Cannes Festivals by Year: Prizes, Juries, Favorites   Other Fests: Venice / Chicago Stay tuned for more yearly indexes!  Browse Films by Title / Year / Reviews Nick's Flick Picks Home / Blog / E-Mail Jurors: Martin Scorsese (president), Alain Corneau, Chiara Mastroianni, Lena Olin, Winona Ryder, MC Solaar, Zoé Valdés, Sigourney Weaver, Michael Winterbottom     Palme d'Or: Eternity and a Day, Greece, dir. Theo Angelopoulos Grand Jury Prize: Life Is Beautiful, dir. Roberto Benigni Jury Prize: The Celebration, dir. Thomas Vinterberg Class Trip, dir. Claude Miller Best Director: The General, John Boorman Best Actress: The Dreamlife of Angels, Élodie Bouchez and Natacha Régnier Best Actor: My Name Is Joe, Peter Mullan Best Screenplay: Henry Fool, Hal Hartley Best Artistic Contribution: Velvet Goldmine, Todd Haynes Technical Grand Prize: Tango, Vittorio Storaro, cinematography FIPRESCI/International     Critics Prize: The Hole, dir. Tsai Ming-liang Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Eternity and a Day, dir. Theo Angelopoulos Camera d'Or (first feature): Slam, dir. Marc Levin Competition Films I Have Seen: Ranked in order of preference   My Palme d'Or Velvet Goldmine (USA, dir. Todd Haynes) - Claire Dolan (USA, dir. Lodge Kerrigan) - Flowers of Shanghai (Taiwan/Japan, dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien) - The Idiots (Denmark, dir. Lars von Trier) - The Dreamlife of Angels (France, dir. Erick Zonca) - Henry Fool (USA, dir. Hal Hartley) - The Celebration (Denmark, dir. Thomas Vinterberg) - Life Is Beautiful (Italy, dir. Roberto Benigni) - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (USA, dir. Terry Gilliam) - Sidebar Selections I Have Seen: Ranked in order of preference   Gasman (Shorts Competition: UK, dir. Lynne Ramsay) - The Apostle (Un Certain Regard: USA, dir. Robert Duvall) - Primary Colors (Out of Competition: USA, dir. Mike Nichols) - The Apple (Un Certain Regard: Iran, dir. Samira Makhmalbaf) - Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (Un Certain Regard: UK, dir. John Maybury) - I Stand Alone (Critics' Week: France, dir. Gaspar Noé) - High Art (Directors' Fortnight: USA, dir. Lisa Cholodenko) - Happiness (Directors' Fortnight: USA, dir. Todd Solondz) - Dark City (Out of Competition: Australia, dir. Alex Proyas) - Last Night (Directors' Fortnight: Canada, dir. Don McKellar) - Head On (Directors' Fortnight: Australia, dir. Ana Kokkinos) - Films in the Main Competition: Ranked in order of interest; more on this year's lineup here (opens in a new window)   Eternity and a Day, Greece, dir. Theo Angelopoulos The Hole, Taiwan, dir. Tsai Ming-liang Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train, France, dir. Patrice Chéreau The General, UK, dir. John Boorman Class Trip, France, dir. Claude Miller My Name Is Joe, UK, dir. Ken Loach The School of Flesh, France, dir. Benoît Jacquot Khrustalyov, My Car!, Russia, dir. Aleksei German Foolish Heart, Brazil, dir. Hector Babenco La Vendedora de rosas, Colombia, dir. Víctor Gaviria Aprile, Italy, dir. Nanni Moretti Dance Me to My Song, Australia, dir. Rolf de Heer Illuminata, USA, dir. John Turturro Sidebar Films I'm Curious to See: Listed alphabetically; click names of sidebars for more titles (in a new window)   Un Certain Regard: 32nd Day of August on Earth, Canada, dir. Denis Villeneuve Divine, Mexico, dir. Arturo Ripstein The Impostors, USA, dir. Stanley Tucci In the Presence of a Clown, Sweden, dir. Ingmar Bergman Little Tony, The Netherlands, dir. Alex van Warmerdam Lulu on the Bridge, USA, dir. Paul Auster One Evening After the War, Cambodia, dir. Rithy Panh The Power of Kangwon Province, South Korea, dir. Hong Sang-soo Rehearsals for War, Italy, dir. Mario Martone Zero Effect, USA, dir. Jake Kasdan Directors' Fortnight: Hinterland, France, dir. Jacques Nolot Life on Earth, Mali/Mauritania, dir. Abderrahmane Sissako Slam, USA, dir. Marc Levin Slums of Beverly Hills, USA, dir. Tamara Jenkins West Beirut, Lebanon, dir. Ziad Doueiri Critics' Week: Memory & Desire, New Zealand, dir. Niki Caro Milk, UK, dir. Andrea Arnold Sitcom, France, dir. François Ozon Out of Competition: Goodbye, Lover, USA, dir. Roland Joffé Inquietude, Portugal, dir. Manoel de Oliveira Tango, Spain/Argentina, dir. Carlos Saura Trackbacks: Permalink Cannes Page 1998 Home Blog E-Mail