2015 Cannes Film Festival

2015 Cannes Film Festival

Official poster of the 68th Cannes Film Festival featuring a photo of Ingrid Bergman by David Seymour
Opening film	Standing Tall
Closing film	Ice and the Sky
Location	Cannes, France
Founded	1946
Awards	Palme d'Or (Dheepan)
Hosted by	Lambert Wilson
Number of films	19 (In Competition) 19 (Un Certain Regard) 9 (Short Film)
Festival date	13 – 24 May 2015
Website	www.festival-cannes.com/en.html

The 68th annual Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 to 24 May 2015.Joel and Ethan Coen were the Presidents of the Jury for the main competition. It was the first time that two people chaired the jury. Since the Coen brothers each received a separate vote, they were joined by seven other jurors to form the customary nine-juror panel. French actor Lambert Wilson was the host for the opening and closing ceremonies.

The Palme d'Or was awarded to the French film Dheepan directed by Jacques Audiard. On winning the award Audiard said "To receive a prize from the Coen brothers is something pretty exceptional. I'm very touched".

The festival poster featured Hollywood star and Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman, photographed by David Seymour. The poster was chosen to pay tribute to Bergman for her contributions to films and who also served as the Jury President at 1973 Cannes Film Festival. As part of the tribute to Bergman, the Swedish documentary Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words was screened in the Cannes Classics section.

Standing Tall, directed by Emmanuelle Bercot, was the festival's opening film. This was the second opening film in the festival's history to have been directed by a woman, after A Man in Love by Diane Kurys which opened the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.Ice and the Sky, directed by Luc Jacquet, was the festival's closing film. Both the opening and closing films were selected for the strength and importance of their messages—Standing Tall for the way its themes respond to the Charlie Hebdo shootings and Ice and the Sky for its concern for the future of the planet.