1996 Cannes Film Festival
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The 49th Cannes Film Festival was held on May 9–20, 1996. The Palme d'Or went to the Secrets & Lies by Mike Leigh.[1][2][3]
The festival opened with Ridicule, directed by Patrice Leconte[4][5][6] and closed with Flirting with Disaster, directed by David O. Russell.[7][8]
Contents
Jury

Francis Ford Coppola, Jury President
- Francis Ford Coppola (USA) (president)
- Nathalie Baye (France)
- Greta Scacchi, actrice (Italy)
- Michael Ballhaus (Germany)
- Henry Chapier (France)
- Atom Egoyan (Canada)
- Eiko Ishioka (Japan)
- Krzysztof Piesiewicz (Poland)
- Antonio Tabucchi (Italy)
- Anh Hung Tran (France)
Feature film competition
- Breaking the Waves by Lars von Trier
- Comment je me suis disputé... (ma vie sexuelle) by Arnaud Desplechin
- Crash by David Cronenberg
- Fargo by Joel Coen
- Feng yue by Chen Kaige
- Kansas City by Robert Altman
- Kauas pilvet karkaavat by Aki Kaurismäki
- La seconda volta by Mimmo Calopresti
- Le huitième jour by Jaco Van Dormael
- Les voleurs by André Téchiné
- Nan guo zai jian, nan guo by Hou Hsiao-Hsien
- Po di Sangui by Flora Gomes
- Prea târziu by Lucian Pintilie
- Ridicule by Patrice Leconte
- Secrets & Lies by Mike Leigh
- Stealing Beauty by Bernardo Bertolucci
- The Quiet Room by Rolf de Heer
- Sunchaser by Michael Cimino
- The Van by Stephen Frears
- Tierra by Julio Médem
- Trois vies & une seule mort by Raúl Ruiz
- Un héros très discret by Jacques Audiard
Un Certain Regard
- Bastard Out of Carolina by Anjelica Huston
- Buenos Aires Vice Versa by Alejandro Agresti
- Compagna di viaggio by Peter Del Monte
- Conte d'été by Éric Rohmer
- Cwał by Krzysztof Zanussi
- Few of Us by Šarūnas Bartas
- Fourbi by Alain Tanner
- Gabbeh by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
- Haifa by Rashid Masharawi
- I Shot Andy Warhol by Mary Harron
- Irma Vep by Olivier Assayas
- La Bouche de Jean-Pierre by Lucile Hadžihalilović
- Looking for Richard by Al Pacino
- Love Serenade by Shirley Barrett
- Lulu by Srinivas Krishna
- Mossane by Safi Faye
- No Way to Forget by Richard Frankland
- Pasts by Laila Pakalniņa
- Pramis by Laila Pakalniņa
- Some Mother's Son by Terry George
- Sydney by Paul Thomas Anderson
- The Pallbearer by Matt Reeves
- The Pillow Book by Peter Greenaway
- The Waste Land by Deborah Warner
- Un samedi sur la terre by Diane Bertrand
Films out of competition
- Flirting with Disaster by David O. Russell
- Girl 6 by Spike Lee
- Il giorno della prima di Close Up by Nanni Moretti
- Le affinità elettive by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
- Runaway Brain by Chris Bailey
- Microcosmos by Claude Nuridsany, Marie Perennou
- Trainspotting by Danny Boyle
Awards
- Palme d'Or: Secrets & Lies by Mike Leigh
- Grand Prize of the Jury: Breaking the Waves by Lars von Trier
- Jury Special Prize: Crash by David Cronenberg
- Best Actor: Daniel Auteuil, Pascal Duquenne for Le huitième jour
- Best Actress: Brenda Blethyn for Secrets & Lies
- Best Director: Joel Coen for Fargo
- Short Film Palme d'Or: Szél by Marcell Iványi
- Best Screenplay: Un héros très discret by Jacques Audiard, Alain Le Henry
- Technical Grand Prize: Microcosmos: Le peuple de l'herbe by Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou
- Caméra d'Or: Love Serenade by Shirley Barrett
- Mercedes-Benz Award: Les aveux de l'innocent by Jean-Pierre Améris
- Canal+ Award: Planet Man by Andrew Bancroft
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Secrets & Lies by Mike Leigh
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention:
- Award of the Youth:
- Foreign Film: Layla Lavan by Arnon Zadok
- French Film: Les aveux de l'innocent by Jean-Pierre Améris
References
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