Nick-Davis.com: Cannes Index
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Jurors: Roman Polanski (president), Férid Boughedir, Whoopi Goldberg, Margaret Ménégoz, Natalya Negoda, Alan Parker, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Hans Dieter Seidel, Vittorio Storaro, Vangelis 
  
 
  
| Palme d'or: | Barton Fink, USA, dir. Joel Coen |  
| Grand Jury Prize: | La Belle noiseuse, France, dir. Jacques Rivette |  
| Jury Prize: | Hors la vie, Belgium, dir. Maroun Bagdadi 
Zentropa, Denmark, dir. Lars von Trier |  
| Best Director: | Barton Fink, Joel Coen |  
| Best Actress: | The Double Life of Véronique, Irène Jacob |  
| Best Actor: | Barton Fink, John Turturro |  
| Best Supporting Actor: |  Jungle Fever, Samuel L. Jackson |  
| Best Artistic Contribution: |  Zentropa, Lars von Trier, director |  
| Technical Grand Prize: |  Zentropa, Lars von Trier, director |  
FIPRESCI/International      Critics Prize: |  The Double Life of Véronique, Poland/France, dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski |  
| Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: | The Double Life of Véronique, Poland/France, dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski |  
| Caméra d'or (first feature): |  Toto le héros, France/Belgium, dir. Jaco van Dormael |  
 
 
 
 
 Competition Films I Have Seen: 
Ranked in order of preference 
   
My Palme d'Or 
Barton Fink (USA, dir. Joel Coen) - 
 
 
Zentropa (Denmark, dir. Lars von Trier) - 
 
 
The Double Life of Véronique (Poland/France, dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski) - 
 
 
Jungle Fever (USA, dir. Spike Lee) - 
 
 
 
 
 Sidebar Selections I Have Seen: 
Ranked in order of preference 
   
Boyz N the Hood (Un Certain Regard: USA, dir. John Singleton) - 
 
 
Thelma & Louise (Out of Competition: USA, dir. Ridley Scott) - 
 
 
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (Un Certain Regard: USA, dirs. Fax Bahr, Eleanor Coppola, and George Hickenlooper) - 
 
 
Prospero's Books (Out of Competition: UK/The Netherlands, dir. Peter Greenaway) - 
 
 
Madonna: Truth or Dare (Out of Competition: USA, dir. Alek Keshishian) - 
 
 
Proof (Directors' Fortnight: Australia, dir. Jocelyn Moorhouse) - 
 
 
Young Soul Rebels (Critics' Week: UK, dir. Isaac Julien) - 
 
 
 
 
Competition Films I'm Curious to See: 
Ranked in order of interest; more on this year's lineup here (opens in a new window) 
   
Van Gogh, France, dir. Maurice Pialat 
The Suspended Step of the Stork, Greece, dir. Theo Angelopoulos 
La Belle noiseuse, France, dir. Jacques Rivette 
Life on a String, Hong Kong, dir. Chen Kaige 
Homicide, USA, dir. David Mamet 
Malina, Germany, dir. Werner Schroeter 
A Rage in Harlem, USA, dir. Bill Duke 
Assassin of the Tsar, USSR, dir. Karen Shakhnazarov 
Hors la vie, Belgium/France, dir. Maroun Bagdadi 
 
| Also in Competition: | 
Anna Karamazoff, USSR, dir. Rustam Khamdamov 
Bix, Italy, dir. Pupi Avati 
Cold Moon, France, dir. Patrick Bouchitey 
The Flesh, Italy, dir. Marco Ferreri 
Guilty by Suspicion, USA, dir. Irwin Winkler 
The Yes Man, Italy, dir. Daniele Luccheti 
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Sidebar Films I'm Curious to See: 
Listed alphabetically; more on this year's lineup here (opens in a new window) 
   
| Un Certain Regard: | 
A Captive in the Land, USA, dir. John Berry 
Ishanou (The Chosen One), India, dir. Aribam Syam Sharma 
Laada (The Tradition), Burkina Faso, dir. Drissa Touré 
Sango Malo, Cameroon, dir. Bassek Ba Kobhio 
Yumeji, Japan, dir. Seijun Suzuki 
Woman of the Port, Mexico, dir. Arturo Ripstein 
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| Directors' Fortnight: | 
The Adjuster, Canada, dir. Atom Egoyan 
Danzón, Mexico, dir. Maria Novaro 
The Indian Runner, USA, dir. Sean Penn 
Paris Trout, USA, dir. Stephen Gyllenhaal 
Riff-Raff, UK, dir. Ken Loach 
Toto le héros, Belgium, dir. Jaco van Dormael 
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| Critics' Week:  | 
Liquid Dreams, USA, dir. Mark S. Manos 
Sam and Me, Canada, dir. Deepa Mehta 
La Vie des morts, France, dir. Arnaud Desplechin 
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