The 58th

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started on 11 May and ran until 22 May 2005. Twenty movies from 13 countries were selected to compete. The awards were announced on 21 May. The

Palme d'Or The Palme d'Or (; en, Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festival's highest prize was the Grand Prix du Fe ...

went to the

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film '' L'Enfant'' by

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. The festival opened with ''

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'', directed by

Dominik Moll Dominik Moll (born 7 May 1962) is a Germany, German-born France, French film director and screenwriter. He was born in Bühl (Baden), Bühl, West Germany. In 2001, he won the César Award for Best Director for ''Harry, He's Here to Help''. Both ...

and closed with ''

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'', directed by

Martha Fiennes Martha Maria Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes () is an English film director, writer and producer. Fiennes is best known for her film '' Onegin'' (1999), which starred her elder brother, Ralph, and her subsequent film ''Chromophobia'' (2005). Career ...

Cécile de France Cécile de France (; born 17 July 1975) is a Belgian actress. After achieving success in French cinema hits such as ''L'Art (délicat) de la séduction'' (2001) and ''Irène'' (2002), she gained international attention for her lead roles in ''Hi ...

was the mistress of ceremonies.

Juries

Main competition

The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2005 Official Selection: *

Emir Kusturica Emir Kusturica ( sr-cyrl, Емир Кустурица; born 24 November 1954) is a Serbian film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and musician. He also has French citizenship.http://www.serbia.com/emir-kusturica-artist-builder-and-anti-glo ...

(director) Jury President *

Javier Bardem Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (; born 1 March 1969) is a Spanish actor. Known for his roles in Blockbuster (entertainment), blockbusters and foreign films, he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as the psychopath, ...

(actor) *

Fatih Akın Fatih Akin (Turkish: Fatih Akın, born 25 August 1973) is a German film director, screenwriter and producer of Turkish descent. He has won numerous awards for his films, including the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for his film '' Head ...

(director) *

Nandita Das Nandita Das (born 7 November 1969) is an Indian actress and director. She has acted in over 40 feature films in ten different languages. Das appeared in the films ''Fire'' (1996), ''Earth'' (1998), '' Bawandar'' (2000), '' Kannathil Muthamittal' ...

(actress) *

Salma Hayek Salma Hayek Pinault ( , ; born Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez; September 2, 1966) is a Mexican and American actress and film producer. She began her career in Mexico with starring roles in the telenovela ''Teresa'' (1989–1991) as well as the ...

(actress) *

Toni Morrison Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford; February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019), known as Toni Morrison, was an American novelist. Her first novel, ''The Bluest Eye'', was published in 1970. The critically acclaimed '' So ...

(author) *

Benoît Jacquot Benoît Jacquot (; born 5 February 1947) is a French film director and screenwriter who has had a varied career in European cinema. Life and career Born in Paris, Jacquot began his career as assistant director of Marguerite Duras films, inclu ...

(director) *

Agnès Varda Agnès Varda (; born Arlette Varda; 30 May 1928 – 29 March 2019) was a Belgian-born French film director, screenwriter, photographer, and artist. Her pioneering work was central to the development of the widely influential French New Wave film ...

(director) *

John Woo John Woo Yu-Sen SBS (; born September 22, 1946) is a Hong Kong filmmaker, known as a highly-influential figure in the action film genre. He was a pioneer of heroic bloodshed films (a crime action film genre involving Chinese triads) and the gun fu ...

(director)

Un Certain Regard

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 2005

Un Certain Regard (, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films w ...

: *

Alexander Payne Constantine Alexander Payne (; born February 10, 1961) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for the films ''Citizen Ruth'' (1996), ''Election'' (1999), ''About Schmidt'' (2002), ''Sideways'' (2004), ''The Desc ...

(director, screenwriter) (USA) President *

Betsy Blair Betsy Blair (born Elizabeth Winifred Boger; December 11, 1923March 13, 2009) was an American actress of film and stage, long based in London. Blair pursued a career in entertainment from the age of eight, and as a child worked as an amateur danc ...

