2013 Cannes Film Festival

Official poster of the 66th Cannes Film Festival featuring a photo of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward during the shooting of the film A New Kind of Love
Opening film	The Great Gatsby
Closing film	Zulu
Location	Cannes, France
Founded	1946
Awards	Palme d'Or: Blue Is the Warmest Colour
Hosted by	Audrey Tautou
No. of films	20 (In Competition)
Festival date	15 May 2013 (2013-05-15) – 26 May 2013 (2013-05-26)
Website	festival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival
2014 2012

The 66th Cannes Film Festival took place from 15 to 26 May 2013.^[1] American filmmaker Steven Spielberg was the Jury President for the main competition.^[2] French actress Audrey Tautou hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.^[3]

The French film Blue Is the Warmest Colour won the Palme d'Or. In an unprecedented move, along with the director, Abdellatif Kechiche, the Jury decided to take "the exceptional step" of awarding the film's two main actresses, Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux, with the Palme.^[4]

The festival poster featured the real-life couple and Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward kissing during the shooting of A New Kind of Love.^[5]

The festival opened with The Great Gatsby by Baz Luhrmann,^[6][7] and closed with Zulu by Jérôme Salle.^[8][9]

On the occasion of 100 Years of Indian Cinema, India was an Official Guest Country at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Seven Indian feature films were premiered among various sections on the festival.^[10][11][12] Actress Vidya Balan was one of the Jury members for the Main Competition of the festival.^[13] The first Incredible India Exhibition, a joint participation of the Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Republic of India was inaugurated by Indian delegate Chiranjeevi.^[14][15]

• Steven Spielberg, American filmmaker and producer - Jury President^[16]
• Daniel Auteuil, French actor
• Vidya Balan, Indian actress
• Naomi Kawase, Japanese filmmaker
• Nicole Kidman, Australian actress
• Ang Lee, Taiwanese filmmaker and producer
• Cristian Mungiu, Romanian filmmaker
• Lynne Ramsay, Scottish filmmaker
• Christoph Waltz, Austrian-German actor

• Thomas Vinterberg, Danish filmmaker - Jury President^[17]
• Enrique Gonzalez Macho, Spanish producer and distributor
• Ludivine Sagnier, French actress
• Ilda Santiago, Brazilian director of the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
• Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress

• Agnès Varda, French film director - Jury President^[17]
• Michel Abramowicz, AFC
• Gwenole Bruneau, FICAM
• Isabel Coixet, Spanish film director
• Eric Guirado, SRF
• Chloe Rolland, Syndicat de la Critique
• Régis Wargnier, French film director

• Jane Campion, New Zealand filmmaker - Jury President^[18]
• Maji-da Abdi, Ethiopian actress and film director
• Nicoletta Braschi, Italian actress and producer
• Nandita Das, Indian actress and film director
• Semih Kaplanoğlu, Turkish film director

The following independent juries awarded films in the frame of the Critics' Week:^[19]

Nespresso Grand Prize

• Miguel Gomes, Portuguese filmmaker - Jury President
• Dennis Lim, American film programmer and critic
• Alin Taşçıyan, Turkish film critic
• Alex Vicente, Spanish film journalist
• Neil Young, English film curator and critic

Discovery Award for Short Film

• Mia Hansen-Løve, French filmmaker - Jury President
• Brad Deane, Canadian film curator
• Savina Neirotti, Italian program officer for the Biennale College of Cinema
• Johannes Palermos, Swedish program coordinator at the Stockholm International Film Festival
• Lorna Tee, Malaysian film festival consultant and film producer

France 4 Visionary Award

• Mia Hansen-Løve, French film director, Jury President
• Luo Jin, Chinese film critic
• Eren Odabasi, Turkish film critic
• Simon Pellegry, French film critic
• Thiago Stivaletti, Brazilian film critic

The following films have been selected for the Main Competition section:^[20][21][22]

The following films have been selected in the Un Certain Regard section:^[20][23]

(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.^[24]

The following films were selected to play out of competition:^[20]

(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.^[24]

The following films were presented in the Special screenings section:

The Cinéfondation section focuses on films made by students at film schools. The following 18 entries (14 fiction films and 4 animation films) were selected, out of 1,550 submissions from 277 different schools. One-third of the films selected represented schools competing for the first time. It was also the first time for a Chilean film to be selected in Cinéfondation.^[25][26] The winner of the Cinéfondation First Prize has been highlighted.

Out of 3,500 submissions, the following films were selected to compete for the Short Film Palme d'Or.^[27][25] The Short film Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted.

