2004 Cannes Film Festival

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2004 Cannes Film Festival
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Official poster of the 57th Cannes Film Festival featuring an illustration by Alerte Orange. [1]
Opening film Bad Education
Closing film De-Lovely
Location Cannes, France
Founded1946
Awards Palme d'Or:
Fahrenheit 9/11
Hosted by Laura Morante
No. of films19 (Main Competition)
Festival date12 May 2004 (2004-05-12) – 23 May 2004 (2004-05-23)
Website festival-cannes.com/en
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. [2] [3] [4]

Contents

The festival opening film was Bad Education directed by Pedro Almodóvar, [5] while De-Lovely directed by Irwin Winkler was the closing film. [6] Laura Morante was mistress of the ceremonies. [2]

2004 Un Certain Regard poster adapted from Marjane Satrapi's illustration. Un certain regard 04.jpg
2004 Un Certain Regard poster adapted from Marjane Satrapi's illustration.

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 : [9]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production Country
2046 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong, France, Italy, China, Germany
Clean Olivier Assayas France, United Kingdom, Canada
The Consequences of Love Le conseguenze dell'amore Paolo Sorrentino Italy
The Edukators Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei Hans Weingartner Austria, Germany
Exils Tony Gatlif France
Fahrenheit 9/11 Michael Moore United States
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence イノセンス, Inosensu Mamoru Oshii Japan
The Holy Girl La niña santa Lucrecia Martel Argentina, Italy
The Ladykillers Joel and Ethan Coen United States
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Stephen Hopkins United Kingdom, United States
Life Is a Miracle Живот је чудо Emir Kusturica Serbia
Look at Me Comme une image Agnès Jaoui France
The Motorcycle Diaries Diarios de motocicleta Walter Salles Argentina, Brazil, United States, Chile, Peru
Mondovino Jonathan Nossiter United States
Nobody Knows 誰も知らない Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan
Oldboy 올드보이 Park Chan-wook South Korea
Shrek 2 Andrew Adamson United States
Tropical Malady สัตว์ประหลาด Apichatpong Weerasethakul Thailand
Woman Is the Future of Man 여자는 남자의 미래다 Hong Sang-soo South Korea

Un Certain Regard

The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard : [9]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production Country
10 on Ten Abbas Kiarostami Iran
Alexandria... New York إسكندرية .. نيويورك Youssef Chahine Egypt, France
The Assassination of Richard Nixon Niels Mueller United States, Mexico
Crónicas Sebastián Cordero Ecuador, Mexico
Dear Frankie Shona Auerbach Scotland
Don't Move Non ti muovere Sergio Castellitto Italy
Earth and Ashes خاکستر و خاک Atiq Rahimi Afghanistan
Hotel Jessica Hausner Austria
In the Darkness of the Night Noite Escura João Canijo Portugal
Kontroll Nimród Antal Hungary
Lightweight Poids léger Jean-Pierre Améris France
Marseille Angela Schanelec Germany
Moolaadé Ousmane Sembène Senegal, France, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Morocco, Tunisia
Nelly À ce soir Laure Duthilleul France
Passages 路程Yang ChaoChina
Right Now A Tout de Suite Benoît Jacquot France
Shiza Gulshat Omarova Kazakhstan, Russia, France, Germany
Somersault Cate Shortland Australia
Sword in the Moon 청풍명월 Kim Ui-seok South Korea
Welcome to Switzerland Bienvenue en Suisse Léa Fazer France, Switzerland
Whisky Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll Argentina, Germany, Spain, Uruguay

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: [9]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production Country
The 10th District Court: Moments of Trials10e chambre - Instants d'audience Raymond Depardon France
Bad Education (opening film)La mala educación Pedro Almodóvar Spain
Bad Santa Terry Zwigoff United States
Born to FilmCinéastes à tout prix Frédéric Sojcher France
Breaking News 大事件 Johnnie To Hong Kong
Dawn of the Dead Zack Snyder United States, France, Japan
De-Lovely (closing film) Irwin Winkler United States
The Gate of Sun باب الشمس Yousry Nasrallah Egypt, France
Five پنج Abbas Kiarostami Iran
Glauber o Filme, Labirinto do Brasil Silvio Tendler Brazil
Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the CinémathèqueLe fantôme d'Henri LangloisJacques RichardFrance
House of Flying Daggers 十面埋伏 Zhang Yimou China, Hong Kong
I Died in Childhood...Я умер в детстве...Georgi ParadzhanovRussia
Kill Bill: Volume 2 Quentin Tarantino United States
Notre musique Jean-Luc Godard France, Switzerland
Salvador Allende Patricio Guzmán Chile
Troy Wolfgang Petersen United States, United Kingdom, Mexico, Malta
Words in ProgressÉpreuves d'artistes Gilles Jacob France
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession Alexandra Cassavetes United States

Cinéfondation

The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation: [9]

  • 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: [9]

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. [10] [11] [10]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production Country
Tributes
Black God, White Devil (1964)Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol Glauber Rocha Brazil
Blowup (1966) Michelangelo Antonioni United Kingdom, Italy
Bye Bye Brazil (1979)Bye Bye Brasil Carlos Diegues Brazil, France, Argentina
College (1927) James W. Horne United States
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976)Dona Flor e seus dois maridos Bruno Barreto Brazil
Entranced Earth (1967)Terra em transe Glauber Rocha
The Gaze of Michelangelo(short) (2004)Lo sguardo di Michelangelo Michelangelo Antonioni Italy
The General (1926) Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman United States
Keeper of Promises (1964) O Pagador de Promessas Anselmo Duarte Brazil
Macunaíma (1968) Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) Buster Keaton and Charles Reisner United States
Vidas Secas (1963) Nelson Pereira dos Santos Brazil
Restored Prints
Amelie's Trip (1974)Le voyage d'Amélie Daniel Duval France
The Battle of Algiers (1965)La battaglia di Algeri Gillo Pontecorvo Italy, Algeria
Before the Revolution (1964)Prima della rivoluzione Bernardo Bertolucci Italy
The Big Red One (1980) Samuel Fuller United States
Deadlier Than the Male (1966) Ralph Thomas United Kingdom
Hair (1979) Miloš Forman United States, West Germany
The Inner Scar (1967)La cicatrice intérieure Philippe Garrel France
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962) Tony Richardson United Kingdom
Mother India (1957) Mehboob Khan India
The New One-Armed Swordsman (1971)新獨臂刀 Chang Cheh Hong Kong
Ordet (1955) Carl Theodor Dreyer Denmark
Pickpocket (1959) Robert Bresson France

Parallel Sections

International Critics' Week

The following films were screened for the 43rd International Critics' Week (43e Semaine de la Critique): [12]

Competition

Short Films Competition

Special Screenings

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 2004 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs): [13]

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

Michael Moore, 2004 Palme d'Or winner Michael moore.jpg
Michael Moore, 2004 Palme d'Or winner
Park Chan-wook, Grand Prix winner ParkChanwookCannesMay09.jpg
Park Chan-wook, Grand Prix winner

The following films and people received the 2004 Official selection awards: [2] [3] [14]

Main Competition

Un Certain Regard

Cinéfondation

Caméra d'Or

Short Films Competition

Independent Awards

FIPRESCI Prizes

Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

Award of the Youth

Critics' Week

François Chalais Award

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