1997 Cannes Film Festival













































1997 Cannes Film Festival

CFF97poster.jpg
Official poster of the 50th Cannes Film Festival[1]

Opening film The Fifth Element
Closing film Absolute Power
Location
Cannes, France
Founded 1946
Awards
Palme d'Or (Ta'm e guilass and Unagi)[2]
Hosted by Jeanne Moreau

No. of films
20 (En Competition)[3]
22 (Un Certain Regard)
9 (Out of Competition)
11 (Short Film)
Festival date 7 May 1997 (1997-05-07) – 18 May 1997 (1997-05-18)
Website festival-cannes.com/en

The 50th Cannes Film Festival was held from 7 to 18 May 1997. The Palme d'Or was jointly awarded to Ta'm e guilass by Abbas Kiarostami and Unagi by Shohei Imamura.[4][5][6]Jeanne Moreau was the mistress of ceremonies.[7]


The festival opened with The Fifth Element, directed by Luc Besson, and closed with Absolute Power, directed by Clint Eastwood.[8]




1997 Un Certain Regard poster, adapted from an original illustration by Milo Manara.[9]




Contents






  • 1 Juries


    • 1.1 Main competition


    • 1.2 Camera d'Or




  • 2 Official selection


    • 2.1 In competition - Feature film


    • 2.2 Un Certain Regard


    • 2.3 Films out of competition


    • 2.4 Short film competition




  • 3 Parallel sections


    • 3.1 International Critics' Week


    • 3.2 Directors' Fortnight




  • 4 Awards


    • 4.1 Official awards


    • 4.2 Independent awards




  • 5 References


  • 6 Media


  • 7 External links





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)



Camera d'Or


The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1997 Camera 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


  • The Eel (Unagi) by 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


  • Kini and Adams by 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


  • Gudia by 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)


  • Mother of the Dunes (Faraw !) by 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 (U.K.)


  • 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 (U.K.)


  • 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 Jean-Marie Kaboré


  • Cosmos by André Turpin, Arto Paragamian, Denis Villeneuve, Jennifer Alleyn, Manon Briand, Marie-Julie Dallaire


  • Dakan by Mohamed Camara


  • Il Bagno turco – Hamam by 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 Kenovic


  • The Power of the Skirt (Taafe Fanga) by Adama Drabo


  • Priatiel Pakoinika by Viatcheslav Krichtofovitch


  • Sinon, oui by Claire Simon


  • My Son the Fanatic by Udayan Prasad


  • Suzaku by Naomi Kawase


  • Train of Shadows (Tren de sombras) by 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




Isabelle Adjani, Jury President




Abbas Kiarostami, Palme d'Or winner





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




  • Caméra d'Or: 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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  17. ^ "Association Prix François Chalais Cannes 1997". francois-chalais.fr. 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








  • 1997 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)

  • Official website Retrospective 1997


  • Cannes Film Festival Awards 1997 at Internet Movie Database









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