2004 Cannes Film Festival

2004 Cannes Film Festival
The 57th Cannes Film Festival started on 12 and ran until 23 May 2004. The Palme d'Or went to the American film Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore.
The festival opened with Bad Education, directed by Pedro Almodóvar and closed with De-Lovely, directed by Irwin Winkler. Laura Morante was mistress of the ceremonies.
Juries
Main competition
Quentin Tarantino, American filmmaker - Jury President
Emmanuelle Béart, French actress and director
Edwidge Danticat, Haitian-American novelist
Tilda Swinton, British actress
Kathleen Turner, American actress
Benoît Poelvoorde, Belgian actor
Jerry Schatzberg, American director
Tsui Hark, Hong Kong director
Peter von Bagh, Finnish film historian
Un Certain Regard
Jeremy Thomas, British producer - Jury President
Carlos Gomez, Spanish critic
Baba Richerme, Italian journalist
Eric Libiot, French critic
Eva Zaoralova, Czech artistic director of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Michel Demopoulos, Greek critic
Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition
Nikita Mikhalkov, Russian actor and filmmaker - Jury President
Marisa Paredes, Spanish actress
Nicole Garcia, French actress and director
Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkish filmmaker
Pablo Trapero, Argentinian director
Camera d'Or
Tim Roth, British actor - Jury President
Alain Choquart, French cinematographer
Alberto Barbera, Italian film critic
Aldo Tassone, Italian critic
Anne Theron, French director
Diego Galan, Spanish critic
Isabelle Frilley, French representative of the technical industries
Laure Protat, French cinephile
Nguyen Trong Binh, French distributor
Official Selection
In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or: The Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted:
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:
10 on Ten by Abbas Kiarostami
Alexandria... New York by Youssef Chahine
The Assassination of Richard Nixon by Niels Mueller
Crónicas by Sebastián Cordero
Dear Frankie by Shona Auerbach
Don't Move (Non ti muovere) by Sergio Castellitto
Earth and Ashes (Khakestar-o-khak) by Atiq Rahimi
Hotel by Jessica Hausner
In the Darkness of the Night (Noite Escura) by João Canijo
Kontroll by Antal Nimród
Lightweight (Poids léger) by Jean-Pierre Améris
Marseille by Angela Schanelec
Moolaadé by Ousmane Sembène
Nelly (À ce soir) by Laure Duthilleul
Passages (Lu cheng) by Yang Chao
Right Now (A Tout de Suite) by Benoît Jacquot
Shiza by Gulshat Omarova
Somersault by Cate Shortland
Sword in the Moon (Cheongpung myeongwol) by Kim Ui-seok
Welcome to Switzerland (Bienvenue en Suisse) by Léa Fazer
Whisky by Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
The 10th District Court: Moments of Trials (10e chambre - Instants d'audience) by Raymond Depardon
Bad Education (La mala educación) by Pedro Almodóvar
Bad Santa by Terry Zwigoff
Born to Film (Cinéastes à tout prix) by Frédéric Sojcher
Breaking News (Dà Shì Jiàn) by Johnnie To
Dawn of the Dead by Zack Snyder
De-Lovely by Irwin Winkler
The Gate of Sun (Bab el shams) by Yousry Nasrallah
Five by Abbas Kiarostami
Glauber o Filme, Labirinto do Brasil by Silvio Tendler
Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinémathèque (Le fantôme d'Henri Langlois) by Jacques Richard
House of Flying Daggers (Shí miàn mái fú) by Zhang Yimou
I Died in Childhood... (...) by Georgi Paradzhanov
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 by Quentin Tarantino
Notre musique by Jean-Luc Godard
Salvador Allende by Patricio Guzmán
Troy by Wolfgang Petersen
Words in Progress (Épreuves d'artistes) by Gilles Jacob
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession by Alexandra Cassavetes
Cinéfondation
The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:
99 ans de ma vie by Marja Mikkonen
Beita Shel Meshoreret by Haim Tabakman
Calatorie la oras by Corneliu Porumboiu
Fajnie, że jesteś by Jan Komasa
Footnote by Pia Borg
Gaia by Amarante Abramovici
Happy Now by Frederikke Aspöck
Kis Apokrif N°2 by Kornél Mundruczó
Kontakt by Martin Duda
Nebraska by Olga Żurawska
Playing Dead by David Hunt
Propheties du passe by Fabien Greenberg
Proyect Gvul by Tamar Singer, Dani Rosenberg, Nadav Lapid, Adi Halfin, Rima Essa
Son Of Satan by Jj Villard
The Happiness Thief by Derek Boyes
The Rick by Tim McCarthy
The Wings by Hae-young Seo
Wonderful Harusame by Ayumi Aoyama
Short films Competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
Accordeon by Michèle Cournoyer
Closer by David Rittey
Flatlife by Jonas Geirnaert
Gérard mon amour by Madeleine Andre
L'evangile du cochon creole by Michelange Quay
La derniere minute by Nicolas Salis
Le nageur by Klaus Huettmann
Quimera by Eryk Rocha
Thinning the Herd by Rie Rasmussen
Trafic by Cătălin Mitulescu
Cannes Classics
For the third year, the Cannes Festival selected "some of world cinema's masterpieces and rarities" for the audience. The following films were projected in the "Salle Buñuel" during the festival.
