1996 Cannes Film Festival

The 49th Cannes Film Festival was held on May 9-20, 1996.

Jury

• 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:
  • Chun hua meng lu by Cheng-sheng Lin
  • Kauas pilvet karkaavat by Aki Kaurismäki
• Award of the Youth:
  • Foreign Film: Layla Lavan by Arnon Zadok
  • French Film: Les aveux de l'innocent by Jean-Pierre Améris

External links

• 1996 Cannes Film Festival
• Cannes Film Festival:1996 at Internet Movie Database