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The main prize “Golden George” for the best film
Be hamin sadegi / As Simple As That
dir. Reza Mir Karimi, Iran

The special jury prize “Silver George”
Un coeur simple / The Simple Heart
dir. Marion Laine, France

The prize “Silver George” for the best director
Javor Gardev (Zift, Bulgaria)

The prize “Silver George” for the best actor
Richard Jenkins ( The Visitor, USA)

The prize “Silver George” for the best actress
Margherita Buy
Giorni e nuvole / Days and Clouds, Italy / Switzerland

When Quentin Tarantino announced at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival that he was finally going to make his big war epic Inglorious Bastards, I commented that Tarantino sometimes comes off like a compulsive liar. Because, lets face it, how many projects has this guy promised over the years that have not and probably will never come to fruition (The Vega Brothers, The Psychic Remake, the Kill Bill Prequel/sequel… etc). I think the guy just has a lot of ideas that he enjoys talking about.

Blindness, the opening film and the first film in competition, was presented to the press today. Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles was present with cast members Julianne Moore, Gael Garcia Bernal, Danny Glover, Alice Braga, Yoshino Kimura, Yusuke Iseya, and actor/screenwriter Don McKellar.

Movie icon Clint Eastwood will premiere his latest directorial outing, called Changeling, at the Cannes International Film Festival next month.

The 1920s thriller, about a woman whose son is kidnapped, stars Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich and Amy Ryan.

Other films set for the event include Wim Wenders' The Palermo Shooting and Steven Soderbergh's four-hour biopic of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara.

The latest Indiana Jones movie will also be shown out of competition.

The 61st Cannes Film Festival runs from 14-25 May in the south of France.