The 57th Cannes Film Festival started on 12 and ran until 23 May 2004. The Palme d'Or went to the American documentary film Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore, becoming the first (and only) documentary to win the festival's main prize.[3][4][5]
Opening film | Bad Education |
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Closing film | De-Lovely |
Location | Cannes, France |
Founded | 1946 |
Awards | Palme d'Or: Fahrenheit 9/11 |
Hosted by | Laura Morante |
No. of films | 19 (In Competition)[2] 21 (Un Certain Regard) 19 (Out of Competition) 18 (Cinéfondation) 10 (Short Films Competition) |
Festival date | 12 May 2004 | – 23 May 2004
Website | festival-cannes |
The festival Openning Film was Bad Education, directed by Pedro Almodóvar,[6] while De-Lovely, directed by Irwin Winkler was the Closing Film.[7] Laura Morante was mistress of the ceremonies.[3]
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) | Country |
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2046 | Wong Kar-wai | Hong Kong, France, Italy, China, Germany | |
Clean | Olivier Assayas | France, United Kingdom, Canada | |
The Consequences of Love | Le conseguenze dell'amore | Paolo Sorrentino | Italy |
The Edukators | Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei | Hans Weingartner | Austria, Germany |
Exils | Tony Gatlif | France | |
Fahrenheit 9/11 | Michael Moore | United States | |
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence | イノセンス, Inosensu | Mamoru Oshii | Japan |
The Holy Girl | La niña santa | Lucrecia Martel | Argentina, Italy |
The Ladykillers | Joel and Ethan Coen | United States | |
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Stephen Hopkins | United Kingdom, United States | |
Life Is a Miracle | Живот је чудо | Emir Kusturica | Serbia |
Look at Me | Comme une image | Agnès Jaoui | France |
The Motorcycle Diaries | Diarios de motocicleta | Walter Salles | Argentina, Brazil, United States, Chile, Peru |
Mondovino | Jonathan Nossiter | United States | |
Nobody Knows | 誰も知らない | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Japan |
Oldboy | 올드보이 | Park Chan-wook | South Korea |
Shrek 2 | Andrew Adamson | United States | |
Tropical Malady | สัตว์ประหลาด | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Thailand |
Woman Is the Future of Man | 여자는 남자의 미래다 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[2]
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[2]
The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:[2]
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[2]
For the third year, the Cannes Festival selected "some of world cinema's masterpieces and rarities" for the audience. The following films were projected in the "Salle Buñuel" during the festival.[10]
Tributes
Restored Prints
The following films were screened for the 43rd International Critics' Week (43e Semaine de la Critique):[12]
Competition
Short Films Competition
Special Screenings
The following films were screened for the 2004 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[13]
The following films and people received the 2004 Official selection awards:[3][4][14]
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