2006 Cannes Film Festival

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2006 Cannes Film Festival
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Official poster of the 59th Cannes Film Festival featuring a still from Wong Kar-wai's 2000 film In the Mood for Love . [1]
Opening film The Da Vinci Code
Closing film Transylvania
Location Cannes, France
Founded1946
Awards Palme d'Or:
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Hosted by Vincent Cassel
No. of films20 (Main Competition)
Festival date17 May 2006 (2006-05-17) – 28 May 2006 (2006-05-28)
Website festival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

The 59th Cannes Film Festival was held from 17 to 28 May 2006. Chinese filmmaker Wong Kar-wai served as jury president for the main competition, the first Chinese to preside over the jury. [2] English filmmaker Ken Loach won the Palme d'Or for the war drama film The Wind That Shakes the Barley . [3] [4] [5] [6]

Contents

The official poster for the festival features a still image from the Wong Kar-wai's 2000 film In the Mood for Love , which won the Best Actor award at the 53rd edition of the festival.

The festival opening film was The Da Vinci Code directed by Ron Howard. [7] While Transylvania by Tony Gatlif was the closing film. [8]

This edition also marked the first time in three years that no American film, actor, actress, or filmmaker won any awards in Cannes.

2006 Un Certain Regard poster featuring an original drawing by Russian filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein. Un certain regard 06.jpg
2006 Un Certain Regard poster featuring an original drawing by Russian filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein.

Juries

The following people were appointed as juries in the various selection below: [10]

Main competition

Un Certain Regard

Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition

Camera d'Or

Official Selection

Main Competition

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or: [11] The Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted.

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
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

Un Certain Regard

The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard : [11]

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
2:37 Murali K. Thalluri Australia
977 Девять семь семь Nikolay Khomeriki Russia
Bled Number One Rabah Ameur-ZaïmecheAlgeria, France
French California La Californie Jacques Fieschi France
Luxury Car 江城夏日 Wang Chao China, France
Murderers Meurtrières Patrick Grandperret France
The Page Turner La Tourneuse de pages Denis Dercourt
Paraguayan Hammock Hamaca paraguaya Paz Encina Paraguay
Paris, je t'aime Gurinder Chadha, Bruno Podalydès, Gus Van Sant,Coen brothers, Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas, Christopher Doyle, Isabel Coixet, Suwa Nobuhiro, Sylvain Chomet, Alfonso Cuarón, Olivier Assayas,
Oliver Schmitz, Richard LaGravenese, Vincenzo Natali, Wes Craven, Tom Tykwer, Gérard Depardieu, Frédéric Auburtin, Alexander Payne 		France, Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein
Re-cycle 鬼域 The Pang Brothers Hong Kong, Thailand
Retrieval Z odzysku Sławomir Fabicki Poland
Salvador Salvador (Puig Antich) Manuel Huerga Spain, United Kingdom
A Scanner Darkly Richard Linklater United States
Serambi Garin Nugroho, Tonny Trimarsanto, Viva Westi, Lianto LusenoIndonesia
Suburban Mayhem Paul Goldman Australia
Taxidermia György Pálfi Hungary, Austria, France
Ten Canoes Rolf de Heer Australia
To Get to Heaven, First You Have to Die Чтобы Добраться до Небес Сначала, Вы должны Умереть Jamshed Usmonov Tajikistan
The Unforgiven 용서받지 못한 자 Yoon Jong-bin South Korea
Uro Stefan Faldbakken Norway
The Violin El violinFrancisco VargasMexico
The Way I Spent the End of the World Cum mi-am petrecut sfârșitul lumii Cătălin Mitulescu Romania
The Wedding Director Il regista di matrimoni Marco Bellocchio Italy
You Am I Aš esi tuKristijonas VildziunasLithuania

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: [11]