Tributes
Black God, White Devil (Deus e o diabo na terra do sol) by Glauber Rocha (1964)
Blowup by Michelangelo Antonioni (1966)
Bye Bye Brazil by Carlos Diegues (1979)
College by James W. Horne (1927)
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (Dona Flor e seus dois maridos) by Bruno Barreto (1976)
Entranced Earth (Terra em transe) by Glauber Rocha (1967)
The Gaze of Michelangelo (Lo sguardo di Michelangelo) by Michelangelo Antonioni (short)
The General by Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman (1926)
Macunaíma by Joaquim Pedro de Andrade (1968)
O Pagador de Promessas by Anselmo Duarte (1964)
Steamboat Bill, Jr. by Buster Keaton and Charles Reisner (1928)
Vidas Secas by Nelson Pereira dos Santos (1963)
Restored Prints
The Battle of Algiers by Gillo Pontecorvo (1965)
Before the Revolution (Prima della rivoluzione) by Bernardo Bertolucci (1964)
The Big Red One by Samuel Fuller (1980)
Deadlier Than the Male by Ralph Thomas (1966)
Hair by Miloš Forman (1979)
The Inner Scar (La cicatrice intérieure) by Philippe Garrel (1967)
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner by Tony Richardson (1962)
Mother India by Mehboob Khan (1957)
The New One-Armed Swordsman (San duk bei do) by Chang Cheh (1971)
Ordet by Carl Theodor Dreyer (1955)
Pickpocket by Robert Bresson (1959)
Le voyage d'Amélie by Daniel Duval (1974)
Parallel Sections
International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 43rd International Critics' Week (43e Semaine de la Critique):
Competition
À Casablanca les anges ne volent pas by Mohamed Asli (Morocco, Italy)
Thirst (Atash) by Tawfik Abu Wael (Israel, Palestine)
A Common Thread (Brodeuses) by Éléonore Faucher (France)
Calvaire by Fabrice Du Welz (Belgium, France, Luxembourg)
CQ2 (Seek You Too) by Carole Laure (Canada, France)
Or (My Treasure) (Or) by Keren Yedaya (France, Israel)
Duck season (Temporada de patos) by Fernando Eimbcke (Mexico)
Short Films Competition
Alice and I (Alice et moi) by Micha Wald (Belgium)
Breaking Out by Marianela Maldonado (United States)
Con Diva (With Diva) by Sebastian Mantilla (Spain)
L’homme sans ombre by Georges Schwizgebel (Canada, Switzerland)
Los elefantes nunca olvidan by Lorenzo Vigas (Venezuela, Mexico)
Ryan by Chris Landreth (Canada)
Signes de vie by Arnaud Demuynck (France, Belgium)
Special Screenings
L'Après-midi de Monsieur Andesmas by Michelle Porte (France) (opening film)
Adieu Philippine by Jacques Rozier (France) (La séance du Parrain)
Ce qu’il reste de nous by François Prévost & Hugo Latulippe (Canada) (Docu.)
