2005 Cannes Film Festival

2005 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 58th Cannes Film Festival featuring an original illustration by Frédéric Menant and Tim Garcia.[1]
Opening filmLemming
Closing filmChromophobia
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsPalme d'Or:
L'Enfant
Hosted byCécile de France
No. of films21 (Main Competition)
Festival date11 May 2005 (2005-05-11) – 22 May 2005 (2005-05-22)
Websitefestival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

The 58th Cannes Film Festival took place from 11 May and ran until 22 May 2005.[2] Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica served as jury president for the main competition. Cécile de France hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.[3]

Belgian filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, the Dardenne brothers, won the Palme d'Or for the second time with the drama film L'Enfant.[4][5][6]

The festival opening film was Lemming directed by Dominik Moll,[7] while Chromophobia directed by Martha Fiennes was the closing film.[8]

2005 Un Certain Regard poster featuring James Dean's portrait by Floyd McCarty from Rebel Without a Cause.[9]

Juries

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Main competition

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Un Certain Regard

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  • Alexander Payne, American filmmaker - Jury President[10]
  • Eduardo Antin, Argentinian critic and author
  • Betsy Blair, American actress
  • Katia Chapoutier, Canadian journalist
  • Sandra Den Hamer, Dutch director of the Rotterdam Festival
  • Gilles Marchand, French director and screenwriter
  • Geneviève Welcomme, French journalist

Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition

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Camera d'Or

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  • Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian filmmaker - Jury President[10]
  • Yves Allion, French critic
  • Patrick Chamoiseau, French writer
  • Malik Chibane, French director
  • Scott Foundas, American critic
  • Laura Meyer, French cinephile
  • Luc Pourrinet, French technician
  • Roberto Turigliatto, Italian director of the Festival of Turin
  • Romain Winding, French cinematographer

Official Selection

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In Competition

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The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[11]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Bashing バッシング Masahiro Kobayashi Japan
Battle in Heaven Batalla en el cielo Carlos Reygadas Mexico, France, Germany
Broken Flowers Jim Jarmusch United States, France
Caché Michael Haneke France, Austria, Germany, Italy
Don't Come Knocking Wim Wenders Germany, United States
L'Enfant Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne Belgium
Election 黑社會 Johnnie To Hong Kong
Free Zone Amos Gitai Israel
A History of Violence David Cronenberg United States, Canada, Germany
Kilomètre Zéro کیلۆمەتری سفر Hiner Saleem Iraq, France
Last Days Gus Van Sant United States
Lemming (opening film) Dominik Moll France
Manderlay Lars von Trier Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy
To Paint or Make Love Peindre ou faire l'amour Arnaud Larrieu and Jean-Marie Larrieu France
Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide Quando sei nato non puoi più nasconderti Marco Tullio Giordana Italy, France, United Kingdom
Shanghai Dreams 青紅 Wang Xiaoshuai China
Sin City Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez United States
Tale of Cinema 극장전 Hong Sang-soo South Korea
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada Tommy Lee Jones United States, France, Mexico
Three Times 最好的時光 Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan
Where The Truth Lies Atom Egoyan Canada, United Kingdom

Un Certain Regard

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The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[11]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
The Bow Kim Ki-duk South Korea
Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures Cinema, Aspirinas e Urubus Marcelo Gomes Brazil
Dark Horse Voksne mennesker Dagur Kári Denmark, Iceland
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu Moartea domnului Lăzărescu Cristi Puiu Romania
Delwende Saint Pierre Yaméogo Burkina Faso, France
Down in the Valley David Jacobson United States
Le filmeur Alain Cavalier France
The Forsaken Land සුළඟ එනු පිණිස Vimukthi Jayasundara Sri Lanka
Havana Blues Habana Blues Benito Zambrano Spain, Cuba
I Am Guilty Falscher Bekenner Christoph Hochhäusler Germany
Jewboy Tony Krawitz Australia
Johanna Kornél Mundruczó Hungary
The King James Marsh United Kingdom, United States
Lower City Cidade Baixa Sérgio Machado Brazil
Marock Laïla Marrakchi Morocco, France
My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? エリ・エリ・レマ・サバクタニ Shinji Aoyama Japan
Northeast Nordeste Juan Diego Solanas Argentina, France
One Night یک شب Niki Karimi Iran
Sangre Amat Escalante Mexico
Sleeper Schläfer Benjamin Heisenberg Austria, Germany
Time to Leave Le Temps qui reste François Ozon France
Yellow Fella Ivan Sen Australia
Zim and Co. Pierre Jolivet France

