2005 Cannes Film Festival

The 58th Cannes Film Festival started on 11 May and ran until 22 May 2005. Twenty movies from 13 countries were selected to compete. The awards were announced on 21 May, the Palme d'Or went to the Belgian film L'Enfant by the Dardenne brothers.

The festival Opening Film was Lemming, directed by Dominik Moll, while Chromophobia, directed by Martha Fiennes, was the Closing Film Cécile de France was the mistress of ceremonies.

Juries
The following people were appointed as the Juries in the various sections below:

Main competition

 * Emir Kusturica, Serbian filmmaker - Jury President
 * Fatih Akın, Turkish-German filmmaker
 * Javier Bardem, Spanish actor
 * Nandita Das, Indian actress
 * Salma Hayek, Mexican-American actress
 * Benoît Jacquot, French filmmaker
 * Toni Morrison, American author
 * Agnès Varda, French filmmaker
 * John Woo, Hong Kong filmmaker

Un Certain Regard

 * Alexander Payne, American filmmaker - Jury President
 * Eduardo Antin, Argentinian critic and author
 * Betsy Blair, American actress
 * Katia Chapoutier, Canadian journalist
 * Sandra Den Hamer, Dutch director of the Rotterdam Festival
 * Gilles Marchand, French director and screenwriter
 * Geneviève Welcomme, French journalist

Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition

 * Edward Yang, Taiwanese filmmaker - Jury President
 * Chantal Akerman, Belgian director
 * Colin MacCabe, Irish critic and author
 * Yousry Nasrallah, Egyptian director
 * Sylvie Testud, French actress

Camera d'Or

 * Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian filmmaker - Jury President
 * Yves Allion, French critic
 * Patrick Chamoiseau, French writer
 * Malik Chibane, French director
 * Scott Foundas, American critic
 * Laura Meyer, French cinephile
 * Luc Pourrinet, French technician
 * Roberto Turigliatto, Italian director of the Festival of Turin
 * Romain Winding, French cinematographer

In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or: The Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted.

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


 * Blood (Sangre) by Amat Escalante
 * The Bow by Kim Ki-duk
 * Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures by Marcelo Gomes
 * Dark Horse by Dagur Kári
 * The Death of Mr. Lazarescu by Cristi Puiu
 * Delwende by S. Pierre Yameogo
 * Down in the Valley by David Jacobson
 * Le filmeur by Alain Cavalier
 * The Forsaken Land by Vimukthi Jayasundara
 * Havana Blues by Benito Zambrano
 * I Am Guilty by Christoph Hochhäusler
 * Jewboy by Tony Krawitz
 * Johanna by Kornél Mundruczó
 * The King by James Marsh
 * Lower City (Cidade Baixa) by Sérgio Machado
 * Marock by Laïla Marrakchi
 * Northeast by Juan Diego Solanas
 * My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? by Shinji Aoyama
 * One Night by Niki Karimi
 * Sleeper by Benjamin Heisenberg
 * Time to Leave by François Ozon
 * Yellow Fella by Ivan Sen
 * Zim and Co. by Pierre Jolivet

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


 * Avenge But One of My Two Eyes by Avi Mograbi
 * C'est pas tout à fait la vie dont j'avais rêvé by Michel Piccoli
 * Chromophobia by Martha Fiennes
 * Cindy: The Doll Is Mine by Bertrand Bonello
 * Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul by Fatih Akın
 * Dalkomhan insaeng by Kim Jee-woon
 * Darshan - L'étreinte by Jan Kounen
 * Joyeux Noël by Christian Carion
 * Kirikou and the Wild Beasts by Michel Ocelot and Bénédicte Galup
 * Kiss Kiss Bang Bang by Shane Black
 * The Burnt Theatre by Rithy Panh
 * Match Point by Woody Allen
 * Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream by Stuart Samuels
 * Operetta tanuki goten by Seijun Suzuki
 * Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith by George Lucas
 * The Power of Nightmares by Adam Curtis

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


 * Vdvoyom (A deux) by Nikolay Khomeriki (France)
 * A Song for Rebecca by Norah McGettigan (Poland)
 * Badgered by Sharon Colman (United Kingdom)
 * Bikur Holim by Maya Dreifuss (Israel)
 * Buy It Now by Antonio Campos (United States)
 * El espino by Théo Court Bustamante (Cuba)
 * En la oscuridad by Juan Manuel Rampoldi, Marcelo Charras (Argentina)
 * Exit (2004 film) by Robert Depuis (Denmark)
 * Five O' Clock Shadow by Malcolm Lamont (United States)
 * La cerca by Rubén Mendoza (Colombia)
 * La plaine by Roland Edzard (France)
 * Le violon by Heng Yang (China)
 * Slavek The Shit by Grímur Hákonarson (Iceland, Czech Republic)
 * Conscience (film) (Svedomí) by Jan Bohuslav (Czech Republic)
 * Tiens toi tranquille by Sameh Zoabi (France)
 * Vanilla Song by Jakob Rørvik (United Kingdom)
 * Walk On a Little More by Min-young Shim (South Korea)

