1997 Cannes Film Festival
Short Film) | |
| Festival date | 7 May 1997 – 18 May 1997 |
|---|---|
| Website | festival-cannes |
The 50th
The festival opened with The Fifth Element, directed by Luc Besson, and closed with Absolute Power, directed by Clint Eastwood.[8]
Juries
Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 1997 Official Selection:[10]
- Isabelle Adjani (France) Jury President
- Gong Li (China)
- Mira Sorvino (USA)
- Paul Auster (USA)
- Tim Burton (USA)
- Luc Bondy (Switzerland)
- Patrick Dupond (France)
- Mike Leigh (UK)
- Nanni Moretti (Italy)
- Michael Ondaatje (Canada)
Caméra d'Or
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1997 Caméra d'Or:
- Françoise Arnoul (actress) (France)
- Gérard Lenne (critic) (France)
- Jiří Menzel (director) (Czech Republic)
- Julien Camy (cinephile) (France)
- Luciano Barisone (critic) (Italy)
- Nicolas Philibert (director) (France)
- Olivier Brunet-Lefebvre (cinephile) (France)
- Ulrich Gregor (cinema historian) (Germany)
Official selection
In competition - Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3]
- Assassin(s) by Mathieu Kassovitz
- The Banned Woman (La femme défendue) by Philippe Harel
- The Brave by Johnny Depp
- Shohei Imamura
- The End of Violence by Wim Wenders
- Funny Games by Michael Haneke
- Happy Together (Chun gwong cha sit) by Wong Kar-wai
- The Ice Storm by Ang Lee
- Idrissa Ouedraogo
- L.A. Confidential by Curtis Hanson
- Nil by Mouth by Gary Oldman
- The Prince of Homburg (Il principe di Homburg) by Marco Bellocchio
- The Serpent's Kiss by Philippe Rousselot
- She's So Lovely by Nick Cassavetes
- The Sweet Hereafter by Atom Egoyan
- Taste of Cherry (Ta'm e guilass) by Abbas Kiarostami
- The Truce (La tregua) by Francesco Rosi
- Welcome to Sarajevo by Michael Winterbottom
- The Well by Samantha Lang
- Western by Manuel Poirier
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[3]
- 12 Storeys by Eric Khoo
- A, B, C... Manhattan by Amir Naderi
- After Sex (Post-Coitum, Animal Triste) by Brigitte Roüan
- Akrebin Yolculuğu by Ömer Kavur
- American Perfekt by Paul Chart
- Brother (Brat) by Aleksei Balabanov
- La Buena Estrella by Ricardo Franco
- La cruz by Alejandro Agresti
- East Palace, West Palace (Dong gong xi gong) by Zhang Yuan
- Gautam Ghose
- Histoire(s) du cinéma by Jean-Luc Godard
- The House (A Casa) by Šarūnas Bartas
- In the Company of Men by Neil LaBute
- Inside/Out by Rob Tregenza
- Love and Death on Long Island by Richard Kwietniowski
- Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember (Marcello Mastroianni: mi ricordo, sì, io mi ricordo) by Anna Maria Tatò
- Marius and Jeannette (Marius et Jeannette) by Robert Guédiguian
- Mrs Brown by John Madden
- Private Confessions (Enskilda samtal) by Liv Ullmann
- Sunday by Jonathan Nossiter
- Wind Echoing in My Being by Jeon Soo-il
- The Witman Boys (Witman fiúk) by János Szász
Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]
- Absolute Power by Clint Eastwood
- The Blackout by Abel Ferrara
- Destiny (Al-massir) by Youssef Chahine
- The Fifth Element by Luc Besson
- Hamlet by Kenneth Branagh
- Michael Jackson's Ghosts by Stan Winston
- Nirvana by Gabriele Salvatores
- Voyage to the Beginning of the World (Viagem ao Princípio do Mundo) by Manoel de Oliveira
- Welcome to Woop Woop by Stephan Elliott
Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[3]
- Le Bon Endroit by Ayelet Bargur
- Camera obscura by Stefano Arduino
- Final Cut by Justin Case
- ...Is It the Design on the Wrapper? (Est-ce à cause du dessin sur l'emballage?) by Tessa Sheridan
- Joe by Sasha Wolf
- Leonie by Lieven Debrauwer
- Over The Rainbow by Alexandre Aja
- Les Vacances by Emmanuelle Bercot
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 36th
International Critics' Week (36e Semaine de la Critique):[11]
Feature film competition
- Junk Mail (Budbringeren) by Pål Sletaune (Norway)
- Abdoulaye Ascofaré(Mali)
- This World, Then the Fireworks by Michael Oblowitz (United States)
- Le Mani forti by Franco Bernini (Italy)
- Character (Karakter) by Mike van Diem (Netherlands)
- Bent by Sean Mathias (United Kingdom)
- Insomnia by Erik Skjoldbjærg (Norway)
Short film competition
- The Signalman (Le Signaleur) by Benoît Mariage (Belgium)
- Marylou by Todd Kurtzman & Danny Shorago (United States)