(actress) (USA) *Eduardo Antin (critic, author) (Argentina) *Geneviève Welcomme (journalist) (France) *

Gilles Marchand Gilles Marchand (born 18 June 1963) is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed five films since 1987. His film '' Qui a tué Bambi?'' was screened out of competition at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival The 56th Cannes Film Festival ...

(director, screenwriter) (France) *Katia Chapoutier (journalist) (Canada) *Sandra Den Hamer (director of the Rotterdam Festival) (Netherlands)

Cinéfondation and short films

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the

Cinéfondation La ''Cinéfondation'' is a foundation under the aegis of the Cannes Film Festival, created to inspire and support the next generation of international filmmakers. It was created in 1998 by Gilles Jacob. Since then it has developed complementary ...

and short films competition: *

Edward Yang Edward Yang (; November 6, 1947 – June 29, 2007) was a Taiwanese filmmaker. Yang, along with fellow auteurs Hou Hsiao-hsien and Tsai Ming-liang, was one of the leading film-makers of the Taiwanese New Wave and Taiwanese cinema. He won the Be ...

(director) (Taïwan) President *

Chantal Akerman Chantal Anne Akerman (; 6 June 19505 October 2015) was a Belgian film director, screenwriter, artist, and Film studies, film professor at the City College of New York. She is best known for films such as ''Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 108 ...

(director) (Belgium) *

Colin MacCabe Colin Myles Joseph MacCabe (born 9 February 1949) is an English academic, writer and film producer. He is currently a distinguished professor of English and film at the University of Pittsburgh.

(critic, author) (Ireland) *

Sylvie Testud Sylvie Testud (born 17 January 1971) is a French actress hose film career est Actress for ''Fear and Trembling'' (2003), and the European Film Award for Best Actress for ''Lourdes'' (2009). Her other film roles include '' Beyond Silence'' (199 ...

(actress) (France) *

Yousry Nasrallah Yousry Nasrallah ( ar, يسرى نصر الله ) (born 26 July 1952) is an Egyptian film director. Biography Nasrallah was born to a Coptic Christian family in Cairo. He graduated in economics and political science at Cairo University. Fo ...

(director) (Egypt)

Camera d'Or

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 2005

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Abbas Kiarostami Abbas Kiarostami ( fa, عباس کیارستمی ; 22 June 1940 – 4 July 2016) was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, photographer, and film producer. An active filmmaker from 1970, Kiarostami had been involved in the production of ...

(director) (Iran) President *Laura Meyer (cinephile) (France) *Luc Pourrinet (technician) (France) *Malik Chibane (director) (France) *

Patrick Chamoiseau Patrick Chamoiseau (born 3 December 1953) is a French author from Martinique known for his work in the créolité movement. His work spans a variety of forms and genres, including novels, essays, children's books, screenplays, theatre and comics. ...

(writer) (France) *Roberto Turigliatto (Festival of Turin) (Italy) * Romain Winding (cinematographer) (France) *Scott Foundas (critic) (USA) *Yves Allion (critic) (France)

Official selection

In competition - Feature film

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or: The Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted.

Un Certain Regard

The following films were selected for the competition of

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Amat Escalante Amat Escalante (born 28 February 1979) is a Mexican film director, producer and screenwriter. He is most well known for directing the controversial Mexican crime thriller ''Heli'' for which he was awarded the best director prize award at the 201 ...

* '' The Bow'' by

Kim Ki-duk Kim Ki-duk ( ; 20 December 196011 December 2020) was a South Korean film director and screenwriter, noted for his idiosyncratic art-house cinematic works. His films have received many distinctions in the festival circuit, rendering him one of ...

