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2005 Cannes Film Festival
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| name | 2005 Cannes Film Festival |
| image | CFF2005poster.jpg |
| caption | Official poster of the 58th Cannes Film Festival featuring an original illustration by *Frédéric Menant* and *Tim Garcia*. |
| host | Cécile de France |
| number | 21 (Main Competition) |
| opening | *Lemming* |
| closing | *Chromophobia* |
| location | Cannes, France |
| awards | Palme d'Or: |
| *L'Enfant* | |
| date | – |
| founded | 1946 |
| website | |
| main | Cannes Film Festival |
| previous | [2004](2004-cannes-film-festival) |
| next | [2006](2006-cannes-film-festival) |
L'Enfant
The 58th Cannes Film Festival took place from 11 May and ran until 22 May 2005. Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica served as jury president for the main competition. Cécile de France hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.
Belgian filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, the Dardenne brothers, won the Palme d'Or for the second time with the drama film L'Enfant.
The festival opening film was Lemming directed by Dominik Moll, while Chromophobia directed by Martha Fiennes was the closing film.

Juries
Main competition
- Emir Kusturica, Serbian filmmaker - Jury President
- Fatih Akın, Turkish-German filmmaker
- Javier Bardem, Spanish actor
- Nandita Das, Indian actress
- Salma Hayek, Mexican-American actress
- Benoît Jacquot, French filmmaker
- Toni Morrison, American author
- Agnès Varda, French filmmaker
- John Woo, Hong Kong filmmaker
''Un Certain Regard''
- Alexander Payne, American filmmaker - Jury President
- Eduardo Antin, Argentinian critic and author
- Betsy Blair, American actress
- Katia Chapoutier, Canadian journalist
- Sandra Den Hamer, Dutch director of the Rotterdam Festival
- Gilles Marchand, French director and screenwriter
- Geneviève Welcomme, French journalist
''Cinéfondation'' and Short Films Competition
- Edward Yang, Taiwanese filmmaker - Jury President
- Chantal Akerman, Belgian director
- Colin MacCabe, Irish critic and author
- Yousry Nasrallah, Egyptian director
- Sylvie Testud, French actress
''Camera d'Or''
- Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian filmmaker - Jury President
- Yves Allion, French critic
- Patrick Chamoiseau, French writer
- Malik Chibane, French director
- Scott Foundas, American critic
- Laura Meyer, French cinephile
- Luc Pourrinet, French technician
- Roberto Turigliatto, Italian director of the Festival of Turin
- Romain Winding, French cinematographer
Official Selection
In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| *Bashing* | バッシング | Masahiro Kobayashi | Japan |
| *Battle in Heaven* | *Batalla en el cielo* | Carlos Reygadas | Mexico, France, Germany |
| *Broken Flowers* | Jim Jarmusch | United States, France | |
| *Caché* | Michael Haneke | France, Austria, Germany, Italy | |
| *Don't Come Knocking* | Wim Wenders | Germany, United States | |
| ***L'Enfant*** | **Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne** | **Belgium** | |
| *Election* | 黑社會 | Johnnie To | Hong Kong |
| *Free Zone* | Amos Gitai | Israel | |
| *A History of Violence* | David Cronenberg | United States, Canada, Germany | |
| *Kilomètre Zéro* | کیلۆمەتری سفر | Hiner Saleem | Iraq, France |
| *Last Days* | Gus Van Sant | United States | |
| *Lemming* (opening film) | Dominik Moll | France | |
| *Manderlay* | Lars von Trier | Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy | |
| *To Paint or Make Love* | *Peindre ou faire l'amour* | Arnaud Larrieu and Jean-Marie Larrieu | France |
| *Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide* | *Quando sei nato non puoi più nasconderti* | Marco Tullio Giordana | Italy, France, United Kingdom |
| *Shanghai Dreams* | 青紅 | Wang Xiaoshuai | China |
| *Sin City* | Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez | United States | |
| *Tale of Cinema* | 극장전 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| *The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada* | Tommy Lee Jones | United States, France, Mexico | |
| *Three Times* | 最好的時光 | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Taiwan |
| *Where The Truth Lies* | Atom Egoyan | Canada, United Kingdom |
