The 57th Cannes Film Festival took place from 12 to 23 May 2004. American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino served as jury president for the main competition. While American filmmaker Michael Moore won the Palme d'Or for the documentary film Fahrenheit 9/11, becoming the first documentary to win the festival's main prize since The Silent World in 1956.
The festival opening film was Bad Education directed by Pedro Almodóvar, while De-Lovely directed by Irwin Winkler was the closing film. Laura Morante was mistress of the ceremonies.
Juries
Main competition
Un Certain Regard
Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition
Camera d'Or
- Tim Roth, British actor - Jury President
- Alberto Barbera, Italian film critic
- Nguyen Trong Binh, French distributor
- Alain Choquart, French cinematographer
- Isabelle Frilley, French representative of the technical industries
- Diego Galan, Spanish critic
- Laure Protat, French cinephile
- Aldo Tassone, Italian critic
- Anne Theron, French director
Official Selection
In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
Cinéfondation
The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:
Short films Competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
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.
Parallel Sections
International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 43rd International Critics' Week (43e Semaine de la Critique):
Competition
Short Films Competition
Special Screenings
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 2004 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):
- A vot' bon cÃ
Âur by Paul Vecchiali (France)
- Dans les champs de bataille by Danielle Arbid (France, Belgium, Lebanon)
- En attendant le déluge by Damien Odoul (France)
- The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (Le livre de Jérémie) by Asia Argento (United States, France, United Kingdom, Japan)
- The Hook (Je suis un assassin) by Thomas Vincent (France)
- Mean Creek by Jacob Aaron Estes (United States)
- Machuca by Andrés Wood (France, Spain, Chile)
- Los muertos by Lisandro Alonso (Argentina, France, Netherlands, Switzerland)
- Mur (doc.) by Simone Bitton (France, Israel)
- Oh, Uomo (doc.) by Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi (Italy)
- The River's End by Behrouz Afkhami (Iran)
- The Scent of Blood (L'odore del sangue) by Mario Martone (Italy, France)
- Sommeil Amer by Mohsen Amiryoussefi (Iran)
- Tarnation (doc.) by Jonathan Caouette (United States)
- The Taste of Tea by Katsuhito Ishii (Japan)
- The Tunnel by Kunitoshi Manda (Japan)
- Vénus et Fleur by Emmanuel Mouret (France)
- Woman of Breakwater by Mario O'Hara (Philippines)
- The Woodsman by Nicole Kassell (United States)
- The Wound (La blessure) by Nicolas Klotz (France, Belgium)
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 ÃÂlodie 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)
Official Awards
The following films and people received the 2004 Official selection awards:
Main Competition
Un Certain Regard
Cinéfondation
Short Films Competition
Independent Awards
Award of the Youth
Critics' Week
References
Media
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