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2004 Cannes Film Festival

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2004 Cannes Film Festival

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name2004 Cannes Film Festival
imageCFF2004poster.jpg
captionOfficial poster of the 57th Cannes Film Festival featuring an illustration by *Alerte Orange*.
hostLaura Morante
number19 (Main Competition)
opening*Bad Education*
closing*De-Lovely*
locationCannes, France
awardsPalme d'Or:
*Fahrenheit 9/11*
date
founded1946
website
mainCannes Film Festival
previous[2003](2003-cannes-film-festival)
next[2005](2005-cannes-film-festival)

Fahrenheit 9/11

The 57th Cannes Film Festival took place from 12 to 23 May 2004. American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino served as jury president for the main competition. While American filmmaker Michael Moore won the Palme d'Or for the documentary film Fahrenheit 9/11, becoming the first documentary to win the festival's main prize since The Silent World in 1956.

The festival opening film was Bad Education directed by Pedro Almodóvar, while De-Lovely directed by Irwin Winkler was the closing film. Laura Morante was mistress of the ceremonies.

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Juries

Main competition

  • Quentin Tarantino, American filmmaker - Jury President
  • Emmanuelle Béart, French actress and director
  • Edwidge Danticat, Haitian-American novelist
  • Tsui Hark, Hong Kong director
  • Benoît Poelvoorde, Belgian actor
  • Jerry Schatzberg, American director
  • Tilda Swinton, British actress
  • Kathleen Turner, American actress
  • Peter von Bagh, Finnish film historian

''Un Certain Regard''

  • Jeremy Thomas, British producer - Jury President
  • Michel Demopoulos, Greek critic
  • Carlos Gomez, Spanish critic
  • Eric Libiot, French critic
  • Baba Richerme, Italian journalist
  • Eva Zaoralova, Czech artistic director of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

''Cinéfondation'' and Short Films Competition

  • Nikita Mikhalkov, Russian actor and filmmaker - Jury President
  • Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkish filmmaker
  • Marisa Paredes, Spanish actress
  • Nicole Garcia, French actress and director
  • Pablo Trapero, Argentinian director

''Camera d'Or''

  • Tim Roth, British actor - Jury President
  • Alberto Barbera, Italian film critic
  • Nguyen Trong Binh, French distributor
  • Alain Choquart, French cinematographer
  • Isabelle Frilley, French representative of the technical industries
  • Diego Galan, Spanish critic
  • Laure Protat, French cinephile
  • Aldo Tassone, Italian critic
  • Anne Theron, French director

Official Selection

In Competition

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production Country
*[2046](2046-film)*Wong Kar-waiHong Kong, France, Italy, China, Germany
*Clean*Olivier AssayasFrance, United Kingdom, Canada
*The Consequences of Love**Le conseguenze dell'amore*Paolo SorrentinoItaly
*The Edukators**Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei*Hans WeingartnerAustria, Germany
*Exils*Tony GatlifFrance
***Fahrenheit 9/11*****Michael Moore****United States**
*Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence*イノセンス, *Inosensu*Mamoru OshiiJapan
*The Holy Girl**La niña santa*Lucrecia MartelArgentina, Italy
*The Ladykillers*Joel and Ethan CoenUnited States
*The Life and Death of Peter Sellers*Stephen HopkinsUnited Kingdom, United States
*Life Is a Miracle*Живот је чудоEmir KusturicaSerbia
*Look at Me**Comme une image*Agnès JaouiFrance
*The Motorcycle Diaries**Diarios de motocicleta*Walter SallesArgentina, Brazil, United States, Chile, Peru
*Mondovino*Jonathan NossiterUnited States
*Nobody Knows*誰も知らないHirokazu Kore-edaJapan
*Oldboy*올드보이Park Chan-wookSouth Korea
*Shrek 2*Andrew AdamsonUnited States
*Tropical Malady*สัตว์ประหลาดApichatpong WeerasethakulThailand
*Woman Is the Future of Man*여자는 남자의 미래다Hong Sang-sooSouth Korea

''Un Certain Regard''

