Austrian director Michael Haneke took the Palme d’Or at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival for his look at the origins of fascism in pre-first world war Germany, the White Ribbon. Other winners included Britain’ Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank which shared the Jury Prize with Park Chan-wook’s Thirst. A Prophet, a prison drama by France’s Jacques Audiard took the Grand Prix, and the Best Director Award went to the Philippines’ Brillante Mendoza for his film Kinatay.
Background: Cannes Film Festival, Guardian.co.uk