* '' Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures'' by Marcelo Gomes * ''

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Dagur Kári Dagur Kári (born Dagur Kári Pétursson; 12 December 1973) is an Icelandic film director. Early life and education He was born in Paris, France, to Icelandic parents. The family returned to Iceland when he was 3 years old. After attending loca ...

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The Death of Mr. Lazarescu ''The Death of Mr. Lazarescu'' ( ro, Moartea domnului Lăzărescu) is a 2005 Romanian dark comedy film by director Cristi Puiu. In the film an old man (Ioan Fiscuteanu) is carried by an ambulance from hospital to hospital all night long, as doctor ...

'' by

Cristi Puiu Cristi Puiu (; born 3 April 1967) is a Romanian film director and screenwriter. With Anca Puiu and Alex Munteanu, in 2004 he founded a cinema production company, naming it Mandragora. Early life, education and career Cristian Emilian Puiu wa ...

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Delwende ''Delwende'' is a 2005 Burkinabé drama film directed by S. Pierre Yameogo about a mother and daughter resisting to succumb to a local sexist tradition. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival where i ...

'' by

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* '' Down in the Valley'' by David Jacobson * '' Le filmeur'' by

Alain Cavalier Alain Cavalier (; born 14 September 1931) is a French film director. Biography Cavalier was born in Vendôme, Loir-et-Cher and studied film at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques. He won several awards, including the César Awar ...

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The Forsaken Land ''The Forsaken Land (Sulanga Enu Pinisa)'' ( si, සුළඟ එනු පිණිස) is a 2005 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Vimukthi Jayasundara and co-produced by Phillip Amril and Francisco Vilolobos. It stars Kaushalya Fernando and ...

'' by

Vimukthi Jayasundara Kala Keerthi Vimukthi Jayasundara ( si, විමුක්ති ජයසුන්දර) is a Sri Lankan filmmaker, critic and a visual artist. Jayasundara is the first Sri Lankan to win the Caméra d'Or, in 2005. Life and career Vimukthi Jay ...

* '' Havana Blues'' by

Benito Zambrano Benito Zambrano (Lebrija, 20 March 1965), is an awarded Spanish screenwriter and film director. His film '' Habana Blues'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. He studied at Escuela Internacional de Cine ...

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I Am Guilty ''I Am Guilty'' (german: Falscher Bekenner) is a 2005 German drama film directed by Christoph Hochhäusler. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Constantin von Jascheroff - Armin Steeb * M ...

'' by

Christoph Hochhäusler Christoph Hochhäusler (born 10 July 1972) is a German film director and screenwriter. His film '' Falscher Bekenner'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. His film ''The City Below'' was screened in the ...

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Jewboy ''Jewboy'' is a 2005 Australian film directed by Tony Krawitz. The film stars Ewen Leslie, Chris Haywood, Saskia Burmeister, and Nicholas Eadie. It won the 2005 Australian Film Institute Awards for Best Short Fiction Film, Best Cinematography an ...

'' by

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Kornél Mundruczó Kornél Mundruczó (; born 3 April 1975) is a Hungarian film and theatre director. He has directed 18 short and feature films between 1998 and 2020. His film ''Johanna'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2005 Cannes Film Fest ...

* '' The King'' by James Marsh * ''

Lower City ''Lower City'' ( pt, Cidade Baixa) is a 2005 Brazilian drama film directed by Sérgio Machado. It was released in Brazil and to international film festivals in 2005, including being screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Fi ...

'' (''Cidade Baixa'') by

Sérgio Machado Sérgio Machado (born 19 September 1968) is a Brazilian film director and screenwriter. His film ''Lower City, Cidade Baixa'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. Filmography * ''Onde a Terra Acaba'' (2 ...

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Marock ''Marock'' is the 2005 cinema of Morocco, Moroccan film by director Laïla Marrakchi. The film was 2006's most successful film in Morocco, taking more than 3 million dirhams at the Moroccan box-office, according to TelQuel. It was very controvers ...

