1998 Cannes Film Festival

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1998 Cannes Film Festival
CFF98poster.jpg
Official poster of the 51st Cannes Film Festival [1]
Opening film Primary Colors
Closing film Godzilla
Location Cannes, France
Founded1946
Awards Palme d'Or :
Eternity and a Day [2]
Hosted by Isabelle Huppert
No. of films22 (In Competition)
Festival date13 May 1998 (1998-05-13) – 24 May 1998 (1998-05-24)
Website festival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

The 51st Cannes Film Festival took place from 13 to 24 May 1998. [3] American filmmaker Martin Scorsese served as jury president for the main competition. Isabelle Huppert was the host for the opening and closing ceremonies. [4]

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Greek filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Eternity and a Day . [5] [6] [7] [8]

The festival opened with Primary Colors by Mike Nichols, [9] [10] and closed with Godzilla by Roland Emmerich. [11] Two new sections were added to the Official Selection: the Un Certain Regard and the Cinéfondation . [12] [13]

1998 Un Certain Regard poster, an original illustration by Kang Woohyun. Un certain regard 98.jpg
1998 Un Certain Regard poster, an original illustration by Kang Woohyun.

Juries

Main competition

Un Certain Regard

Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition

Camera d'Or

Official Selection

In Competition

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or : [16]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
April Aprile Nanni Moretti Italy
The Celebration Festen Thomas Vinterberg Denmark
Claire Dolan Lodge Kerrigan United States, France
Class Trip La classe de neige Claude Miller France
Dance Me to My Song Rolf de Heer Australia
The Dreamlife of Angels La vie rêvée des anges Erick Zonca France
Eternity and a Day Μια αιωνιότητα και μια μέρα Theo Angelopoulos Greece
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Terry Gilliam United States
Flowers of Shanghai 海上花 Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan
Foolish Heart Corazón iluminado Héctor Babenco Argentina, Brazil, France
The General John Boorman Ireland, United Kingdom
The Hole 洞 Tsai Ming-liang Taiwan
Henry Fool Hal Hartley United States
The Idiots Idioterne Lars von Trier Denmark, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden
Illuminata John Turturro United States
Khrustalyov, My Car! Хрусталёв, машину! Aleksei German Russia, France
Life Is Beautiful La vita è bella Roberto Benigni Italy
My Name Is Joe Ken Loach United Kingdom
The Rose Seller La vendedora de rosas Víctor Gaviria Colombia
The School of Flesh L'école de la chair Benoît Jacquot France
Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train Patrice Chéreau
Velvet Goldmine Todd Haynes United Kingdom, United States

Un Certain Regard

The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard : [16]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
All the Little Animals Jeremy Thomas United Kingdom
The Apostle Robert Duvall United States
The Apple سیب Samira Makhmalbaf Iran
August 32nd on Earth Un 32 août sur terre Denis Villeneuve Canada
El evangelio de las maravillas Arturo Ripstein Mexico
For Sale À vendre Laetitia Masson France
The Impostors Stanley Tucci United States
In the Presence of a Clown Larmar och gör sig till Ingmar Bergman Sweden
Island, AliciaKen YunomeUnited States
Killer Киллер Darezhan Omirbaev Kazakhstan, France
Leaf on a Pillow Daun di Atas Bantal Garin Nugroho Indonesia
Little Tony Kleine Teun Alex van Warmerdam Netherlands
Louise (Take 2) Siegfried France
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon John Maybury United Kingdom
Lulu on the Bridge Paul Auster United States
The Man Who Couldn't Open DoorsPaul ArdenUnited Kingdom
The Mutants Os mutantes Teresa Villaverde Portugal
One Evening After the War រាត្រីមួយក្រោយសង្គ្រាម Rithy Panh Cambodia, France
Passion Szenvedély György Fehér Hungary
Places in Cities Plätze in Städten Angela Schanelec Germany
The Power of Kangwon Province 강원도의 힘 Hong Sang-soo South Korea
Rehearsals for War Teatro di guerra Mario Martone Italy
River of Gold O Rio do Ouro Paulo Rocha Portugal
The Shoe Kurpe Laila Pakalniņa Germany, Latvia
Tell Me I'm Dreaming Dis-moi que je rêve Claude Mouriéras France
Tokyo Eyes Jean-Pierre Limosin France, Japan
Zero Effect Jake Kasdan United States