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
An Inconvenient Truth Davis Guggenheim United States
Avida Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern France
Bamako Abderrahmane Sissako Mali, France, United Sta
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters Bill Couturié United States
The Boy on the Galloping Horse Chłopiec na galopującym koniu Adam Guziński Poland
Clerks II Kevin Smith United States
A Curtain Raiser(short)Un lever de rideau François Ozon France
The Da Vinci Code (opening film) Ron Howard United States, Malta, France, United Kingdom
El-banate dol Tahani Rached Egypt
Election 2 黑社會:以和爲貴 Johnnie To Hong Kong
Halim حليم Sherif Arafa Egypt
The House Is Burning Holger Ernst Germany
I Only Wanted to LiveVolevo solo vivere Mimmo Calopresti Italy
Ici Najac, à vous la terre Jean-Henri Meunier France
Oh La La! Nouvelle chance Anne Fontaine
Over the Hedge Tim Johnson, Karey Kirkpatrick United States
Requiem for Billy the Kid Requiem pour Billy the KidAnne FeinsilberFrance
Room 666 (1982)Chambre 666 Wim Wenders France, West Germany
Les signes(short) Eugène Green France
Shortbus John Cameron Mitchell United States
SIDA (short) Gaspar Noé France
Silk 詭絲Su Chao-pinTaiwan
Sketches of Frank Gehry Sydney Pollack United States
Stanley's Girlfriend (short) Monte Hellman
Transylvania (closing film) Tony Gatlif France
United 93 Paul Greengrass United States, United Kingdom, France
The Water Diary (short) Jane Campion France
X-Men: The Last Stand Brett Ratner United States
Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle Philippe Parreno and Douglas Gordon France

Cinéfondation

The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation: [11]

  • Doorman by Etienne Kallos
  • Een ingewikkeld verhaal, eenvoudig verteld by Jaap van Heusden
  • Elastinen parturi by Milla Nybondas
  • Emile's Girlfriend (Ha'chavera shell Emile) by Nadav Lapid
  • Even Kids Started Small by Yaniv Berman
  • Firn by Axel Koenzen
  • Ge & Zeta by Gustavo Riet
  • Une goutte d'eau by Deniz Gamze Ergüven
  • Graceland by Anocha Suwichakornpong
  • Hunde by Matthias Huser
  • Jaba by Andreas Bolm
  • Justiça ao insulto by Bruno Jorge
  • Mother by Siân Heder
  • Mr. Schwartz, Mr. Hazen & Mr. Horlocker by Stefan Mueller
  • Snow by Dustin Feneley
  • Tetris by Anirban Datta
  • Le virus by Ágnes Kocsis

Short Films Competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or: [11]

Cannes Classics

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]

  • Il était une fois...Rome ville ouverte by Marie Genin, Serge July
  • John Ford / John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend by Sam Pollard
  • Marcello, una vita dolce by Annarosa Morri, Mario Canale

Restored prints [14]

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following films were screened for the 45th International Critics' Week (45e Semaine de la Critique): [15]

Feature film competition

Short film competition

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 2006 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs): [16]

Short films
  • The Aluminum Fowl by James Clauer
  • Bugcrush by Carter Smith
  • By the Kiss by Yann Gonzalez
  • Dans le rang by Cyprien Vial
  • L'Étoile de mer by Sophie Letourneur
  • Menged by Daniel Taye Workou
  • Rapace by João Nicolau
  • Un rat by Bosilka Simonovitch
  • Sepohon Rambutan indah kepunyaanku di tanjung rambutan by Bin HajiSaari U-Wei
  • Le Soleil et la mort voyagent ensemble by Frank Beauvais
Wong Kar-wai, 2006 Jury President Wong Kar-wai Berlin cropped.jpg
Wong Kar-wai, 2006 Jury President
Ken Loach, winner of the Palme d'Or at the event. Ken Loach Cannes.jpg
Ken Loach, winner of the Palme d'Or at the event.
Bruno Dumont, Gran Prix winner Bruno Dumont (cropped).jpg
Bruno Dumont, Gran Prix winner

Official Awards

The following films and people received the 2006 Official selection awards: [17] [3]

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

Directors' Fortnight

Prix François Chalais

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