''Un Certain Regard''
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| *The Bow* | 활 | Kim Ki-duk | South Korea |
| *Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures* | *Cinema, Aspirinas e Urubus* | Marcelo Gomes | Brazil |
| *Dark Horse* | *Voksne mennesker* | Dagur Kári | Denmark, Iceland |
| ***The Death of Mr. Lazarescu*** | ***Moartea domnului Lăzărescu*** | **Cristi Puiu** | **Romania** |
| *Delwende* | Saint Pierre Yaméogo | Burkina Faso, France | |
| *Down in the Valley* | David Jacobson | United States | |
| *Le filmeur* | Alain Cavalier | France | |
| *The Forsaken Land* | සුළඟ එනු පිණිස | Vimukthi Jayasundara | Sri Lanka |
| *Havana Blues* | *Habana Blues* | Benito Zambrano | Spain, Cuba |
| *I Am Guilty* | *Falscher Bekenner* | Christoph Hochhäusler | Germany |
| *Jewboy* | Tony Krawitz | Australia | |
| *Johanna* | Kornél Mundruczó | Hungary | |
| *The King* | James Marsh | United Kingdom, United States | |
| *Lower City* | *Cidade Baixa* | Sérgio Machado | Brazil |
| *Marock* | Laïla Marrakchi | Morocco, France | |
| *My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?* | エリ・エリ・レマ・サバクタニ | Shinji Aoyama | Japan |
| *Northeast* | *Nordeste* | Juan Diego Solanas | Argentina, France |
| *One Night* | یک شب | Niki Karimi | Iran |
| *Sangre* | Amat Escalante | Mexico | |
| *Sleeper* | *Schläfer* | Benjamin Heisenberg | Austria, Germany |
| *Time to Leave* | *Le Temps qui reste* | François Ozon | France |
| *Yellow Fella* | Ivan Sen | Australia | |
| *Zim and Co.* | Pierre Jolivet | France |
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| *Avenge But One of My Two Eyes* | Avi Mograbi | Israel, France | |
| *A Bittersweet Life* | 달콤한 인생 | Kim Jee-woon | South Korea |
| *The Burnt Theatre* | *Les Artistes du Théâtre Brûlé* | Rithy Panh | Cambodia, France |
| *C'est pas tout à fait la vie dont j'avais rêvé* | Michel Piccoli | France | |
| *Chromophobia* (closing film) | Martha Fiennes | United Kingdom | |
| *Cindy: The Doll Is Mine* (short) | Bertrand Bonello | France | |
| *Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul* | Fatih Akın | Turkey, Germany | |
| *Darshan: The Embrace* | *Darshan - L'étreinte* | Jan Kounen | France |
| *Kirikou and the Wild Beasts* | *Kirikou et les Bêtes sauvages* | Michel Ocelot and Bénédicte Galup | France, Vietnam |
| *Kiss Kiss Bang Bang* | Shane Black | United States | |
| *Match Point* | Woody Allen | United Kingdom, Luxembourg, United States | |
| *Merry Christmas* | *Joyeux Noël* | Christian Carion | France, Germany, United Kingdom, Belgium, Romania, Japan |
| *Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream* | Stuart Samuels | Canada, United States | |
| *Princess Raccoon* | オペレッタ狸御殿 | Seijun Suzuki | Japan |
| *The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear* (3 episodes) | Adam Curtis | United Kingdom | |
| *Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith* | George Lucas | United States |
''Cinéfondation''
The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:
- Vdvoyom (A deux) by Nikolay Khomeriki (France)
- A Song for Rebecca by Norah McGettigan (Poland)
- Badgered by Sharon Colman (United Kingdom)
- Bikur Holim by Maya Dreifuss (Israel)
- Buy It Now by Antonio Campos (United States)
- El espino by Théo Court Bustamante (Cuba)
- En la oscuridad by Juan Manuel Rampoldi, Marcelo Charras (Argentina)
- Exit (2004 film) by Robert Depuis (Denmark)
- Five O' Clock Shadow by Malcolm Lamont (United States)
- La cerca by Rubén Mendoza (Colombia)
- La plaine by Roland Edzard (France)
- Le violon by Heng Yang (China)
- Slavek The Shit by Grímur Hákonarson (Iceland, Czech Republic)
- Conscience (film) (Svedomí) by Jan Bohuslav (Czech Republic)
- Tiens toi tranquille by Sameh Zoabi (France)
- Vanilla Song by Jakob Rørvik (United Kingdom)
- Walk On a Little More by Min-young Shim (South Korea)
Short Films Competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
- Baby Shark (Bébé requin) by Pascal-Alex Vincent
- Before Dawn by Bálint Kenyeres
- Clara by Van Sowerwine
- Disparue by Kit Hui
- Kitchen by Alice Winocour
- L'homme qui s'est rencontre by Ben Crowe
- Nothing Special by Helena Brooks
- Sous la lueur de la lune by Peter Ghesquiere
- Wayfarers (Podorozhni) by Igor Strembitskyy
