best Actress


Winner:
	Linha de Passe (2008) - Sandra Corveloni

Best Director


Winner:
	Üç maymun (2008) - Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Cinefondation Award

Jury:

Hsiao-hsien Hou (Taiwan) (president); Susanne Bier (Denmark); Marina Hands (France); Olivier Assayas (France); Laurence Kardish (USA)

Un Certain Regard Award

Jury:

Fatih Akin (head of jury); Anupama Chopra (India) (journalist); Catherine Mtsitouridze (Russia) (journalist); Yasser Moheb (Egypt) (critic); José Maria Prado (Spain) (Filmoteca Española)

SACD Screenwriting Award


Winner:
	Aanrijding in Moscou (2008) - Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem; Pat van Beirs

ACID Award


Winner:
	Aanrijding in Moscou (2008) - Christophe Van Rompaey

Grand Golden Rail


Winner:
	Aanrijding in Moscou (2008) - Christophe Van Rompaey

Howard Feinstein (USA) (head of jury); Lisa Nesselson (France); João Antunes (Portugal); Mohammed Rouda (UK); Kirill Kazlogov (Russia); Christian Monggard (Denmark); Dana Linssen (Netherlands); Barbara Lorey de Lacharrière (France); Dinko Tucakovic (Serbia); Pamela Bienzóbas (Chile/France) (secretary)

Competition


Winner:
	Delta (2008) - Kornél Mundruczó