France’s answer to Hollywood, The Cannes Film Festival is officially over. For only the fifth time in history the Festival Jury found reason to explain their choice for the Palme d’Or (First Place movie). The vote might have been unanimous that Entre Les Murs (The Class) should win for it’s “magical” presentation and contribution to the art of film, but i guess they just had to say exactly why. I thought it would be some sort of controversy regarding the Jury’s decisions, but sadly nothing came up.

Presided over Sean Penn, this year’s Cannes Film Festival President, the 2008 winners are as follows:

Feature Films:

Palme d’Or
ENTRE LES MURS de / by Laurent Cantet

Grand Prix
GOMORRA de / by Matteo Garrone

Prize of the 61st Festival de Cannes ex-aequo
Catherine Deneuve dans / for UN CONTE DE NOËL de / by Arnaud DESPLECHIN
Clint Eastwood pour / for L’ÉCHANGE (The Exchange)

Award for the Best Director
ÜÇ MAYMUN (Three Monkeys / Les Trois Singes) de / by Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Jury Prize
IL DIVO de / by Paolo Sorrentino

Prix d’interprétation masculine
Benicio Del Toro dans / for CHE de / by Steven SODERBERGH

Best Performance for an Actress
Sandra Corveloni dans / for LINHA DE PASSE de / by Walter SALLES, Daniela THOMAS

Award for the Best Screenplay
LE SILENCE DE LORNA de / by Jean-Pierre et Luc DARDENNE

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