1996 Cannes Film Festival

Opening film Ridicule Location Cannes, France Hosted by Sabine Azéma		Closing film Flirting with Disaster Founded 1946

Awards Palme d'Or (Secrets & Lies)

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

The festival opened with Ridicule, directed by Patrice Leconte and closed with Flirting with Disaster, directed by David O. Russell.

Jury

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

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

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

1996 Cannes Film Festival Wikipedia

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