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 Ribbon, Michael Haneke

Grand Prix
A Prophet, Jacques Audiard

Special Jury Prize
Alain Resnais, Wild Grass

Director
Brillante Mendoza, Kinatay

Jury Prize
Fish Tank, Andrea Arnold
Thirst, Park Chan-wook

Actor
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Actress
Charlotte Gainsbourg, Antichrist

Screenplay
Mei Feng, Spring Fever

Short Films Jury Prizes

Palme d’Or
Arena, Joao Salaviza

Special Mention
The Six Dollar Fifty Man, Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland

Un Certain Regard Jury Awards

Main Prize
Dogtooth, Giorgos Lanthimos

Jury Prize
Police, Adjective, Corneliu Porumboiu

Special Prize

No One Knows About Persian Cats, Bahman Ghobadi
Father of My Children, Mia Hansen-Love

Other Main Jury Awards

Camera d’Or
Samson And Delilah, Warwick Thornton

Special Mention
Ajami, Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani

Critics’ Week Grand Prix
Farewell Gary Cooper, Nassim Amaouche

FIPRESCI awards

Competition
The White Ribbon, Michael Haneke

Un Certain Regard
Police, Adjective, Corneliu Porumboiu

Directors’ Fortnight
Amreeka, Cherien Dabis

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