1996 Cannes Film Festival

Main competition • Francis Ford Coppola, American filmmaker - Jury President • Michael Ballhaus, German cinematographer • Nathalie Baye, French actress • Henry Chapier, French journalist, presenter and director • Atom Egoyan, Canadian filmmaker • Eiko Ishioka, Japanese artist and costume designer • Krzysztof Piesiewicz, Polish screenwriter • Greta Scacchi, Italian actress • Antonio Tabucchi, Italian writer • Trần Anh Hùng, Vietnamese-French filmmaker ''Camera d'Or'' • Françoise Fabian, French actress - Jury President • Gian Luca Farinelli, Cinephile • Ramon Font, Critic • Sandrine Gady, Cinephile • Jacques Kermabon, Critic • Daniel Schmid, Swiss director • Antoine Simkine, French member of the Fédération Nationale des Industries ==Official Selection==

In competition The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or: Un Certain Regard The following films were selected for Un Certain Regard section: Out of Competition The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: Short Films Competition The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or: • 4 maneras de tapar un hoyo by Guillermo Rendon Rodriguez, Jorge Villalobos de La Torre • Attraction by Alexeï Diomine • Brooms by Luke Cresswell, Steve Mcnicholas • Estoria do gato e da lua by Pedro Miguel Serrazina • Film Noir by Michael Liu • Les fourmis rouges by Pierre Erwan Guillaume • Oru Neenda Yathra by Murali Nair • Passeio com Johnny Guitar by João César Monteiro • Petite Sotte by Luc Otter • Sin #8 by Barbara Heller • Small Deaths by Lynne Ramsay • Szél (Wind) by Marcell Iványi • The Beach by Dorthe Scheffmann • This Film Is a Dog by Jonathan Ogilvie ==Parallel sections==

International Critics' Week The following films were screened for the 35th International Critics' Week (35e Semaine de la Critique): Feature film competition • Les Aveux de l’innocent by Jean-Pierre Améris (France) • Yuri by Yoonho Yang (South Korea) • Mi último hombre by Tatiana Gaviola (Chile) • The Empty Mirror by Barry J. Hershey (United States) • The Daytrippers by Greg Mottola (United States) • A Drifting Life by Lin Cheng-sheng (Taiwan) • Not Me! (Sous sol) by Pierre Gang (Canada) Short film competition • Planet Man by Andrew Bancroft (New Zealand) • A Summer Dress (Une robe d’été) by François Ozon (France) • La Grande migration by Youri Tcherenkov (France) • Le Réveil by Marc Henri Wajnberg (Belgium) • The Slap by Tamara Hernandez (United States) • La Tarde de un matrimonio de clase media by Fernando Javier León Rodríguez (Mexico) • Derrière le bureau d’acajou by Johannes S. Nilsson (Sweden) Directors' Fortnight The following films were screened for the 1996 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs): • A toute vitesse by Gaël Morel • Beautiful Thing by Hettie MacDonald • A Chef in Love by Nana Djordjadze • Le Cri de la soie by Yvon Marciano • Edipo Alcalde by Jorge Ali Triana • Encore by Pascal Bonitzer • Flame by Ingrid Sinclair • Vaska Easoff (Haggyállógva, Vászka) by Peter Gothar • Inside by Arthur Penn • Youth Without God (Jeunesse sans Dieu) by Catherine Corsini • Jude by Michael Winterbottom • Kids Return by Takeshi Kitano • Prisoner of the Mountains (Kavkazskiy plennik) by Sergei Bodrov • La Promesse by Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne • Lone Star by John Sayles • Macadam Tribu by José Laplaine • Mondani a mondhatatlant: Elie Wiesel üzenete by Judit Elek • Perfect Love (Parfait amour!) by Catherine Breillat • Pasajes by Daniel Calparsoro • Salut cousin ! by Merzak Allouache • Select Hôtel by Laurent Bouhnik • Trees Lounge by Steve Buscemi • White Night (Layla Lavan) by Arnon Zadok • Will It Snow for Christmas? (Y aura t’il de la neige à Noël ?) by Sandrine Veysset :Short films • La Faim by Siegfried (18 min.) • La Fille et l’amande by Bénédicte Brunet (15 min.) • Vacances A Blériot by Bruno Bontzolakis (25 min.) • Virage Nord by Sylvain Labrosse (15 min.) ==Official Awards==

In Competition • : Secrets & Lies by Mike Leigh • Grand Prix: Breaking the Waves by Lars von Trier • Best Director: Joel Coen for Fargo • Best Screenplay: A Self-Made Hero by Jacques Audiard and Alain Le Henry • Best Actress: Brenda Blethyn for Secrets & Lies • Best Actor: Daniel Auteuil and Pascal Duquenne for The Eighth Day • Jury Special Prize: Crash by David Cronenberg === ''Caméra d'Or'' === • Love Serenade by Shirley Barrett === Short Film Palme d'Or === • Szél by Marcell Iványi • Jury Prize: Small Deaths by Lynne Ramsay == Independent Awards ==

=== FIPRESCI Prizes === • Secrets & Lies by Mike Leigh (In competition) • Prisoner of the Mountains by Sergei Bodrov (Directors' Fortnight) • The Mail & The Ferry by Laila Pakalnina (Un Certain Regard) Commission Supérieure Technique • Technical Grand Prize: The whole technical team for Microcosmos === Prize of the Ecumenical Jury === • Secrets & Lies by Mike Leigh • Special Mention: • A Drifting Life by Lin Cheng-sheng • Drifting Clouds by Aki Kaurismäki Award of the Youth • Foreign Film: White Night by Arnon Zadok ==References==

• INA: Opening of the 1996 Festival (commentary in French) • INA: List of winners of the 1996 festival (commentary in French) ==External links==