# 1998 Cannes Film Festival

The 51st Cannes Film Festival took place from 13 to 24 May 1998. American filmmaker Martin Scorsese served as jury president for the main competition. Isabelle Huppert was the host for the opening and closing ceremonies.
Greek filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Eternity and a Day.
The festival opened with Primary Colors by Mike Nichols, and closed with Godzilla by Roland Emmerich. Two new sections were added to the Official Selection: the Un Certain Regard and the Cinéfondation.

## Juries
### Main competition

* Martin Scorsese, American filmmaker and producer - Jury President
* Alain Corneau, French filmmaker
* Chiara Mastroianni, French actress
* Chen Kaige, Chinese filmmaker
* Lena Olin, Swedish actress
* Winona Ryder, American actress
* MC Solaar, French singer
* Zoé Valdés, Cuban filmmaker and author
* Sigourney Weaver, American actress
* Michael Winterbottom, British filmmaker

### Un Certain Regard

* Jacques Mandelbaum, French journalist - Jury President
* Thierry Gandillot
* Luc Honorez
* Pierre Murat

### Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition

* Jean-Pierre Jeunet, French filmmaker - Jury President
* Emmanuelle Béart, French actress
* Arnaud Desplechin, French filmmaker
* Jaco Van Dormael, Belgian filmmaker
* Ángela Molina, Spanish actress

### Camera d'Or

* Trần Anh Hùng, Vietnamese-French filmmaker - Jury President
* Derek Malcolm, British film critic
* Bernard Maltaverne
* Marcel Martin, film critic
* Emanuela Martini, film critic
* Jacques Poitrenaud, French director and actor
* Pierre Salvadori, French filmmaker
* Charles Van Damme, Belgian cinematographer

## Official Selection
### In Competition

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| April | Aprile | Nanni Moretti | Italy |
| The Celebration | Festen | Thomas Vinterberg | Denmark |
| Claire Dolan | Claire Dolan | Lodge Kerrigan | United States, France |
| Class Trip | La classe de neige | Claude Miller | France |
| Dance Me to My Song | Dance Me to My Song | Rolf de Heer | Australia |
| The Dreamlife of Angels | La vie rêvée des anges | Erick Zonca | France |
| Eternity and a Day | Μια αιωνιότητα και μια μέρα | Theo Angelopoulos | Greece |
| Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | Terry Gilliam | United States |
| Flowers of Shanghai | 海上花 | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Taiwan |
| Foolish Heart | Corazón iluminado | Héctor Babenco | Argentina, Brazil, France |
| The General | The General | John Boorman | Ireland, United Kingdom |
| The Hole | 洞 | Tsai Ming-liang | Taiwan |
| Henry Fool | Henry Fool | Hal Hartley | United States |
| The Idiots | Idioterne | Lars von Trier | Denmark, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden |
| Illuminata | Illuminata | John Turturro | United States |
| Khrustalyov, My Car! | Хрусталёв, машину! | Aleksei German | Russia, France |
| Life Is Beautiful | La vita è bella | Roberto Benigni | Italy |
| My Name Is Joe | My Name Is Joe | Ken Loach | United Kingdom |
| The Rose Seller | La vendedora de rosas | Víctor Gaviria | Colombia |
| The School of Flesh | L'école de la chair | Benoît Jacquot | France |
| Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train | Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train | Patrice Chéreau | France |
| Velvet Goldmine | Velvet Goldmine | Todd Haynes | United Kingdom, United States |

