The 66th Cannes Film Festival took place from 15 to 26 May 2013. American filmmaker Steven Spielberg was the Jury President for the main competition.
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.
The festival poster featured the real-life couple and Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward kissing during the shooting of A New Kind of Love. French actress Audrey Tautou hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.
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. Actress Vidya Balan was one of the Jury members for the Main Competition of the festival. 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.
The festival opened with The Great Gatsby by Baz Luhrmann, and closed with Zulu by Jérôme Salle.
Juries
In Competition Steven Spielberg, American filmmaker and producer – Jury President 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
Un Certain Regard Thomas Vinterberg, Danish filmmaker – Jury President 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
Caméra d'Or Agnès Varda, French film director – Jury President 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
Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition Jane Campion, New Zealand filmmaker – Jury President 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
Independent juries The following independent juries awarded films in the frame of the Critics' Week:
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
Official Selection In Competition The following films were selected for the Main Competition section:
English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country Behind the Candelabra Steven Soderbergh United States Blue Is the Warmest Colour La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2 Abdellatif Kechiche France, Belgium, Spain Borgman Alex van Warmerdam Netherlands A Castle in Italy Un château en Italie Valeria Bruni Tedeschi France The Great Beauty La grande bellezza Paolo Sorrentino Italy, France GriGris Mahamat Saleh Haroun Chad, France Heli Amat Escalante Mexico The Immigrant James Gray United States Inside Llewyn Davis Joel and Ethan Coen United States, France, United Kingdom Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian Arnaud Desplechin France Like Father, Like Son Hirokazu Koreeda Japan Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael KohlhaasMichael Kohlhaas Arnaud des Pallières France, Germany Nebraska Alexander Payne United States Only God Forgives Nicolas Winding Refn Denmark, France Only Lovers Left Alive Jim Jarmusch United Kingdom, Germany The Past Le Passé Asghar Farhadi France, Iran, Italy Shield of Straw Takashi Miike Japan A Touch of Sin Jia Zhangke China, Japan, France Venus in Fur La Vénus à la fourrure Roman Polanski France, Poland Young & Beautiful Jeune & Jolie François Ozon France
Un Certain Regard The following films were selected in the Un Certain Regard section:
English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country As I Lay Dying James Franco United States Bastards Les Salauds Claire Denis France, Germany Bends (CdO) Flora Lau Hong Kong The Bling Ring Sofia Coppola United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan Death March Martsang kamatayan Adolfo Alix, Jr. Philippines Fruitvale Station (CdO) Ryan Coogler United States The German Doctor Wakolda Lucía Puenzo Argentina, Spain, France, Norway The Golden Dream (CdO) La jaula de oro Diego Quemada-Diez Mexico Grand Central Rebecca Zlotowski France, Austria Manuscripts Don't Burn دستنوشتهها نمیسوزند Mohammad Rasoulof Iran Miele (CdO) Valeria Golino Italy, France The Missing Picture L'image manquante Rithy Panh Cambodia, France My Sweet Pepper Land Huner Saleem France, Germany, Iraq Norte, the End of History Norte, hangganan ng kasaysayan Lav Diaz Philippines Nothing Bad Can Happen (CdO) Tore tanzt Katrin Gebbe Germany Omar عمر Hany Abu-Assad Palestine Sarah Prefers to Run (CdO) Sarah préfère la course Chloé Robichaud Canada Stranger by the Lake L'Inconnu du lac Alain Guiraudie France (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.
Out of Competition The following films were selected to play out of competition: English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country All Is Lost J. C. Chandor Canada, United States Blood Ties Guillaume Canet France, United States Bombay Talkies Anurag Kashyap, Karan Johar, Zoya Akhtar and Dibakar Banerjee India The Great Gatsby (opening film) Baz Luhrmann Australia, United States The Last of the Unjust Le dernier des injustes Claude Lanzmann France Zulu (closing film) Jérôme Salle France, South AfricaJerry Lewis Tribute Max Rose Daniel Noah United StatesMidnight Screenings Blind Detective Johnnie To Hong Kong Monsoon Shootout (CdO) Amit Kumar India (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.
Special Screenings The following films were presented in the Special screenings section: English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country Bite the Dust Отдать концы Taisia Igumentseva Russia Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight Stephen Frears United States Return to Nuke 'Em High Volume 1 Lloyd Kaufman Seduced and Abandoned James Toback Stop the Pounding Heart Roberto Minervini United States, Italy Weekend of a Champion (1972) Roman Polanski United Kingdom
Cinéfondation 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.
