1996 Cannes Film Festival
 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)[2] |
| Hosted by | Sabine Azéma |
| No. of films | 22 (En Competition)[3] 25 (Un Certain Regard) 7 (Out of Competition) 14 (Short Film) |
| Festival date | 9 May 1996 – 20 May 1996 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The 49th Cannes Film Festival was held from 9 to 20 May 1996. The Palme d'Or went to Secrets & Lies by Mike Leigh.[4][5][6][7]
The festival opened with Ridicule, directed by Patrice Leconte[8][9][10] and closed with Flirting with Disaster, directed by David O. Russell.[11][12] Sabine Azéma was the mistress of ceremonies.[4]
Juries[]
Main competition[]
The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 1996 Official Selection:[14]
- Francis Ford Coppola (USA) (president)
- Nathalie Baye (France)
- Greta Scacchi, actrice (Italy)
- Michael Ballhaus (Germany)
- Henry Chapier (France)
- Atom Egoyan (Canada)
- Eiko Ishioka (Japan)
- Krzysztof Piesiewicz (Poland)
- Antonio Tabucchi (Italy)
- Anh Hung Tran (France)
Camera d'Or[]
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1996 Camera d'Or:
- Françoise Fabian (Comedian) President
- (Fédération Nationale des Industries)
- Daniel Schmid (Director)
- Gian Luca Farinelli (Cinephile)
- Jacques Kermabon (Critic)
- Ramon Font (Critic)
- Sandrine Gady (Cinephile)
Official selection[]
In competition - Feature film[]
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3]
- Breaking the Waves by Lars von Trier
- Comment je me suis disputé... (ma vie sexuelle) by Arnaud Desplechin
- Crash by David Cronenberg
- Fargo by Joel Coen
- Feng yue by Chen Kaige
- Kansas City by Robert Altman
- Kauas pilvet karkaavat by Aki Kaurismäki
- La seconda volta by Mimmo Calopresti
- Le huitième jour by Jaco Van Dormael
- Les voleurs by André Téchiné
- Nan guo zai jian, nan guo by Hou Hsiao-hsien
- Tree of Blood by Flora Gomes
- Prea târziu by Lucian Pintilie
- Ridicule by Patrice Leconte
- Secrets & Lies by Mike Leigh
- Stealing Beauty by Bernardo Bertolucci
- The Quiet Room by Rolf de Heer
- Sunchaser by Michael Cimino
- The Van by Stephen Frears
- Tierra by Julio Médem
- Trois vies & une seule mort by Raúl Ruiz
- Un héros très discret by Jacques Audiard
Un Certain Regard[]
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[3]
- Bastard Out of Carolina by Anjelica Huston
- Buenos Aires Vice Versa by Alejandro Agresti
- Compagna di viaggio by Peter Del Monte
- Conte d'été by Éric Rohmer
- Cwał by Krzysztof Zanussi
- Few of Us by Šarūnas Bartas
- Fourbi by Alain Tanner
- Gabbeh by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
- Haifa by Rashid Masharawi
- I Shot Andy Warhol by Mary Harron
- Irma Vep by Olivier Assayas
- La Bouche de Jean-Pierre by Lucile Hadžihalilović
- Looking for Richard by Al Pacino
- Love Serenade by Shirley Barrett
- Lulu by
- Mossane by Safi Faye
- No Way to Forget by Richard Frankland
- by Laila Pakalniņa
- by Laila Pakalniņa
- Some Mother's Son by Terry George
- Sydney by Paul Thomas Anderson
- The Pallbearer by Matt Reeves
- The Pillow Book by Peter Greenaway
- by Deborah Warner
- Un samedi sur la terre by Diane Bertrand
Films out of competition[]
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]
- Flirting with Disaster by David O. Russell
- Girl 6 by Spike Lee
- Il giorno della prima di Close Up by Nanni Moretti
- Le affinità elettive by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
- Runaway Brain by Chris Bailey
- Microcosmos by ,
- Trainspotting by Danny Boyle
Short film competition[]
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[3]
- 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
- by Lynne Ramsay
- (Wind) by
- 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):[15]
Feature film competition
- by Jean-Pierre Améris (France)
- Yuri by (South Korea)
- by (Chile)
- The Empty Mirror by (United States)
- The Daytrippers by Greg Mottola (United States)
- 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):[16]
- by Gaël Morel
- Beautiful Thing by Hettie MacDonald
- A Chef in Love by Nana Djordjadze
- by
- 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
- (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
- by Judit Elek
- (Parfait amour!) by Catherine Breillat
- by Daniel Calparsoro
- Salut cousin ! by Merzak Allouache
- by Laurent Bouhnik
- Trees Lounge by Steve Buscemi
- (Layla Lavan) by
- 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.)
Awards[]
Francis Ford Coppola, Jury President
Mike Leigh, Palme d'Or winner
Official awards[]
The following films and people received the 1996 Official selection awards:[2]
- Palme d'Or: Secrets & Lies by Mike Leigh
- Grand Prize of the Jury: Breaking the Waves by Lars von Trier
- Best Director: Joel Coen for Fargo
- Best Screenplay: Un héros très discret by Jacques Audiard,
- Best Actress: Brenda Blethyn for Secrets & Lies
- Best Actor: Daniel Auteuil and Pascal Duquenne for Le huitième jour
- Jury Special Prize: Crash by David Cronenberg
Golden Camera
- Caméra d'Or: Love Serenade by Shirley Barrett
Short films
- Short Film Palme d'Or: by
- Jury Prize: Small Deaths by Lynne Ramsay
Independent awards[]
FIPRESCI Prizes[17]
- Secrets & Lies by Mike Leigh (In competition)
- Prisoner of the Mountains (Kavkazskiy plennik) by Sergei Bodrov (Directors' Fortnight)
- (Pasts) & (Pramis) by Laila Pakalnina (Un Certain Regard)
Commission Supérieure Technique
- Technical Grand Prize: The whole technical team for Microcosmos
Ecumenical Jury[18]
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Secrets & Lies by Mike Leigh
- Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention: A Drifting Life (Chun hua meng lu) by Cheng-sheng Lin & Drifting Clouds (Kauas pilvet karkaavat) by Aki Kaurismäki[19]
Award of the Youth[19]
- Foreign Film: (Layla Lavan) by
- French Film: by Jean-Pierre Améris
Awards in the frame of International Critics' Week[19]
- Mercedes-Benz Award: by Jean-Pierre Améris
- Canal+ Award: by
Award the First Multimedia Day at the 49th Cannes Film festival
- Best Cyber Poster Award in the First Multimedia Day at the 49th Cannes Film Festival in 1996: The Visionary by Beny Tchaicovsky[20]
References[]
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- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Official Selection 1996: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "49ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ "1996 - Le 11ème jour... (The 11th Day)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ "Secrets and Lies' takes top honor at Cannes Film Festival". cnn.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
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- ^ "John Sayles' 'Star' not lone draw as Cannes Film Festival opens". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ Wilmington, Michael (21 October 1996). "`Ridicule' Named Best In Chicago Film Fest". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "France: Highlights From The 49th Cannes Film Festival". itnsource.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (26 May 1996). "Film View-At Cannes, The Star Was Quality". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
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- ^ "35e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1996". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ "Quinzaine 1996". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
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- ^ "Bay Area artist wins CyberPoster Contest at Cannes Film Festival". Micro Publishing News. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
Media[]
- INA: Opening of the 1996 Festival (commentary in French)
- INA: List of winners of the 1996 festival (commentary in French)
External links[]
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