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2004 Cannes Film Festival

The 57th Cannes Film Festival took place from 12 to 23 May 2004. American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino served as jury president for the main competition. While American filmmaker Michael Moore won the Palme d'Or for the documentary film Fahrenheit 9/11, becoming the first documentary to win the festival's main prize since The Silent World in 1956.

Juries
Main competitionQuentin Tarantino, American filmmaker - Jury President • Emmanuelle Béart, French actress and director • Edwidge Danticat, Haitian-American novelist • Tsui Hark, Hong Kong director • Benoît Poelvoorde, Belgian actor • Jerry Schatzberg, American director • Tilda Swinton, British actress • Kathleen Turner, American actress • Peter von Bagh, Finnish film historian Un Certain RegardJeremy Thomas, British producer - Jury President • Michel Demopoulos, Greek critic • Carlos Gomez, Spanish critic • Eric Libiot, French critic • Baba Richerme, Italian journalist • Eva Zaoralova, Czech artistic director of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Cinéfondation and Short Films CompetitionNikita Mikhalkov, Russian actor and filmmaker - Jury President • Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkish filmmaker • Marisa Paredes, Spanish actress • Nicole Garcia, French actress and director • Pablo Trapero, Argentinian director ''Camera d'Or''Tim Roth, British actor - Jury President • Alberto Barbera, Italian film critic • Nguyen Trong Binh, French distributor • Alain Choquart, French cinematographer • Isabelle Frilley, French representative of the technical industries • Diego Galan, Spanish critic • Laure Protat, French cinephile • Aldo Tassone, Italian critic • Anne Theron, French director ==Official Selection==
Official Selection
In Competition The following feature films competed for the ''Palme d'Or'': Un Certain Regard The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard: ==Parallel Sections==
Parallel Sections
International Critics' Week The following films were screened for the 43rd International Critics' Week (43e Semaine de la Critique): CompetitionÀ Casablanca les anges ne volent pas by Mohamed Asli (Morocco, Italy) • Thirst (Atash) by Tawfik Abu Wael (Israel, Palestine) • A Common Thread (Brodeuses) by Éléonore Faucher (France) • Calvaire by Fabrice Du Welz (Belgium, France, Luxembourg) • CQ2 (Seek You Too) by Carole Laure (Canada, France) • Or (My Treasure) (Or) by Keren Yedaya (France, Israel) • Duck season (Temporada de patos) by Fernando Eimbcke (Mexico) Short Films CompetitionAlice and I (Alice et moi) by Micha Wald (Belgium) • Breaking Out by Marianela Maldonado (United States) • Con Diva (With Diva) by Sebastian Mantilla (Spain) • ''The Man with No Shadow (L'homme sans ombre)'' by Georges Schwizgebel (Canada, Switzerland) • Los elefantes nunca olvidan by Lorenzo Vigas (Venezuela, Mexico) • Ryan by Chris Landreth (Canada) • Signes de vie by Arnaud Demuynck (France, Belgium) Special Screenings • ''L'Après-midi de Monsieur Andesmas'' by Michelle Porte (France) (opening film) • Adieu Philippine by Jacques Rozier (France) (La séance du Parrain) • What Remains of Us (Ce qu’il reste de nous) by François Prévost & Hugo Latulippe (Canada) (Docu.) • Metropolitan Express (Stolitchny Skory) by Artyom Antonov (Russia) (Short) • Les Parallèles by Nicolas Saada (France) (Short) • Girls and Cars by Thomas Woschitz (Austria) (Short) • ''De l'autre côté'' by Nassim Amaouche (France) (Prix de la Critique) • Anna (3 kgs 2) by Laurette Polmanss (France) (Prix de la Critique) • Sotto falso nome by Roberto Andò (Italy, France, Switzerland) (closing film) Directors' Fortnight The following films were screened for the 2004 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs): • ''A vot' bon cœur'' by Paul