The Festival uses Cannes Classics to place the spotlight on rediscovered or restored masterworks from the past, or ones that have been re-released in theatres or on DVD.^{[28][29][30][31][32]}

The Cinéma de la Plage is a part of the Official Selection. The outdoors screenings at the beach cinema of Cannes are open to the public.^[33]

The line-up for the Critics' Week was announced on 22 April at the section's website. The following films were selected:^[34][35]

Feature films - The winner of the Grand Prix Nespresso has been highlighted.

(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.^[24]

Short films - The winner of the Canal+ Award has been highlighted.

Special Screenings

(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.^[24]

The line-up for the Directors' Fortnight was announced at a press conference on 23 April with the following films being selected.^[36][37]

Feature films - The winner of the Art Cinema Award (and the Prix SACD) has been highlighted.

(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.^[24]

Short films

The French film Blue Is the Warmest Colour, directed by Abdellatif Kechiche, won the Palme d'Or.^[38] In a first for the competition, the jury decided to award the Palme d'Or to Kechiche and the actresses who star in the film: Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux.^[39] Blue Is the Warmest Colour is a coming-of-age film that tells the story of a lesbian relationship between a 15-year-old girl and an older woman.^[40] It has shocked some critics with its graphic and controversial sex scenes.^[40][41] A reporter for the Radio France Internationale stated that Kechiche paid tribute to the "Tunisian revolution" and "the right to love freely" during his acceptance speech.^[4] The president of the jury, Steven Spielberg, said "The film is a great love story ... We were absolutely spellbound by the two brilliant young actresses, and the way the director observed his young players."^[41] The Grand Prix was won by the Coen brothers's Inside Llewyn Davis, while Bruce Dern and Bérénice Bejo were awarded Best Actor and Best Actress respectively.^[39]

The following films and people received the 2013 Official Selection awards:^[42][1]

• Palme d'Or: Abdellatif Kechiche (filmmaker), Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux (lead actresses) for Blue Is the Warmest Colour
• Grand Prix: Inside Llewyn Davis by Joel & Ethan Coen
• Best Director: Amat Escalante for Heli
• Best Screenplay: Jia Zhangke for A Touch of Sin
• Best Actress: Bérénice Bejo for The Past
• Best Actor: Bruce Dern for Nebraska
• Jury Prize: Like Father, Like Son by Hirokazu Koreeda

• Prix Un Certain Regard: The Missing Picture by Rithy Panh^[43]
• Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize: Omar by Hany Abu-Assad
• Un Certain Regard Best Director: Alain Guiraudie for Stranger by the Lake
• Un Certain Regard Best First Film: Fruitvale Station by Ryan Coogler
• A Certain Talent: Diego Quemada-Diez for The Golden Cage

• Ilo Ilo by Anthony Chen

• 1st Prize: Needle by Anahita Ghazvinizadeh
• 2nd Prize: Waiting for the Thaw by Sarah Hirtt
• 3rd Prize: In the Fishbowl by Tudor Cristian Jurgiu

• Short Film Palme d'Or: Safe by Moon Byoung-gon
  • Special Distinction:
    • Hvalfjordur by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
    • 37°4 S by Adriano Valerio

• Blue Is the Warmest Colour by Abdellatif Kechiche (In Competition)^[44][45]
• Manuscripts Don't Burn by Mohammad Rasoulof (Un Certain Regard)
• Blue Ruin by Jeremy Saulnier (Directors' Fortnight)

• Vulcan Award: Antoine Héberlé (cinematography) for Grigris^[46]

• The Past by Asghar Farhadi^[46][47]
  • Special Mention:
  • Miele by Valeria Golino
  • Like Father, Like Son by Hirokazu Koreeda

• Nespresso Grand Prize: Salvo by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza^[48]
• France 4 Visionary Award: Salvo by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza
  • Special Mention: Los Dueños by Agustín Toscano and Ezequiel Radusky
• Discovery Award for short film: Come and Play by Daria Belova
• Canal+ Short Film Award: Pleasure by Ninja Thyberg

• Art Cinema Award: Me, Myself and Mum by Guillaume Gallienne^[49]
• Prix SACD: Me, Myself and Mum by Guillaume Gallienne
• Europa Cinemas: The Selfish Giant by Clio Barnard
• Premier Prix Illy for Short Filmmaking: A Wild Goose Chase by Joao Nicolau
  • Special Mention: About a Month by Andre Novais Oliveira

• Grand Central by Rebecca Zlotowski^[50]

• Stranger by the Lake by Alain Guiraudie^[51]

• Palm Dog Award: Baby Boy in Behind the Candelabra^[52]

• Official website Retrospective 2013 Archived 27 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine
• 66ème Festival de Cannes
• Cannes Film Festival: Awards for 2013 at Internet Movie Database
• A timeline of India at Cannes