Cannes Film Festival

2009 Cannes Film Festival - Prize of the Ecumenical Jury WinnerLooking for EricKen LoachEric, a football fanatic postman whose life is descending into crisis, receives some life coaching from the famously philosophical Eric Cantona.Amazon

2008 Cannes Film Festival - Prize of the Ecumenical Jury WinnerAdorationAtom EgoyanFor his French-class assignment, a high school student weaves his family history in a news story involving terrorism, and goes on to invite an Internet audience in on the resulting controversy.Amazon

2007 Cannes Film Festival - Prize of the Ecumenical Jury WinnerThe Edge of HeavenFatih AkinA Turkish man travels to Istanbul to find the daughter of his father's former girlfriend.Amazon

2006 Cannes Film Festival - Prize of the Ecumenical Jury WinnerBabelAlejandro G. IñárrituTragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families.Amazon

2005 Cannes Film Festival - Prize of the Ecumenical Jury WinnerCachéMichael HanekeA married couple is terrorized by a series of surveillance videotapes left on their front porch.Amazon

2004 Cannes Film Festival - Prize of the Ecumenical Jury WinnerThe Motorcycle DiariesWalter SallesThe dramatization of a motorcycle road trip Che Guevara went on in his youth that showed him his life's calling.Amazon

2003 Cannes Film Festival - Prize of the Ecumenical Jury WinnerAt Five in the AfternoonSamira MakhmalbafIn a post-Taliban Afghanistan a young woman (Agheleh Rezaie) attends school against her conservative father's will, hoping to learn more about democracy to fulfill her dream of being the country's next president.Amazon

2002 Cannes Film Festival - Prize of the Ecumenical Jury WinnerThe Man Without a PastAki KaurismäkiM arrives in Helsinki only to be viciously attacked by thugs and pronounced dead by medics. He revives but with no memory of his past or his identity. He rebuilds his life from scratch, but the past inevitably catches up with him.Amazon

2001 Cannes Film Festival - Prize of the Ecumenical Jury WinnerThe Sun Behind the MoonMohsen MakhmalbafAfter an Afghanistan-born woman who lives in Canada receives a letter from her suicidal sister, she takes a perilous journey through Afghanistan to try to find her.Amazon

2000 Cannes Film Festival - Prize of the Ecumenical Jury WinnerCode UnknownMichael HanekeA young man harasses a homeless woman, another man protests, the police arrest both and the woman has to leave the country. What were their various story-lines leading up to this event?AmazonEurekaShinji AoyamaThe traumatized survivors of a murderous bus hijacking come together and take a road trip to attempt to overcome their damaged selves. Meanwhile a serial killer is on the loose.AmazonFast Food Fast WomenAmos KollekHow important is the truth when falling in love? Bella is a Manhattan café waitress, about to turn 35, stuck in a long-term affair going nowhere. Paul is a widower, facing old age alone. ...Amazon