Awards & Winners

2009 Cannes Film Festival Awards

Check winners and nominations of 2009 Cannes Film Festival Awards. Check awards winners of 2009 Cannes Film Festival Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

Cannes Best Director Award

Brillante Mendoza

Honored for : Kinatay
Palme d'Or

Michael Haneke

Honored for : The White Ribbon
FIPRESCI Prize

Michael Haneke

Honored for : The White Ribbon
Short Film Palme d'Or

João Salaviza

Honored for : Arena
Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize

Bahman Ghobadi

Honored for : No One Knows About Persian Cats
(tie with The Father of My Children)
Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize

Mia Hansen-Løve

Honored for : The Father of My Children
(tie with No One Knows About Persian Cats)
Prize of Un Certain Regard

Yorgos Lanthimos

Honored for : Dogtooth
Jury Prize - Un Certain Regard

Corneliu Porumboiu

Honored for : Police, Adjective
Cannes Grand Prix

Jacques Audiard

Honored for : A Prophet
Cannes Lifetime Achievement Award

Alain Resnais

(for his work and exceptional contribution to the history of cinema)
Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay

Lou Ye

Honored for : Spring Fever
Cannes Best Actress Award

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Honored for : Antichrist
Cannes Best Actor Award

Christoph Waltz

Honored for : Inglourious Basterds
Cannes Jury Prize

Andrea Arnold

Honored for : Fish Tank
(Tie with Thirst)
Cannes Jury Prize

Park Chan-wook

Honored for : Thirst
(Tie with Fish Tank)
Vulcain Prize for an artist technician

Isabel Coixet

Honored for : Map of the Sounds of Tokyo
Cannes Short Film Special Distinction

Louis Sutherland, Mark Albiston

Honored for : The Six Dollar Fifty Man
1st Prize Cinéfondation

Zuzana Kirchnerová

Honored for : Bába
2nd Prize - Cinéfondation

Fang Song

Honored for : Goodbye
3rd Prize Cinéfondation

Jo Sung-hee

Honored for : Don't Step out of the House
(Tie with Diploma)
3rd Prize Cinéfondation

Yaelle Kayam

Honored for : Diploma
(tie with Don't Step out of the House)
Caméra d'Or

Warwick Thornton

Honored for : Samson and Delilah
Caméra d'Or - Special Distinction

Yaron Shani, Scandar Copti

Honored for : Ajami
Cannes Best Actor Award

Benicio del Toro

Honored for : Che: Part One