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 Dardenne brothers.
The festival opened with Lemming, directed by Dominik Moll and closed with Chromophobia, directed by Martha Fiennes. Cécile de France was the mistress of ceremonies.
poster featuring James Dean's portrait by Floyd McCarty from Rebel Without a Cause.
Juries
Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2005 Official Selection:- Emir Kusturica Jury President
- Javier Bardem
- Fatih Akın
- Nandita Das
- Salma Hayek
- Toni Morrison
- Benoît Jacquot
- Agnès Varda
- John Woo
Un Certain Regard
- Alexander Payne President
- Betsy Blair
- Eduardo Antin
- Geneviève Welcomme
- Gilles Marchand
- Katia Chapoutier
- Sandra Den Hamer
Cinéfondation and short films
- Edward Yang President
- Chantal Akerman
- Colin MacCabe
- Sylvie Testud
- Yousry Nasrallah
Camera d'Or
- Abbas Kiarostami President
- Laura Meyer
- Luc Pourrinet
- Malik Chibane
- Patrick Chamoiseau
- Roberto Turigliatto
- Romain Winding
- Scott Foundas
- Yves Allion
Official selection
In competition - Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:- Bashing by Masahiro Kobayashi
- Battle in Heaven by Carlos Reygadas
- Broken Flowers by Jim Jarmusch
- Don't Come Knocking by Wim Wenders
- Hidden by Michael Haneke
- The Child by Dardenne brothers
- Election by Johnnie To
- Free Zone by Amos Gitai
- A History of Violence by David Cronenberg
- Kilometre Zero by Hiner Saleem
- Last Days by Gus Van Sant
- Lemming by Dominik Moll
- Manderlay by Lars von Trier
- To Paint or Make Love by Arnaud Larrieu and Jean-Marie Larrieu
- Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide by Marco Tullio Giordana
- Shanghai Dreams by Wang Xiaoshuai
- Sin City by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez
- Tale of Cinema by Hong Sang-soo
- The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada by Tommy Lee Jones
- Three Times by Hou Hsiao-hsien
- Where the Truth Lies by Atom Egoyan
Un Certain Regard
- Blood 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 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
Films 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
- ' by Bertrand Bonello
- ' by Fatih Akın
- Dalkomhan insaeng by Kim Jee-woon
- ' 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
- ' by Stuart Samuels
- Operetta tanuki goten by Seijun Suzuki
- by George Lucas
- The Power of Nightmares by Adam Curtis
Cinéfondation
- Vdvoyom by Nikolay Khomeriki
- A Song for Rebecca by Norah McGettigan
- Badgered by Sharon Colman
- Bikur Holim by Maya Dreifuss
- Buy It Now by Antonio Campos
- El espino by Théo Court Bustamante
- En la oscuridad by Juan Manuel Rampoldi, Marcelo Charras
- Exit by Robert Depuis
- Five O' Clock Shadow by Malcolm Lamont
- La cerca by Rubén Mendoza
- La plaine by Roland Edzard
- Le violon by Heng Yang
- Slavek The Shit by Grímur Hákonarson
- Conscience by Jan Bohuslav
- Tiens toi tranquille by Sameh Zoabi
- Vanilla Song by Jakob Rørvik
- Walk On a Little More by Min-young Shim
Short film competition
- Baby Shark 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 by Igor Strembitskyy
Cannes Classics
- 49th Parallel by Michael Powell
- A Matter of Life and Death by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
- Black Narcissus by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
- I Know Where I'm Going! by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
- The Pearl by Emilio "Indio" Fernández
- Los Olvidados by Luis Buñuel
- Salón México by Emilio "Indio" Fernández
- The Edge of the World by Michael Powell
- 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
- 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 du cinema by Jean-Luc Godard
- Shadowing the Third Man by Frederick Baker
- An Airman's Letter to His Mother by Michael Powell
- Notes Towards an African Orestes by Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Beyond the Rocks by Sam Wood
- Bullitt by Peter Yates
- There Was a Father by Yasujirō Ozu
- East of Eden by Elia Kazan
- La Fille de l'eau by Jean Renoir
- The Fire Within by Louis Malle
- Angels of Sin by Robert Bresson
- Pather Panchali by Satyajit Ray
- Pele Eterno by Anibal Massaini Neto
- Rebel Without a Cause by Nicholas Ray
- King Boxer by Chang-Wah Chung
- Two-Lane Blacktop by Monte Hellman
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 44th International Critics' Week :Feature film competition
- The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael by Thomas Clay
- The Horizon of Events by Daniele Vicari
- Little Jerusalem by Karin Albou
- Me and You and Everyone We Know by Miranda July
- A Stranger of Mine by Kenji Uchida
- Grain in Ear by Zhang Lu
- Orlando Vargas by Juan Pittaluga
- Le grand vent by Valérie Liénardy
- Respire by Wi Ding Ho
- Mirror Mechanics by Siegfried A. Fruhauf
- Blue Tongue by Justin Kurzel
- Imago... by Cédric Babouche
- Get the Rabbit Back by Dimitar Mitovski & Kamen Kalev
- Jona/Tomberry by Rosto
Directors' Fortnight
- Alice by Marco Martins
- Be with Me by Eric Khoo
- Cache-cache by Yves Caumon
- Family Diary by Valerio Zurlini
- Crying Fist by Ryoo Seung-wan
- Douches froides by Antony Cordier
- Factotum by Bent Hamer
- Géminis by Albertina Carri
- Guernesey by Nanouk Leopold
- La vie sur l'eau by Mohammad Rasoulof
- Keane by Lodge Kerrigan
- The Buried Forest by Kohei Oguri
- La Moustache by Emmanuel Carrère
- Odete by João Pedro Rodrigues
- Ride the High Country by Sam Peckinpah
- Room by Kyle Henry
- Seven Invisible Men by Šarūnas Bartas
- Sisters In Law by Kim Longinotto, Florence Ayisi
- Tbilisi-Tbilisi by Levan Zakareishvili
- The President's Last Bang by Im Sang-soo
- Travaux, on sait quand ça commence... by Brigitte Roüan
- Who’s Camus Anyway? by Mitsuo Yanagimachi
- Wolf Creek by Greg McLean
- À bras le corps by Katell Quillévéré
- À mains nues by Agnès Feuvre
- Consultation Room by Kei Oyama
- Cosmetic Emergency by Martha Colburn
- Da Janela Do Meu Quarto by Cao Guimarães
- Du soleil en hiver by Samuel Collardey
- Etoile violette by Axelle Ropert
- Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine by Peter Tscherkassky
- Kara, Anak Sebatang Pohon by Edwin
- Majorettes by Lola Doillon
- Nits by Harry Wootliff
- Résfilm by Sándor Kardos
- The Buried Forest by Kohei Oguri
- Vinil verde by Kleber Mendonça Filho
Awards
Official awards
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 Award: Caché by Michael Haneke
- Best Screenplay Award: 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
- 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
- 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 Film Palme d'Or: Wayfarers by Igor Strembitskyy
- Special Mention: Clara by Van Sowerwine
Independent awards
- Hidden by Michael Haneke
- Crying Fist by Ryoo Seung-wan
- Blood by Amat Escalante
- Vulcan Award:
- * 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
- Ecumenical Jury - Special mention: Delwende by S. Pierre Yameogo
- Lower City by Sérgio Machado
- Grand prix: Me and You and Everyone We Know by Miranda July
- Prix ACID: Grain in Ear by Zhang Lu
- Grand Prix Canal+ : Jona/Tomberry de Rosto
- 3ème Label Europa Cinéma : La 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
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