The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
*[10 on Ten](10-on-ten)*Abbas KiarostamiIran
*Alexandria... New York*إسكندرية .. نيويوركYoussef ChahineEgypt, France
*The Assassination of Richard Nixon*Niels MuellerUnited States, Mexico
*Crónicas*Sebastián CorderoEcuador, Mexico
*Dear Frankie*Shona AuerbachScotland
*Don't Move**Non ti muovere*Sergio CastellittoItaly
*Earth and Ashes*خاکستر و خاکAtiq RahimiAfghanistan
*Hotel*Jessica HausnerAustria
*In the Darkness of the Night**Noite Escura*João CanijoPortugal
*Kontroll*Nimród AntalHungary
*Lightweight**Poids léger*Jean-Pierre AmérisFrance
*Marseille*Angela SchanelecGermany
***Moolaadé*****Ousmane Sembène****Senegal, France, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Morocco, Tunisia**
*Nelly**À ce soir*Laure DuthilleulFrance
*Passages*路程Yang ChaoChina
*Right Now**A Tout de Suite*Benoît JacquotFrance
*Shiza*Gulshat OmarovaKazakhstan, Russia, France, Germany
*Somersault*Cate ShortlandAustralia
*Sword in the Moon*청풍명월Kim Ui-seokSouth Korea
*Welcome to Switzerland**Bienvenue en Suisse*Léa FazerFrance, Switzerland
*Whisky*Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo StollArgentina, Germany, Spain, Uruguay

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
*The 10th District Court: Moments of Trials**10e chambre - Instants d'audience*Raymond DepardonFrance
*Bad Education* (opening film)*La mala educación*Pedro AlmodóvarSpain
*Bad Santa*Terry ZwigoffUnited States
*Born to Film**Cinéastes à tout prix*Frédéric SojcherFrance
*Breaking News*大事件Johnnie ToHong Kong
*Dawn of the Dead*Zack SnyderUnited States, France, Japan
*De-Lovely* (closing film)Irwin WinklerUnited States
*The Gate of Sun*باب الشمسYousry NasrallahEgypt, France
*Five*پنجAbbas KiarostamiIran
*Glauber o Filme, Labirinto do Brasil*Silvio TendlerBrazil
*Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinémathèque**Le fantôme d'Henri Langlois*Jacques RichardFrance
*House of Flying Daggers*十面埋伏Zhang YimouChina, Hong Kong
*I Died in Childhood...*Я умер в детстве...Georgi ParadzhanovRussia
*Kill Bill: Volume 2*Quentin TarantinoUnited States
*Notre musique*Jean-Luc GodardFrance, Switzerland
*Salvador Allende*Patricio GuzmánChile
*Troy*Wolfgang PetersenUnited States, United Kingdom, Mexico, Malta
*Words in Progress**Épreuves d'artistes*Gilles JacobFrance
*Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession*Alexandra CassavetesUnited States

''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.

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryTributesRestored Prints
*Black God, White Devil* (1964)*Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol*Glauber RochaBrazil
*Blowup* (1966)Michelangelo AntonioniUnited Kingdom, Italy
*Bye Bye Brazil* (1979)*Bye Bye Brasil*Carlos DieguesBrazil, France, Argentina
*College* (1927)James W. HorneUnited States
*Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands* (1976)*Dona Flor e seus dois maridos*Bruno BarretoBrazil
*Entranced Earth* (1967)*Terra em transe*Glauber Rocha
*The Gaze of Michelangelo* (short) (2004)*Lo sguardo di Michelangelo*Michelangelo AntonioniItaly
*The General* (1926)Buster Keaton and Clyde BruckmanUnited States
*Keeper of Promises* (1964)*O Pagador de Promessas*Anselmo DuarteBrazil
*Macunaíma* (1968)Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
*Steamboat Bill, Jr.* (1928)Buster Keaton and Charles ReisnerUnited States
*Vidas Secas* (1963)Nelson Pereira dos SantosBrazil
*Amelie's Trip* (1974)*Le voyage d'Amélie*Daniel DuvalFrance
*The Battle of Algiers* (1965)*La battaglia di Algeri*Gillo PontecorvoItaly, Algeria
*Before the Revolution* (1964)*Prima della rivoluzione*Bernardo BertolucciItaly
*The Big Red One* (1980)Samuel FullerUnited States
*Deadlier Than the Male* (1966)Ralph ThomasUnited Kingdom
*Hair* (1979)Miloš FormanUnited States, West Germany
*The Inner Scar* (1967)*La cicatrice intérieure*Philippe GarrelFrance
*The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner* (1962)Tony RichardsonUnited Kingdom
*Mother India* (1957)Mehboob KhanIndia
*The New One-Armed Swordsman* (1971)新獨臂刀Chang ChehHong Kong
*Ordet* (1955)Carl Theodor DreyerDenmark
*Pickpocket* (1959)Robert BressonFrance

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)
  • The Man with No Shadow (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)
  • What Remains of Us (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

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Main Competition

  • 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 for Clean
  • Best Actor: Yūya Yagira for 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

''[[Caméra d'Or]]''

  • Or (My Treasure) 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|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|Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist]]

  • Éric Gautier, cinematographer in Clean and The Motorcycle Diaries

[[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

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

[[François Chalais Prize|François Chalais Award]]

  • The Motorcycle Diaries by Walter Salles

References

Media

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