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Haneke’s The White Ribbon wins Palme d’Or

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The 62nd Cannes Film Festival closed yesterday, when this year's winners were announced at the awards ceremony. German helmer Michael Haneke won the Palme d'Or with his black-and-white prison drama The White Ribbon. Haneke had previously won the director award for Cache (2005) and the Grand Prix for The Piano Teacher (2001) at the Cannes Film Festival. The Grand Prix went to French director Jacques Audiard’s drama A Prophet. Here is the list of all the winners: Palme d'Or The White [Read more...]

Cannes Film Festival 2008 – the winners

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The 61st annual Cannes Film Festival closed on Sunday, when the jury, with Sean Penn presiding, announced the winners. Here they are: PALME D’OR FOR BEST FILM The Class (Entre les murs), directed by Laurent Cantet In The Class, Cantet portrays a Paris junior high school teacher and his students over the period of one year. Starring François Bégaudeau as the teacher, the two-hour classroom drama is based on an autobiographical work by Bégaudeau, who plays himself in the film. Cantet [Read more...]