English Title Original Title Director(s) School After the Winter Au-delà de l'hiver Jow Zhi Wei Le Fresnoy, France Asunción Camila Luna Toledo Pontifical Catholic University, Chile Babaga בבגה Gan de Lange Sam Spiegel Film and Television School, Israel Danse Macabre Małgorzata Rżanek Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland Duet دوئت Navid Danesh Karnameh Film School, Iran Exile Vladilen Vierny La Fémis, France Fable of a Blood-Drained Girl Contrafábula de una niña disecada Alejandro Iglesias Mendizábal Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica, Mexico Going South Jefferson Moneo Columbia University, United States Ham Story O Šunce Eliška Chytková Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic In the Fishbowl În acvariu Tudor Cristian Jurgiu UNATS, Romania The Line Kim Soo-jin Chung-Ang University, South Korea The Magnificent Lion Boy Ana Caro National Film and Television School, United Kingdom Needle Anahita Ghazvinizadeh School of the Art Institute of Chicago, United States The Norm of Life Норма жизни Evgeny Byalo BKCP, Russia Pandas Pandy Matúš Vizár FAMU, Czech Republic Stepsister Joey Izzo San Francisco State University, United States Tomorrow All the Things Mañana todas las cosas Sebastián Schjaer Universidad del Cine, Argentina Waiting for the Thaw En attendant le dégel Sarah Hirtt INSAS, Belgium
Short film competition Out of 3,500 submissions, the following films were selected to compete for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country 37˚4 S Adriano Valerio France Condom Lead Tarzan and Arab Nasser Palestine Meteorite + Impotence Omoi Sasaki Japan Mont Blanc Gilles Coulier Belgium More Than Two Hours بیشتر از دو ساعت Ali Asgari Iran Olena Elżbieta Benkowska Poland Ophelia Annarita Zambrano France Safe 세이프 Moon Byoung-gon South Korea Whale Valley Hvalfjörður Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson Denmark, Iceland
Cannes Classics 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.
English Title Original Title Director(s) Production CountryRestored PrintsThe Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)Ted KotcheffCanadaAn Autumn Afternoon (1962)Yasujirō OzuJapanLa Belle et la Bete (1946)Jean CocteauFranceCharulata (1964)চারুলতাSatyajit RayIndiaCleopatra (1963)Joseph L. MankiewiczUnited States, United KingdomConversation Piece (1974)Gruppo di famiglia in un internoLuchino ViscontiItaly, FranceThe Desert of the Tartars (1976)Il deserto dei TartariValerio ZurliniItaly, France, West GermanyFedora (1978)Billy WilderUnited StatesGoha (1958)Jacques BaratierFrance, TunisiaThe Grande Bouffe (1973)La grande abbuffataMarco FerreriItaly, FranceHiroshima mon amour (1959)Alain ResnaisFrance, JapanLe Joli Mai (1963)Chris Marker and Pierre LhommeFranceThe Last Detail (1973)Hal AshbyUnited StatesThe Last Emperor (1987)Bernardo BertolucciChina, United Kingdom, ItalyLucky Luciano (1973)Francesco RosiItalyPurple Noon (1960)Plein SoleilRené ClémentFranceQueen Margot (1994)La Reine MargotPatrice ChéreauThe Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)Les Parapluies de CherbourgJacques DemyVisions of Eight (1973)Miloš Forman, Claude Lelouch, Yuri Ozerov, Mai Zetterling, Kon Ichikawa, John Schlesinger, Arthur Penn and Michael PflegharUnited StatesWorld Cinema FoundationManila in the Claws of Light (1975)Maynila sa mga kuko ng liwanagLino BrockaPhilippinesThe Wagoner (1963)Borom SarretOusmane SembèneSenegalTributeOpiumArielle DombasleFranceDocumentaries about CinemaBarefoot in the KitchenCon la pata quebradaDiego GalánSpainShepard & DarkTreva WurmfeldUnited StatesA Story of Children and FilmMark CousinsUnited Kingdom
Cinéma de la Plage 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. English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country The Big Blue (1988) Le Grand Bleu Luc Besson France, United States, Italy The Birds (1963) Alfred Hitchcock United States Bollywood: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told (2011) Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and Jeff Zimbalist India The General (1926) Clyde Bruckman and Buster Keaton United States Jaws (1975) Steven Spielberg Jour de fête (1949) Jacques Tati France The Ladies Man (1961) Jerry Lewis United States Safety Last! (1923) Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor Siméon (1992) Euzhan Palcy France, Guadeloupe, Martinique That Man from Rio (1963) L'homme De Rio Philippe De Broca Italy, France