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Festivalissimo, the Ibero-Latin-American Film Festival of Montreal just ended the 16th edition, where its artistic programming was being highly praised by thousands of festival-goers. Originating from 12 different countries, the menu offered 27 feature-length films that were all premieres in their own right; 5 North American premieres, 12 Canadian premieres rounded out with 10 never before seen films in Quebec. As with all festivals, they do hand out awards. Here is the list for all the winners from this year’s edition.

Best Male Actor (ex æquo)

Marcelo Alonso – Post Mortem by Pablo Larraín, Chile

Jean Remy Gentil – Jean Gentil by Israel Cárdenas and Laura Amelia Guzmán, Mexico / Dominican Republic

A special mention goes to:

Alberto San Juan – La isla interior by Dunia Ayaso and Félix Sabroso, Spain

Best Female Actor (ex æquo)

Ofelia Medina – Las buenas hierbas by María Novaro, Mexico

Eva Bianco – Los labios by Iván Fund and Santiago Loza, Argentina

A special...

Well, after about two weeks, the Cannes Film Festival has just come to a close, and the jury has come in with what they think are the best of the best from this year’s festival.

Jury head Tim Burton and company have come in, and it appears as though they’ve picked some interesting choices. The Palme d’Or went to Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s film Uncle Boonme Who Can Recall His Past Lives. The film beat out Xavier Beauvois’ Of God And Men, with the latter garnering the most buzz as a possible Best Foreign Film Oscar contender this year. Big names have taken home the top acting prizes, with Javier Bardem and Juliette Binoche taking home best actor and actress for Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s polarizing Biutiful and Abbas Kiarostami’s beloved Certified Copy respectfully. The final big award was also quite a shocking pick, as Best Director...

This year’s Cannes Film Festival is over. No more red carpet glamour, photos of celebrities wearing designer dresses, perfect make-up with perfect hairstyles, but one thing is for sure – movie reports are still actual!

So, we are here today to share the Complete list of 2010 Winners. As usual, we’ll start with The Palme d’Or that went to Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives.

We already wrote about this movie, but we are going to remind you that this “Uncle Boonmee” is actually the feature film element of Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Primitive project, which deals with ideas of extinction and the recollection of past lives.

It is the first Thai-directed film to receive the fest’s top honor, but this director had previously won the jury prize for 2005’s Tropical Malady and Un Certain Regard’s trophy for 2002’s Blissfully Yours.

The Grand...

The time has come, dear friends and listeners, for the grand announcements that litter the end of prestigious events like this Cannes film festival, so gather round and Ill tell tale of who have become the chosen few. I fear the sun has gone to my head…

Anyway, all archaics aside, the Sunday evening ceremony that every year marks the end of the fest is justifiably a well-attended thing, with journalists and cinephiles around the world hooked on who will come out victorious, and which shoo-in was painfully snubbed this time around.

With my outward bound flight now almost a memory, and my feet planted firmly back on pretty infeasibly hot British soil for a few days, my experience of the awards ceremonies has been somewhat less glamorous than the rest of the festival. But who says drinking Nutella and hot water isnt just as classy as champagne fuelled hobnobbing on the Cote d’Azur?...

South Korean comedy Hahaha (no, we’re not laughing, that’s the title of the winner!) received the top prize during the Un Certain Regard section of the 63rd annual Cannes Film Festival!

Hahaha

So, Asia picked up its first Cannes honors on Saturday, and director Hong Sangsoo has a lot of reasons to be satisfied. That’s why we’re here today to have a little chat about his interesting project, and to share the rest of winners in this category….

The latest film by Hong Sang-soo is about “old buddies Mun-kyeong and Jung-sik who reunite after a long time. They realize that they both recently travelled to Tongyeong, where they each got involved in a series of romantic mishaps. It turns out however that they crossed paths with the same people”.

Official Hahaha synopsis: Filmmaker Jo Munkyung plans to leave Seoul to live in Canada. So days before his departure,...

The Cannes Film Festival is over and another raft of films have been awarded some of the most prestigious prizes on the planet. The biggest surprise was reserved for the Palme D’Or, which went to a Thai film with the curious title of Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives. It is described as a ‘mystical film’ and no wonder such a weird one grabbed the award with Tim Burton on the jury. Mike Leigh never stood a chance!

