The film premiered during the Competition portion of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival to a polarized response from the audience . The film prompted several walk outs and at least four people fainted during the preview due to the film 's explicit violence . At the press conference following the screening , Trier was asked by a journalist from the '' Daily Mail '' to justify why he made the film , to which the director responded that he found the question strange since he considered the audience as his guests , " not the other way around . " He then claimed to be the best director in the world . Charlotte Gainsbourg won the Cannes Film Festival 's award for Best Actress . The ecumenical jury at the Cannes festival gave the film a special " anti-award " and declared the film to be " the most misogynist movie from the self-proclaimed biggest director in the world . " Cannes festival director Thierry Frémaux responded that this was a " ridiculous decision that borders on a call for censorship " and that it was " scandalous coming from an ' ecumenical ' jury " . The " talking fox " was nominated for the Palm Dog , but lost to Dug from '' Up ''
2009 Cannes Film Festival
2009 Cannes Film Festival
Antichrist (film)