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, becoming the first Chinese person to do so. English filmmaker Ken Loach won the Palme d'Or for the war drama film The Wind That Shakes the Barley.
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.
The festival opening film was The Da Vinci Code directed by Ron Howard. While Transylvania by Tony Gatlif was the closing film.
This edition also marked the first time in three years that no American film, actor, actress, or filmmaker won any awards in Cannes.
Juries
Main competition
- Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong filmmaker - Jury President
- Monica Bellucci, Italian actress
- Helena Bonham Carter, British actress
- Samuel L. Jackson, American actor
- Patrice Leconte, French actor, director and screenwriter
- Lucrecia Martel, Argentinian filmmaker
- Tim Roth, British actor
- Elia Suleiman, Palestinian filmmaker
- Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress
Un Certain Regard
- Monte Hellman, American director - Jury President
- Lars-Olav Beier, German critic
- Maurizio Cabonat, Italian critic
- Jean-Pierre Lavoignat, French critic
- Marjane Satrapi, Iranian author
- Laura Winters, American critic
Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition
Camera d'Or
- Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Belgian filmmaker - Jury Co-President
- Luc Dardenne, Belgian filmmaker - Jury Co-President
- Natacha Laurent, French director of the cinémathèque of Toulouse
- Frédéric Maire, Swiss president of Locarno Festival
- Luiz Carlos Merten, Brazilian critic
- Jean-Pierre Neyrac, French technician
- Alain Riou, French critic
- Jean-Paul Salomé, French director
- Jean-Louis Vialard, 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 :
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:
- Doorman by Etienne Kallos
- Een ingewikkeld verhaal, eenvoudig verteld by Jaap van Heusden
- Elastinen parturi by Milla Nybondas
- Emile's Girlfriend (Ha'chavera shell Emile) by Nadav Lapid
- Even Kids Started Small by Yaniv Berman
- Firn by Axel Koenzen
- Ge & Zeta by Gustavo Riet
- Une goutte d'eau by Deniz Gamze Ergüven
- Graceland by Anocha Suwichakornpong
- Hunde by Matthias Huser
- Jaba by Andreas Bolm
- Justiça ao insulto by Bruno Jorge
- Mother by Siân Heder
- Mr. Schwartz, Mr. Hazen & Mr. Horlocker by Stefan Mueller
- Snow by Dustin Feneley
- Tetris by Anirban Datta
- Le virus by ÃÂgnes Kocsis
Short Films Competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
Cannes Classics
The Cannes Classics section highlights heritage cinema, re-discovered films, restored prints and theatrical, television or DVD releases of great films of the past.
Tribute
Documentaries about Cinema
- Il était une fois...Rome ville ouverte by Marie Genin, Serge July
- John Ford / John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend by Sam Pollard
- Marcello, una vita dolce by Annarosa Morri, Mario Canale
Restored prints
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 45th International Critics' Week (45e Semaine de la Critique):
Feature film competition
Short film competition
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 2006 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):
Short films
- The Aluminum Fowl by James Clauer
- Bugcrush by Carter Smith
- By the Kiss by Yann Gonzalez
- ' by Cyprien Vial
- ' by Sophie Letourneur
- Menged by Daniel Taye Workou
- Rapace by João Nicolau
- Un rat by Bosilka Simonovitch
- ' by Bin HajiSaari U-Wei
- ' by Frank Beauvais
Official Awards
Main Competition
Un Certain Regard
Cinéfondation
- First Prize: Ge & Zeta by Gustavo Riet
- Second Prize: Mr. Schwartz, Mr. Hazen & Mr. Horlocker by Stefan Mueller
- Third Prize:
- Mother by Siân Heder
- Le virus by
Short Films Competition
Independent Awards
Award of the Youth
Critics' Week
Directors' Fortnight
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