1996 Cannes Film Festival Explained

1996 Cannes Film Festival
Host:Sabine Azéma
Number:22 (In Competition)
Opening:Ridicule
Closing:Flirting with Disaster
Location:Cannes, France
Awards:Palme d'Or


Secrets & Lies

Date: –
Founded:1946
Main:Cannes Film Festival
Previous:1995
Next:1997

The 49th Cannes Film Festival took place from 9 to 20 May 1996.[1] [2] American filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola served as jury president for the main competition. Sabine Azéma hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.

British filmmaker Mike Leigh won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Secrets & Lies.[3] [4]

The festival opened with Ridicule by Patrice Leconte,[5] [6] [7] and closed with Flirting with Disaster by David O. Russell.[8] [9]

Juries

Main competition

Camera d'Or

Official Selection

In competition

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[11]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Breaking the WavesLars von TrierDenmark, Sweden, France, Netherlands, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Italy, Germany, United States
My Sex Life... or How I Got into an ArgumentComment je me suis disputé... (ma vie sexuelle)Arnaud DesplechinFrance
CrashDavid CronenbergCanada
Drifting CloudsKauas pilvet karkaavatAki KaurismäkiFinland
EarthTierraJulio MedemSpain
The Eighth DayLe huitième jourJaco Van DormaelBelgium, France
FargoJoel CoenUnited States, United Kingdom
Goodbye South, Goodbye南國再見,南國Hou Hsiao-hsienTaiwan, Japan
Kansas CityRobert AltmanUnited States
The Quiet RoomRolf de HeerAustralia
Ridicule (opening film)Patrice LeconteFrance
The Second TimeLa seconda voltaMimmo CaloprestiItaly
Secrets & Lies Mike LeighUnited Kingdom, France
A Self-Made HeroUn héros très discretJacques AudiardFrance
Stealing BeautyBeauté volée / Io ballo da solaBernardo BertolucciFrance, Italy, United Kingdom
The SunchaserMichael CiminoUnited States
Temptress Moon風月Chen KaigeChina
ThievesLes voleursAndré TéchinéFrance
Three Lives and Only One DeathTrois vies & une seule mortRaúl RuizFrance
Too LatePrea târziuLucian PintilieRomania
Tree of Blood Po di SanguiFlora GomesGuinea-Bissau, France
The VanStephen FrearsIreland

Un Certain Regard

The following films were selected for Un Certain Regard section:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
At Full GallopCwałKrzysztof ZanussiPoland
Bastard Out of CarolinaAnjelica HustonUnited States
La Bouche de Jean-Pierre Lucile HadžihalilovićFrance
Buenos Aires Vice VersaBuenos Aires viceversaAlejandro AgrestiArgentina, Netherlands
The FerryPramis Laila PakalniņaLatvia
Few of UsMūsų nedaugŠarūnas BartasLithuania
FourbiAlain TannerFrance, Switzerland
Gabbeh گبهMohsen MakhmalbafIran, France
Haifa Rashid MasharawiPalestine
Hard EightSydneyPaul Thomas AndersonUnited States
I Shot Andy WarholMary HarronUnited States, United Kingdom
Irma VepOlivier AssayasFrance
Looking for Richard Al PacinoUnited States
Love SerenadeShirley BarrettAustralia
LuluSrinivas KrishnaCanada
The MailPasts Laila PakalniņaLatvia
MossaneSafi FayeSenegal
No Way to ForgetRichard FranklandAustralia
The PallbearerMatt ReevesUnited States
The Pillow BookPeter GreenawayNetherlands, United Kingdom, France, Luxembourg
A Saturday on EarthUn samedi sur la terreDiane BertrandFrance
Some Mother's SonTerry GeorgeIreland, United States
A Summer's TaleConte d'étéÉric RohmerFrance
Traveling CompanionCompagna di viaggioPeter Del MonteItaly
The Waste LandDeborah WarnerUnited Kingdom

Out of Competition

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

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
The Elective AffinitiesLe affinità elettivePaolo and Vittorio TavianiItaly, France
Flirting with Disaster (closing film)David O. RussellUnited States
Girl 6Spike Lee
Microcosmos Microcosmos: Le peuple de l'herbeClaude Nuridsany and Marie PerennouFrance, Switzerland, Italy, United Kingdom
Opening Day of Close-Up (short)Il giorno della prima di Close UpNanni MorettiItaly
Runaway Brain (short)Chris BaileyUnited States
Trainspotting Danny BoyleUnited Kingdom