'' by

Laïla Marrakchi Laila Marrakchi (born 1975 in Casablanca) is a Moroccan film maker most famous for the controversial film '' Marock''. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. She is married to film director Alexand ...

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Juan Diego Solanas Juan Solanas (born 4 November 1966) is an Argentine film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer. His film ''Nordeste'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. He directed the French-Can ...

* '' My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?'' by

Shinji Aoyama was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, composer, film critic, and novelist. He graduated from Rikkyo University. He won two awards at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival for his film ''Eureka (2000 film), Eureka''. Biography Shinji Aoyama was b ...

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Benjamin Heisenberg Benjamin Heisenberg (born 9 June 1974) is a German film director and screenwriter. He has directed sixteen films since 1995. His film '' Schläfer'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. His 2010 film, ...

* ''

Time to Leave ''Time to Leave'' (french: Le Temps qui reste, lit=The Time That Remains) is a 2005 French drama film written and directed by François Ozon. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Romain, a gay 31 ...

'' by

François Ozon François Ozon (; born 15 November 1967) is a French film director and screenwriter. Ozon is considered one of the most important modern French filmmakers. His films are characterized by aesthetic beauty, sharp satirical humor and a free-wheeli ...

* '' Yellow Fella'' by

Ivan Sen Ivan Sen (born 1972) is an Indigenous Australian filmmaker. He is a director, screenwriter and cinematographer, as well as an editor, composer and sound designer. He is co-founder and director of Bunya Productions. Early life Ivan Sen was born ...

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Zim and Co. ''Zim and Co.'' is a 2005 French film directed by Pierre Jolivet. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival, the first time a film by Jolivet had been selected. The film won the Grand Prize of the third ...

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Pierre Jolivet Pierre Jolivet (; born 9 October 1952) is a French director, actor, screenwriter, and producer. His film '' Zim and Co.'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival and his film '' The Night Watchman'' won the ...

Films out of competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: * '' Avenge But One of My Two Eyes'' by

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* '' C'est pas tout à fait la vie dont j'avais rêvé'' by

Michel Piccoli Jacques Daniel Michel Piccoli (27 December 1925 – 12 May 2020) was a French actor, producer and film director with a career spanning 70 years. He was lauded as one of the greatest French character actors of his generation who played a wide vari ...

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* '' Cindy: The Doll Is Mine'' by

Bertrand Bonello Bertrand Bonello (; born 11 September 1968) is a French film director, screenwriter, producer and composer. His background is in classical music, and he lives between Paris and Montreal. His work has also been associated with the New French Extre ...

* '' Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul'' by

* '' Dalkomhan insaeng'' by

Kim Jee-woon Kim Jee-woon (; born July 6, 1964) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Career Kim started out directing theater but has worked with increasing levels of success in cinema, showing accomplished acting and a detailed stylization in ...

* '' Darshan - L'étreinte'' by

Jan Kounen Jan Kounen (born Jan Coenen; 2 May 1964) is a Netherlands-born French film director and producer. In France, he is mostly known for his films ''Dobermann'' (1997), '' Blueberry, l'experience secrete'' (2004) and ''99 francs'' (2007). Outside Fr ...

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Christian Carion Christian Carion (born 4 January 1963) is a French film director, dialogue writer and screenwriter, gaining international attention for ''Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas)'', which was nominated for several awards, including the 2005 Academy Awa ...

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Kirikou and the Wild Beasts ''Kirikou and the Wild Beasts'' ( French: ''Kirikou et les Bêtes sauvages'') is a 2005 French animated feature film. It premiered at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival on 13 May and, unlike its predecessor, received only festival screenings in all Eng ...

'' by

Michel Ocelot Michel Ocelot (born 27 October 1943) is a French Screenwriter, writer, Production designer, designer, storyboard artist and Film director, director of animation, animated films and television programs (formerly also animator, background artist, n ...

and Bénédicte Galup * ''

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang ''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'' is a 2005 American neo-noir black comedy mystery thriller film written and directed by Shane Black (in his directorial debut), and starring Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan, and Corbin Bernsen. The scrip ...

