1996 Cannes Film Festival
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The 49th Cannes Film Festival took place from 9 to 20 May 1996.[2][3] American filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola served as jury president for the main competition. Sabine Azéma hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.[3]
Official poster of the 49th Cannes Film Festival[1] | |
| Opening film | Ridicule |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Flirting with Disaster |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: Secrets & Lies |
| Hosted by | Sabine Azéma |
| No. of films | 22 (In Competition) |
| Festival date | 9 May 1996 – 20 May 1996 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
British filmmaker Mike Leigh won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Secrets & Lies.[4][5]
The festival opened with Ridicule by Patrice Leconte,[6][7][8] and closed with Flirting with Disaster by David O. Russell.[9][10]
Juries
Main competition
- Francis Ford Coppola, American filmmaker - Jury President[12]
- Michael Ballhaus, German cinematographer
- Nathalie Baye, French actress
- Henry Chapier, French journalist, presenter and director
- Atom Egoyan, Canadian filmmaker
- Eiko Ishioka, Japanese artist and costume designer
- Krzysztof Piesiewicz, Polish screenwriter
- Greta Scacchi, Italian actress
- Antonio Tabucchi, Italian writer
- Trần Anh Hùng, Vietnamese-French filmmaker
Camera d'Or
- Françoise Fabian, French actress - Jury President
- Gian Luca Farinelli, Cinephile
- Ramon Font, Critic
- Sandrine Gady, Cinephile
- Jacques Kermabon, Critic
- Daniel Schmid, Swiss director
- Antoine Simkine, French member of the Fédération Nationale des Industries
Official Selection
In competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[13]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breaking the Waves | Lars von Trier | Denmark, Sweden, France, Netherlands, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Italy, Germany, United States | |
| My Sex Life... or How I Got into an Argument | Comment je me suis disputé... (ma vie sexuelle) | Arnaud Desplechin | France |
| Crash | David Cronenberg | Canada | |
| Drifting Clouds | Kauas pilvet karkaavat | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland |
| Earth | Tierra | Julio Medem | Spain |
| The Eighth Day | Le huitième jour | Jaco Van Dormael | Belgium, France |
| Fargo | Joel Coen | United States, United Kingdom | |
| Goodbye South, Goodbye | 南國再見,南國 | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Taiwan, Japan |
| Kansas City | Robert Altman | United States | |
| The Quiet Room | Rolf de Heer | Australia | |
| Ridicule (opening film) | Patrice Leconte | France | |
| The Second Time | La seconda volta | Mimmo Calopresti | Italy |
| Secrets & Lies | Mike Leigh | United Kingdom, France | |
| A Self-Made Hero | Un héros très discret | Jacques Audiard | France |
| Stealing Beauty | Beauté volée / Io ballo da sola | Bernardo Bertolucci | France, Italy, United Kingdom |
| The Sunchaser | Michael Cimino | United States | |
| Temptress Moon | 風月 | Chen Kaige | China |
| Thieves | Les voleurs | André Téchiné | France |
| Three Lives and Only One Death | Trois vies & une seule mort | Raúl Ruiz | France |
| Too Late | Prea târziu | Lucian Pintilie | Romania |
| Tree of Blood | Po di Sangui | Flora Gomes | Guinea-Bissau, France |
| The Van | Stephen Frears | Ireland | |
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for Un Certain Regard section:[13]
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[13]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Elective Affinities | Le affinità elettive | Paolo and Vittorio Taviani | Italy, France |
| Flirting with Disaster (closing film) | David O. Russell | United States | |
| Girl 6 | Spike Lee | ||
| Microcosmos | Microcosmos: Le peuple de l'herbe | Claude Nuridsany and Marie Perennou | France, Switzerland, Italy, United Kingdom |
| Opening Day of Close-Up (short) | Il giorno della prima di Close Up | Nanni Moretti | Italy |
| Runaway Brain (short) | Chris Bailey | United States | |
| Trainspotting | Danny Boyle | United Kingdom | |
Short Films Competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[13]