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: [16]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Blues Brothers 2000 John Landis United States
Godzilla (closing film) Roland Emmerich
Primary Colors (opening film) Mike Nichols

Special Screenings

The following films were selected to receive a Special Screening: [17]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Anxiety Inquietude Manoel de Oliveira Portugal
Dark City Alex Proyas United States, Australia
Goodbye Lover Roland Joffé United States, Germany
Dr. Akagi カンゾー先生 Shohei Imamura Japan
Tango Tango, no me dejes nunca Carlos Saura Argentina, Spain

Cinéfondation

The following films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation : [16]

Short Films Competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or: [16]

  • 9'8 M/S2 by Alfonso Amador, Nicolas Mendez
  • Balkanska Ruleta by Zdravko Barisic
  • Enfant, Gribouillage, Photos de Famille by Jun-hong Lin
  • Fetch by Lynn-Maree Danzey
  • Gasman by Lynne Ramsay
  • Happy Birthday to Me by Martin Mahon
  • Horseshoe by David Lodge
  • I Want You by Gregory Quail
  • Kiyida by Ebru Yapici
  • L'Interview by Xavier Giannoli
  • Skate by Eun-Ryung Cho

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following films were screened for the 37th International Critics' Week (37e Semaine de la Critique): [18]

Feature film competition

Short film competition

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 1998 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs): [19]

Short films
  • A table by Idit Cébula (19 min.)
  • Le Bleu du ciel by Christian Dor (25 min.)
  • Open Bodies (Les corps ouverts) by Sébastien Lifshitz (47 min.)
  • Electrons statiques by Jean-Marc Moutout (25 min.)
  • Les Pinces à linge by Joël Brisse (23 min.)
  • Rue bleue by Chad Chenouga (24 min.)

Official Awards

Theodoros Angelopoulos, winner of the Palme d'Or at the event. Theodoros Angelopoulos Athens 26-4-2009-2.jpg
Theodoros Angelopoulos, winner of the Palme d'Or at the event.
Roberto Benigni, Gran Prix winner Roberto Benigni (1998) cropped.jpg
Roberto Benigni, Gran Prix winner

The following films and people received the 1998 Official selection awards: [2] [5]

In Competition

Un Certain Regard

Cinéfondation

Caméra d'Or

Short Film Palme d'Or

Independent awards

FIPRESCI Prizes

Commission Supérieure Technique

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

Award of the Youth

International Critics' Week

Directors' Fortnight

François Chalais Award

References

  1. ↑ "Posters 1998". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 19 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Awards 1998: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "1998 - 51e édition (50th edition)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  4. ↑ Dupont, Joan (13 May 1998). "A More Festive Look to the 1998 Cannes Festival". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  5. 1 2 "51ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Cannes 1998: News (2)". urbancinefile.com. Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "Cannes '98:What's In The Cannes". urbancinefile.com. Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  8. ↑ "Cannes 1998 – The Festival Films". urbancinefile.com. Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  9. ↑ "Cannes opens quietly". Variety. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "1998 Cannes Film Festival Lineup". indiewire.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  11. ↑ Turan, Kenneth (13 May 1998). "Year of the Bigfoot: 'Godzilla' is just the biggest example of the strong American presence--from movies even to the jury president--at the 51st Festival International du Film". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  12. ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Un Certain Regard Prize". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 22 May 2007.
  13. ↑ "Presentation - Cinéfondation". cinefondation.com. Archived from the original on 29 May 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  14. ↑ "Posters 1998". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  15. ↑ "All Juries 1998". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 5 October 2015.
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 "Official Selection 1998: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
  17. ↑ "Special screenings". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  18. ↑ "37e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1998". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  19. ↑ "Quinzaine 1998". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  20. ↑ "FIPRESCI Awards 1998". fipresci.org. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  21. ↑ "Tango Grand Prix Technique de la CST - Photo". cannes-fest.com. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  22. ↑ "Jury Œcuménique 1998". cannes.juryoecumenique.org. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  23. 1 2 3 4 "Cannes Film Festival Awards 1998". imdb.com. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  24. ↑ "A Look Back at Last Night". TIFF. Retrieved 2025-10-02.
  25. ↑ "Association Prix François Chalais Cannes 1998". francois-chalais.fr. Retrieved 24 June 2017.[ permanent dead link ]

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