2004 Cannes Film Festival

2004 Cannes Film Festival

Official poster of the 57th Cannes Film Festival featuring an illustration by Alerte Orange.[1]
Opening film	Bad Education
Closing film	De-Lovely
Location	Cannes, France
Founded	1946
Awards	Palme d'Or: Fahrenheit 9/11
Hosted by	Laura Morante
No. of films	19 (Main Competition)
Festival date	12 May 2004 (2004-05-12) – 23 May 2004 (2004-05-23)
Website	festival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival
2005 2003

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 (and only) documentary to win the festival's main prize.^[2][3][4]

The festival opening film was Bad Education directed by Pedro Almodóvar,^[5] while De-Lovely directed by Irwin Winkler was the closing film.^[6] Laura Morante was mistress of the ceremonies.^[2]

• Quentin Tarantino, American filmmaker - Jury President^[8]
• 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

• Jeremy 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

• Nikita 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

• 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

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:^[9]

The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:^[9]

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:^[9]

The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:^[9]

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:^[9]

For the third year, the Cannes Festival selected "some of world cinema's masterpieces and rarities" for the audience. The following films were projected in the "Salle Buñuel" during the festival.^[10][11]

The following films were screened for the 43rd International Critics' Week (43e Semaine de la Critique):^[12]

Competition

Short Films Competition

Special Screenings

The following films were screened for the 2004 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):^[13]

Short Films

The following films and people received the 2004 Official selection awards:^[2][3][14]

• Palme d'Or: Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore
• Grand Prix: Oldboy by Park Chan-wook
• Best Director: Exils by Tony Gatlif
• Best Screenplay: Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri for Look at Me
• Best Actress: Maggie Cheung for Clean
• Best Actor: Yūya Yagira for Nobody Knows
• Prix du Jury:
  • Tropical Malady by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
  • Irma P. Hall for The Ladykillers

• Prix Un Certain Regard: Moolaadé by Ousmane Sembène^[15]
• Prix du Regard Original: Whisky by Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll
• Prix du Regard vers l'Avenir: Earth and Ashes by Atiq Rahimi

• First Prize: Happy Now by Frederikke Aspöck
• Second Prize:
  • Calatorie la oras by Corneliu Porumboiu
  • 99 ans de ma vie by Marja Mikkonen
• Third Prize: Fajnie, że jesteś by Jan Komasa

• Or (My Treasure) by Keren Yedaya
  • Special Mention:
    • Passages by Yang Chao
    • Earth and Ashes by Atiq Rahimi

• Short Film Palme d'Or: Trafic by Cătălin Mitulescu
• Short Film Jury Prize: Flatlife by Jonas Geirnaert

• Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore (In competition)^[3][16]
• Whisky by Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll (Un Certain Regard)
• Thirst by Tawfik Abu Wael (International Critics' Week)

• Éric Gautier, cinematographer in Clean and The Motorcycle Diaries

• The Motorcycle Diaries by Walter Salles^[17]
  • Special mention: Moolaadé by Ousmane Sembène

• Kontroll by Antal Nimród^[18]

• International Critics' Week Grand Prix:^[3][18]
  • A Common Thread by Éléonore Faucher
  • Or (My Treasure) by Keren Yedaya
• Canal+ Award: Ryan by Chris Landreth
• Kodak Short Film Award: Ryan by Chris Landreth
• Young Critics Award - Best Short: Ryan by Chris Landreth
• Young Critics Award - Best Feature: Or (My Treasure) by Keren Yedaya
• Grand Golden Rail: CQ2 by Carole Laure
• Small Golden Rail: Alice and I by Micha Wald

• The Motorcycle Diaries by Walter Salles^[19]

• INA: Opening of the 2004 Festival (commentary in French)
• INA: Much publicity about the 2004 Palme d'Or (commentary in French)

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2004 Cannes Film Festival.

• 2004 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
• Official website Retrospective 2004 Archived 2019-01-25 at the Wayback Machine
• Cannes Film Festival Awards for 2004 at Internet Movie Database