1996 Cannes Film Festival

1996 Cannes Film Festival

Official poster of the 49th Cannes Film Festival
Opening film	Ridicule
Closing film	Flirting with Disaster
Location	Cannes, France
Founded	1946
Awards	Palme d'Or (Secrets & Lies)
Hosted by	Sabine Azéma
Number of films	22 (En Competition)[1] 25 (Un Certain Regard) 7 (Out of Competition) 14 (Short Film)
Festival date	9 May 1996 – 20 May 1996
Website	festival-cannes.com/en

The 49th Cannes Film Festival was held on May 9–20, 1996. The Palme d'Or went to the Secrets & Lies by Mike Leigh.^[2][3][4]

The festival opened with Ridicule, directed by Patrice Leconte^[5][6][7] and closed with Flirting with Disaster, directed by David O. Russell.^[8][9]

Jury

Francis Ford Coppola, Jury President

• 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)

Feature film competition

• 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
• Po di Sangui 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

1996 Un Certain Regard poster, adapted from an original illustration by Jacques Loustal.^[10]

• 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

• 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

Awards

Mike Leigh, winner of the Palme d'Or at the event.

• Palme d'Or: Secrets & Lies by Mike Leigh
• Grand Prize of the Jury: Breaking the Waves by Lars von Trier
• Jury Special Prize: Crash by David Cronenberg
• Best Actor: Daniel Auteuil, Pascal Duquenne for Le huitième jour
• Best Actress: Brenda Blethyn for Secrets & Lies
• Best Director: Joel Coen for Fargo
• Short Film Palme d'Or: Szél by Marcell Iványi
• Best Screenplay: Un héros très discret by Jacques Audiard, Alain Le Henry
• Technical Grand Prize: Microcosmos: Le peuple de l'herbe by Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou
• Caméra d'Or: Love Serenade by Shirley Barrett
• Mercedes-Benz Award: Les aveux de l'innocent by Jean-Pierre Améris
• Canal+ Award: Planet Man by Andrew Bancroft
• Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Secrets & Lies by Mike Leigh
• Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention:
  • Chun hua meng lu by Cheng-sheng Lin
  • Kauas pilvet karkaavat by Aki Kaurismäki
• Award of the Youth:
  • Foreign Film: Layla Lavan by Arnon Zadok
  • French Film: Les aveux de l'innocent by Jean-Pierre Améris

References

1. "Official Selection 1996 : All the Selection". Retrieved 14 December 2013.
2. "Secrets and Lies' takes top honor at Cannes Film Festival". CNN. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
3. "1996 Cannes Film Festival". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
4. "Awards 1996 : All Awards". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
5. "John Sayles' 'Star' not lone draw as Cannes Film Festival openss". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
6. Wilmington, Michael (21 October 1996). "`Ridicule' Named Best In Chicago Film Fest". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
7. "FRANCE: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 49TH CANNES FILM FESTIVAL". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
8. Maslin, Janet (26 May 1996). "FILM VIEW;At Cannes, The Star Was Quality". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
9. "1996 Cannes Film Festival Diaries". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
10. "Posters 1996". Retrieved 10 December 2013.

External links

• 1996 Cannes Film Festival
• Cannes Film Festival 1996
• Cannes Film Festival:1996 at Internet Movie Database
• 49ème Festival International du Film - Cannes