2005 Cannes Film Festival

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The 2005 Cannes Film Festival started on May 11 and ran until May 22. Twenty movies from 13 countries were selected to compete. The awards were announced on May 21. The Palme d'Or went to the Belgian film L'Enfant by Dardenne brothers.

The festival opened with Lemming, directed by Dominik Moll and closed with Chromophobia, directed by Martha Fiennes.

Jury

Emir Kusturica, director, President

Javier Bardem, actor

Fatih Akın, director

Nandita Das, actress

Salma Hayek, actress

Toni Morrison, writer

Benoît Jacquot, director

Agnès Varda, director

John Woo, director

Films in Competition

Bashing by Masahiro Kobayashi

Battle in Heaven by Carlos Reygadas

Broken Flowers by Jim Jarmusch

Don't Come Knocking by Wim Wenders

Hidden by Michael Haneke

The Child by Dardenne brothers

Election by Johnnie To

Free Zone by Amos Gitai

A History of Violence by David Cronenberg

Kilometre Zero by Hiner Saleem

Last Days by Gus Van Sant

Lemming by Dominik Moll

Manderlay by Lars von Trier

To Paint or Make Love by Arnaud Larrieu and Jean-Marie Larrieu

Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide by Marco Tullio Giordana

Shanghai Dreams by Wang Xiaoshuai

Sin City by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez

Tale of Cinema by Hong Sang-soo

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada by Tommy Lee Jones

Three Times by Hou Hsiao-Hsien

Where the Truth Lies by Atom Egoyan

Un Certain Regard

Blood by Amat Escalante

The Bow by Kim Ki-duk

Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures by Marcelo Gomes

Dark Horse by Dagur Kári

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu by Cristi Puiu

Delwende by S. Pierre Yameogo

Down in the Valley by David Jacobson

Le filmeur by Alain Cavalier

The Forsaken Land by Vimukthi Jayasundara

Havana Blues by Benito Zambrano

I Am Guilty by Christoph Hochhäusler

Jewboy by Tony Krawitz

Johanna by Kornél Mundruczó

The King by James Marsh

Lower City by Sérgio Machado

Marock by Laïla Marrakchi

Northeast by Juan Diego Solanas

My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? by Shinji Aoyama

One Night by Niki Karimi

Sleeper by Benjamin Heisenberg

Time to Leave by François Ozon

Yellow Fella by Ivan Sen

Zim and Co. by Pierre Jolivet

Films out of Competition

Avenge But One of My Two Eyes by Avi Mograbi

C'est pas tout à fait la vie dont j'avais rêvé by Michel Piccoli

Chromophobia by Martha Fiennes

Cindy: The Doll Is Mine by Bertrand Bonello

Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul by Fatih Akın

Dalkomhan insaeng by Kim Jee-woon

Darshan - L'étreinte by Jan Kounen

Joyeux Noël by Christian Carion

Kirikou and the Wild Beasts by Michel Ocelot and Bénédicte Galup

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang by Shane Black

The Burnt Theatre by Rithy Panh

Match Point by Woody Allen

Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream by Stuart Samuels

Operetta tanuki goten by Seijun Suzuki

Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith by George Lucas

The Power of Nightmares by Adam Curtis

Awards

Palme d'Or: L'Enfant, by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne

Grand Prix: Broken Flowers, by Jim Jarmusch

Best Actress Award: Hanna Laslo in Free Zone

Best Actor Award: Tommy Lee Jones in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Best Director Award: Caché by Michael Haneke

Best Screenplay Award: Guillermo Arriaga for The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Prix du Jury: Shanghai Dreams, by Wang Xiaoshuai

Prix un certain regard: The Death of Mr. Lăzărescu by Cristi Puiu

Prix François Chalais: Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide, by Marco Tullio Giordana

Palme d'Or du court métrage - Podorozhni (Wayfarers) directed by Igor Strembitskyy

References

2005 Cannes Film Festival Wikipedia

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