Marit Kapla member of the jury Un certain regard

The Festival Director of Göteborg International Film Festival, Marit Kapla, is one of five members of the jury of the section Un Certain Regard at the Cannes film festival, May 13-24.

Winning films in this section was:

Un Certain Regard Prize - Groupama Gan Foundation for Cinema
KYNODONTAS (DOGTOOTH) directed by Yorgos LANTHIMOS

Jury Prize - Un Certain Regard
POLITIST, ADJECTIV (POLICE, ADJECTIVE) directed by Corneliu PORUMBOIU

Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize Ex-aequo
KASI AZ GORBEHAYE IRANI KHABAR NADAREH (NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT PERSIAN CATS) directed by Bahman GHOBADI

LE PÈRE DE MES ENFANTS (FATHER OF MY CHILDREN ) directed by Mia HANSEN-LØVE

President of the jury is the Italian director Paolo Sorrentino, who was in main competition in Cannes 2008 with his film Il Divo. The other three members are the French actress Julie Gayet, the Indian journalist and film festival director Uma da Cunha and the director of the Toronto film festival, Piers Handling.

Un Certain Regard (lit. ”a certain glance”, fig. ”a certain outlook”) is a section in the official program in Cannes. It was introduced by the festival’s current president Gilles Jacob in 1978 to present a wide selection of films in different styles, ”original and different”, works which seek international recognition.

The jury is deciding on the winner of Prix Un Certain Regard, a grant to aid its theatrical distribution in France. Since 2005 the grant consists of 30 000 €, financed by the Groupama Gan Foundation.

- It was marvellous! Being invited to the jury was like if somebody you are secretly in love with, all of a sudden steps forward and make a proposal to marry! At the same time it is a recognition of our festival’s good international reputation, says Marit Kapla.