Vecchiali (France) • Dans les champs de bataille by Danielle Arbid (France, Belgium, Lebanon) • En attendant le déluge by Damien Odoul (France) • The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (Le livre de Jérémie) by Asia Argento (United States, France, United Kingdom, Japan) • The Hook (Je suis un assassin) by Thomas Vincent (France) • Mean Creek by Jacob Aaron Estes (United States) • Machuca by Andrés Wood (France, Spain, Chile) • Los muertos by Lisandro Alonso (Argentina, France, Netherlands, Switzerland) • Mur (doc.) by Simone Bitton (France, Israel) • Oh, Uomo (doc.) by Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi (Italy) • ''The River's End'' by Behrouz Afkhami (Iran) • The Scent of Blood (''L'odore del sangue'') by Mario Martone (Italy, France) • Sommeil Amer by Mohsen Amiryoussefi (Iran) • Tarnation (doc.) by Jonathan Caouette (United States) • The Taste of Tea by Katsuhito Ishii (Japan) • The Tunnel by Kunitoshi Manda (Japan) • Vénus et Fleur by Emmanuel Mouret (France) • Woman of Breakwater by Mario O'Hara (Philippines) • The Woodsman by Nicole Kassell (United States) • The Wound (La blessure) by Nicolas Klotz (France, Belgium) :Short FilmsA Feather Stare at the Dark by Naoyuki Tsuji (Japan) • Capitaine Achab by Philippe Ramos (France) • Charlotte by Ulrike Von Ribbeck (Germany) • Fill in the Blanks by Kim Youn-Sung (South Korea) • Frontier by Jun Miyazaki (Japan) • La petite chambre by Élodie Monlibert (France) • La peur, petit chasseur by Laurent Achard (France) • Le dieu Saturne by Jean-Charles Fitoussi (France) • Le droit chemin by Mathias Gokalp (France) • Odya by Edgar Bartenev (Russia) • Tristesse beau visage by Jean Paul Civeyrac (France) • Vostok 1' by Jan Andersen (France) ==Official Awards==
Official Awards
, 2004 Palme d'Or winner , Grand Prix winnerThe following films and people received the 2004 Official selection awards: Main Competition Palme d'Or: Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael MooreGrand Prix: Oldboy by Park Chan-wookBest Director: Exils by Tony GatlifBest Screenplay: Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri for Look at MeBest Actress: Maggie Cheung for CleanBest Actor: Yūya Yagira for Nobody KnowsPrix du Jury: • Tropical Malady by Apichatpong WeerasethakulIrma P. Hall for The Ladykillers Un Certain Regard Prix Un Certain Regard: Moolaadé by Ousmane SembènePrix du Regard Original: Whisky by Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll • '''Prix du Regard vers l'Avenir': Earth and Ashes'' by Atiq Rahimi Cinéfondation First Prize: Happy Now by Frederikke Aspöck • Second Prize: • Calatorie la oras by Corneliu Porumboiu99 ans de ma vie by Marja MikkonenThird Prize: Fajnie, że jesteś by Jan Komasa === ''Caméra d'Or'' === • Or (My Treasure) by Keren YedayaSpecial Mention: • Passages by Yang Chao • Earth and Ashes by Atiq Rahimi Short Films Competition Short Film Palme d'Or: Trafic by Cătălin MitulescuShort Film Jury Prize: Flatlife by Jonas Geirnaert == Independent Awards ==
Independent Awards
=== FIPRESCI Prizes === • Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore (In competition) • Whisky by Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll (Un Certain Regard) • Thirst by Tawfik Abu Wael (International Critics' Week) === Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist === • Éric Gautier, cinematographer in Clean and The Motorcycle Diaries === Prize of the Ecumenical Jury === • The Motorcycle Diaries by Walter SallesSpecial mention: Moolaadé by Ousmane Sembène Award of the Youth Kontroll by Antal Nimród Critics' Week • '''International Critics' Week Grand Prix''': ==References==
Media
• INA: Opening of the 2004 Festival (commentary in French) • INA: Much publicity about the 2004 Palme d'Or (commentary in French) ==External links==
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