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Jurors: Louis Malle (president), Claudia Cardinale, Inna Churikova, Judy Davis, Abbas Kiarostami, Emir Kusturica, William Lubtchansky, Tom Luddy, Gary Oldman, Augusto M. Seabra
 

 
Palme d'or:Farewell, My Concubine, Hong Kong, dir. Chen Kaige
The Piano, Australia/New Zealand, dir. Jane Campion
Grand Jury Prize:Faraway, So Close!, dir. Wim Wenders
Jury Prize:The Puppetmaster, Taiwan, dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien
Raining Stones, dir. Ken Loach
Best Director:Naked, Mike Leigh
Best Actress:The Piano, Holly Hunter
Best Actor:Naked, David Thewlis
Special Jury Prize: Friends, Elaine Proctor
Technical Grand Prize: Mazeppa, Jean Gargonne and Vincent Arnardi, sound
FIPRESCI/International
    Critics Prize:
Farewell, My Concubine, dir. Chen Kaige
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury:Libera Me, dir. Alain Cavalier
Caméra d'or (first feature): The Scent of Green Papaya, dir. Tran Anh Hung



Competition Films I Have Seen:
Ranked in order of preference
 
My Palme d'or
The Piano (Australia/New Zealand, dir. Jane Campion) -

Farewell, My Concubine (Hong Kong, dir. Chen Kaige) -

King of the Hill (USA, dir. Steven Soderbergh) -

Naked (UK, dir. Mike Leigh) -

The Puppetmaster (Taiwan, dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien) -

Much Ado About Nothing (UK, dir. Kenneth Branagh) -

Body Snatchers (USA, dir. Abel Ferrara) -

Falling Down (USA, dir. Joel Schumacher) -



Sidebar Selections I Have Seen:
Ranked in order of preference
 
The Baby of Mâcon (Out of Competition: UK/The Netherlands, dir. Peter Greenaway) -

Coffee and Cigarettes III (Short Film Competition: USA, dir. Jim Jarmusch) -

Menace II Society (USA, dir. Allen & Albert Hughes) -

Cliffhanger (Out of Competition: USA, dir. Renny Harlin) -



Competition Films I'm Curious to See:
Ranked in order of interest; more on this year's lineup here (opens in a new window)
 
Friends, South Africa, dir. Elaine Proctor
Raining Stones, UK, dir. Ken Loach
Fiorile, Italy, dirs. Paolo & Vittorio Taviani
Ma saison préférée, France, dir. André Téchiné
The Man on the Shore, France/Haiti, dir. Raoul Peck
Mazeppa, France, dir. Bartabas
Faraway, So Close!, Germany, dir. Wim Wenders
Libera Me, France, dir. Alain Cavalier

Also in Competition: Broken Highway, Australia, dir. Laurie McInnes
Dyuba-Dyuba, Russia, dir. Aleksandr Khvan
The Escort, Italy, dir. Ricky Tognazzi
Frauds, Australia, dir. Stephan Elliott
Louis, the Child King, France, dir. Roger Planchon
Magnificat, Italy, dir. Pupi Avati
Splitting Heirs, UK, dir. Robert Young


Sidebar Films I'm Curious to See:
Listed alphabetically; more on this year's lineup here (opens in a new window)
 
Un Certain Regard: The Act in Question, Argentina, dir. Alejandro Agresti
Anchoress, UK, dir. Chris Newby
The Bird of Happiness, Spain, dir. Pilar Miró
Bodies, Rest & Motion, USA, dir. Michael Steinberg
Desperate Remedies, New Zealand, dirs. Peter Wells, Stewart Main
The End of the World, Portugal, dir. João Mário Grilo
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits, , dirs. Serge Toubiana, Michel Pascal
Latcho Drom, France, dir. Tony Gatlif
Moving, Japan, dir. Shinji Soomai
The Music of Chance, USA, dir. Paul Auster
October, Mauritania, dir. Abderrahmane Sissako
The Scent of Green Papaya, Vietnam, dir. Tran Anh Hung
Sonatine, Japan, dir. Takeshi Kitano
The Wrong Man, USA, dir. Jim McBride
The Young Girls Turn 25, France, dir. Agnès Varda
Directors' Fortnight: Abraham's Valley, Portugal, dir. Manoel de Oliveira
The Blue Kite, China/Hong Kong, dir. Tian Zhuangzhuang
Child Murders, Hungary, dir. Ildikó Szabó
A Man in Uniform, Canada, dir. David Wellington
Mi vida loca, USA, dir. Allison Anders
Padma Nadir Majhi, , dir. Goutam Ghose
The Red Squirrel, Spain, dir. Julio Medem
Ruby in Paradise, USA, dir. Victor Nuñez
The Snapper, UK, dir. Stephen Frears
Critics' Week: Cronos, Mexico, dir. Guillermo del Toro
Out of Competition: Mad Dog and Glory, USA, dir. John McNaughton
Madadayo, Japan, dir. Akira Kurosawa
Toxic Affair, France, dir. Philomène Esposito

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