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2006 Cannes Film Festival

2006 Cannes Film Festival

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The 59th Cannes Film Festival was held from 17 to 28 May 2006. Twenty films from eleven countries were in competition for the Palme d'Or. The President of the Official selection Jury was Wong Kar-wai, the first Chinese director to preside over the jury.[3]

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English director Ken Loach won the Palme d'Or with his movie The Wind That Shakes the Barley.[4][5][6][7] This edition also marked the first time in three years that no American film, actor, actress, or filmmaker won any awards in Cannes.

The festival Opening Film was The Da Vinci Code, directed by Ron Howard.[8] Transylvania by Tony Gatlif was the Closing Film. Paris, je t'aime opened the Un Certain Regard section of the festival.[9]

2006 Un Certain Regard poster featuring an original drawing by Russian filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein.[10]

Juries

The following people were appointed as juries in the various selection below:[11]

Main competition

Un Certain Regard

  • Monte Hellman, American director - Jury President
  • Lars-Olav Beier, German critic
  • Maurizio Cabonat, Italian critic
  • Jean-Pierre Lavoignat, French critic
  • Marjane Satrapi, Iranian author
  • Laura Winters, American critic

Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition

Camera d'Or

  • Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Belgian filmmaker - Jury Co-President
  • Luc Dardenne, Belgian filmmaker - Jury Co-President
  • Natacha Laurent, French director of the cinémathèque of Toulouse
  • Frédéric Maire, Swiss president of Locarno Festival
  • Luiz Carlos Merten, Brazilian critic
  • Jean-Pierre Neyrac, French technician
  • Alain Riou, French critic
  • Jean-Paul Salomé, French director
  • Jean-Louis Vialard, French cinematographer

Official Selection

Main Competition

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[2] The Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted.

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Un Certain Regard

The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[2]

Films out of competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[2]

Cinéfondation

The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:[2]

  • Doorman by Etienne Kallos
  • Een ingewikkeld verhaal, eenvoudig verteld by Jaap van Heusden
  • Elastinen parturi by Milla Nybondas
  • Emile's Girlfriend (Ha'chavera shell Emile) by Nadav Lapid
  • Even Kids Started Small by Yaniv Berman
  • Firn by Axel Koenzen
  • Ge & Zeta by Gustavo Riet
  • Une goutte d'eau by Deniz Gamze Ergüven
  • Graceland by Anocha Suwichakornpong
  • Hunde by Matthias Huser
  • Jaba by Andreas Bolm
  • Justiça ao insulto by Bruno Jorge
  • Mother by Siân Heder
  • Mr. Schwartz, Mr. Hazen & Mr. Horlocker by Stefan Mueller
  • Snow by Dustin Feneley
  • Tetris by Anirban Datta
  • Le virus by Ágnes Kocsis

Short film competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[2]

  • Banquise by Cédric Louis, Claude Barras
  • Conte de quartier by Florence Miailhe
  • Film noir by Osbert Parker
  • Nature's Way by Jane Shearer
  • O monstro by Eduardo Valente
  • Ongeriewe by Robin Kleinsmidt
  • Poyraz by Belma Bas
  • Primera nieve by Pablo Aguero
  • Sexy Thing by Denie Pentecost
  • Sniffer by Bobbie Peers

Cannes Classics

The Cannes Classics section highlights heritage cinema, re-discovered films, restored prints and theatrical, television or DVD releases of great films of the past.[12]

Tribute[13]

Documentaries about Cinema[12]

  • Il était une fois...Rome ville ouverte by Marie Genin, Serge July
  • John Ford / John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend by Sam Pollard
  • Marcello, una vita dolce by Annarosa Morri, Mario Canale

Restored prints[14]

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following films were screened for the 45th International Critics' Week (45e Semaine de la Critique):[15]

Feature film competition

Short film competition

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 2006 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[16]

Short films
  • The Aluminum Fowl by James Clauer
  • Bugcrush by Carter Smith
  • By the Kiss by Yann Gonzalez
  • Dans le rang by Cyprien Vial
  • L'Étoile de mer by Sophie Letourneur
  • Menged by Daniel Taye Workou
  • Rapace by João Nicolau
  • Un rat by Bosilka Simonovitch
  • Sepohon Rambutan indah kepunyaanku di tanjung rambutan by Bin HajiSaari U-Wei
  • Le Soleil et la mort voyagent ensemble by Frank Beauvais
Wong Kar-wai, 2006 Jury President
Ken Loach, winner of the Palme d'Or at the event.
Bruno Dumont, Gran Prix winner

Official awards

The following films and people received the 2006 Official selection awards:[17][4]

Main Competition

Un Certain Regard

Cinéfondation

  • First Prize: Ge & Zeta by Gustavo Riet
  • Second Prize: Mr. Schwartz, Mr. Hazen & Mr. Horlocker by Stefan Mueller
  • Third Prize:

Caméra d'Or

Short Films Competition

  • Short Film Palme d'Or: Sniffer by Bobbie Peers
  • Jury Prize: Primera nieve by Pablo Aguero
    • Special Mention: Conte de quartier by Florence Miailhe

Independent Awards

FIPRESCI Prizes

Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

Award of the Youth

Critics' Week

Directors' Fortnight

Prix François Chalais

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