Cannes Film Festival 2004

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The 57th Cannes Film Festival 2004 starts 12 May 2004 and run through 23 May 2004

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And the winners are...

• Palme d'Or to Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore presented by Charlize Theron 
• Grand Prix to Old Boy by Park Chan-Wook presented by Kevin Kline and Ashley Judd
• Best Actress Award to Maggie Cheung for Clean by Olivier Assayas. 
• Best Actor Award to 14-year old Yuuya Yagira for Nobody Knows directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda. 
• Best Director Award to Tony Gatlif for Exils
• Best Screenplay Award for Comme une Image by Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri 
• The Jury Prize to actress Irma P. Hall for her role in The Ladykillers by the Coen brothers and to Tropical Malady from the Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul
• Camera d'Or to Or by Keren Yedaya

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General Information

• See the Official Festival Web site for all the films in and out of competition, updates and news on special events, concerts and more.

• Regular news and press releases are added to the Official Cannes Festival Web site. Click here for the latest.

• Parking in Cannes is often very difficult – rather use the bus or train: Train timetable SNCF

Open to the Public

The Official Film Festival and the Film Market are closed to the general public. Residents of Cannes do have a chance to to get in with some tickets given away on a tirage au sort - a lucky draw system. Applicants must go to the Mairie from the 26th of April and submit proof of residence in Cannes and then "wait and see".

• More information  (in French)
• The rules  (in French, Adobe Acrobat PDF)

Members of film (cinéphile) clubs, film schools or other cultural groups from the PACA region may also apply for "Cannes Cinéphiles" passes. Applications (with justification) must be made before May 5 2004 to:

• For information on the groups likely to be accepted, Click Here.
• Cannes Cinéphiles
  L'OMACC,  La Malmaison, 47 la Croisette, 06400 Cannes
  Tel: 04 97 06 44 90
  Fax: 04 93 68 34 49

Quinzaine des Réalisateur

Films shown on the independent Quinzaine des Réalisateur, the Director's Fortnight festival are open to the public. These include short and feature films in and out of competition from all over the world. The daily programme will be released closer to the time. Once the festival begins, tickets will be available from the Quinzaine des Réalisateur festival offices at La Malmaison. 

• 36th Director's Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) May 13 to 23 2004 in Cannes
  At: La Malmaison, 47 La Croisette, 06400 Cannes.
  Tel: 04 92 18 84 30
  Fax: 04 93 39 78 23
  e-mail
  Open: Thursday May 13: 10:00 to 19:00
  May 14 to May 23 open 9:00 to 19:00. 

Director's Fortnight films are screened in original version with French subtitles except at the Théâtre Noga-Croisette where all films are screened in original version with French and English subtitles. 

Films screened at: 

• Théâtre Noga-Croisette at the Noga Hilton Hôtel, 50 La Croisette (entrance on rue Amouretti).
  Tel: 04 92 99 70 06
• Cinéma les Arcades, 77 rue Félix Faure.
  Tel: 04 93 39 00 98 or 04 93 39 10 00 
• Studio 13, MJC Picaud 23 avenue du Docteur Picaud.
  Tel: 04 93 06 29 90

Tickets & Admission: Admission to these shows is allowed with a one-entry ticket or a 6-ticket book, full festival press accreditation, market accreditations (for buyers only) or the Cannes Cinéphiles badge.

Prices: One ticket costs €6, and a book of 6 tickets valid for any screening is €27. These are available from the festival offices at La Malmaison (see above) during the festival fortnight.

Cinéma de la Plage

Access is open to all at the open air cinema on the beach opposite the Majestic, the Macé Beach  but you need to have a pass available from the Tourist Office at the Palais from 14:00 on the day of the show.

Each night during the Festival there are screenings, either of restored copies of vintage films or out of competition films and shorts in competition. There's music by DJs before the show each night. The beach opens at 22:00 and the films start at 22:30. All films that not in English will be subtitled in English.

Festival TV

You can watch the Festival at home with the Live TV Festival, broadcast 24 hours a day throughout in English and French from the 12th to 23rd May, on: Canal Satellite  - channel  126 / Noos - channel 325 / France Telecom Cable - channel 251 / NC - channel 49.

Other Events

• 43rd International Critics’ Week May 13 to 21 2004 in Cannes

The Cannes Tourist Office will be able to provide you with general information (but not tickets).

• Cannes Tourism
  Tel: 04 93 39 24 53
  Fax: 04 92 99 84 23

The Jury:

Jury President Quentin Tarantino (Director, USA)

• Emmanuelle Beart (Actress - France)

• Edwidge Danicat (Writer - USA)

• Tilda Swinton (Actress - UK)

• Kathleen Turner (Actress - USA)

• Benoît Poelvoorde (Actor, scriptwriter - Belgium)

• Jerry Schatzberg (Director - USA)

• Hark Tsiu (Director - Hong Kong)

• Peter Von Bagh (Film Critic - Finland)

Official Selection:

Opening Film (not in competition)

• La Mala Educación  directed by Pedro Almodóvar 

Closing film (not in competition)

• De-Lovely directed by Irwin Winkler

Films in Competition

• 2046 Directed by Kar-Wai Wong 

• Clean Directed by Olivier Assayas

• Comme Une Image Directed by Agnès Jaoui

• The Motorcycle Diaries directed by Walter Salles 

• Die Fetten Jahre Sind Vorbei Directed by Hans Weingartner

• Exils Directed by Tony Gatlif

• Fahrenheit 9/11 Directed by Michael Moore

• Innocence Directed by Oshi Mamoru

• La Femme est l'Avenir de l'Homme Directed by Sang-Soo Hong

• La Niña Santa Directed by Lucrecia Martel

• Le Conseguenze Dell'Amore Directed by Paolo Sorrentino 

• Nobody Knows Directed by Kore-Eda Hirokazu

• Old Boy  Directed by Park Chan-Wook

• Shrek 2 Directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury 

• The Ladykillers Directed by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

• The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Directed by Stephen Hopkins

• Tropical Malady Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul

• Zivot Je Cudo Directed by Emir Kusturica

Other Information

This page will be updated as more information becomes available. And be sure to be back on AngloINFO next year for news on the Cannes Film Festival 2005!

Festival 2003

Filmography links and data courtesy of The Internet Movie Database