2013 Cannes Film Festival

The 66th Cannes Film Festival took place in Cannes, France, from 15 to 26 May 2013. Steven Spielberg was the Jury President for the main competition. New Zealand film director Jane Campion was the head of the jury for the Cinéfondation and Short Film sections. French actress Audrey Tautou hosted the opening and closing ceremonies. Actress Kim Novak was named guest of honour and introduced a new restored version of Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo. The festival poster featured the real-life couple and Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward kissing during the shooting of A New Kind of Love.

The festival Opening Film was The Great Gatsby, directed by Baz Luhrmann. While Zulu, directed by Jérôme Salle, was the Closing Film. The Bling Ring, directed by Sofia Coppola, opened the Un Certain Regard section.

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.

On the occasion of 100 Years of Indian Cinema, India was the 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.

Main 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

In Competition
The following films have been selected for the In Competition section. The Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted :

Un Certain Regard
The following films have been selected in the Un Certain Regard section. The Un Certain Regard Prize winner has been highlighted :


 *  (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:
 *  (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:

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. The winner of the Cinéfondation First Prize has been highlighted.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Short films

Official awards
The French film Blue Is the Warmest Colour, directed by Abdellatif Kechiche, won the Palme d'Or. 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. 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. It has shocked some critics with its graphic and controversial sex scenes. 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. 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." 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.

The following films and people received the 2013 Official Selection awards:

In Competition

 * 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

Un Certain Regard

 * Prix Un Certain Regard: The Missing Picture by Rithy Panh
 * 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

Caméra d'Or

 * Ilo Ilo by Anthony Chen

Cinéfondation

 * 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 Films Competition

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

FIPRESCI Prizes

 * Blue Is the Warmest Colour by Abdellatif Kechiche (In Competition)
 * Manuscripts Don't Burn by Mohammad Rasoulof (Un Certain Regard)
 * Blue Ruin by Jeremy Saulnier (Directors' Fortnight)

Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist

 * Vulcan Award: Antoine Héberlé (cinematography) for Grigris

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

 * The Past by Asghar Farhadi
 * Special Mention:
 * Miele by Valeria Golino
 * Like Father, Like Son by Hirokazu Koreeda

Critics' Week

 * Nespresso Grand Prize: Salvo by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza
 * 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

Directors' Fortnight

 * Art Cinema Award: Me, Myself and Mum by Guillaume Gallienne
 * 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

Prix François Chalais

 * Grand Central by Rebecca Zlotowski

Queer Palm

 * Stranger by the Lake by Alain Guiraudie

Palm Dog Jury

 * Palm Dog Award: Baby Boy in Behind the Candelabra