Short Films Competition

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

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following films were screened for the 35th International Critics' Week (35e Semaine de la Critique):[12]

Feature film competition

Short film competition

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 1996 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[13]

Short films

Official Awards

In Competition

Secrets & Lies by Mike Leigh[14]

Breaking the Waves by Lars von Trier

Joel Coen for Fargo

A Self-Made Hero by Jacques Audiard and Alain Le Henry

Brenda Blethyn for Secrets & Lies

Daniel Auteuil and Pascal Duquenne for The Eighth Day

Crash by David Cronenberg

Caméra d'Or

Independent Awards

Commission Supérieure Technique

Award of the Youth

International Critics' Week

Award the First Multimedia Day at the 49th Cannes Film festival

Media

External links

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: 49ème Festival International du Film - Cannes . cinema-francais.fr . fr . 10 June 2017 . 13 June 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170613070011/http://www.cinema-francais.fr/cannes/cannes_1996.htm . live .
  3. Web site: 1996 - Le 11ème jour... (The 11th Day) . cannes-fest.com . fr . 10 June 2017 . 3 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184624/http://www.cannes-fest.com/an1996.htm . live .
  4. News: Secrets and Lies' takes top honor at Cannes Film Festival . cnn.com . 25 May 2017 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102047/http://edition.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9605/20/cannes/ . live .
  5. News: John Sayles' 'Star' not lone draw as Cannes Film Festival opens . baltimoresun.com . 25 May 2017 . 2017-11-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171129072427/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1996-05-15/features/1996136166_1_john-sayles-films-at-cannes-kris-kristofferson . live .
  6. News: `Ridicule' Named Best In Chicago Film Fest . Chicago Tribune . Michael . Wilmington . 21 October 1996 . 25 May 2017 . 29 November 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171129072424/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-10-21/news/9610210060_1_broken-silence-cannes-film-festival-first-feature-film . live .
  7. News: France: Highlights From The 49th Cannes Film Festival . itnsource.com . 25 May 2017 . 3 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210020/http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist//RTV/1996/05/07/605310243/?v=1 . live .
  8. News: Film View-At Cannes, The Star Was Quality . The New York Times . Janet . Maslin . 26 May 1996 . 25 May 2017 . 28 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141028010524/http://www.nytimes.com/1996/05/26/movies/film-view-at-cannes-the-star-was-quality.html . live .
  9. News: 1996 Cannes Film Festival Diaries . filmscouts.com . 25 May 2017 . 31 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160331164905/http://www.filmscouts.com/scripts/diary.cfm?Festival=cannes96 . live .
  10. Web site: All Juries 1996 . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112322/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1996/allJury.html . 4 March 2016 . dmy.
  11. Web site: Official Selection 1996: All the Selection . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131214194206/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1996/allSelections.html . 14 December 2013 . dmy.
  12. Web site: 35e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1996 . archives.semainedelacritique.com . 9 June 2017 . 21 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170821002839/http://archives.semainedelacritique.com/films/1996/1996_selection.php . live .
  13. Web site: Quinzaine 1996 Directors' Fortnight . . 9 August 2022 . 9 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220809073627/https://www.quinzaine-cineastes.fr/en/selection/1996 . live .
  14. Web site: Awards 1996: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120120064416/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1996/allAward.html . 20 January 2012 . dmy.
  15. Web site: FIPRESCI Awards 1996 . fipresci.org . 25 June 2017 . 3 June 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170603012752/http://www.fipresci.org/awards/1996 . live .
  16. Web site: Jury Œcuménique 1996 . cannes.juryoecumenique.org . 24 June 2017 . 9 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170809041828/http://cannes.juryoecumenique.org/palmares/article/secrets-et-mensonges . live .
  17. Web site: Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1996 . imdb.com . 27 June 2017 . 6 May 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170506233430/http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000147/1996 . live .
  18. Web site: Bay Area artist wins CyberPoster Contest at Cannes Film Festival. Micro Publishing News . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045809/http://www.artnetwork.com/btchaicovsky/micro_news.jpg . 4 March 2016 . dmy.

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