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59th edition of the Cannes film festival From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 59th Cannes Film Festival was held from 17 to 28 May 2006. Chinese filmmaker Wong Kar-wai served as jury president for the main competition, the first Chinese to preside over the jury.[2] English filmmaker Ken Loach won the Palme d'Or for the war drama film The Wind That Shakes the Barley.[3][4][5][6]
Official poster of the 59th Cannes Film Festival featuring a still from Wong Kar-wai's 2000 film In the Mood for Love.[1] | |
| Opening film | The Da Vinci Code |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Transylvania |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: The Wind That Shakes the Barley |
| Hosted by | Vincent Cassel |
| No. of films | 20 (Main Competition) |
| Festival date | 17 May 2006 – 28 May 2006 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The official poster for the festival features a still image from the Wong Kar-wai's 2000 film In the Mood for Love, which won the Best Actor award at the 53rd edition of the festival.
The festival opening film was The Da Vinci Code directed by Ron Howard.[7] While Transylvania by Tony Gatlif was the closing film.[8]
This edition also marked the first time in three years that no American film, actor, actress, or filmmaker won any awards in Cannes.
The following people were appointed as juries in the various selection below:[10]
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[11] The Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted.
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babel | Alejandro González Iñárritu | United States, Mexico, Morocco, France | |
| The Caiman | Il caimano | Nanni Moretti | Italy |
| Charlie Says | Selon Charlie | Nicole Garcia | France |
| Chronicle of an Escape | Crónica de una fuga | Israel Adrián Caetano | Argentina |
| Climates | İklimler | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Turkey |
| Colossal Youth | Juventude em Marcha | Pedro Costa | Portugal |
| Days of Glory | Indigènes | Rachid Bouchareb | France, Morocco, Belgium, Algeria |
| The Family Friend | L'amico di famiglia | Paolo Sorrentino | Italy |
| Fast Food Nation | Richard Linklater | United States, United Kingdom | |
| Flanders | Flandres | Bruno Dumont | France |
| Lights In The Dusk | Laitakaupungin valot | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland, Germany, France |
| Marie Antoinette | Sofia Coppola | United States, France, Japan | |
| Pan’s Labyrinth | El laberinto del fauno | Guillermo del Toro | Spain, Mexico |
| Red Road | Andrea Arnold | United Kingdom, Denmark | |
| The Right of the Weakest | La Raison du plus faible | Lucas Belvaux | Belgium |
| Southland Tales | Richard Kelly | United States, Germany | |
| Summer Palace | 頤和園 | Lou Ye | China |
| Volver | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain | |
| When I Was a Singer | Quand j'étais chanteur | Xavier Giannoli | France |
| The Wind That Shakes the Barley | Ken Loach | Ireland, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland | |
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[11]
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[11]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Inconvenient Truth | Davis Guggenheim | United States | |
| Avida | Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern | France | |
| Bamako | Abderrahmane Sissako | Mali, France, United Sta | |
| Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters | Bill Couturié | United States | |
| The Boy on the Galloping Horse | Chłopiec na galopującym koniu | Adam Guziński | Poland |
| Clerks II | Kevin Smith | United States | |
| A Curtain Raiser (short) | Un lever de rideau | François Ozon | France |
| The Da Vinci Code (opening film) | Ron Howard | United States, Malta, France, United Kingdom | |
| El-banate dol | Tahani Rached | Egypt | |
| Election 2 | 黑社會:以和爲貴 | Johnnie To | Hong Kong |
| Halim | حليم | Sherif Arafa | Egypt |
| The House Is Burning | Holger Ernst | Germany | |
| I Only Wanted to Live | Volevo solo vivere | Mimmo Calopresti | Italy |
| Ici Najac, à vous la terre | Jean-Henri Meunier | France | |
| Oh La La! | Nouvelle chance | Anne Fontaine | |
| Over the Hedge | Tim Johnson, Karey Kirkpatrick | United States | |
| Requiem for Billy the Kid | Requiem pour Billy the Kid | Anne Feinsilber | France |
| Room 666 (1982) | Chambre 666 | Wim Wenders | France, West Germany |
| Les signes (short) | Eugène Green | France | |
| Shortbus | John Cameron Mitchell | United States | |
| SIDA (short) | Gaspar Noé | France | |
| Silk | 詭絲 | Su Chao-pin | Taiwan |
| Sketches of Frank Gehry | Sydney Pollack | United States | |
| Stanley's Girlfriend (short) | Monte Hellman | ||
| Transylvania (closing film) | Tony Gatlif | France | |
| United 93 | Paul Greengrass | United States, United Kingdom, France | |
| The Water Diary (short) | Jane Campion | France | |
| X-Men: The Last Stand | Brett Ratner | United States | |
| Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait | Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle | Philippe Parreno and Douglas Gordon | France |
The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:[11]
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[11]
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]
Restored prints[14]
The following films were screened for the 45th International Critics' Week (45e Semaine de la Critique):[15]
Feature film competition
Short film competition
The following films were screened for the 2006 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[16]
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The following films and people received the 2006 Official selection awards:[17][3]
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