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The Burnt Theatre ''The Burnt Theatre'', or ''Les Artistes du Théâtre Brûlé'', is a 2005 French- Cambodian docudrama directed and co-written by Rithy Panh. A blend of fact and fiction, based on the actual lives of the actors, the film depicts a troupe of acto ...

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Match Point ''Match Point'' is a 2005 psychological thriller film written and directed by Woody Allen and starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Goode, Brian Cox, and Penelope Wilton. In the film, Rhys Meyers' charact ...

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* '' Operetta tanuki goten'' by

Seijun Suzuki , born (24 May 1923 – 13 February 2017), was a Japanese filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter. His films are known for their jarring visual style, irreverent humour, nihilistic cool and entertainment-over-logic sensibility. He made 40 predo ...

* '' Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith'' by

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Cinéfondation

The following short films were selected for the competition of

: * ''Vdvoyom'' (''A deux'') by

Nikolay Khomeriki Nikolay Khomeriki (born 17 April 1975) is a Russian film director and screenwriter. He has directed six films since 2004. His film '' 977'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Three years later his f ...

(France) * ''A Song for Rebecca'' by Norah McGettigan (Poland) * ''

Badgered ''Badgered'' is a 2005 animated short film, nominated on 31 January 2006 for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. The film was written, animated and directed by Sharon Colman at the National Film and Television School and is voiced ...

'' by

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(United Kingdom) * ''Bikur Holim'' by Maya Dreifuss (Israel) * ''

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'' 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 Grímur Hákonarson (born 1977) is an Icelandic film director and screenwriter. His first feature film was ''Summerland (2010 film), Summerland'' from 2010, for which Grímur was nominated for the Edda Award for Best Screenplay. His next feature ...

(Iceland, Czech Republic) * ''Conscience (film)'' (''Svedomí'') by Jan Bohuslav (Czech Republic) * ''Tiens toi tranquille'' by

Sameh Zoabi Sameh Zoabi is a Palestinian Israeli film writer and director best known for his 2019 film ''Tel Aviv on Fire''. Childhood and education Zoabi grew up in Iksal, a village near Nazareth, Israel. His father is a farmer. He studied at Tel Aviv Un ...

(France) * ''Vanilla Song'' by Jakob Rørvik (United Kingdom) * ''Walk On a Little More'' by Min-young Shim (South Korea)

Short film competition

The following short films competed for the

Short Film Palme d'Or The Short Film Palme d'Or (french: Palme d'Or du court métrage) is the highest prize given to a short film at the Cannes Film Festival. Since the creation of the Cinéfondation La ''Cinéfondation'' is a foundation under the aegis of the Cannes ...

: * ''Baby Shark'' (''Bébé requin'') by Pascal-Alex Vincent * ''Before Dawn'' by Bálint Kenyeres * ''Clara'' by Van Sowerwine * ''Disparue'' by Kit Hui * ''Kitchen'' by

Alice Winocour Alice Winocour (born 13 January 1976) is a French screenwriter and director. Life and career Winocour was born in Paris, France, to a Jewish family. After studying screenwriting at La Fémis, Winocour made three short films and wrote the script ...

* ''L'homme qui s'est rencontre'' by Ben Crowe * ''Nothing Special'' by Helena Brooks * ''Sous la lueur de la lune'' by Peter Ghesquiere * '' Wayfarers'' (''Podorozhni'') by Igor Strembitskyy

Cannes Classics

Tribute *'' 49th Parallel'' by

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(1941) *''A Matter of Life and Death (film), A Matter of Life and Death'' by

