Cannes 2011 Winners

Here is a full list of winners at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, which saw the Palme d’Or awarded to Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life.

A trophy of leaves going to a film about a tree, how appropriate for a Malick film.

OFFICIAL COMPETITION

• Palme d’Or – The Tree of Life (Dir. Terrence Malick)
• Grand Prix – Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan) and The Kid with a Bike (Dir. Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne)
• Best Director – Nicolas Winding Refn for Drive
• Grand Prix – Footnote (Dir. Joseph Cedar)
• Jury Prize – Polisse by Maiwenn
• Best Actor – Jean Dujardin for The Artist
  
• Best Actress – Kirsten Dunst for Melancholia
• Camera d’Or – Las Acacias (Dir. Pablo Giorgelli)

UN CERTAIN REGARD

• Prize of Un Certain Regard – Arirang (Dir. Kim Ki-duk) and Stopped on Track (Dir. Andreas Dresen)
• Special Jury Prize – Elena by Andrey Zvyagintsev
• Directing Prize – Mohammad Rasoulov for Goodbye

CINEFONDATION

• 1st Prize – The Letter (Dir. Doroteya Droumeva)
• 2nd Prize – Drari (Dir. Kamal Nazraq)
• 3rd Prize – Fly (Dir. Night by Son Tae-gyum)

INDEPENDENT SECTIONS

Critics’ Week

• Grand Prix Nespresso – Take Shelter (Dir. Jeff Nichols)
• Special Mention from the Jury President – Snowtown (Dir. Justin Kurzel)
• Prix SACD – Take Shelter by Jeff Nichols
• ACID/CCAS Prize – Les Acacias (Dir. Pablo Giorgelli)
• Very Young Critics Prize – Les Acacias (Dir. Pablo Giorgelli)

FIPRESCI Awards

• In Competition – Le Havre (Dir. Aki Kaurismäki)
• Un Certain Regard – The Minister by Pierre Schöller
• Critics’ Week or Directors’ Fortnight – Take Shelter (Dir. Jeff Nichols)

Ecumenical Jury

• Prize of the Ecumenical Jury – This Must Be the Place (Dir. Paolo Sorrentino)
• Special Mention – Le Havre (Dir. Aki Kaurismäki)
• Special Mention – Where Do We Go Now? (Dir. Nadine Labaki)

Palm Dog

• Palm Dog Award – Uggy for The Artist
• Special Jury Prize – Laika for Le Havre

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