1997 Cannes Film Festival

The 50th Cannes Film Festival was held on May 7–18, 1997.

Jury

• Isabelle Adjani (France) (president)
• Gong Li (China)
• Mira Sorvino (USA)
• Paul Auster (USA)
• Tim Burton (USA)
• Luc Bondy (Switzerland)
• Patrick Dupond (France)
• Mike Leigh (UK)
• Nanni Moretti (Italy)
• Michael Ondaatje (Canada)

Feature film competition

• Assassin(s) by Mathieu Kassovitz
• The Brave by Johnny Depp
• Chun gwong cha sit by Wong Kar-wai
• The End of Violence by Wim Wenders
• Funny Games by Michael Haneke
• The Ice Storm by Ang Lee
• Il principe di Homburg by Marco Bellocchio
• Kini and Adams by Idrissa Ouedraogo
• L.A. Confidential by Curtis Hanson
• La femme défendue by Philippe Harel
• La tregua by Francesco Rosi
• Nil by Mouth by Gary Oldman
• The Serpent's Kiss by Philippe Rousselot
• She's So Lovely by Nick Cassavetes
• The Sweet Hereafter by Atom Egoyan
• Ta'm e guilass by Abbas Kiarostami
• Unagi by Shōhei Imamura
• Welcome to Sarajevo by Michael Winterbottom
• The Well by Samantha Lang
• Western by Manuel Poirier

Un Certain Regard

• 12 Storeys by Eric Khoo
• A, B, C... Manhattan by Amir Naderi
• Akrebin Yolculuğu by Ömer Kavur
• American Perfekt by Paul Chart
• Brat by Aleksei Balabanov
• Dong gong xi gong by Zhang Yuan
• Enskilda samtal by Liv Ullmann
• Gudia by Gautam Ghose
• Histoire(s) du cinéma by Jean-Luc Godard
• In the Company of Men by Neil LaBute
• Inside/Out by Rob Tregenza
• Wind Echoing in My Being by Jeon Soo-il
• La Buena Estrella by Ricardo Franco
• La cruz by Alejandro Agresti
• Love and Death on Long Island by Richard Kwietniowski
• Marcello Mastroianni: mi ricordo, sì, io mi ricordo by Anna Maria Tatò
• Marius et Jeannette by Robert Guédiguian
• Mrs. Brown by John Madden
• Post-Coitum, Animal Triste by Brigitte Roüan
• Sunday by Jonathan Nossiter
• A Casa by Šarūnas Bartas
• Witman fiúk by János Szász

Films out of competition

• Absolute Power by Clint Eastwood
• Al-massir by Youssef Chahine
• Michael Jackson's Ghosts by Stan Winston
• Hamlet by Kenneth Branagh
• The Fifth Element by Luc Besson
• Nirvana by Gabriele Salvatores
• The Blackout by Abel Ferrara
• Viagem ao Princípio do Mundo by Manoel de Oliveira
• Welcome to Woop Woop by Stephan Elliott

Awards

• Palme d'Or:
  • Ta'm e guilass by Abbas Kiarostami
  • Unagi by Shōhei Imamura
• Grand Prize of the Jury: The Sweet Hereafter by Atom Egoyan
• Jury Prize: Western by Manuel Poirier
• Best Actor: Sean Penn for She's So Lovely
• Best Actress: Kathy Burke for Nil by Mouth
• Best Director: Wong Kar-wai for Chun gwong cha sit
• Short Film Palme d'Or: ...Is It the Design on the Wrapper? by Tessa Sheridan
• Best Screenplay: The Ice Storm by James Schamus
• Technical Grand Prize: She's So Lovely by Thierry Arbogast
• Palm of the Palms: Ingmar Bergman
• 50th Anniversary Prize: Youssef Chahine (Lifetime Achievement Award)
• Caméra d'Or: Moe no suzaku by Naomi Kawase
• Caméra d'Or - Special Mention: La Vie de Jésus by Bruno Dumont
• Mercedes-Benz Award: Budbringeren by Pål Sletaune
• Canal+ Award: Le signaleur by Benoît Mariage
• FIPRESCI Prize:
  • The Sweet Hereafter by Atom Egoyan
  • Viagem ao Princípio do Mundo by Manoel de Oliveira
• Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: The Sweet Hereafter by Atom Egoyan
• Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention:
  • La Buena Estrella by Ricardo Franco
  • Viagem ao Princípio do Mundo by Manoel de Oliveira
• Award of the Youth:
  • Foreign Film: Bent by Sean Mathias
  • French Film: J'ai horreur de l'amour by Laurence Ferreira Barbosa
• François Chalais Award: Savrseni krug by Ademir Kenović

External links

• 1997 Cannes Film Festival
• Cannes Film Festival:1997 at Internet Movie Database