The 58th Cannes Film Festival took place from 11 May and ran until 22 May 2005. Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica served as jury president for the main competition. Cécile de France hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.
Belgian filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, the Dardenne brothers, won the Palme d'Or for the second time with the drama film L'Enfant.
The festival opening film was Lemming directed by Dominik Moll, while Chromophobia directed by Martha Fiennes was the closing film.
Juries
Main competition
Un Certain Regard
- Alexander Payne, American filmmaker - Jury President
- Eduardo Antin, Argentinian critic and author
- Betsy Blair, American actress
- Katia Chapoutier, Canadian journalist
- Sandra Den Hamer, Dutch director of the Rotterdam Festival
- Gilles Marchand, French director and screenwriter
- Geneviève Welcomme, French journalist
Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition
Camera d'Or
- Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian filmmaker - Jury President
- Yves Allion, French critic
- Patrick Chamoiseau, French writer
- Malik Chibane, French director
- Scott Foundas, American critic
- Laura Meyer, French cinephile
- Luc Pourrinet, French technician
- Roberto Turigliatto, Italian director of the Festival of Turin
- Romain Winding, French cinematographer
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:
- Vdvoyom (A deux) by Nikolay Khomeriki (France)
- A Song for Rebecca by Norah McGettigan (Poland)
- Badgered by Sharon Colman (United Kingdom)
- Bikur Holim by Maya Dreifuss (Israel)
- Buy It Now by Antonio Campos (United States)
- El espino by Théo Court Bustamante (Cuba)
- En la oscuridad by Juan Manuel Rampoldi, Marcelo Charras (Argentina)
- Exit (2004 film) by Robert Depuis (Denmark)
- Five O' Clock Shadow by Malcolm Lamont (United States)
- La cerca by Rubén Mendoza (Colombia)
- La plaine by Roland Edzard (France)
- Le violon by Heng Yang (China)
- Slavek The Shit by GrÃÂmur Hákonarson (Iceland, Czech Republic)
- Conscience (film) (SvedomÃÂ) by Jan Bohuslav (Czech Republic)
- Tiens toi tranquille by Sameh Zoabi (France)
- Vanilla Song by Jakob Rørvik (United Kingdom)
- Walk On a Little More by Min-young Shim (South Korea)
Short Films Competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
Cannes Classics
Tribute
Documentaries about Cinema
- Al'Lèèssi... une actrice Africaine by Rahmatou Keita
- Ingmar Bergman Complete: Bergman and the Cinema / Bergman and the Theatre / Bergman and FÃÂ¥rö Island by Marie Nyreröd (2004)
- James Dean: Forever Young by Michael J. Sheridan
- John Cassavetes by André S. Labarthe
- Kitano Takeshi Shinshutsu-Kibotsu by Jean-Pierre Limosin
- Moments choisis des histoire(s) du cinema by Jean-Luc Godard
- Shadowing the Third Man by Frederick Baker
Restored prints
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 44th International Critics' Week (44e Semaine de la Critique):
Feature film competition
Short film competition
- Le grand vent by Valérie Liénardy (Belgium)
- Respire by Wi Ding Ho (Taiwan)
- Mirror Mechanics by Siegfried A. Fruhauf (Austria)
- Blue Tongue by Justin Kurzel (Australia)
- Imago... by Cédric Babouche (France)
- Get the Rabbit Back by Dimitar Mitovski & Kamen Kalev (Bulgaria)
- Jona/Tomberry by Rosto (Netherlands)
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 2005 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):
- Alice by Marco Martins (Portugal)
- Be with Me by Eric Khoo (Singapore)
- Cache-cache by Yves Caumon (France)
- Family Diary (Cronaca familiare) by Valerio Zurlini (1962)
- Crying Fist by Ryoo Seung-wan (South Korea)
- Douches froides by Antony Cordier (France)
- Factotum by Bent Hamer (Norway, United States, Germany, France)
- Géminis by Albertina Carri (Argentina, France)
- Guernsey by Nanouk Leopold (Netherlands, Belgium)
- Iron Island (Jazireh Ahani) by Mohammad Rasoulof (Iran)
- Keane by Lodge Kerrigan (United States)
- The Buried Forest (Umoregi) by Kohei Oguri (Japan)
- The Moustache by Emmanuel Carrère (France)
- Odete by João Pedro Rodrigues (Portugal)
- Ride the High Country by Sam Peckinpah (1962)
- Room by Kyle Henry (United States)
- Seven Invisible Men by Ã
 arÃ
«nas Bartas (Portugal, France, Lithuania)
- Sisters In Law by Kim Longinotto, Florence Ayisi (United Kingdom, Cameroon)
- Tbilisi-Tbilisi by Levan Zakareishvili (Georgia)
- The President's Last Bang by Im Sang-soo (South Korea)
- Travaux, on sait quand ça commence... by Brigitte Roüan (France)
- WhoâÂÂs Camus Anyway? by Mitsuo Yanagimachi (Japan)
- Wolf Creek by Greg McLean (Australia)
Short films
- àbras le corps by Katell Quillévéré (19 min.)
- àmains nues by Agnès Feuvre (26 min.)
- Consultation Room by Kei Oyama (9 min.)
- Cosmetic Emergency by Martha Colburn (9 min.)
- Da Janela Do Meu Quarto by Cao Guimarães (5 min.)
- Du soleil en hiver by Samuel Collardey (17 min.)
- Etoile violette by Axelle Ropert (45 min.)
- Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine by Peter Tscherkassky (17 min.)
- Kara, Anak Sebatang Pohon by Edwin (9 min.)
- Majorettes by Lola Doillon (16 min.)
- Nits by Harry Wootliff (11 min.)
- Résfilm by Sándor Kardos (19 min.)
- The Buried Forest by Kohei Oguri (1h33
- Trilogy About Clouds by Naoyuki Tsuji (14 min.)
- Vinil verde by Kleber Mendonça Filho (17 min.)
Official Awards
In Competition
The following films and people received the 2005 Official selection awards:
Un Certain Regard
Cinéfondation
- First Prize: Buy It Now by Antonio Campos
- Second Prize:
- Bikur Holim by Maya Dreifuss
- Vdvoyom by Nikolay Khomeriki
- Third Prize:
- La plaine by Roland Edzard
- Tiens toi tranquille by Sameh Zoabi
Short Films Competition
Independent Awards
Award of the Youth
Critics' Week
Directors' Fortnight
References
Media
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