, Emeric Pressburger (1946) *''Black Narcissus'' by

, Emeric Pressburger (1947) *''I Know Where I'm Going!'' by

, Emeric Pressburger (1945) *''The Pearl (film), The Pearl'' (''La perla'') by Emilio Fernández, Emilio "Indio" Fernández (1947) *''Los Olvidados'' by Luis Buñuel (1950) *''Salón México'' (''Mexico Lounge'') by Emilio Fernández, Emilio "Indio" Fernández (1949) *''The Edge of the World'' by

(1937) Documentaries about Cinema *''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 *''An Airman's Letter to His Mother'' by

(1941 Short) *''Notes Towards an African Orestes'' (''Appunti per un'Orestiade Africana'') by Pier Paolo Pasolini (1975) *''Beyond the Rocks (film), Beyond the Rocks'' by Sam Wood (1922 / 2005) *''Bullitt'' by Peter Yates (1968) *''There Was a Father'' (''Chichi ariki'') by Yasujirō Ozu (1942) *''East of Eden (film), East of Eden'' by Elia Kazan (1955) *''La Fille de l'eau'' (''Whirlpool of Fate'') by Jean Renoir (1925) *''The Fire Within'' (''Le feu follet'') by Louis Malle (1963) *''Angels of Sin'' (''Les anges du péché'') by Robert Bresson (1943) *''Pather Panchali'' by Satyajit Ray (1955) *''Pele Eterno'' by Anibal Massaini Neto (2004) *''Rebel Without a Cause'' by Nicholas Ray (1955) *''King Boxer'' (''Tian xia di yi quan'') by Jeong Chang-hwa, Chang-Wah Chung (1973) *''Two-Lane Blacktop'' by Monte Hellman (1971)

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following films were screened for the 44th International Critics' Week (44e Semaine de la Critique): Feature film competition * ''The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael'' by Thomas Clay (United Kingdom) * ''The Horizon of Events'' (''L’orizzonte degli eventi'') by Daniele Vicari (Italy) * ''Little Jerusalem (film), Little Jerusalem'' (''La petite Jérusalem'') by Karin Albou (France) * ''Me and You and Everyone We Know'' by Miranda July (United States) * ''A Stranger of Mine'' (''Unmei Janai Hito'') by Kenji Uchida (film director), Kenji Uchida (Japan) * ''Grain in Ear'' (''Máng zhòng'') by Zhang Lu (director), Zhang Lu (China, South Korea) * ''Orlando Vargas'' by Juan Pittaluga (Uruguay, France) 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

The following films were screened for the 2005 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):
* ''Alice (2005 film), Alice'' by Marco Martins (Portugal) * ''Be with Me'' by Eric Khoo (Singapore) * ''Cache-cache'' by Yves Caumon (France) * ''Family Diary'' (''Cronaca familiare'') by Valerio Zurlini (1962) * ''Crying Fist'' by Ryoo Seung-wan (South Korea) * ''Douches froides'' by Antony Cordier (France) * ''Factotum (film), Factotum'' by Bent Hamer (Norway, United States, Germany, France) * ''Géminis'' by Albertina Carri (Argentina, France) * ''Guernsey'' by Nanouk Leopold (Netherlands, Belgium) * ''Iron_Island_(film), Iron Island'' (''Jazireh Ahani'') by Mohammad Rasoulof (Iran) * ''Keane (film), Keane'' by Lodge Kerrigan (United States) * ''The Buried Forest'' (''Umoregi'') by Kohei Oguri (Japan) * ''La Moustache'' by Emmanuel Carrère (France) * ''Odete'' by João Pedro Rodrigues (Portugal) * ''Ride the High Country'' by Sam Peckinpah (1962) * ''Room (2005 film), Room'' by Kyle Henry (United States) * ''Seven Invisible Men'' by Šarūnas Bartas (Portugal, France, Lithuania) * ''Sisters in Law (film), Sisters In Law'' by Kim Longinotto, Florence Ayisi (United Kingdom, Cameroon) * ''Tbilisi-Tbilisi'' by Levan Zakareishvili (Georgia) * ''The President's Last Bang'' by Im Sang-soo (South Korea) * ''Travaux, on sait quand ça commence...'' by Brigitte Roüan (France) * ''Who’s Camus Anyway?'' by Mitsuo Yanagimachi (Japan) * ''Wolf Creek (film), Wolf Creek'' by Greg McLean (film director), Greg McLean (Australia) :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.)