Cannes Classics
Tribute
- 49th Parallel by Michael Powell (1941)
- A Matter of Life and Death by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger (1946)
- Black Narcissus by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger (1947)
- I Know Where I'm Going! by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger (1945)
- The Pearl (La perla) by Emilio "Indio" Fernández (1947)
- Los Olvidados by Luis Buñuel (1950)
- Salón México (Mexico Lounge) by Emilio "Indio" Fernández (1949)
- The Edge of the World by Michael Powell (1937) Documentaries about Cinema
- Al'Lèèssi... une actrice Africaine by Rahmatou Keita
- Ingmar Bergman Complete: Bergman and the Cinema / Bergman and the Theatre / Bergman and Fårö Island by Marie Nyreröd (2004)
- James Dean: Forever Young by Michael J. Sheridan
- John Cassavetes by André S. Labarthe
- Kitano Takeshi Shinshutsu-Kibotsu by Jean-Pierre Limosin
- Moments choisis des histoire(s) du cinema by Jean-Luc Godard
- Shadowing the Third Man by Frederick Baker Restored prints
- An Airman's Letter to His Mother by Michael Powell (1941 Short)
- Notes Towards an African Orestes (Appunti per un'Orestiade Africana) by Pier Paolo Pasolini (1975)
- Beyond the Rocks by Sam Wood (1922 / 2005)
- Bullitt by Peter Yates (1968)
- There Was a Father (Chichi ariki) by Yasujirō Ozu (1942)
- East of Eden by Elia Kazan (1955)
- La Fille de l'eau (Whirlpool of Fate) by Jean Renoir (1925)
- The Fire Within (Le feu follet) by Louis Malle (1963)
- Angels of Sin (Les anges du péché) by Robert Bresson (1943)
- Pather Panchali by Satyajit Ray (1955)
- Pele Eterno by Anibal Massaini Neto (2004)
- Rebel Without a Cause by Nicholas Ray (1955)
- King Boxer (Tian xia di yi quan) by Chang-Wah Chung (1973)
- Two-Lane Blacktop by Monte Hellman (1971)
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 44th International Critics' Week (44e Semaine de la Critique):
Feature film competition
- The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael by Thomas Clay (United Kingdom)
- The Horizon of Events (L’orizzonte degli eventi) by Daniele Vicari (Italy)
- Little Jerusalem (La petite Jérusalem) by Karin Albou (France)
- Me and You and Everyone We Know by Miranda July (United States)
- A Stranger of Mine (Unmei Janai Hito) by Kenji Uchida (Japan)
- Grain in Ear (Máng zhòng) by Zhang Lu (China, South Korea)
- Orlando Vargas by Juan Pittaluga (Uruguay, France) Short film competition
- Le grand vent by Valérie Liénardy (Belgium)
- Respire by Wi Ding Ho (Taiwan)
- Mirror Mechanics by Siegfried A. Fruhauf (Austria)
- Blue Tongue by Justin Kurzel (Australia)
- Imago... by Cédric Babouche (France)
- Get the Rabbit Back by Dimitar Mitovski & Kamen Kalev (Bulgaria)
- Jona/Tomberry by Rosto (Netherlands)
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 2005 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):
- Alice by Marco Martins (Portugal)
- Be with Me by Eric Khoo (Singapore)
- Cache-cache by Yves Caumon (France)
- Family Diary (Cronaca familiare) by Valerio Zurlini (1962)
- Crying Fist by Ryoo Seung-wan (South Korea)
- Douches froides by Antony Cordier (France)
- Factotum by Bent Hamer (Norway, United States, Germany, France)
- Géminis by Albertina Carri (Argentina, France)
- Guernsey by Nanouk Leopold (Netherlands, Belgium)
- Iron Island (Jazireh Ahani) by Mohammad Rasoulof (Iran)
- Keane by Lodge Kerrigan (United States)
- The Buried Forest (Umoregi) by Kohei Oguri (Japan)
- The Moustache by Emmanuel Carrère (France)
- Odete by João Pedro Rodrigues (Portugal)
- Ride the High Country by Sam Peckinpah (1962)
- Room by Kyle Henry (United States)
- Seven Invisible Men by Šarūnas Bartas (Portugal, France, Lithuania)
- Sisters In Law by Kim Longinotto, Florence Ayisi (United Kingdom, Cameroon)
- Tbilisi-Tbilisi by Levan Zakareishvili (Georgia)
- The President's Last Bang by Im Sang-soo (South Korea)
- Travaux, on sait quand ça commence... by Brigitte Roüan (France)
- Who’s Camus Anyway? by Mitsuo Yanagimachi (Japan)
- Wolf Creek by Greg McLean (Australia)
:Short films
- À bras le corps by Katell Quillévéré (19 min.)
- À mains nues by Agnès Feuvre (26 min.)
- Consultation Room by Kei Oyama (9 min.)
- Cosmetic Emergency by Martha Colburn (9 min.)
- Da Janela Do Meu Quarto by Cao Guimarães (5 min.)
