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]
Opening film | Lemming |
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Closing film | Chromophobia |
Location | Cannes, France |
Founded | 1946 |
Awards | Palme d'Or: L'Enfant |
Hosted by | Cécile de France |
No. of films | 21 (In Competition)[2] 23 (Un Certain Regard) 16 (Out of Competition) 18 (Cinéfondation) 9 (Short Films Competition) |
Festival date | 11 May 2005 | – 22 May 2005
Website | festival-cannes |
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]
The following people were appointed as the Juries in the various sections below:[11]
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 |
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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 |
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]
Tribute[12]
Documentaries about Cinema[13]
Restored prints[14]
The following films were screened for the 44th International Critics' Week (44e Semaine de la Critique):[15]
Feature film competition
Short film competition
The following films were screened for the 2005 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[16]
The following films and people received the 2005 Official selection awards:[17]