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1997 Cannes Film Festival

Official poster of the 50th Cannes Film Festival
Opening film	The Fifth Element
Closing film	Absolute Power
Location	Cannes, France
Founded	1946
Awards	Palme d'Or: Taste of Cherry The Eel
Hosted by	Jeanne Moreau
No. of films	20 (In Competition)
Festival date	7 May 1997 (1997-05-07) – 18 May 1997 (1997-05-18)
Website	festival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival
1998 1996

The 50th Cannes Film Festival took place from 7 to 18 May 1997. French actress Isabelle Adjani served as jury president for the main competition. Jeanne Moreau hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.

The Palme d'Or was jointly awarded to Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami for the drama film Taste of Cherry and to Japanese filmmaker Shōhei Imamura for the drama film The Eel.

The festival opened with The Fifth Element by Luc Besson, and closed with Absolute Power by Clint Eastwood.

Juries

Main competition

• Isabelle Adjani, French actress - Jury President
• Paul Auster, American filmmaker
• Luc Bondy, Swiss director
• Tim Burton, American filmmaker
• Patrick Dupond, French dancer and artistic director
• Gong Li, Chinese actress
• Mike Leigh, British filmmaker
• Nanni Moretti, Italian filmmaker
• Michael Ondaatje, Canadian author
• Mira Sorvino, American actress

Caméra d'Or

• Françoise Arnol, French actress - Jury President
• Luciano Barisone, Italian film critic
• Olivier Brunet-Lefebvre, French cinephile
• Julien Camy, French cinephile
• Ulrich Gregor, German cinema historian
• Gérard Lenne, French film critic
• Jiří Menzel, Czech filmmaker
• Nicolas Philibert, French filmmaker

Official selection

In Competition

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

Un Certain Regard

The following films were selected for the 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:

• Le Bon Endroit by Ayelet Bargur
• Camera obscura by Stefano Arduino
• Final Cut by Justin Case
• ...Is It the Design on the Wrapper? (Est-ce à cause du dessin sur l'emballage?) by Tessa Sheridan
• Joe by Sasha Wolf
• Leonie by Lieven Debrauwer
• Over The Rainbow by Alexandre Aja
• Les Vacances by Emmanuelle Bercot

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following films were screened for the 36th International Critics' Week (36e Semaine de la Critique):

Feature film competition

• Junk Mail (Budbringeren) by Pål Sletaune (Norway)
• Mother of the Dunes (Faraw !) by Abdoulaye Ascofaré (Mali)
• This World, Then the Fireworks by Michael Oblowitz (United States)
• Le Mani forti by Franco Bernini (Italy)
• Character (Karakter) by Mike van Diem (Netherlands)
• Bent by Sean Mathias (United Kingdom)
• Insomnia by Erik Skjoldbjærg (Norway)

Short film competition

• The Signalman (Le Signaleur) by Benoît Mariage (Belgium)
• Marylou by Todd Kurtzman & Danny Shorago (United States)
• Adios Mama by Ariel Gordon (Mexico)
• Tunnel of Love by Robert Milton Wallace (United Kingdom)
• Muerto de amor by Ramón Barea (Spain)
• O Prego by João Maia (Portugal)
• Le Voleur de diagonale by Jean Darrigol (France)

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 1997 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):

• Buud-Yam by Gaston Kaboré
• Cosmos by André Turpin, Arto Paragamian, Denis Villeneuve, Jennifer Alleyn, Manon Briand, Marie-Julie Dallaire
• Dakan by Mohamed Camara
• Hamam by Ferzan Ozpetek
• I Hate Love (J'ai horreur de l'amour) by Laurence Ferreira Barbosa
• Kicked In The Head by Matthew Harrison
• Kissed by Lynne Stopkewich
• L'autre côté de la mer by Dominique Cabrera
• The Good Life (La buena vida) by David Trueba
• La Vie de Jésus by Bruno Dumont
• Ma 6-T va crack-er by Jean-François Richet
• Ma vie en rose by Alain Berliner
• Murmur of Youth by Lin Cheng-sheng
• The Perfect Circle (Savrseni Krug) by Ademir Kenović
• The Power of the Skirt (Taafe Fanga) by Adama Drabo
• A Friend of the Deceased by Viacheslav Kryshtofovych
• Sinon, oui by Claire Simon
• My Son the Fanatic by Udayan Prasad
• Suzaku by Naomi Kawase
• Train of Shadows (Tren de sombras) by José Luis Guerin
• Un frère… by Sylvie Verheyde

Short films

• Liberté chérie by Jean-Luc Gaget
• Soyons amis ! by Thomas Bardinet
• Taxi de nuit by Marco Castilla
• Tout doit disparaître by Jean-Marc Moutout
• Y’a du foutage dans l’air by Djamel Bensalah

Official Awards

In Competition

• Palme d'Or:
  • Taste of Cherry by Abbas Kiarostami
  • The Eel by Shōhei Imamura
• Grand Prize of the Jury: The Sweet Hereafter by Atom Egoyan
• Best Director: Wong Kar-wai for Happy Together
• Best Screenplay: The Ice Storm by James Schamus
• Best Actress: Kathy Burke for Nil by Mouth
• Best Actor: Sean Penn for She's So Lovely
• Jury Prize: Western by Manuel Poirier
• 50th Anniversary Prize: Youssef Chahine (Lifetime Achievement Award)
• Palm of the Palms: Ingmar Bergman

Caméra d'Or

• Suzaku by Naomi Kawase
  • Special Mention: La Vie de Jésus by Bruno Dumont

Short Film Palme d'Or

• ...Is It the Design on the Wrapper? by Tessa Sheridan
• Jury Prize:
  • Leonie by Lieven Debrauwer
  • Les Vacances by Emmanuelle Bercot

Independent Awards

FIPRESCI Prizes

• The Sweet Hereafter by Atom Egoyan (In competition)
• Voyage to the Beginning of the World by Manoel de Oliveira (Out of competition)

Commission Supérieure Technique

• Technical Grand Prize: Thierry Arbogast (cinematography) in She's So Lovely and The Fifth Element

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

• The Sweet Hereafter by Atom Egoyan
  • Special Mention:
    • Lucky Star by Ricardo Franco
    • Voyage to the Beginning of the World by Manoel de Oliveira

Award of the Youth

• Foreign Film: Bent by Sean Mathias
• French Film: I Hate Love by Laurence Ferreira Barbosa

International Critics' Week

• Mercedes-Benz Award: Junk Mail by Pål Sletaune
• Canal+ Award: The Signalman by Benoît Mariage

François Chalais Award

• The Perfect Circle by Ademir Kenović

References

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Media

• INA: Climbing of the steps for the opening of the 1997 Festival (commentary in French)
• INA: List of winners of the 1997 festival (commentary in French)

External links

• 1997 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
• Official website Retrospective 1997 Archived 2019-01-21 at the Wayback Machine
• Cannes Film Festival Awards 1997 at Internet Movie Database

• 1997 film awards
• 1997 in French cinema
• Cannes Film Festival
• 1997 film festivals
• 1997 festivals in Europe
• May 1997 events in France