### Un Certain Regard

The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| All the Little Animals | All the Little Animals | Jeremy Thomas | United Kingdom |
| The Apostle | The Apostle | Robert Duvall | United States |
| The Apple | سیب | Samira Makhmalbaf | Iran |
| August 32nd on Earth | Un 32 août sur terre | Denis Villeneuve | Canada |
| El evangelio de las maravillas | El evangelio de las maravillas | Arturo Ripstein | Mexico |
| For Sale | À vendre | Laetitia Masson | France |
| The Impostors | The Impostors | Stanley Tucci | United States |
| In the Presence of a Clown | Larmar och gör sig till | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden |
| Island, Alicia | Island, Alicia | Ken Yunome | United States |
| Killer | Киллер | Darezhan Omirbaev | Kazakhstan, France |
| Leaf on a Pillow | Daun di Atas Bantal | Garin Nugroho | Indonesia |
| Little Tony | Kleine Teun | Alex van Warmerdam | Netherlands |
| Louise (Take 2) | Louise (Take 2) | Siegfried | France |
| Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon | Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon | John Maybury | United Kingdom |
| Lulu on the Bridge | Lulu on the Bridge | Paul Auster | United States |
| The Man Who Couldn't Open Doors | The Man Who Couldn't Open Doors | Paul Arden | United Kingdom |
| The Mutants | Os mutantes | Teresa Villaverde | Portugal |
| One Evening After the War | រាត្រីមួយក្រោយសង្គ្រាម | Rithy Panh | Cambodia, France |
| Passion | Szenvedély | György Fehér | Hungary |
| Places in Cities | Plätze in Städten | Angela Schanelec | Germany |
| The Power of Kangwon Province | 강원도의 힘 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| Rehearsals for War | Teatro di guerra | Mario Martone | Italy |
| River of Gold | O Rio do Ouro | Paulo Rocha | Portugal |
| The Shoe | Kurpe | Laila Pakalniņa | Germany, Latvia |
| Tell Me I'm Dreaming | Dis-moi que je rêve | Claude Mouriéras | France |
| Tokyo Eyes | Tokyo Eyes | Jean-Pierre Limosin | France, Japan |
| Zero Effect | Zero Effect | Jake Kasdan | United States |

### Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Blues Brothers 2000 | Blues Brothers 2000 | John Landis | United States |
| Godzilla (closing film) | Godzilla (closing film) | Roland Emmerich | United States |
| Primary Colors (opening film) | Primary Colors (opening film) | Mike Nichols | United States |

### Special Screenings

The following films were selected to receive a Special Screening:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Anxiety | Inquietude | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal |
| Dark City | Dark City | Alex Proyas | United States, Australia |
| Goodbye Lover | Goodbye Lover | Roland Joffé | United States, Germany |
| Dr. Akagi | カンゾー先生 | Shohei Imamura | Japan |
| Tango | Tango, no me dejes nunca | Carlos Saura | Argentina, Spain |

### Cinéfondation

The following films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:
* Blue City by David Birdsell
* Deer Men by Saara Saarela
* Die Weiche by Chrys Krikellis
* Doom and Gloom by John McKay
* The First Sin by Fahimeh Sorkhabi
* Inside the Boxes by Mirjam Kubescha
* Jakub by Adam Guzinski
* Mud (Kal) by Ivaylo P. Simidchiev
* Mangwana by Manu Kurewa
* One Eye by Liana Dognini
* The Photographer (Fotograf) by Alexander Kott
* The Rose of the Railroad (Ratapenkan Ruusu) by Hanna Maylett
* The Sheep Thief by Asif Kapadia
* Summer-Time (Léto - cas dlouhých letu) by Ramunas Greicius
* Wild Paths (Sentieri selvaggi) by Susanna Grigoletto

### Short Films Competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
* 9'8 M/S2 by Alfonso Amador, Nicolas Mendez
* Balkanska Ruleta by Zdravko Barisic
* Enfant, Gribouillage, Photos de Famille by Jun-hong Lin
* Fetch by Lynn-Maree Danzey
* Gasman by Lynne Ramsay
* Happy Birthday to Me by Martin Mahon
* Horseshoe by David Lodge
* I Want You by Gregory Quail
* Kiyida by Ebru Yapici
* L'Interview by Xavier Giannoli
* Skate by Eun-Ryung Cho

## Parallel sections
### International Critics' Week

The following films were screened for the 37th International Critics' Week (37e Semaine de la Critique):
Feature film competition
* The Bed (Postel) by Oskar Reif (Czech Republic)
* Christmas in August by Hur Jin-Ho (South Korea)
* I Stand Alone (Seul contre tous) by Gaspar Noé (France)
* Memory & Desire by Niki Caro (New Zealand)
* The Polish Bride (De Poolse bruid)) by Karim Traïdia (Netherlands)
* Sitcom by François Ozon (France)
* Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley by Santiago Segura (Spain)
Short film competition
* Brutalos by Christophe Billeter, David Leroy (Switzerland)
* Down, Across (Loddrett, Vannrett) by Erland Øverby (Norway)
* Flight by Sim Sadler (United States)
* Der Hausbesorger by Stephan Wagner (Austria)
* Milk by Andrea Arnold (United Kingdom)
* Por un infante difunto by Tinieblas González (Spain)
* The Rogers’ Cable by Jennifer Kierans (Canada)

### Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 1998 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):
* Babyface by Jack Blum
* Cantique de la racaille by Vincent Ravalec
* Chacun pour soi by Bruno Bontzolakis
* Disparus by Gilles Bourdos
* Happiness by Todd Solondz
* Head On by Ana Kokkinos
* High Art by Lisa Cholodenko
* Hinterland (L’Arrière pays) by Jacques Nolot
* L’homme qui rit by Paul Leni
* Laisse un peu d'amour by Zaïda Ghorab-Volta
* Last Night by Don McKellar
* Le Nain rouge by Yvan Le Moine
* Notes of Love (La Parola amore esiste) by Mimmo Calopresti
* Of Freaks and Men (Pro urodov i lyudey) by Alexeï Balabanov
* Requiem by Alain Tanner
* Slam by Marc Levin
* Slums Of Beverly Hills by Tamara Jenkins
* Spring In My Hometown by Kwangmo Lee
* The Stringer by Paul Pawlikowski
* La Vie Sur Terre by Abderrahmane Sissako
* West Beyrouth by Ziad Doueiri
    Short films
* A table by Idit Cébula (19 min.)
* Le Bleu du ciel by Christian Dor (25 min.)
* Open Bodies (Les corps ouverts) by Sébastien Lifshitz (47 min.)
* Electrons statiques by Jean-Marc Moutout (25 min.)
* Les Pinces à linge by Joël Brisse (23 min.)
* Rue bleue by Chad Chenouga (24 min.)

## Official Awards

The following films and people received the 1998 Official selection awards:

### In Competition

* Palme d'Or: Eternity and a Day by Theodoros Angelopoulos
* Grand Prize of the Jury: Life Is Beautiful by Roberto Benigni
* Best Director: John Boorman for The General
* Best Screenplay: Henry Fool by Hal Hartley
* Best Actress: Élodie Bouchez and Natacha Régnier for The Dreamlife of Angels
* Best Actor: Peter Mullan for My Name Is Joe
* Best Artistic Contribution: Velvet Goldmine by Todd Haynes
* Jury Prize:
** The Celebration by Thomas Vinterberg
** Class Trip by Claude Miller

### Un Certain Regard

* Killer by Darezhan Omirbaev

### Cinéfondation

* First Prize: Jakub by Adam Guzinski
* Second Prize: The Sheep Thief by Asif Kapadia
* Third Prize: Mangwana by Manu Kurewa

### Caméra d'Or

* Slam by Marc Levin

### Short Film Palme d'Or

* L'interview by Xavier Giannoli
* Jury Prize:
** Horseshoe by David Lodge
** Gasman by Lynne Ramsay

## Independent awards
### FIPRESCI Prizes

* The Hole by Tsai Ming-liang (In competition)
* Happiness by Todd Solondz (Directors' Fortnight)

### Commission Supérieure Technique

* Technical Grand Prize: Vittorio Storaro (cinematography) in Tango

### Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

* Eternity and a Day by Theodoros Angelopoulos
* Ecumenical Jury - Special Award: Ingmar Bergman

### Award of the Youth

* Foreign Film: Last Night by Don McKellar
* French Film: Hinterland by Jacques Nolot

### International Critics' Week

* Mercedes-Benz Award: I Stand Alone by Gaspar Noé
* Canal+ Award: Por un infante difunto by Tinieblas González
* Grand Golden Rail: The Polish Bride by Karim Traïdia
* Small Golden Rail: Down, Across by Erland Øverby

### Directors' Fortnight

* Kodak Short Film Award:
** Open Bodies by Sébastien Lifshitz
** Rue bleue by Chad Chenouga
* Gras Savoye Award: Rue bleue by Chad Chenouga

### François Chalais Award

* West Beyrouth by Ziad Doueiri