| Cannes Film Festival 1996 Jury President: Francis Ford Coppola Other Jurors: Michael Ballhaus, Nathalie Baye, Henry Chapier, Atom Egoyan, Eiko Ishioka, Krzysztof Piesiewicz, Greta Scacchi, Antonio Tabucchi, Tran Anh Hung |
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| Palme d'Or: | Secrets & Lies, UK, dir. Mike Leigh |
| Grand Jury Prize: | Breaking the Waves, dir. Lars von Trier |
| Best Director: | Fargo, Joel Coen |
| Best Actress: | Secrets & Lies, Brenda Blethyn |
| Best Actor: | The Eighth Day, Daniel Auteuil and Pascal Duquenne |
| Best Screenplay: | A Self-Made Hero, Jacques Audiard and Alain Le Henry |
| Special Jury Prize: | Crash, David Cronenberg, for originality and daring |
| Technical Grand Prize: | Microcosmos, Claude Nuridsany and Marie Pérennou, directors |
| Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: | Secrets & Lies, dir. Mike Leigh |
| Camera d'Or (first feature): | Love Serenade, dir. Shirley Barrett |
Competition Films I Have Seen:Ranked in order of preference
My Palme d'Or
Too Late (Romania, dir. Lucian Pintilie) -
Fargo (USA, dir. Joel Coen) -
Crash (USA/Canada, dir. David Cronenberg) -
Secrets & Lies (UK, dir. Mike Leigh) -
Breaking the Waves (Denmark, dir. Lars von Trier) -
Kansas City (USA, dir. Robert Altman) -
Les Voleurs (France, dir. André Téchiné) -
Stealing Beauty (UK/Italy, dir. Bernardo Bertolucci) -
My Jury Votes:
| Best Director: | Crash, David Cronenberg |
| Best Actress: | Breaking the Waves, Emily Watson Fargo, Frances McDormand |
| Best Actor: | Fargo, William H. Macy |
| Jury Prize for Ensemble Acting: | Secrets & Lies, Elizabeth Berrington, Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Phyllis Logan, Lee Ross, Claire Rushbrook, and Timothy Spall |
| Best Screenplay: | Fargo, Joel and Ethan Coen |
| Technical Grand Prize: | Crash, Peter Suschitzky, cinematography |
Sidebar Selections I Have Seen:Ranked in order of preference
Irma Vep (Un Certain Regard: France, dir. Olivier Assayas) -
Lone Star (Directors' Fortnight: USA, dir. John Sayles) -
The Pillow Book (Un Certain Regard: UK/The Netherlands, dir. Peter Greenaway) -
Jude (Directors' Fortnight: UK, dir. Michael Winterbottom) -
Gabbeh (Un Certain Regard: Iran, dir. Mohsen Makhmalbaf) -
Beautiful Thing (Directors' Fortnight: UK, dir. Hettie Macdonald) -
Girl 6 (Out of Competition: USA, dir. Spike Lee) -
Trainspotting (Out of Competition: UK, dir. Danny Boyle) -
Small Deaths (short) (Short Film Competition: UK, dir. Lynne Ramsay) -
I Shot Andy Warhol (Un Certain Regard: USA, dir. Mary Harron) -
Flirting with Disaster (Out of Competition: USA, dir. David O. Russell) -
The Pallbearer (Un Certain Regard: USA, dir. Matt Reeves) -
Competition Films I'm Curious to See:
Ranked in order of interest; more on this year's lineup here (opens in a new window)
A Self-Made Hero, France, dir. Jacques Audiard
Goodbye South, Goodbye, Taiwan, dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien
Ridicule, France, dir. Patrice Leconte
My Sex Life...or, How I Got into an Argument, France, dir. Arnaud Desplechin
Tree of Blood, Guinea-Bissau/France/Portugal, dir. Flora Gomes
Drifting Clouds, Finland, dir. Aki Kaurismäki
The Quiet Room, Australia, dir. Rolf de Heer
Three Lives and Only One Death, France, dir. Raul Ruiz
Temptress Moon, Hong Kong, dir. Chen Kaige
The Sunchaser, USA, dir. Michael Cimino
| Also in Competition: |
Earth, Spain, dir. Julio Medem The Eighth Day, Belgium, dir. Jaco van Dormael The Second Time, Italy, dir. Mimmo Calopresti The Van, UK, dir. Stephen Frears |
Sidebar Films I'm Curious to See:
Listed alphabetically; more on this year's lineup here (opens in a new window)
| Un Certain Regard: |
Bastard Out of Carolina, USA, dir. Anjelica Huston Buenos Aires Vice Versa, Argentina, dir. Alejandro Agresti Few of Us, Lithuania, dir. Sharunas Bartas Hard Eight, USA, dir. Paul Thomas Anderson Looking for Richard, USA, dir. Al Pacino Love Serenade, Australia, dir. Shirley Barrett Mossane, Senegal, dir. Safi Faye Some Mother's Son, UK, dir. Terry George A Summer's Tale, France, dir. Erich Rommer The Waste Land, UK, dir. Deborah Warner |
| Directors' Fortnight: |
A Chef in Love, Georgia, dir. Nana Djordjadze Full Speed, France, dir. Gaël Morel Oedipus Mayor, Colombia, dir. Jorge Alí Triana Perfect Love!, France, dir. Catherine Breillat Prisoner of the Mountains, Russia, dir. Sergei Bodrov La Promesse, Belgium, dirs. Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne Trees Lounge, USA, dir. Steve Buscemi |
| Critics' Week: |
The Daytrippers, USA, dir. Greg Mottola |
| Out of Competition: |
Elective Affinities, Italy, dirs. Paolo & Vittorio Taviani Microcosmos, France, dirs. Claude Nuridsany & Marie Perennou |
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