05 · 27 · 07 Elisa Miller Wins Palme D’or 05.28.07 Share with twitter Share with facebook Share with mail Copy to clipboard Translated by Paulina SuárezElisa Miller, winner of the Best Fiction Short Award at the FICM 2006 won the Palme D’or last night at the Cannes Film festival for Ver Llover. Miller, who is still a student at the CCC (Mexico’s Center for Cinematographic Studies), was the only female director competing in the Short Film category, and was up against filmmakers from Singapore, Poland, Germany, France, New Zeleand, Switzerland, The United States, and the Netherlands. Ver llover tells the story of Jonás (Diego Cataño) and Sofía (Sofía Espinosa), two teenagers who live in a town. Sofia wants to move; Jonás has to decide whether to go with her or not. “For the second time in the history of the Cannes Film Festival, a Mexican Director wins the Palme D’Or in the short film category. Elisa Miller is a third-year film student at the CCC (Center for Cinematographic Studies). Ver llover isn’t even her graduate thesis, but just an exercise; and she’d already won Best Short at the Morelia Film Fest. (In 1994, Carlos Carrera won the Palm D’Or for El héroe.)”-- Leonardo García Tsao; La Jornada, Cannes, May 27 AWARDS Palme d´Or: ¨4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days,¨ Cristian Mungiu (Romania) Grand Prix (runner-up): ¨The Mourning Forest¨ (Mogari No Mori), Naomi Kawase (Japan) Prix de la Mise en Scene (Best Director): Julian Schnabel, ¨The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le Scaphandre et Le Papillon) (USA) Prix du 60th Anniversaire: Gus Van Sant, ¨Paranoid Park¨ (USA) Prix du Scenario (Best Screenplay Award): Fatih Akin for ¨The Edge of Heaven¨ (Auf Der Anderen Siete), (Germany) Prix d´interpretation feminine (Best Actress): Jeon Do-yeon for ¨Secret Sunshine¨ directed by Lee Chang-dong Prix d´interpretation masculine (Best Actor): Constantine Lavronenko for ¨Izgnanie,¨ directed by Andrei Zviaguintsev Prix du Jury (Jury Prize) (tie): ¨Persepolis,¨ directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud; and ¨Stellet Licht,¨ directed by Carlos Reygadas Palme d´Or (short film): ¨Ver Llover,¨ directed by Elisa Miller International Critics´ Week:Grand Prize: ¨XXY,¨ directed by Lucia PuenzoThe SACD French Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers Award: ¨Meduzot,¨ directed by Etgar Keret Shira GeffenThe Canal + Grand Prize - Best Short Film: ¨Madame Tutli-Putli,¨ directed by Chris Lavis and Maciek SczerbowskiCamera d´Or (For best first feature): ¨Meduzot¨ (Jellyfish), Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen, Camera d´Or Special Mention: ¨Control,¨ by Anton Corbijn UN CERTAIN REGARDPrix Un Certain Regard - Fondation Gan Pour le Cinema: ¨California Dreamin´¨ (Nesfarsit), directed by Christian NemescuPrix Special du Jury Un Certain Regard: ¨Actresses,¨ directed by Valeria Bruni-TedeschiJury Coup de Coeur: ¨Bikur Hatizmoret¨ (The Band´s Visit) directed by Eran Kolirin OTHER AWARDS:Directors´ Fortnight:Prix Regards Jeunes (Young Eyes Prize): ¨Control,¨ directed by Anton CorbijnPrix Art et Essai: ¨Garage,¨ directed by Lenny AbrahamsonLabel Europa Cinema Prize: ¨Control,¨ directed by Anton CorbijnSACD Prize for Best Short Film: ¨Meme pas Mort,¨ directed by Claudine NatkinFIPRESCI - Official Selection Prize: ¨4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days,¨ directed by Cristian MungiuFIPRESCI - Critics´ Week and Directors´ Fortnight Prize: ¨Elle s´appelle Sabine,¨ directed by Sandrine Bonnaire FIPRESCI - Official Selection Prize: ¨4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days,¨ directed by Cristian MungiuFIPRESCI - Critics´ Week and Directors´ Fortnight Prize: ¨Elle s´appelle Sabine,¨ directed by Sandrine Bonnaire Ecumenical Jury Prize: ¨The Edge of Heaven,¨ directed by Fatih Akin Youth Prize: ¨The Band´s Visit,¨ directed by Eran Kolirin French National Education Administration Prize: ¨4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days,¨ directed by Cristian Mungiu Prix France-Culture (career achievement): Rithy Panh
