1996 Cannes Film Festival

1996 Cannes Film Festival
The 49th Cannes Film Festival was held from 9 to 20 May 1996. The went to Secrets & Lies by Mike Leigh.
The festival opened with Ridicule, directed by Patrice Leconte and closed with Flirting with Disaster, directed by David O. Russell. Sabine Azéma was the mistress of ceremonies.
Juries
Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 1996 Official Selection:
Francis Ford Coppola, American filmmaker - Jury President
Nathalie Baye, French actress
Greta Scacchi, Italian actress
Michael Ballhaus, German cinematographer
Henry Chapier, French journalist, presenter and director
Atom Egoyan, Canadian filmmaker
Eiko Ishioka, Japanese artist and costume designer
Krzysztof Piesiewicz, Polish screenwriter
Antonio Tabucchi, Italian writer
Tran Anh Hung, Vietnamese-French filmmaker
Camera d'Or
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1996 Camera d'Or:
Françoise Fabian, French actress - Jury President
Antoine Simkine, French member of the Fédération Nationale des Industries
Daniel Schmid, Swiss director
Gian Luca Farinelli, Cinephile
Jacques Kermabon, Critic
Ramon Font, Critic
Sandrine Gady, Cinephile
Official Selection
In competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:
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 Srinivas Krishna
Mossane by Safi Faye
No Way to Forget by Richard Frankland
Pasts by Laila Pakalniņa
Pramis 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
The Waste Land 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:
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 Claude Nuridsany, Marie Perennou
Trainspotting by Danny Boyle
Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
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):
Feature film competition
Les Aveux de l’innocent by Jean-Pierre Améris (France)
Yuri by Yoonho Yang (South Korea)
Mi ultimo 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):
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.)
Awards
Official awards
The following films and people received the 1996 Official selection awards:
: 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, Alain Le Henry
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: Szél by Marcell Iványi
Jury Prize: Small Deaths by Lynne Ramsay
Independent awards
FIPRESCI Prizes
Secrets & Lies by Mike Leigh (In competition)
Prisoner of the Mountains (Kavkazskiy plennik) by Sergei Bodrov (Directors' Fortnight)
The Mail (Pasts) & The Ferry (Pramis) by Laila Pakalnina (Un Certain Regard)
Commission Supérieure Technique
Technical Grand Prize: The whole technical team for Microcosmos
Ecumenical Jury
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
Award of the Youth
Foreign Film: White Night (Layla Lavan) by Arnon Zadok
French Film: Les aveux de l'innocent by Jean-Pierre Améris
Awards in the frame of International Critics' Week
Mercedes-Benz Award: Les aveux de l'innocent by Jean-Pierre Améris
Canal+ Award: Planet Man by Andrew Bancroft
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
References
Media
INA: Opening of the 1996 Festival (commentary in French)
INA: List of winners of the 1996 festival (commentary in French)
External links
Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1996 at Internet Movie Database
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