The Un Certain Regard Prize awards one of the films presented in the selection with a grant to aid its distribution in France.
?Taxidermia?, a Hungarian-Austrian-French co-production by Eurofilm, is an adaptation of the short stories of Lajos Parti Nagy and presents as its main characters three men living in three different periods of history. The film won the main award at the 37th Hungarian Film Festival, and two of its leads won awards as well: Adél Stanczel won the best female lead award and Csaba Czene the best male supporting actor award. Additionally, the film won the award for best production design, the student jury award and the Gene Moskowitz foreign film critics? award.
After the Hungarian Film Festival, Fortissimo Films, one of the world?s largest film distributors specialising in European films, bought the international distribution rights for Taxidermia, guaranteeing it an audience abroad.
Pálfi?s first feature film, ?Hukkle?, which told -- almost entirely without dialogue -- a story of poisonings in a small village, was invited to more than a hundred festivals and received dozens of awards, including the Fassbinder Award of the European Film Academy.
In the Cannes Cinéfondation lineup, which includes short and medium-length motion pictures from film schools, is Ágnes Kocsis?s ?The Virus?, a 27-minute film documenting the appearance of a different kind of virus in the life of a researcher. The film, Kocsis?s graduation project at the Budapest Film Academy, has already been featured at many international film festivals. Since making the film, Kocsis has directed a full-length feature, ?Fresh Air?, which one the best directorial debut award at the Hungarian Film Festival.
The Cannes Film Festival?s selection committee?s choices for this year?s programme were made from more than 4,000 films.
Films in Competition:
Pedro Almodovar - Volver (ES)
Nanni Moretti - The Caiman (IT)
Paolo Sorrentino - L'amico di famiglia (IT)
Ken Loach - The Wind That Shakes the Barley (GB)
Nicole Garcia - Charlie Said (FR)
Bruno Dumont - Flanders (FR)
Xavier Giannoli - I Did It My Way (FR)
Rachid Bouchareb - Days of Glory (DZ)
Lucas Belvaux - The Weakest Is Always Right (BE)
Sofia Coppola - Marie-Antoinette (US)
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Babel (MX)
Nuri Bilge Ceylan - Iklimler (TR)
Pedro Costa - Juventude em Marcha (PT)
Guillermo del Toro - Pan's Labyrinth (MX)
Aki Kaurismaki - Lights in the Dusk (FI)
Andrea Arnold - Red Road (GB)
Richard Kelly - Southland Tales (US)
Richard Linklater - Fast Food Nation (US)
Lou Ye - Summer Palace (CN)
Films outside Competition:
Opening Film: Ron Howard - The Da Vinci Code (US)
Closing Film: Tony Gatlif - Transylvania (FR)
Special Screenings:
Brett Ratner - X-Men 3: The Last Stand (US)
Tim Johnson, Karey Kirkpatrick - Over the Hedge (US)
Paul Greengrass - United 93 (UK)
Nighttime Screenings:
John Cameron Mitchell - Shortbus (US)
Johnnie To - Election 2 (HK)
Su Chao-pin - Guisi (TW)
Un Certain Regard:
Opening feature: Paris, je t'aime (sketch film)
Jacques Fieschi - La Californie (FR)
Denis Dercourt - La Tourneuse De Pages (FR)
Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche - Bled Number One (FR)
Patrick Grandperret - Murderers (FR)
Marco Bellocchio - Il Regista di Matrimoni (IT)
Pálfi György - Taxidermia (HU)
Slawomir Fabicki - Z Odzysku (PL)
Kristijonas Vildziunas - You Am (LT)
Manuel Huerga - Salvador (ES)
Stefan Faldbakken - Uro (NO)
Catalin Mitulescu - Cum Mi-Am Petrecut Sfarsiful Lumii (RO)
Nikolay Khomeriki - 977 (RU)
Djamshed Usmonov - To Get To Heaven First You Have To Die (TJ)
Israel Adrian Caetano - Free Pass (UY)
Paz Encina - Hamaca Paraguaya (PY)
Rolf De Heer - Ten Canoes (AU)
Paul Goldman - Suburban Mayhem (AU)
Garin Nugroho - Serambi (ID)
Oxide Pang Chun, Danny Pang - Recycle) (HK)
Francisco Vargas - El Violin (MX)
Yoon Jong-bin - The Unforgiven (KR)
Wang Chao - Luxury Car (CN)
Members of the Jury (for films in competition)
Wong Kar Wai, President
Monica Bellucci
Helena Bonham-Carter
Zhang Ziyi
Samuel Jackson
Tim Roth
Patrice Leconte
Elia Suleiman
Lucrecia Martel
Master of Ceremonies: Vincent Cassel
For more information, visit: http://www.festival-cannes.fr/index.php?langue=6002
