The 58th Cannes Film Festival started on 11 May and ran until 22 May 2005.[3] Twenty movies from 13 countries were selected to compete. The awards were announced on 21 May, the Palme d'Or went to the Belgian film L'Enfant by the Dardenne brothers.[4][5][6]
The festival Opening Film was Lemming,[7] directed by Dominik Moll, while Chromophobia, directed by Martha Fiennes, was the Closing Film[8] Cécile de France was the mistress of ceremonies.[9]
2005 Un Certain Regard poster featuring James Dean's portrait by Floyd McCarty from Rebel Without a Cause.[10]
Juries[edit]
The following people were appointed as the Juries in the various sections below:[11]
Main competition[edit]
Emir Kusturica, Serbian filmmaker - Jury President
Javier Bardem, Spanish actor
Fatih Akın, Turkish-German filmmaker
Nandita Das, Indian actress
Salma Hayek, Mexican-American actress
Toni Morrison, American author
Benoît Jacquot, French filmmaker
Agnès Varda, French filmmaker
John Woo, Hong Kong filmmaker
Un Certain Regard[edit]
Alexander Payne, American filmmaker - Jury President
Betsy Blair, American actress
Eduardo Antin, Argentinian critic and author
Geneviève Welcomme, French journalist
Gilles Marchand, French director and screenwriter
Katia Chapoutier, Canadian journalist
Sandra Den Hamer, Dutch director of the Rotterdam Festival
Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition[edit]
Edward Yang, Taiwanese filmmaker - Jury President
Chantal Akerman, Belgian director
Colin MacCabe, Irish critic and author
Sylvie Testud, French actress
Yousry Nasrallah, Egyptian director
Camera d'Or[edit]
Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian filmmaker - Jury President
Laura Meyer, French cinephile
Luc Pourrinet, French technician
Malik Chibane, French director
Patrick Chamoiseau, French writer
Roberto Turigliatto, Italian director of the Festival of Turin
Romain Winding, French cinematographer
Scott Foundas, American critic
Yves Allion, French critic
Official Selection[edit]
In Competition[edit]
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[2] The Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted.
English Title
Original Title
Director(s)
Production Country
Bashing
バッシング
Masahiro Kobayashi
Japan
Battle in Heaven
Batalla en el cielo
Carlos Reygadas
Mexico, France, Germany
Broken Flowers
Jim Jarmusch
United States, France
Don't Come Knocking
Wim Wenders
Germany, United States
Hidden
Caché
Michael Haneke
France, Austria, Germany, Italy
L'Enfant
Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Belgium
Election
黑社會
Johnnie To
Hong Kong
Free Zone
Amos Gitai
Israel
A History of Violence
David Cronenberg
United States, Canada, Germany
Kilometre Zero
کیلۆمەتری سفر
Hiner Saleem
Iraq, France
Last Days
Gus Van Sant
United States
Lemming (opening film)
Dominik Moll
France
Manderlay
Lars von Trier
Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy
To Paint or Make Love
Peindre ou faire l'amour
Arnaud Larrieu and Jean-Marie Larrieu
France
Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide
Quando sei nato non puoi più nasconderti
Marco Tullio Giordana
Italy, France, United Kingdom
Shanghai Dreams
青紅
Wang Xiaoshuai
China
Sin City
Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez
United States
Tale of Cinema
극장전
Hong Sang-soo
South Korea
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Tommy Lee Jones
United States, France, Mexico
Three Times
最好的時光
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Taiwan
Where The Truth Lies
Atom Egoyan
Canada, United Kingdom
Un Certain Regard[edit]
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[2]
Blood (Sangre) by Amat Escalante
The Bow by Kim Ki-duk
Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures by Marcelo Gomes
Dark Horse by Dagur Kári
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu by Cristi Puiu
Delwende by S. Pierre Yameogo
Down in the Valley by David Jacobson
Le filmeur by Alain Cavalier
The Forsaken Land by Vimukthi Jayasundara
Havana Blues by Benito Zambrano
I Am Guilty by Christoph Hochhäusler
Jewboy by Tony Krawitz
Johanna by Kornél Mundruczó
The King by James Marsh
Lower City (Cidade Baixa) by Sérgio Machado
Marock by Laïla Marrakchi
Northeast by Juan Diego Solanas
My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? by Shinji Aoyama
One Night by Niki Karimi
Sleeper by Benjamin Heisenberg
Time to Leave by François Ozon
Yellow Fella by Ivan Sen
Zim and Co. by Pierre Jolivet
Out of Competition[edit]
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[2]
Avenge But One of My Two Eyes by Avi Mograbi
C'est pas tout à fait la vie dont j'avais rêvé by Michel Piccoli
Chromophobia by Martha Fiennes
Cindy: The Doll Is Mine by Bertrand Bonello
Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul by Fatih Akın
Dalkomhan insaeng by Kim Jee-woon
Darshan - L'étreinte by Jan Kounen
Joyeux Noël by Christian Carion
Kirikou and the Wild Beasts by Michel Ocelot and Bénédicte Galup
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang by Shane Black
The Burnt Theatre by Rithy Panh
Match Point by Woody Allen
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream by Stuart Samuels
Operetta tanuki goten by Seijun Suzuki
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith by George Lucas
The Power of Nightmares by Adam Curtis
Cinéfondation[edit]
The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:[2]
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 Grímur Hákonarson (Iceland, Czech Republic)
Conscience (film) (Svedomí) 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[edit]
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[2]