- Source: 1997 Cannes Film Festival
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:
Parallel sections
= International Critics' Week
=The following films were screened for the 36th International Critics' Week (36e Semaine de la Critique):
Feature film competition
Short film competition
= Directors' Fortnight
=The following films were screened for the 1997 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):
Short films
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
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
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