Awards

Official awards

The following films and people received the 2005 Official selection awards: *

: '' L'Enfant'', by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne * Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival), Grand Prix: ''Broken Flowers'', by Jim Jarmusch * Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival), Best Director Award: ''Caché (film), Caché'' by Michael Haneke * Best Screenplay Award (Cannes Film Festival), Best Screenplay Award: Guillermo Arriaga for ''The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada'' * Best Actress Award (Cannes Film Festival), Best Actress: Hanna Laslo in ''Free Zone (movie), Free Zone'' * Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival), Best Actor: Tommy Lee Jones in ''The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada'' * Jury Prize (Cannes Film Festival), Prix du Jury: ''Shanghai Dreams'', by Wang Xiaoshuai Un Certain Regard * Un Certain Regard, Prix Un Certain Regard: ''The Death of Mr. Lăzărescu'' by

* Un Certain Regard Prix de l'intimité: '' Le filmeur'' by

* Un Certain Regard Prix de l'espoir: ''

'' by

Cinéfondation * First Prize: ''

'' by Antonio Campos * Second Prize: ''Bikur Holim'' by Maya Dreifuss & ''Vdvoyom'' (''A deux'') by

* Third Prize: ''La plaine'' by Roland Edzard & ''Tiens toi tranquille'' by Sameh Zoabi Golden Camera * Caméra d'Or: ''

'' by

& ''Me and You and Everyone We Know'' by Miranda July Short films *

: '' Wayfarers'' (''Podorozhni'') by Igor Strembitskyy * Special Mention: ''Clara'' by Van Sowerwine

Independent awards

FIPRESCI, FIPRESCI Prizes * ''Caché (film), Hidden'' by Michael Haneke (In competition) * ''Crying Fist'' by Ryoo Seung-wan (Directors' Fortnight) * ''

'' (''Sangre'') by

(Un Certain Regard) Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist * Vulcan Award: ** Leslie Shatz for Sound design in ''Last Days (2005 film), Last Days'' ** Robert Rodriguez for Visual processing in ''Sin City (film), Sin City'' Ecumenical Jury * Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: ''Caché (film), Hidden'' (''Caché'') by Michael Haneke * Ecumenical Jury - Special mention: ''

'' by

Award of the Youth * ''

'' (''Cidade Baixa'') by

Awards in the frame of International Critics' Week * Grand prix: ''Me and You and Everyone We Know'' by Miranda July * Prix ACID: ''Grain in Ear'' (''Mang zong'') by Zhang Lu (director), Zhang Lu * Grand Prix Canal+ (short film): ''Jona/Tomberry'' de Rosto Awards in the frame of Directors' Fortnight * 3ème Label Europa Cinéma : ''La Moustache'' by Emmanuel Carrère * Prix Art & Essai CICAE : ''Sisters in Law (film), Sisters In Law'' by Kim Longinotto, Florence Ayisi * 3ème Prix Regards Jeunes : ''Alice (2005 film), Alice'' by Marco Martins * Prix SACD du court métrage : ''Du soleil en hiver'' by Samuel Collardey * Prix Gras Savoye : ''À bras le corps'' by Katell Quillévéré Association Prix François Chalais * Prix François Chalais: ''Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide'', by Marco Tullio Giordana File:JavierBardemHWOFNov2012 cropped.jpg,

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References

Media

INA: Opening of the 2005 Festival
(commentary in French)

(commentary in French)

External links

(web.archive)
Official website Retrospective 2005

Cannes Film Festival Awards for 2005
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