2015 Cannes Film Festival was 68th Cannes Festival. It was held from 13 to 24 May 2015.

Cannes Festival:

• Cannes festival previously known as International Festival.
• It changed its name after 2002.
• It is held in Cannes France.
• he Cannes Film Festival has its origins in the late 1932s.
• In 1955, the Palme d’Or was created, replacing the Grand Prix du Festival.
• In 1962, the International Critics’ Week was born.

Cannes Festival 2015

• Jury of the festival: This time the jury was consisted of 2 people. It was the first time that two people chaired the jury. they were joined by seven other jurors to form the customary nine-juror panel.
• The names persons who chaired the the jury are:
  •   Joel
  •  Ethan Coen
• Host: Lambert Wilson, who is a french actor, was the host for the opening and closing ceremonies.
• Palme d’Or Award
  •  The films competing for the Palme d’Or were announced at a press conference on 16 April 2015.
  • Two films were added to the main competition line-up on 23 April 2015, Valley of Love, and Chronic.
  • The Palme d’Or was awarded to the French film Dheepan directed by Jacques Audiard.
• Festival Poster:
  • It 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.
  • the Swedish documentary Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words was screened in the Cannes Classics section.
• Festival Opening film: Standing Tall
  •  director:  Emmanuelle Bercot.
  •  This was the second opening film in the festival’s history to have been directed by a woman.
  • First was A Man in Love by Diane Kurys.
• Festival Closing Film: Ice and the Sky
• Honoary Palme d’Or at the festival’s closing ceremony: Agnès Varda
  •  she become the first ever women to recieve such award.

The list of Awards:

In Competition:

• Grand Prix – Son of Saul by László Nemes
• Best Director – Hou Hsiao-hsien for The Assassin
• Best Screenplay – Michel Franco for Chronic
• Best Actress
  • Rooney Mara for Carol
  • Emmanuelle Bercot for Mon roi
• Best Actor – Vincent Lindon for The Measure of a Man
• Jury Prize – The Lobster by Yorgos Lanthimos

Un Certain Regard

• Un Certain Regard Award – Rams by Grímur Hákonarson
• Un Certain Regard Jury Prize – The High Sun by Dalibor Matanić
• Un Certain Regard Award for Best Director – Kiyoshi Kurosawa for Journey to the Shore
• Prix Un Certain Talent – The Treasure by Corneliu Porumboiu
• Un Certain Regard Special Prize for Promising Future:
  • Nahid by Ida Panahandeh
  • Masaan by Neeraj Ghaywan

Cinéfondation

• First Prize – Share by Pippa Bianco
• Second Prize – Lost Queens by Ignacio Juricic Merillán
• Third Prize – The Return of Erkin by Maria Guskova and Victor XX by Ian Garrido López

Golden Camera

• Caméra d’Or – Land and Shade by César Augusto Acevedo

Short Films

• Short Film Palme d’Or – Waves ’98 by Ely Dagher

Directors’ Fortnight

• Art Cinema Award – Embrace of the Serpent by Ciro Guerra
• SACD Prize – My Golden Years by Arnaud Desplechin
• Europa Cinemas Label Award – Mustang by Deniz Gamze Ergüven
• Illy Prize for Short Film – Rate Me by Fyzal Boulifa
• Special Mention – The Exquisite Corpus by Peter Tscherkassky

FIPRESCI Prize

• In Competition – Son of Saul by László Nemes
• Un Certain Regard – Masaan by Neeraj Ghaywan
• Parallel Sections – Paulina by Santiago Mitre (International Critics’ Week)

Ecumenical Jury

• Prize of the Ecumenical Jury – My Mother by Nanni Moretti
• Commendations:
  • The Measure of a Man by Stéphane Brizé
  • Taklub by Brillante Mendoza

L’Œil d’or Jury

• L’Œil d’or – Beyond My Grandfather Allende by Marcia Tambutti Allende
• Special Mention – Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words by Stig Björkman

Queer Palm Jury

• Queer Palm Award – Carol by Todd Haynes
• Special Mention – The Lobster by Yorgos Lanthimos
• Short Film Queer Palm – Lost Queens by Ignacio Juricic Merillán

Palm Dog Jury

• Palm Dog Award – Lucky the Maltipoo for Arabian Nights
• Grand Jury Prize – “Bob” from The Lobster
• Palm Dog Manitarian award – I Am a Soldier

Prix François Chalai

• François Chalais Prize – Son of Saul by László Nemes

Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist

• Vulcan Award – Tamás Zányi for Son of Saul (sound design)

Cannes Soundtrack Award

• Lim Giong for The Assassin