Cannes Film Festival 2008

Main Competition

• Sean Penn , actor and director (   USA ) - chairman of the jury.
• Rashid Bushareb , director (   Algeria )
• Apichatpong Virasetakul , director and screenwriter (   Thailand )
• Sergio Castellitto , actor and director (   Italy )
• Alfonso Cuaron , Director (   Mexico )
• Alexandra Maria Lara , actress (   Germany )
• Natalie Portman , actress (   USA )

Special Look

• Fatih Akin , director (   Germany ) - Chairman of the nomination.
• Anupama Chopra, film critic, writer (   India )
• Yasser Moheb, film critic, journalist
• Ekaterina Mtsturidze , film critic, TV presenter (   Russia )
• Jose Maria Prada, Curator of the Spanish Film Library (   Spain )

Golden Camera

• Bruno Dumont , director (   France ) - Chairman of the nomination.

Cinema Fund and Short Film Competition

• Hou Xiaoxian , Director (   Republic of China ) - Chairman of the nomination.
• Olivier Assayas , Director (   France )
• Suzanne Beer , Director (   Denmark )
• Lawrence Cardish (   USA )
• Marina Hands , actress (   France )

• " The arrestee ", dir. Pablo Trapero (   Argentina )
• Waltz with Bashir , dir. Ari Volman (   Israel )
• Gomorrah , dir. Matteo Garrone (   Italy )
• " City 24 ", dir. Jia Zhangke (   China )
• The Frontier of Dawn , dir. Philip Garrell (   France )
• " Lovers ", dir. James Gray (   USA )
• The Delta , dir. Cornel Mundruzo (   Hungary )
• “ Woman without a head ”, dir. Lucresia Martel (   Argentina )
• Amazing , dir. Paolo Sorrentino (   Italy )
• " Class ", dir. Laurent Cante (   France )
• Transition Lines , dir. Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas (   Brazil )
• My Magic , dir. Eric Ku (   Singapore )
• Silence of Lorna , dir. The Dardenne Brothers (   Belgium )
• " New York, New York ", dir. Charlie Kaufman (   USA )
• Adoration , dir. Atom Egoyan (   Canada )
• " Substitution ", dir. Clint Eastwood (   USA )
• " Christmas Tale ", dir. Arno Deplachen (   France )
• " Service ", dir. Diamond Mendoza (   Philippines )
• Blindness , dir. Fernando Meirellis (   USA) - Opening Film
• " Filming in Palermo ", dir. Wim Wenders (   Germany )
• Three Monkeys , dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan (   Turkey )
• Che , dir. Stephen Soderberg (   USA )

• “ Good, Bad, Fucking, ” dir. Kim Ji Un (   Republic of Korea )
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull , dir. Steven Spielberg (   USA )
• Kung Fu Panda , dir. Mark Osborne , John Stevenson (   USA )
• Vicky Cristina Barcelona , dir. Woody Allen (   USA )
• The Persecutor , dir. On Hongjin (   Republic of Korea )
• " Maradona ", dir. Emir Kusturica (   Spain   France ]   Serbia )
• " Observation ", dir. Jennifer Lynch (   USA )
• “ You and Me, ” dir. Rolland Joffe (   Russia   USA )

• Golden palm branch
  • " Class ", dir. Laurent Cante (   France )
• The Grand Prix
  • Gomorrah , dir. Matteo Garrone (   Italy )
• Best actress
  • Sandra Corveloni (   Brazil ) for the film " Lines of transition "
• Best actor
  • Benicio Del Toro (   USA ) for the film " Che "
• Best Director
  • Nuri Bilge Ceylan (   Turkey ) for the film " Three Monkeys "
• Best screenplay
  • The Dardenne Brothers (   Belgium ) for the film “ Silence of Lorna ”
• Jury prize
  • Amazing , dir. Paolo Sorrentino (   Italy )
• Golden palm branch for a short film
  • Megatron , dir. Marian Crisan (   Romania )
• Golden camera
  • Hunger , dir. Steve McQueen (   Great Britain )
• Special prize of the Golden Camera contest
  • " Everyone will die, but I will stay, " dir. Valeria Gai Germanicus (   Russia )
• Special look
  • The Tulip , dir. Sergey Dvortseva (   Kazakhstan )
• FIPRESCI Prize
  • The Delta , dir. Cornel Mundrujo (   Hungary )
• Special Prize at the 61st Cannes Film Festival for Creative Achievements
  • Catherine Deneuve (   France )
  • Clint Eastwood (   USA )
• Golden palm branch for a contribution to the cinema
  • Manuel de Oliveira (   Portugal )

• Official website of the film festival (English) (French)