The 62nd Cannes Film Festival took place from 13 May to 24 May 2009. French actress Isabelle Huppert served as jury president for the main competition. Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke won the Palme
The poster shows a still from the film L'Avventura by Michelangelo Antonioni.
The members of the main competition jury.
Isabelle Huppert, President of the 2009 Competition Jury
Michael Haneke, winner of the 2009 Palme d'Or
The Grand Prix is an award of the Cannes Film Festival bestowed by the jury of the festival on one of the competing feature films. It is the second-most prestigious prize of the festival after the Pal
2026 recipient: Andrey Zvyagintsev
Andrei Tarkovsky won twice for Solaris (1972) and The Sacrifice (1986)
Pier Paolo Pasolini won for Arabian Nights (1974)
Éric Rohmer won for The Marquise of O (1976)