Out of Competition

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The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[11]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Avenge But One of My Two Eyes Avi Mograbi Israel, France
A Bittersweet Life 달콤한 인생 Kim Jee-woon South Korea
The Burnt Theatre Les Artistes du Théâtre Brûlé Rithy Panh Cambodia, France
C'est pas tout à fait la vie dont j'avais rêvé Michel Piccoli France
Chromophobia (closing film) Martha Fiennes United Kingdom
Cindy: The Doll Is Mine (short) Bertrand Bonello France
Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul Fatih Akın Turkey, Germany
Darshan: The Embrace Darshan - L'étreinte Jan Kounen France
Kirikou and the Wild Beasts Kirikou et les Bêtes sauvages Michel Ocelot and Bénédicte Galup France, Vietnam
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Shane Black United States
Match Point Woody Allen United Kingdom, Luxembourg, United States
Merry Christmas Joyeux Noël Christian Carion France, Germany, United Kingdom, Belgium, Romania, Japan
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream Stuart Samuels Canada, United States
Princess Raccoon オペレッタ狸御殿 Seijun Suzuki Japan
The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear (3 episodes) Adam Curtis United Kingdom
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith George Lucas United States

Cinéfondation

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The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:[11]

  • Vdvoyom (A deux) by Nikolay Khomeriki (France)
  • A Song for Rebecca by Norah McGettigan (Poland)
  • Badgered by Sharon Colman (United Kingdom)
  • Bikur Holim by Maya Dreifuss (Israel)
  • Buy It Now by Antonio Campos (United States)
  • El espino by Théo Court Bustamante (Cuba)
  • En la oscuridad by Juan Manuel Rampoldi, Marcelo Charras (Argentina)
  • Exit (2004 film) by Robert Depuis (Denmark)
  • Five O' Clock Shadow by Malcolm Lamont (United States)
  • La cerca by Rubén Mendoza (Colombia)
  • La plaine by Roland Edzard (France)
  • Le violon by Heng Yang (China)
  • Slavek The Shit by Grímur Hákonarson (Iceland, Czech Republic)
  • Conscience (film) (Svedomí) by Jan Bohuslav (Czech Republic)
  • Tiens toi tranquille by Sameh Zoabi (France)
  • Vanilla Song by Jakob Rørvik (United Kingdom)
  • Walk On a Little More by Min-young Shim (South Korea)

Short Films Competition

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The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[11]

Cannes Classics

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Tribute[12]

Documentaries about Cinema[13]

  • 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 (2004)
  • 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(s) du cinema by Jean-Luc Godard
  • Shadowing the Third Man by Frederick Baker

Restored prints[14]

Parallel sections

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International Critics' Week

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The following films were screened for the 44th International Critics' Week (44e Semaine de la Critique):[15]

Feature film competition

Short film competition

  • Le grand vent by Valérie Liénardy (Belgium)
  • Respire by Wi Ding Ho (Taiwan)
  • Mirror Mechanics by Siegfried A. Fruhauf (Austria)
  • Blue Tongue by Justin Kurzel (Australia)
  • Imago... by Cédric Babouche (France)
  • Get the Rabbit Back by Dimitar Mitovski & Kamen Kalev (Bulgaria)
  • Jona/Tomberry by Rosto (Netherlands)

Directors' Fortnight

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The following films were screened for the 2005 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[16]

Short films
  • À bras le corps by Katell Quillévéré (19 min.)
  • À mains nues by Agnès Feuvre (26 min.)
  • Consultation Room by Kei Oyama (9 min.)
  • Cosmetic Emergency by Martha Colburn (9 min.)
  • Da Janela Do Meu Quarto by Cao Guimarães (5 min.)
  • Du soleil en hiver by Samuel Collardey (17 min.)
  • Etoile violette by Axelle Ropert (45 min.)
  • Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine by Peter Tscherkassky (17 min.)
  • Kara, Anak Sebatang Pohon by Edwin (9 min.)
  • Majorettes by Lola Doillon (16 min.)
  • Nits by Harry Wootliff (11 min.)
  • Résfilm by Sándor Kardos (19 min.)
  • The Buried Forest by Kohei Oguri (1h33
  • Trilogy About Clouds by Naoyuki Tsuji (14 min.)
  • Vinil verde by Kleber Mendonça Filho (17 min.)
Emir Kusturica, 2005 Jury President

Official Awards

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Luc Dardenne (left) and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Palme d'Or winners
Jim Jarmusch, Gran Prix winner

In Competition

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The following films and people received the 2005 Official selection awards:[17]

Un Certain Regard

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Cinéfondation

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  • First Prize: Buy It Now by Antonio Campos
  • Second Prize:
  • Third Prize:
    • La plaine by Roland Edzard
    • Tiens toi tranquille by Sameh Zoabi

Short Films Competition

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Independent Awards

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Award of the Youth

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Critics' Week

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Directors' Fortnight

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References

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  12. ^ "Cannes Classics - Tribute". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  13. ^ "Cannes Classics - Documentaries about Cinema". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  14. ^ "Cannes Classics - Restored prints". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
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  16. ^ "Quinzaine 2005". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  17. ^ a b "Awards 2005: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014.
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  19. ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 2005". fipresci.org. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
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  21. ^ "Association Prix François Chalais Cannes 2005". francois-chalais.fr. Archived from the original on March 15, 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2017.

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