2004 Cannes Film Festival

The 57th Cannes Film Festival started on 12 and ran until 23 May 2004. The Palme d'Or went to the American film Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore.[4][5][6]

2004 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 57th Cannes Film Festival featuring an illustration by Alerte Orange.[1]
Opening filmLa mala educación
Closing filmDe-Lovely
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsPalme d'Or (Fahrenheit 9/11)[2]
Hosted byLaura Morante
No. of films19 (En Competition)[3]
21 (Un Certain Regard)
19 (Out of Competition)
18 (Cinéfondation)
10 (Short Film)
Festival date12 May 2004 (2004-05-12) – 23 May 2004 (2004-05-23)
Websitefestival-cannes.com/en

The festival opened with La mala educación, directed by Pedro Almodóvar[7] and closed with De-Lovely, directed by Irwin Winkler.[8] Laura Morante was mistress of the ceremonies.[4]

2004 Un Certain Regard poster adapted from Marjane Satrapi's illustration.[9]

Juries
Quentin Tarantino, Jury President
Jeremy Thomas, President of the Un Certain Regard Jury

Main competition

The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2004 Official Selection:[10]

Un Certain Regard

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 2004 Un Certain Regard:

  • Jeremy Thomas (producer) (UK) President
  • Carlos Gomez (critic) (Spain)
  • Baba Richerme (journalist) (Italy)
  • Eric Libiot (critic) (France)
  • Eva Zaoralova (artistic director of the Karlovy Vary Festival) (Czech Republic)
  • Michel Demopoulos (critic) (Greece)

Cinéfondation and short films

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the Cinéfondation and short films competition:

Camera d'Or

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 2004 Camera d'Or:

  • Tim Roth (actor, director) (UK) President
  • Alain Choquart (cinematographer) (France)
  • Alberto Barbera (Director of museum) (Italy)
  • Aldo Tassone (critic) (Italy)
  • Anne Theron (director) (France)
  • Diego Galan (critic) (Spain)
  • Isabelle Frilley (representative of the technical industries) (France)
  • Laure Protat (cinephile) (France)
  • Nguyen Trong Binh (distributor) (France)

Official selection

In competition - Feature film

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3]

Un Certain Regard

The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[3]

Films out of competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]

Cinéfondation

The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:[3]

  • 99 ans de ma vie by Marja Mikkonen
  • Beita Shel Meshoreret by Haim Tabakman
  • Calatorie la oras by Corneliu Porumboiu
  • Fajnie, że jesteś by Jan Komasa
  • Footnote by Pia Borg
  • Gaia by Amarante Abramovici
  • Happy Now by Frederikke Aspöck
  • Kis Apokrif N°2 by Kornél Mundruczó
  • Kontakt by Martin Duda
  • Nebraska by Olga Żurawska
  • Playing Dead by David Hunt
  • Propheties du passe by Fabien Greenberg
  • Proyect Gvul by Tamar Singer, Dani Rosenberg, Nadav Lapid, Adi Halfin, Rima Essa
  • Son Of Satan by Jj Villard
  • The Happiness Thief by Derek Boyes
  • The Rick by Tim McCarthy
  • The Wings by Hae-young Seo
  • Wonderful Harusame by Ayumi Aoyama

Short film competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[3]

  • Accordeon by Michèle Cournoyer
  • Closer by David Rittey
  • Flatlife by Jonas Geirnaert
  • Gérard mon amour by Madeleine Andre
  • L'evangile du cochon creole by Michelange Quay
  • La derniere minute by Nicolas Salis
  • Le nageur by Klaus Huettmann
  • Quimera by Eryk Rocha
  • Thinning the Herd by Rie Rasmussen
  • Trafic by Catalin Mitulescu

Cannes Classics

For the third year, the Cannes Festival selected "some of world cinema's masterpieces and rarities" for the audience. The following films were projected in the "Salle Buñuel" during the festival.[11]

Tribute

Restored Prints

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following films were screened for the 43rd International Critics' Week (43e Semaine de la Critique):[13]

Feature film competition

Short film competition

  • Alice and I (Alice et moi) by Micha Wald (Belgium)
  • Breaking Out by Marianela Maldonado (United States)
  • Con Diva (With Diva) by Sebastian Mantilla (Spain)
  • L’homme sans ombre by Georges Schwizgebel (Canada, Switzerland)
  • Los elefantes nunca olvidan by Lorenzo Vigas (Venezuela, Mexico)
  • Ryan by Chris Landreth (Canada)
  • Signes de vie by Arnaud Demuynck (France, Belgium)

Special screenings

  • L’Après-midi de Monsieur Andesmas by Michelle Porte (France) (opening film)
  • Adieu Philippine by Jacques Rozier (France) (La séance du Parrain)
  • Ce qu’il reste de nous by François Prévost & Hugo Latulippe (Canada) (Docu.)
  • Metropolitan Express (Stolitchny Skory) by Artyom Antonov (Russia) (Short)
  • Les Parallèles by Nicolas Saada (France) (Short)
  • Girls and Cars by Thomas Woschitz (Austria) (Short)
  • De l’autre côté by Nassim Amaouche (France) (Prix de la Critique)
  • Anna (3 kgs 2) by Laurette Polmanss (France) (Prix de la Critique)
  • Sotto falso nome by Roberto Andò (Italy, France, Switzerland) (closing film)

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 2004 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[14]

Short films
  • A Feather Stare at the Dark by Naoyuki Tsuji (Japan)
  • Capitaine Achab by Philippe Ramos (France)
  • Charlotte by Ulrike Von Ribbeck (Germany)
  • Fill in the Blanks by Kim Youn-Sung (South Korea)
  • Frontier by Jun Miyazaki (Japan)
  • La petite chambre by Élodie Monlibert (France)
  • La peur, petit chasseur by Laurent Achard (France)
  • Le dieu Saturne by Jean-Charles Fitoussi (France)
  • Le droit chemin by Mathias Gokalp (France)
  • Odya by Edgar Bartenev (Russia)
  • Tristesse beau visage by Jean Paul Civeyrac (France)
  • Vostok 1' by Jan Andersen (France)

Awards
Michael Moore, 2004 Palme d'Or winner
Park Chan-wook, Gran Prix winner

Official awards

The following films and people received the 2004 Official selection awards:[2][4][5]

Un Certain Regard[15]

Cinéfondation

Golden Camera

Short films

Independent awards

FIPRESCI Prizes[16][5]

Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist

Ecumenical Jury[17]

Award of the Youth[18]

Awards in the frame of International Critics' Week[5][18]

Association Prix François Chalais

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References
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  2. "Awards 2004: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014.
  3. "Official Selection 2004: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016.
  4. "57ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  5. "Cannes 2004 / Palmarés". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  6. "Cannes 2004 winners in full". BBC News. 24 May 2004. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  7. "Almodovar's Educacion to open Cannes". screendaily.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017. needs subscription
  8. "Festival lineup promises Cannes laughter". theguardian.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  9. "Posters 2004". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
  10. "All Juries 2004". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  11. "Mother India". Festival de Cannes. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014.
  12. "'Mother India' will hit Cannes classic screen". The Economic Times. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  13. "43e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 2004". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  14. "Quinzaine 2004". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  15. "Awards 2004: Un Certain Regard". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016.
  16. "FIPRESCI Awards 2004". fipresci.org. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  17. "Jury Œcuménique Palmarés 2004". cannes.juryoecumenique.org. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  18. "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 2004". imdb.com. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  19. "Association Prix François Chalais Cannes 2004". francois-chalais.fr. Retrieved 25 June 2017.

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