Awards gathering for films
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]
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) - Jury President
- Luciano Barisone (critic) (Italy)
- Olivier Brunet-Lefebvre (cinephile) (France)
- Julien Camy (cinephile) (France)
- Ulrich Gregor (cinema historian) (Germany)
- Gérard Lenne (critic) (France)
- Jiří Menzel (director) (Czech Republic)
- Nicolas Philibert (director) (France)
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 winnerOfficial 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
- ^ "Posters 1997". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014.
- ^ a b "Awards 1997: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012.
- ^ a b c d e "Official Selection 1997: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013.
- ^ a b "50ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ "Cannes Festival 1997". urbancinefile.com. Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Cannes, France, 1997". culturekiosque.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "1997 Cannes Film Festival Diaries". filmscouts.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Cannes Film Festival Announces the 1997 Lineup". The New York Times. 23 April 1997. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Posters 1997". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
- ^ "All Juries 1997". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "36e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1997". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ "Quinzaine 1997". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ "1997 -Le Jury, Les Prix". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Cannes Film Festival Awards 1997". imdb.com. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
- ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1997". fipresci.org. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
- ^ "Jury Œcuménique 1997". cannes.juryoecumenique.org. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
- ^ "Association Prix François Chalais Cannes 1997". francois-chalais.fr. Archived from the original on March 15, 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
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)
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