Metropolitan Express (Stolitchny Skory) by Artyom Antonov (Russia) (Short)
Les Parallèles by Nicolas Saada (France) (Short)
Girls and Cars by Thomas Woschitz (Austria) (Short)
De l'autre côté by Nassim Amaouche (France) (Prix de la Critique)
Anna (3 kgs 2) by Laurette Polmanss (France) (Prix de la Critique)
Sotto falso nome by Roberto Andò (Italy, France, Switzerland) (closing film)
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 2004 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):
A vot' bon cœur by Paul Vecchiali (France)
Dans les champs de bataille by Danielle Arbid (France, Belgium, Lebanon)
En attendant le déluge by Damien Odoul (France)
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (Le livre de Jérémie) by Asia Argento (United States, France, United Kingdom, Japan)
The Hook (Je suis un assassin) by Thomas Vincent (France)
Mean Creek by Jacob Aaron Estes (United States)
Machuca by Andrés Wood (France, Spain, Chile)
Los muertos by Lisandro Alonso (Argentina, France, Netherlands, Switzerland)
Mur (doc.) by Simone Bitton (France, Israel)
Oh, Uomo (doc.) by Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi (Italy)
The River's End by Behrouz Afkhami (Iran)
The Scent of Blood (L'odore del sangue) by Mario Martone (Italy, France)
Sommeil Amer by Mohsen Amiryoussefi (Iran)
Tarnation (doc.) by Jonathan Caouette (United States)
The Taste of Tea by Katsuhito Ishii (Japan)
The Tunnel by Kunitoshi Manda (Japan)
Vénus et Fleur by Emmanuel Mouret (France)
Woman of Breakwater by Mario O'Hara (Philippines)
The Woodsman by Nicole Kassell (United States)
The Wound (La blessure) by Nicolas Klotz (France, Belgium)
Short Films
A Feather Stare at the Dark by Naoyuki Tsuji (Japan)
Capitaine Achab by Philippe Ramos (France)
Charlotte by Ulrike Von Ribbeck (Germany)
Fill in the Blanks by Kim Youn-Sung (South Korea)
Frontier by Jun Miyazaki (Japan)
La petite chambre by Élodie Monlibert (France)
La peur, petit chasseur by Laurent Achard (France)
Le dieu Saturne by Jean-Charles Fitoussi (France)
Le droit chemin by Mathias Gokalp (France)
Odya by Edgar Bartenev (Russia)
Tristesse beau visage by Jean Paul Civeyrac (France)
Vostok 1''' by Jan Andersen (France)
Official Awards
The following films and people received the 2004 Official selection awards:
Palme d'Or: Fahrenheit 9/11, by Michael Moore
Grand Prix: Oldboy, by Park Chan-wook
Best Director: Exils, by Tony Gatlif
Best Screenplay: Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri for Look at Me Best Actress: Maggie Cheung in Clean Best Actor: Yūya Yagira in Nobody Knows Prix du Jury:
Tropical Malady, by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Irma P. Hall for The Ladykillers Un Certain Regard
Prix Un Certain Regard: Moolaadé by Ousmane Sembène
Prix du Regard Original: Whisky by Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll
Prix du Regard vers l'Avenir: Earth and Ashes by Atiq Rahimi
Cinéfondation
First Prize: Happy Now by Frederikke Aspöck
Second Prize:
Calatorie la oras by Corneliu Porumboiu
99 ans de ma vie by Marja Mikkonen
Third Prize: Fajnie, że jesteś by Jan Komasa
Golden Camera
Caméra d'Or: Or (My Treasure) (Or) by Keren Yedaya
Special Mention:
Passages by Yang Chao
Earth and Ashes by Atiq Rahimi
Short Films Competition
Short Film Palme d'Or: Trafic by Cătălin Mitulescu
Short Film Jury Prize: Flatlife by Jonas Geirnaert
Independent awards
FIPRESCI Prizes
Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore (In competition)
Whisky by Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll (Un Certain Regard)
Thirst by Tawfik Abu Wael (International Critics' Week)
Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist
Vulcan Award: Éric Gautier, cinematographer in Clean and The Motorcycle Diaries Ecumenical Jury
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: The Motorcycle Diaries by Walter Salles
Special mention: Moolaadé by Ousmane Sembène
Award of the Youth
Kontroll by Antal Nimród
International Critics' Week
International Critics' Week Grand Prix:
A Common Thread by Éléonore Faucher
Or (My Treasure) by Keren Yedaya
Canal+ Award: Ryan by Chris Landreth
Kodak Short Film Award: Ryan by Chris Landreth
Young Critics Award - Best Short: Ryan by Chris Landreth
Young Critics Award - Best Feature: Or (My Treasure) by Keren Yedaya
Grand Golden Rail: CQ2 by Carole Laure
Small Golden Rail: Alice and I by Micha Wald
Prix François Chalais
François Chalais Award: The Motorcycle Diaries'' by Walter Salles
References
Media
INA: Opening of the 2004 Festival (commentary in French)
INA: Much publicity about the 2004 Palme d'Or (commentary in French)
External links
2004 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
Official website Retrospective 2004
Cannes Film Festival Awards for 2004 at Internet Movie Database
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