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INTERVIEW | Cannes' Palme d'or to Romania; Schnabel nabs the director prize and Akin wins Best Screenplay |
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| Written by the editor | |
| Sunday, 27 May 2007 | |
 Turkish-German writer-director Fatih Akin (left) and Romanian writer-director Cristian Mungiu, both portrayed at the Festival de Cannes by Fabrizio Maltese for european-films.net, all rights reserved. The 60th edition of the Cannes Film Festival came to a close earlier tonight with the awards ceremony and the official screening of the closing film L'âge des ténèbres (The Age of Ignorance) from Québec director Denys Arcand. The big winner of this year's festival was Romania; after taking the top prize of the Un certain regard section in 2005 for Moartea domnului Lazarescu (The Death of Mr Lazarescu) and the Camera d'or for last year's A fost sau n-a fost? (12:08, East of Bucharest), this year the Romanian film California Dreamin' from the late Cristian Nemescu won the Un certain regard section while the festival's biggest prize, the Palme d'or, went to the Romanian Competition entry 4 luni, 3 saptamini si 2 zile (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) from director Cristian Mungiu.
The Best Director category was won by US director Julian Schnabel for his French drama Le scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly), while Fatih Akin won Best Screenplay for his complex yet contemplative Kieslowskian drama Auf der andere Seite (The Edge of Heaven). Best Actor and Best Actress went respectively to Jeon Do-yeon for her role in the Korean drama Milyang (Secret Sunshine) from Lee Chang-dong and Konstantin Lavronenko in Izgnanie (The Banishment) from Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev. The 2007 Cannes Film Festival prize winners (links go to reviews were available): Palme d’or: 4 luni, 3 saptamini si 2 zile (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) by Cristian Mungiu (Romania) Grand prix: Mogari no mori (The Mourning Forest) by Naomi Kawase (Japan) Prix du jury (ex aequo): Stellet licht (Silent Light) by Carlos Reygadas (Mexico) & Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud (France) Best Director: Julian Schnabel for Le scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) (France) Best Actor: Konstantin Lavronenko for Izgnanie (The Banishment) (Russia) Best Actress: Jeon do-yeong for Milyang (Secret Sunshine) (Korea) Best Screenplay: Fatih Akin for Auf der anderen Seite (The Edge of Heaven) (Turkey/Germany) Special 60th Anniversary Award: Gus Van Sant for Paranoid Park (France/USA) Caméra d’or (Best First Film): Meduzot (Jellyfish) by Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen (Israel) Caméra d’or Honourable Mention: Control by Anton Corbijn (UK/Australia) Un certain regard Best Film: California Dreamin' (Endless) by Cristian Nemescu (Romania) Un certain regard Jury Prize: Actrices (Actresses) by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (France) Un certain regard Coup de cœur: Bikur hatizmoret (The Band’s Visit) by Eran Kolirin (Israel) Directors’ Fortnight Prix regards jeunes: Control by Anton Corbijn (UK/Australia) Directors’ Fortnight Label Europa Cinemas: Control by Anton Corbijn (UK/Australia) Directors’ Fortnight Prix art et essai: Garage by Lenny Abrahamson (Ireland) Directors’ Fortnight Prix art et essai Honourable Mentions: Control by Anton Corbijn (UK/Australia) and Gegenüber (Counterparts) by Jan Bonny (Germany) FIPRESCI Official Competition Prize: 4 luni, 3 saptamini si 2 zile (4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days) by Cristian Mungiu (Romania) FIPRESCI Un Certain Regard Prize: Bikur hatizmoret (The Band’s Visit) by Eran Kolirin (Israel) FIPRESCI Critics’ Week and Directors’ Fortnight Prize: Elle s’appelle Sabine (Her Name Is Sabine) by Sandrine Bonnaire International Critics’ Week Grand Prize: XXY by Lucia Puenzo (Argentina) Ecumenical Jury Prize: Auf der anderen Seite (The Edge of Heaven) by Fatih Akin (Turkey/Germany) |
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