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


 * Baby Shark (Bébé requin) by Pascal-Alex Vincent
 * Before Dawn by Bálint Kenyeres
 * Clara by Van Sowerwine
 * Disparue by Kit Hui
 * Kitchen by Alice Winocour
 * L'homme qui s'est rencontre by Ben Crowe
 * Nothing Special by Helena Brooks
 * Sous la lueur de la lune by Peter Ghesquiere
 * Wayfarers (Podorozhni) by Igor Strembitskyy

Cannes Classics
Tribute


 * 49th Parallel by Michael Powell (1941)
 * A Matter of Life and Death by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger (1946)
 * Black Narcissus by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger (1947)
 * I Know Where I'm Going! by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger (1945)
 * The Pearl (La perla) by Emilio "Indio" Fernández (1947)
 * Los Olvidados by Luis Buñuel (1950)
 * Salón México (Mexico Lounge) by Emilio "Indio" Fernández (1949)
 * The Edge of the World by Michael Powell (1937)

Documentaries about Cinema


 * Al'Lèèssi... une actrice Africaine by Rahmatou Keita
 * Ingmar Bergman Complete: Bergman and the Cinema / Bergman and the Theatre / Bergman and Fårö Island by Marie Nyreröd (2004)
 * James Dean: Forever Young by Michael J. Sheridan
 * John Cassavetes by André S. Labarthe
 * Kitano Takeshi Shinshutsu-Kibotsu by Jean-Pierre Limosin
 * Moments choisis des histoire(s) du cinema by Jean-Luc Godard
 * Shadowing the Third Man by Frederick Baker

Restored prints


 * An Airman's Letter to His Mother by Michael Powell (1941 Short)
 * Notes Towards an African Orestes (Appunti per un'Orestiade Africana) by Pier Paolo Pasolini (1975)
 * Beyond the Rocks by Sam Wood (1922 / 2005)
 * Bullitt by Peter Yates (1968)
 * There Was a Father (Chichi ariki) by Yasujirō Ozu (1942)
 * East of Eden by Elia Kazan (1955)
 * La Fille de l'eau (Whirlpool of Fate) by Jean Renoir (1925)
 * The Fire Within (Le feu follet) by Louis Malle (1963)
 * Angels of Sin (Les anges du péché) by Robert Bresson (1943)
 * Pather Panchali by Satyajit Ray (1955)
 * Pele Eterno by Anibal Massaini Neto (2004)
 * Rebel Without a Cause by Nicholas Ray (1955)
 * King Boxer (Tian xia di yi quan) by Chang-Wah Chung (1973)
 * Two-Lane Blacktop by Monte Hellman (1971)

International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 44th International Critics' Week (44e Semaine de la Critique):

Feature film competition


 * The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael by Thomas Clay (United Kingdom)
 * The Horizon of Events (L’orizzonte degli eventi) by Daniele Vicari (Italy)
 * Little Jerusalem (La petite Jérusalem) by Karin Albou (France)
 * Me and You and Everyone We Know by Miranda July (United States)
 * A Stranger of Mine (Unmei Janai Hito) by Kenji Uchida (Japan)
 * Grain in Ear (Máng zhòng) by Zhang Lu (China, South Korea)
 * Orlando Vargas by Juan Pittaluga (Uruguay, France)

Short film competition


 * Le grand vent by Valérie Liénardy (Belgium)
 * Respire by Wi Ding Ho (Taiwan)
 * Mirror Mechanics by Siegfried A. Fruhauf (Austria)
 * Blue Tongue by Justin Kurzel (Australia)
 * Imago... by Cédric Babouche (France)
 * Get the Rabbit Back by Dimitar Mitovski & Kamen Kalev (Bulgaria)
 * Jona/Tomberry by Rosto (Netherlands)

Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 2005 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):
 * Alice by Marco Martins (Portugal)
 * Be with Me by Eric Khoo (Singapore)
 * Cache-cache by Yves Caumon (France)
 * Family Diary (Cronaca familiare) by Valerio Zurlini (1962)
 * Crying Fist by Ryoo Seung-wan (South Korea)
 * Douches froides by Antony Cordier (France)
 * Factotum by Bent Hamer (Norway, United States, Germany, France)
 * Géminis by Albertina Carri (Argentina, France)
 * Guernsey by Nanouk Leopold (Netherlands, Belgium)
 * Iron Island (Jazireh Ahani) by Mohammad Rasoulof (Iran)
 * Keane by Lodge Kerrigan (United States)
 * The Buried Forest (Umoregi) by Kohei Oguri (Japan)
 * The Moustache by Emmanuel Carrère (France)
 * Odete by João Pedro Rodrigues (Portugal)
 * Ride the High Country by Sam Peckinpah (1962)
 * Room by Kyle Henry (United States)
 * Seven Invisible Men by Šarūnas Bartas (Portugal, France, Lithuania)
 * Sisters In Law by Kim Longinotto, Florence Ayisi (United Kingdom, Cameroon)
 * Tbilisi-Tbilisi by Levan Zakareishvili (Georgia)
 * The President's Last Bang by Im Sang-soo (South Korea)
 * Travaux, on sait quand ça commence... by Brigitte Roüan (France)
 * Who’s Camus Anyway? by Mitsuo Yanagimachi (Japan)
 * Wolf Creek by Greg McLean (Australia)


 * Short films


 * À bras le corps by Katell Quillévéré (19 min.)
 * À mains nues by Agnès Feuvre (26 min.)
 * Consultation Room by Kei Oyama (9 min.)
 * Cosmetic Emergency by Martha Colburn (9 min.)
 * Da Janela Do Meu Quarto by Cao Guimarães (5 min.)
 * Du soleil en hiver by Samuel Collardey (17 min.)
 * Etoile violette by Axelle Ropert (45 min.)
 * Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine by Peter Tscherkassky (17 min.)
 * Kara, Anak Sebatang Pohon by Edwin (9 min.)
 * Majorettes by Lola Doillon (16 min.)
 * Nits by Harry Wootliff (11 min.)
 * Résfilm by Sándor Kardos (19 min.)
 * The Buried Forest by Kohei Oguri (1h33
 * Trilogy About Clouds by Naoyuki Tsuji (14 min.)
 * Vinil verde by Kleber Mendonça Filho (17 min.)

In Competition
The following films and people received the 2005 Official selection awards:
 * Palme d'Or: L'Enfant, by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne
 * Grand Prix: Broken Flowers, by Jim Jarmusch
 * Best Director : Caché by Michael Haneke
 * Best Screenplay: Guillermo Arriaga for The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
 * Best Actress: Hanna Laslo in Free Zone
 * Best Actor: Tommy Lee Jones in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
 * Prix du Jury: Shanghai Dreams, by Wang Xiaoshuai

Un Certain Regard

 * Prix Un Certain Regard: The Death of Mr. Lăzărescu by Cristi Puiu
 * Un Certain Regard Prix de l'intimité: Le filmeur by Alain Cavalier
 * Un Certain Regard Prix de l'espoir: Delwende by S. Pierre Yameogo

Cinéfondation

 * First Prize: Buy It Now by Antonio Campos
 * Second Prize:
 * Bikur Holim by Maya Dreifuss
 * Vdvoyom by Nikolay Khomeriki
 * Third Prize:
 * La plaine by Roland Edzard
 * Tiens toi tranquille by Sameh Zoabi

Caméra d'Or

 * The Forsaken Land by Vimukthi Jayasundara
 * Me and You and Everyone We Know by Miranda July

Short Films Competition

 * Short Film Palme d'Or: Wayfarers by Igor Strembitskyy
 * Special Mention: Clara by Van Sowerwine

FIPRESCI Prizes

 * Hidden by Michael Haneke (In competition)
 * Crying Fist by Ryoo Seung-wan (Directors' Fortnight)
 * Blood by Amat Escalante (Un Certain Regard)

Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist

 * Leslie Shatz for Sound design in Last Days
 * Robert Rodriguez for Visual processing in Sin City

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

 * Hidden by Michael Haneke
 * Special mention: Delwende by S. Pierre Yameogo

Award of the Youth

 * Lower City by Sérgio Machado

Critics' Week

 * Grand prix: Me and You and Everyone We Know by Miranda July
 * Prix ACID: Grain in Ear by Zhang Lu
 * Grand Prix Canal+ (short film): Jona/Tomberry de Rosto

Directors' Fortnight

 * 3ème Label Europa Cinéma: The Moustache by Emmanuel Carrère
 * Prix Art & Essai CICAE: Sisters In Law by Kim Longinotto, Florence Ayisi
 * 3ème Prix Regards Jeunes: Alice by Marco Martins
 * Prix SACD du court métrage: Du soleil en hiver by Samuel Collardey
 * Prix Gras Savoye: À bras le corps by Katell Quillévéré

Prix François Chalais

 * Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide, by Marco Tullio Giordana

Media

 * INA: Opening of the 2005 Festival (commentary in French)
 * INA: List of winners of the 2005 Festival (commentary in French)