- 4 maneras de tapar un hoyo by Guillermo Rendon Rodriguez, Jorge Villalobos de La Torre
- Attraction by Alexeï Diomine
- Brooms by Luke Cresswell, Steve Mcnicholas
- Estoria do gato e da lua by Pedro Miguel Serrazina
- Film Noir by Michael Liu
- Les fourmis rouges by Pierre Erwan Guillaume
- Oru Neenda Yathra by Murali Nair
- Passeio com Johnny Guitar by João César Monteiro
- Petite Sotte by Luc Otter
- Sin #8 by Barbara Heller
- Small Deaths by Lynne Ramsay
- Szél (Wind) by Marcell Iványi
- The Beach by Dorthe Scheffmann
- This Film Is a Dog by Jonathan Ogilvie
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 35th International Critics' Week (35e Semaine de la Critique):[14]
Feature film competition
- Les Aveux de l’innocent by Jean-Pierre Améris (France)
- Yuri by Yoonho Yang (South Korea)
- Mi último hombre by Tatiana Gaviola (Chile)
- The Empty Mirror by Barry J. Hershey (United States)
- The Daytrippers by Greg Mottola (United States)
- A Drifting Life by Lin Cheng-sheng (Taiwan)
- Not Me! (Sous sol) by Pierre Gang (Canada)
Short film competition
- Planet Man by Andrew Bancroft (New Zealand)
- A Summer Dress (Une robe d’été) by François Ozon (France)
- La Grande migration by Youri Tcherenkov (France)
- Le Réveil by Marc Henri Wajnberg (Belgium)
- The Slap by Tamara Hernandez (United States)
- La Tarde de un matrimonio de clase media by Fernando Javier León Rodríguez (Mexico)
- Derrière le bureau d’acajou by Johannes S. Nilsson (Sweden)
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1996 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[15]
- A toute vitesse by Gaël Morel
- Beautiful Thing by Hettie MacDonald
- A Chef in Love by Nana Djordjadze
- Le Cri de la soie by Yvon Marciano
- Edipo Alcalde by Jorge Ali Triana
- Encore by Pascal Bonitzer
- Flame by Ingrid Sinclair
- Vaska Easoff (Haggyállógva, Vászka) by Peter Gothar
- Inside by Arthur Penn
- Youth Without God (Jeunesse sans Dieu) by Catherine Corsini
- Jude by Michael Winterbottom
- Kids Return by Takeshi Kitano
- Prisoner of the Mountains (Kavkazskiy plennik) by Sergei Bodrov
- La Promesse by Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
- Lone Star by John Sayles
- Macadam Tribu by José Laplaine
- Mondani a mondhatatlant: Elie Wiesel üzenete by Judit Elek
- Perfect Love (Parfait amour!) by Catherine Breillat
- Pasajes by Daniel Calparsoro
- Salut cousin ! by Merzak Allouache
- Select Hôtel by Laurent Bouhnik
- Trees Lounge by Steve Buscemi
- White Night (Layla Lavan) by Arnon Zadok
- Will It Snow for Christmas? (Y aura t’il de la neige à Noël ?) by Sandrine Veysset
- Short films
- La Faim by Siegfried (18 min.)
- La Fille et l’amande by Bénédicte Brunet (15 min.)
- Vacances A Blériot by Bruno Bontzolakis (25 min.)
- Virage Nord by Sylvain Labrosse (15 min.)
Official Awards
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In Competition
- Palme d'Or: Secrets & Lies by Mike Leigh[16]
- Grand Prix: Breaking the Waves by Lars von Trier
- Best Director: Joel Coen for Fargo
- Best Screenplay: A Self-Made Hero by Jacques Audiard and Alain Le Henry
- Best Actress: Brenda Blethyn for Secrets & Lies
- Best Actor: Daniel Auteuil and Pascal Duquenne for The Eighth Day
- Jury Special Prize: Crash by David Cronenberg
Caméra d'Or
Short Film Palme d'Or
- Szél by Marcell Iványi
- Jury Prize: Small Deaths by Lynne Ramsay
Independent Awards
FIPRESCI Prizes
- Secrets & Lies by Mike Leigh (In competition)[17]
- Prisoner of the Mountains by Sergei Bodrov (Directors' Fortnight)
- The Mail & The Ferry by Laila Pakalnina (Un Certain Regard)
Commission Supérieure Technique
- Technical Grand Prize: The whole technical team for Microcosmos
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
- Secrets & Lies by Mike Leigh[18]
- Special Mention:[19]
Award of the Youth
- Foreign Film: White Night by Arnon Zadok[19]
- French Film: Les aveux de l'innocent by Jean-Pierre Améris
International Critics' Week
- Mercedes-Benz Award: Les aveux de l'innocent by Jean-Pierre Améris[19]
- Canal+ Award: Planet Man by Andrew Bancroft
Award the First Multimedia Day at the 49th Cannes Film festival
- Best Cyber Poster Award: The Visionary by Beny Tchaicovsky[20]
