The film appeared on numerous critics ' top ten lists of the best films of 2008 : '' Paranoid Park '' was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards for Best Feature and the Piaget Producers Award ( Neil Kopp , also for '' Old Joy '' ) , winning the latter . After its debut at the Cannes Film Festival , the film won the festival 's special 60th anniversary prize and was nominated for the prestigious Palme d'Or . The film won two awards from the Boston Society of Film Critics for Best Director ( Gus Van Sant , also for '' Milk '' ) and Best Cinematography ( Christopher Doyle and Rain Kathy Li ) . It was nominated for but did not win the Bodil Award for Best American Film awarded by the Danish Film Critics Association
60th anniversary
2007 Cannes Film Festival
Paranoid Park (film)