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Brillante Mendoza scoops Best Director prize at Cannes | ABS-CBN …
Agence France-Presse | 05/25/2009 3:48 AM
“CANNES – Brillante Mendoza of the Philippines on Sunday picked up the best director prize at the Cannes film festival for his dark movie “Kinatay.”
“ “Kinatay” (meaning “massacre”) notably features corrupt cops hacking a prostitute to pieces with blunt kitchen knives.
“Mendoza, at Cannes for the second year running, again split the critics, drawing both hisses and applause for “Kinatay”.
“Last year’s “Serbis” was set in a Manila porn-theatre with long close-ups of festering boils and overflowing toilets, as well as the poverty and distress on the streets.
“Still determined to portray the social reality around him, Mendoza in “Kinatay” traces 24 hours in the day of a trainee policeman, happily beginning with his wedding in the morning to close with the young man’s first outing at night with a band of corrupt colleagues.
“To his surprise, fear and anguish, they pick up a prostitute accused of betrayal and wind up torturing, raping, killing and hacking her before disposing of the body parts across Manila.
“ “This is not just entertainment, these kinds of stories are real,” Mendoza said at Cannes.
“Last year was the first time since 1984 the Philippines had a film competing for the top prize at Cannes, the Palme d’Or.
as of 05/25/2009 10:51 AM”
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List of winners right-clicked from the Cannes Film Fest Official Website at:
http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/theDailyArticle/56838.html
The official Jury of this 62nd Festival de Cannes, presided by Isabelle Huppert, revealed the Prize winners during the Closing Ceremonies on the evening of May 24th.
IN COMPETTION – FEATURE FILMS
Palme d’Or
DAS WEISSE BAND (The White Ribbon) directed by Michael HANEKE
Grand Prix
UN PROPHÈTE (A Prophet) directed by Jacques AUDIARD
Lifetime achievement award for his work and his exceptional contribution to the history of cinema
Alain RESNAIS
Best Director
Brillante MENDOZA for KINATAY
Jury Prize
FISH TANK directed by Andrea ARNOLD
BAK-JWI (Thirst) directed by PARK Chan-Wook
Best Performance for an Actor
Christoph WALTZ in INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS directed by Quentin TARANTINO
Best Performance by an Actress
Charlotte GAINSBOURG in ANTICHRIST directed by Lars von TRIER
Best Screenplay
MEI Feng for CHUN FENG CHEN ZUI DE YE WAN (Spring Fever) directed by LOU Ye
Prix Vulcain: Artist-Technician
Aitor BERENGUER, sound technician of the movie MAP OF THE SOUNDS OF TOKYO directed by Isabel COIXET.
IN COMPETITION – SHORT FILMS
Palme d’Or
ARENA directed by João SALAVIZA
Special Distinction
THE SIX DOLLAR FIFTY MAN directed by Mark ALBISTON, Louis SUTHERLAND
CAMERA D’OR
SAMSON AND DELILAH directed by Warwick THORNTON (presented at Un Certain Regard)
Caméra d’Or – Special Distinction
AJAMI directed by Scandar COPTI, Yaron SHANI (presented at Quinzaine des Réalisateurs)
UN CERTAIN REGARD
Prix Un Certain Regard – Fondation Gan pour le Cinéma
KYNODONTAS (Dogtooth) by Yorgos LANTHIMOS
Jury Prize
POLITIST, ADJECTIV (Police, Adjective) by Corneliu PORUMBOIU.
Special Prize Un Certain Regard 2009
KASI AZ GORBEHAYE IRANI KHABAR NADAREH (No One Knows About Persian Cats) by Bahman GHOBADI
LE PÈRE DE MES ENFANTS (Father of My Children) by Mia HANSEN-LØVE
CINEFONDATION
First Cinéfondation Prize
BÁBA by Zuzana Kirchnerová-Špidlová (FAMU, République Tchèque)
Second Cinéfondation Prize
GOODBYE by Song Fang (Beijing Film Academy, Chine)
Third Cinéfondation Prize (ex aequo)
DIPLOMA by Yaelle Kayam (The Sam Spiegel Film & TV School, Israël)
NAMMAE UI JIP (Don’t Step out of the House) directed by Jo Sung-hee (Korean Academy of Film Arts, Corée du Sud)
Audios
Closing Ceremony (original version)