Here’s a full list of winners:

Palme d’Or

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Spain-Thailand-Germany-u.K.-France)

Grand Prix

Of Gods and Men (Xavier Beauvois, France)

Director

Mathieu Amalric (On Tour, France)

Jury Prize

A Screaming Man (Mahamet-Saleh Haroun, France-Belgium-Chad)

Actor

Javier Bardem (Biutiful, Mexico-Spain) and Elio Germano (Our Life, Italy)

Actress

Juliette Binoche (Certified Copy, France-Italy-Iran)

Screenplay

Lee Chang-dong (Poetry, South Korea...

There was enormous surprise Sunday evening at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival where the Palme d’Or was awarded to Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s captivating Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives. This film was co-produced by the UK, France, Germany and Spain. At 39, the director confirms his original talent previously lauded at Cannes with the Un Certain Regard Prize in 2002 for Blissfully Yours and the Jury Prize in 2004 for Tropical Malady.

With triple success for France and honours for Italy and Spain, Europe is also well-represented in a prize list that was apparently the subject of intense discussions. The Grand Prize went to Of Gods and Men by French director Xavier Beauvois , while his compatriot Juliette Binoche scooped Best Actress for Abbas Kiarostami’s Certified Copy. Mathieu Amalric completes the French haul with Best Director for On Tour (co-produced with Germany).

Best Actor was shared by Spain...

Celebrity Sightings: Lindsay Lohan looking like she's attending a toga party. Mischa Barton looking like a creepy Stepford Wife. Are these signs that Cannes is winding down?

Deals: Another pickup for IFC: Bertrand Tavernier's The Princess of Montpensier.

News: Hong Sangsoo's Ha Ha Ha (pictured) won the top award in the Un Certain Regard section. A special award was also given to Los Labios actresses Adela Sanzhez, Eva Bianco and Victoria Raposo. The first annual Queer Palm award, given to an Lgbt film, goes to Gregg Araki's Kaboom. Director's Fortnight winners include Pieds nus sur les limaces, Illegal, Le Quatro Volte and Vuk, a dog who co-stars in Le Quatro Volte. And the Cinefondation Awards for student works were spread to films from Finland, France, Serbia and the U.S. (Nyu).

International critics awarded Fipresci prizes to Matthieu Amalric's Tournee (On Tour), Pal Adrienn and Todos vos sodes capitans.

The 2010 Cannes Film Festival has come to an end, the ballots are in, and the winners have been announced. The Palme d’Or went to Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, an “arresting and imaginative cinematic oddity touching on themes of animism and reincarnation.” With the win, Weerasethakul became the first Thai director to win the fest’s top prize. The acting categories included some more familiar (and easier to spell) names: Juliette Binoche was honored for her work in Certified Copy, while Javier Bardem’s turn in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Biutiful was deemed to be equally superlative to that of the Italian Elio Germano in Our Life.

Despite buzz for Mike Leigh’s Another Year, we English-speakers were completely shut out at this year’s Cannes, whose lineup was reportedly the “weakest in years.” Check out a list of all the winners after the break.

With an eye on the original and different and a commitment to heighten awareness of young international talent the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival is a separate competition than the one for the coveted Palme d'Or, but nevertheless it is a part of the festival some cinephiles pay just as much attention to.

This year, South Korean director Hong Sangsoo has picked up the Un Certain Regard award for his film Hahaha. The jury, led by filmmaker Claire Denis, viewed a total of 19 films this year, and awarded the jury prize (essentially the runner-up) to the Peruvian film Octubre, and actresses Adela Sanzhez, Eva Bianco, and Victoria Raposo from the film Ivan Fund received special recognition, as did Santiago Losa's Los Labios.

Hahaha is the story of two South Koreans who serendipitously meet in Canada and during the course of their conversations, realize they've met the...

Cannes -- South Korean director Hong Sangsoo's "Hahaha" laughed its way through the Festival de Cannes' Un Certain Regard awards on Saturday, taking the top prize from the Fondation Groupama Gan.

"Hahaha" follows two men who meet by chance in Canada and share travel stories then realize they've met the same people along the way.

A jury presided by Claire Denis saw 19 films from 21 directors hailing from 19 different countries in the Un Certain Regard category.

The Jury Prize went to Peruvian brothers Daniel and Diego Vega for their film "October." The prize for the best performance in the sidebar went to the actresses of Ivan Fund and Santiago Loza's "The Lips," Adela Sanchez, Eva Bianco and Victoria Raposo.