 Official poster of the 61st Cannes Film Festival featuring a photo of model Anouk Marguerite and photographed by Pierre Collier.[1] | |
| Opening film | Blindness |
|---|---|
| Closing film | What Just Happened |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: The Class |
| Hosted by | Édouard Baer |
| No. of films | 22 (Main Competition) |
| Festival date | 14 May 2008 – 25 May 2008 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 14 to 25 May 2008. American actor and filmmaker Sean Penn served as jury president for the main competition. French filmmaker Laurent Cantet won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film The Class.[2][3]
The festival opened with Blindness by Fernando Meirelles[4] and closed with What Just Happened by Barry Levinson.[5] Édouard Baer was the master of ceremonies.[6]
The British press reported the list of films in competition this year was notable for its absence of British films for the second successive year.[7][8]
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- ^ "61ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Cannes 2008 / Palmarés". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Cannes Film Festival 2008 opener: the end of civilisation". The Telegraph. 9 May 2008. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^ "2008 Cannes Film Festival Lineup". voices.yahoo.com. 14 May 2008. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014.
- ^ "Edouard Baer, emcee of the 62nd Cannes Film Festival". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013.
- ^ "Cannes Film Festival snubs British movies for the second year running". The Independent. 23 April 2008. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^ "Indiana Jones steals the show as Cannes ignores British films". The Times Literary Supplement. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011.