1997 Cannes Film Festival

The 50th Cannes Film Festival was held from 7 to 18 May 1997. The Palme d'Or was jointly awarded to Ta'm e guilass by Abbas Kiarostami and Unagi by Shohei Imamura.[4][5][6] Jeanne Moreau was the mistress of ceremonies.[7]

1997 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 50th Cannes Film Festival[1]
Opening filmThe Fifth Element
Closing filmAbsolute Power
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsPalme d'Or (Ta'm e guilass and Unagi)[2]
Hosted byJeanne Moreau
No. of films20 (En Competition)[3]
22 (Un Certain Regard)
9 (Out of Competition)
11 (Short Film)
Festival date7 May 1997 (1997-05-07) – 18 May 1997 (1997-05-18)
Websitefestival-cannes.com/en

The festival opened with The Fifth Element, directed by Luc Besson, and closed with Absolute Power, directed by Clint Eastwood.[8]

1997 Un Certain Regard poster, adapted from an original illustration by Milo Manara.[9]

Juries

Main competition

The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 1997 Official Selection:[10]

Caméra d'Or

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1997 Caméra d'Or:

  • Françoise Arnoul (actress) (France)
  • Gérard Lenne (critic) (France)
  • Jiří Menzel (director) (Czech Republic)
  • Julien Camy (cinephile) (France)
  • Luciano Barisone (critic) (Italy)
  • Nicolas Philibert (director) (France)
  • Olivier Brunet-Lefebvre (cinephile) (France)
  • Ulrich Gregor (cinema historian) (Germany)

Official selection

In competition - Feature film

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3]

Un Certain Regard

The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[3]

Films out of competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]

Short film competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[3]

  • Le Bon Endroit by Ayelet Bargur
  • Camera obscura by Stefano Arduino
  • Final Cut by Justin Case
  • ...Is It the Design on the Wrapper? (Est-ce à cause du dessin sur l'emballage?) by Tessa Sheridan
  • Joe by Sasha Wolf
  • Leonie by Lieven Debrauwer
  • Over The Rainbow by Alexandre Aja
  • Les Vacances by Emmanuelle Bercot

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following films were screened for the 36th International Critics' Week (36e Semaine de la Critique):[11]

Feature film competition

Short film competition

  • The Signalman (Le Signaleur) by Benoît Mariage (Belgium)
  • Marylou by Todd Kurtzman & Danny Shorago (United States)
  • Adios Mama by Ariel Gordon (Mexico)
  • Tunnel of Love by Robert Milton Wallace (United Kingdom)
  • Muerto de amor by Ramón Barea (Spain)
  • O Prego by João Maia (Portugal)
  • Le Voleur de diagonale by Jean Darrigol (France)

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 1997 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[12]

Short films
  • Liberté chérie by Jean-Luc Gaget
  • Soyons amis ! by Thomas Bardinet
  • Taxi de nuit by Marco Castilla
  • Tout doit disparaître by Jean-Marc Moutout
  • Y’a du foutage dans l’air by Djamel Bensalah

Awards
Isabelle Adjani, Jury President
Abbas Kiarostami, Palme d'Or winner

Official awards

The following films and people received the 1997 Official selection awards:[2][13][4]

Golden Camera

Short Films

Independent awards

FIPRESCI Prizes[15]

Commission Supérieure Technique

Ecumenical Jury[16]

Award of the Youth[14]

Awards in the frame of International Critics' Week[14]

Association Prix François Chalais

References
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  2. "Awards 1997: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012.
  3. "Official Selection 1997: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013.
  4. "50ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  5. "Cannes Festival 1997". urbancinefile.com. Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  6. "Cannes, France, 1997". culturekiosque.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  7. "1997 Cannes Film Festival Diaries". filmscouts.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  8. "Cannes Film Festival Announces the 1997 Lineup". The New York Times. 23 April 1997. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  9. "Posters 1997". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
  10. "All Juries 1997". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  11. "36e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1997". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  12. "Quinzaine 1997". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  13. "1997 -Le Jury, Les Prix". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  14. "Cannes Film Festival Awards 1997". imdb.com. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  15. "FIPRESCI Awards 1997". fipresci.org. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  16. "Jury Œcuménique 1997". cannes.juryoecumenique.org. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  17. "Association Prix François Chalais Cannes 1997". francois-chalais.fr. Archived from the original on March 15, 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2017.

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