Opening film | Grace of Monaco |
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Closing film | A Fistful of Dollars |
Location | Cannes, France |
Founded | 1946 |
Awards | Palme d'Or: Winter Sleep |
Hosted by | Lambert Wilson |
No. of films | 18 (In Competition) |
Festival date | 14 – 25 May 2014 |
Website | festival-cannes |
The 67th Cannes Film Festival took place from 14 to 25 May 2014.[1][2] New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion was the head of the jury for the main competition.[3] French actor Lambert Wilson hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.[4][5] Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Winter Sleep.[6][7]
The festival poster featured Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni from Federico Fellini's 1963 film 8½, which was presented in the Out of Competition section of the 1963 Cannes Film Festival.[8]
The festival opened with Grace of Monaco by Olivier Dahan,[9][10] and closed with a restored 4K version of Sergio Leone's 1964 western A Fistful of Dollars.[11]
Due to European Parliament elections which took place on 25 May 2014, the closing ceremony took place on 24 May.[12]