The 49th Cannes Film Festival took place from 9 to 20 May 1996. American filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola served as jury president for the main competition. Sabine Azéma hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.
British filmmaker Mike Leigh won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Secrets & Lies.
The festival opened with Ridicule by Patrice Leconte, and closed with Flirting with Disaster by David O. Russell.
Juries
Main competition
- Francis Ford Coppola, American filmmaker - Jury President
- Michael Ballhaus, German cinematographer
- Nathalie Baye, French actress
- Henry Chapier, French journalist, presenter and director
- Atom Egoyan, Canadian filmmaker
- Eiko Ishioka, Japanese artist and costume designer
- Krzysztof Piesiewicz, Polish screenwriter
- Greta Scacchi, Italian actress
- Antonio Tabucchi, Italian writer
- Trần Anh Hùng, Vietnamese-French filmmaker
Camera d'Or
- Françoise Fabian, French actress - Jury President
- Gian Luca Farinelli, Cinephile
- Ramon Font, Critic
- Sandrine Gady, Cinephile
- Jacques Kermabon, Critic
- Daniel Schmid, Swiss director
- Antoine Simkine, French member of the Fédération Nationale des Industries
Official Selection
In competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for Un Certain Regard section:
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
Short Films Competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 35th International Critics' Week (35e Semaine de la Critique):
Feature film competition
Short film competition
- Planet Man by Andrew Bancroft (New Zealand)
- A Summer Dress (Une robe dâÂÂété) by François Ozon (France)
- La Grande migration by Youri Tcherenkov (France)
- Le Réveil by Marc Henri Wajnberg (Belgium)
- The Slap by Tamara Hernandez (United States)
- La Tarde de un matrimonio de clase media by Fernando Javier León RodrÃÂguez (Mexico)
- Derrière le bureau dâÂÂacajou by Johannes S. Nilsson (Sweden)
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1996 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):
Short films
- La Faim by Siegfried (18 min.)
- La Fille et lâÂÂamande by Bénédicte Brunet (15 min.)
- Vacances A Blériot by Bruno Bontzolakis (25 min.)
- Virage Nord by Sylvain Labrosse (15 min.)
Official Awards
In Competition
- Szél by Marcell Iványi
- Jury Prize: Small Deaths by Lynne Ramsay
Independent Awards
Commission Supérieure Technique
Award of the Youth
International Critics' Week
- Mercedes-Benz Award: Les aveux de l'innocent by Jean-Pierre Améris
- Canal+ Award: Planet Man by Andrew Bancroft
Award the First Multimedia Day at the 49th Cannes Film festival
References
Media
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