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Cannes 2009: Sidebar Awards Round-up
FIPRESCI, Critics’ Week and Un Certain Regard award their prizes.
by Joe Utichi | May 24, 2009
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It's the final day of the Cannes Film Festival today, and following yesterday's announcement of the Director's Fortnight awards, now we have word from Critics Week and FIPRESCI ahead of tonight's official competition ceremony. Meanwhile, the festival's official sidebar, Un Certain Regard (UCR), has also announced its results.

UCR, which presented 20 films from 20 different countries, has given its top prize to Greek repression drama Kynodontas (Dogtooth). Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, it's a tale of three teenage children who are completely cut off from the outside world by their parents.

This year's selection featured works by named auteurs like Bong Joon-ho and Hirokazu Kore-eda who went home empty-handed. Precious, directed by Lee Daniels and starring Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz and Mo'Nique, also failed to scoop an award, despite tremendous praise for its handling of its subject matter and performances.

Un Certain Regard

UN CERTAIN REGARD PRIZE
Dogtooth - Yorgos Lanthimos

UN CERTAIN REGARD JURY PRIZE
Police, Adjective - Corneliu Porumboiu

SPECIAL PRIZE UN CERTAIN REGARD 2009
No One Knows About The Persian Cats - Bahman Ghobadi Father of My Children - Mia Hansen-Love


Critics' Week

CRITICS' WEEK GRAND PRIX
Goodbye Gary - Nassim Amaouche

SACD PRIZE
Lost Persons Area - Caroline Strubbe

CID/CCAS CASH PRIZE
Whisper With the Wind - Shahram Alidi

Ofaj/TV5 MONDE (VERY) YOUNG CRITIC AWARD
Whisper With the Wind

REGARDS JEUNES PRIZE
Whisper With the Wind

CANAL PLUS GRAND PRIX (SHORT)
Seeds of the Fall - Patrick Eklund

KODAK SHORT FILM DISCOVERY PRIZE
Logorama - Francois Alaux, Herve de Crecy, Ludovic Houplain


FIPRESCI

The FIPRESCI federation of film critics presents one award to a film in the official competition, one to a film in Un Certain Regard and one to a film in either Critics' Week or Director's Fortnight.

COMPETITION
The White Ribbon - Michael Haneke

UN CERTAIN REGARD
Police, Adjective - Corneliu Porumboiu

DIRECTORS' FORTNIGHT/CRITICS' WEEK
Amreeka - Cherien Dabis


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