- Adios Mama by Ariel Gordon (Mexico)
- Tunnel of Love by Robert Milton Wallace (United Kingdom)
- Muerto de amor by Ramón Barea (Spain)
- O Prego by João Maia (Portugal)
- Le Voleur de diagonale by Jean Darrigol (France)
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1997 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[12]
- Buud-Yam by Gaston Kaboré
- Cosmos by André Turpin, Arto Paragamian, Denis Villeneuve, Jennifer Alleyn, Manon Briand, Marie-Julie Dallaire
- Dakan by Mohamed Camara
- Ferzan Ozpetek
- I Hate Love (J'ai horreur de l'amour) by Laurence Ferreira Barbosa
- Kicked In The Head by Matthew Harrison
- Kissed by Lynne Stopkewich
- L'autre côté de la mer by Dominique Cabrera
- The Good Life (La buena vida) by David Trueba
- La Vie de Jésus by Bruno Dumont
- Ma 6-T va crack-er by Jean-François Richet
- Ma vie en rose by Alain Berliner
- Murmur of Youth by Lin Cheng-sheng
- The Perfect Circle (Savrseni Krug) by Ademir Kenović
- The Power of the Skirt (Taafe Fanga) by Adama Drabo
- A Friend of the Deceased by Viacheslav Kryshtofovych
- Sinon, oui by Claire Simon
- My Son the Fanatic by Udayan Prasad
- Suzaku by Naomi Kawase
- José Luis Guerin
- Un frère… by Sylvie Verheyde
- Short films
- Liberté chérie by Jean-Luc Gaget
- Soyons amis ! by Thomas Bardinet
- Taxi de nuit by Marco Castilla
- Tout doit disparaître by Jean-Marc Moutout
- Y’a du foutage dans l’air by Djamel Bensalah
Awards
Official awards
The following films and people received the 1997 Official selection awards:[2][13][4]
- Palme d'Or:
- Taste of Cherry (Ta'm e guilass) by Abbas Kiarostami
- The Eel (Unagi) by Shōhei Imamura
- Grand Prize of the Jury: The Sweet Hereafter by Atom Egoyan
- Best Director: Wong Kar-wai for Happy Together(Chun gwong cha sit)
- Best Screenplay: The Ice Storm by James Schamus
- Best Actress: Kathy Burke for Nil by Mouth
- Best Actor: Sean Penn for She's So Lovely
- Jury Prize: Western by Manuel Poirier
- 50th Anniversary Prize: Youssef Chahine (Lifetime Achievement Award)
- Palm of the Palms: Ingmar Bergman[14]
Golden Camera
- Moe no suzaku by Naomi Kawase
- Caméra d'Or - Special Mention: La Vie de Jésus by Bruno Dumont
Short Films
- Short Film Palme d'Or: ...Is It the Design on the Wrapper? by Tessa Sheridan
- Jury Prize: Leonie by Lieven Debrauwer & Les Vacances by Emmanuelle Bercot
Independent awards
FIPRESCI Prizes[15]
- The Sweet Hereafter by Atom Egoyan (In competition)
- Voyage to the Beginning of the World (Viagem ao Princípio do Mundo) by Manoel de Oliveira (Out of competition)
Commission Supérieure Technique
- Technical Grand Prize: Thierry Arbogast (cinematography) in She's So Lovely and The Fifth Element
Ecumenical Jury[16]
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: The Sweet Hereafter by Atom Egoyan
- Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention: La Buena Estrella by Ricardo Franco & Voyage to the Beginning of the World (Viagem ao Princípio do Mundo) by Manoel de Oliveira[14]
Award of the Youth[14]
- Foreign Film: Bent by Sean Mathias
- French Film: I Hate Love (J'ai horreur de l'amour) by Laurence Ferreira Barbosa
Awards in the frame of International Critics' Week[14]
- Mercedes-Benz Award: Junk Mail (Budbringeren) by Pål Sletaune
- Canal+ Award: The Signalman (Le signaleur) by Benoît Mariage
Association Prix François Chalais
- François Chalais Award: The Perfect Circle (Savrseni krug) by Ademir Kenović[17]
References
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- ^ "36e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1997". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ "Quinzaine 1997". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
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- ^ "Association Prix François Chalais Cannes 1997". francois-chalais.fr. Archived from the original on March 15, 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
Media
- INA: Climbing of the steps for the opening of the 1997 Festival (commentary in French)
- INA: List of winners of the 1997 festival (commentary in French)
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1997 Cannes Film Festival.
- 1997 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
- Official website Retrospective 1997 Archived 2019-01-21 at the Wayback Machine
- Cannes Film Festival Awards 1997 at Internet Movie Database