Opening film | The Da Vinci Code |
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Closing film | Transylvania |
Location | Cannes, France |
Founded | 1946 |
Awards | Palme d'Or: The Wind That Shakes the Barley |
Hosted by | Vincent Cassel |
No. of films | 20 (En Competition) [2] 24 ( Un Certain Regard ) 28 (Out of Competition) 17 (Cinéfondation) 10 (Short Film) |
Festival date | 17 May 2006 – 28 May 2006 |
Website | festival-cannes |
The 59th Cannes Film Festival was held from 17 to 28 May 2006. Twenty films from eleven countries were in competition for the Palme d'Or . The President of the Official selection Jury was Wong Kar-wai, the first Chinese director to preside over the jury. [3]
English director Ken Loach won the Palme d'Or with his movie The Wind That Shakes the Barley . [4] [5] [6] [7] This edition also marked the first time in three years that no American film, actor, actress, or filmmaker won any awards in Cannes.
The festival Opening Film was The Da Vinci Code , directed by Ron Howard. [8] Transylvania by Tony Gatlif was the Closing Film. Paris, je t'aime opened the Un Certain Regard section of the festival. [9]
The following people were appointed as juries in the various selection below: [11]
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or: [2] The Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted.
English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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Babel | Alejandro González Iñárritu | United States, Mexico, Morocco, France | |
The Caiman | Il caimano | Nanni Moretti | Italy |
Charlie Says | Selon Charlie | Nicole Garcia | France |
Chronicle of an Escape | Crónica de una fuga | Israel Adrián Caetano | Argentina |
Climates | İklimler | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Turkey |
Colossal Youth | Juventude em Marcha | Pedro Costa | Portugal |
Days of Glory | Indigènes | Rachid Bouchareb | France, Morocco, Belgium, Algeria |
The Family Friend | L'amico di famiglia | Paolo Sorrentino | Italy |
Fast Food Nation | Richard Linklater | United States, United Kingdom | |
Flanders | Flandres | Bruno Dumont | France |
Lights In The Dusk | Laitakaupungin valot | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland, Germany, France |
Marie Antoinette | Sofia Coppola | United States, France, Japan | |
Pan’s Labyrinth | El laberinto del fauno | Guillermo del Toro | Spain, Mexico |
Red Road | Andrea Arnold | United Kingdom, Denmark | |
The Right of the Weakest | La Raison du plus faible | Lucas Belvaux | Belgium |
Southland Tales | Richard Kelly | United States, Germany | |
Summer Palace | 頤和園 | Lou Ye | China |
Volver | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain | |
When I Was a Singer | Quand j'étais chanteur | Xavier Giannoli | France |
The Wind That Shakes the Barley | Ken Loach | Ireland, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland | |
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard : [2]
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: [2]
The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation: [2]
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or: [2]
The Cannes Classics section highlights heritage cinema, re-discovered films, restored prints and theatrical, television or DVD releases of great films of the past. [12]
Tribute [13]
Documentaries about Cinema [12]
Restored prints [14]
The following films were screened for the 45th International Critics' Week (45e Semaine de la Critique): [15]
Feature film competition
Short film competition
The following films were screened for the 2006 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs): [16]
The following films and people received the 2006 Official selection awards: [17] [4]
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