2009 Cannes Film Festival
The poster shows a still from the film L'Avventura by Michelangelo Antonioni. | |
| Opening film | Up |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: The White Ribbon |
| Hosted by | Édouard Baer |
| No. of films | 20 (Main Competition |
| Festival date | 13–24 May 2009 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The 62nd Cannes Film Festival took place from 13 May to 24 May 2009. French actress Isabelle Huppert served as jury president for the main competition. Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film The White Ribbon.
The festival opened with Up by Pete Docter, marking the first time that an animated film opened the festival, and closed with Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky by Jan Kounen.
American filmmaker Clint Eastwood became the second recipient of the Honorary Palme d'Or.