2012 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 65th Cannes Film Festival featuring a photo of American actress Marilyn Monroe
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| Opening film | Moonrise Kingdom |
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| Closing film | Thérèse Desqueyroux |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or (Amour) |
| Hosted by | Bérénice Bejo |
| No. of films | 22 (In Competition) 20 (Un Certain Regard) 10 (Short Film) |
| Festival date | 16 – 27 May 2012 |
| Website | www |
The 65th annual Cannes Film Festival was held from 16 to 27 May 2012. Italian film director Nanni Moretti was the President of the Jury for the main competition and British actor Tim Roth was the President of the Jury for the Un Certain Regard section. French actress Bérénice Bejo hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.
The festival opened with the US film Moonrise Kingdom, directed by Wes Anderson and closed with the late Claude Miller's final film Thérèse Desqueyroux. The main announcement of the line-up took place on 19 April. The official poster of the festival features Marilyn Monroe, to mark the 50th anniversary of her death.
The Palme d'Or was awarded to Austrian director Michael Haneke for his film Amour. Haneke previously won the Palme d'Or in 2009 for The White Ribbon. The jury gave the Grand Prize to Matteo Garrone's Reality, while Ken Loach's The Angels' Share was awarded the Jury Prize.
The official selection was announced on 19 April at Grand Hôtel in Paris. Among comments after the announcement, journalists noted the unusually high number of Hollywood films in the line-up, the absence of any female director in the main competition, as well as the absence of competing first-time feature film directors. The festival's artistic leader Thierry Frémaux responded that people should not focus only on the competition films: "The selection is an ensemble; you have to consider the whole package."
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