- Du soleil en hiver by Samuel Collardey (17 min.)
- Etoile violette by Axelle Ropert (45 min.)
- Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine by Peter Tscherkassky (17 min.)
- Kara, Anak Sebatang Pohon by Edwin (9 min.)
- Majorettes by Lola Doillon (16 min.)
- Nits by Harry Wootliff (11 min.)
- Résfilm by Sándor Kardos (19 min.)
- The Buried Forest by Kohei Oguri (1h33
- Trilogy About Clouds by Naoyuki Tsuji (14 min.)
- Vinil verde by Kleber Mendonça Filho (17 min.)
Official Awards
In Competition
The following films and people received the 2005 Official selection awards:
- Palme d'Or: L'Enfant by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
- Grand Prix: Broken Flowers by Jim Jarmusch
- Best Director: Caché by Michael Haneke
- Best Screenplay: Guillermo Arriaga for The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
- Best Actress: Hanna Laslo for Free Zone
- Best Actor: Tommy Lee Jones for The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
- Prix du Jury: Shanghai Dreams by Wang Xiaoshuai
''Un Certain Regard''
- Prix Un Certain Regard: The Death of Mr. Lazarescu by Cristi Puiu
- Un Certain Regard Prix de l'intimité: Le filmeur by Alain Cavalier
- Un Certain Regard Prix de l'espoir: Delwende by S. Pierre Yameogo
''Cinéfondation''
- First Prize: Buy It Now by Antonio Campos
- Second Prize:
- Bikur Holim by Maya Dreifuss
- Vdvoyom by Nikolay Khomeriki
- Third Prize:
- La plaine by Roland Edzard
- Tiens toi tranquille by Sameh Zoabi
''[[Caméra d'Or]]''
- The Forsaken Land by Vimukthi Jayasundara
- Me and You and Everyone We Know by Miranda July
Short Films Competition
- Short Film Palme d'Or: Wayfarers by Igor Strembitskyy
- Special Mention: Clara by Van Sowerwine
Independent Awards
[[FIPRESCI|FIPRESCI Prizes]]
- Hidden by Michael Haneke (In competition)
- Crying Fist by Ryoo Seung-wan (Directors' Fortnight)
- Blood by Amat Escalante (Un Certain Regard)
[[Vulcan Award|Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist]]
- Leslie Shatz for Sound design in Last Days
- Robert Rodriguez for Visual processing in Sin City
[[Prize of the Ecumenical Jury]]
- Hidden by Michael Haneke
- Special mention: Delwende by S. Pierre Yameogo
Award of the Youth
- Lower City by Sérgio Machado
Critics' Week
- Grand prix: Me and You and Everyone We Know by Miranda July
- Prix ACID: Grain in Ear by Zhang Lu
- Grand Prix Canal+ (short film): Jona/Tomberry de Rosto
Directors' Fortnight
- 3ème Label Europa Cinéma: The Moustache by Emmanuel Carrère
- Prix Art & Essai CICAE: Sisters In Law by Kim Longinotto, Florence Ayisi
- 3ème Prix Regards Jeunes: Alice by Marco Martins
- Prix SACD du court métrage: Du soleil en hiver by Samuel Collardey
- Prix Gras Savoye: À bras le corps by Katell Quillévéré
[[Prix François Chalais]]
- Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide, by Marco Tullio Giordana
References
Media
- INA: Opening of the 2005 Festival (commentary in French)
- INA: List of winners of the 2005 Festival (commentary in French)
References
- "Posters 2005". festival-cannes.fr.
- "Festival de Cannes: 2005 Cannes Film Festival". festival-cannes.com.
- "Cécile de France, Mistress of Ceremony". festival-cannes.com.
- "58ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr.
- "Cannes 2005 / Palmarés". cannes-fest.com.
- "58th Cannes Film Festival report by David Robinson". filmintelligence.org.
- "Cannes 2005 opening night". theguardian.com.
- "British director's film to end Cannes festival". theguardian.com.
- "Posters 2005". festival-cannes.fr.
- "All Juries 2005". festival-cannes.fr.
- "Official Selection 2005: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr.
- "Cannes Classics - Tribute". festival-cannes.com.
- "Cannes Classics - Documentaries about Cinema". festival-cannes.com.
- "Cannes Classics - Restored prints". festival-cannes.com.
- "44e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 2005". archives.semainedelacritique.com.
- "Quinzaine 2005". quinzaine-realisateurs.com.
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- "Awards 2005: Un Certain Regard". festival-cannes.com.
- "FIPRESCI Awards 2005". fipresci.org.
- "Jury Œcuménique Palmarés 2005". cannes.juryoecumenique.org.
- "Association Prix François Chalais Cannes 2005". francois-chalais.fr.
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