History
2009 • 35th edition
From 4th to 13th September 2009.
The Festival opened with an exceptional concert by Julia Migenes. This year’s guest of honour was Harrison Ford, emblematic of American cinema and loyal friend of the Deauville Festival. The Rendez-vous was with actor Andy Garcia, to whom the Festival also paid tribute, alongside Robin Wright (Robin Wright Penn at the time), the ZAZ trio (David Zucker – Jim Abrahams – Jerry Zucker) and Robert Aldrich. In order to reinforce its identity, and following the presentation in competition of Lee Daniels’ Precious – greeted with enthusiasm by the public and which won the 2009 Jury Prize – the Festival adopted a sub-title for the future, in English: “A PRECIOUS moment for all cinema lovers”.
The Jury
Jean-Pierre Jeunet (President), Hiam Abbass, Dany Boon, Jean-Loup Dabadie, Émilie Dequenne, Deborah François, Sandrine Kiberlain, Patrice Leconte, Géraldine Pailhas, Bruno Podalydès
Revelation Jury
Maïwenn (President), Romane Bohringer, Nicolas Fargues, Aïssa Maïga, Louise Monot, Raphaël
Le Palmarès
Grand Prize : THE MESSENGER Oren Moverman
Jury’s Prize (ex-aequo) : PRECIOUS Lee Daniels & SIN NOMBRE Cary Joji Fukunaga
The most promising newcomer prize : HUMPDAY Lynn Shelton
Critics award : THE MESSENGER Oren Moverman