2004 Cannes Film Festival

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 (and only) documentary to win the festival's main prize.

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.

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'':

''Un Certain Regard''

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

Out of Competition

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

''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.

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

The following films and people received the 2004 Official selection awards:

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: YÅ«ya 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 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

* 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 Award

* '' The Motorcycle Diaries'' by Walter Salles

References

Media

INA: Opening of the 2004 Festival
(commentary in French)

(commentary in French)

External links

(web.archive)
Official website Retrospective 2004

Cannes Film Festival Awards for 2004
at Internet Movie Database

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