The 57th Cannes Film Festival took place from 12 to 23 May 2004. American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino served as jury president for the main competition. While American filmmaker Michael Moore won the Palme d'Or for the documentary film Fahrenheit 9/11, becoming the first documentary to win the festival's main prize since The Silent World in 1956.
The festival opening film was Bad Education directed by Pedro Almodóvar, while De-Lovely directed by Irwin Winkler was the closing film. Laura Morante was mistress of the ceremonies.
Juries Main competition Quentin Tarantino, American filmmaker - Jury President Emmanuelle Béart, French actress and director Edwidge Danticat, Haitian-American novelist Tsui Hark, Hong Kong director Benoît Poelvoorde, Belgian actor Jerry Schatzberg, American director Tilda Swinton, British actress Kathleen Turner, American actress Peter von Bagh, Finnish film historian
Un Certain Regard Jeremy Thomas, British producer - Jury President Michel Demopoulos, Greek critic Carlos Gomez, Spanish critic Eric Libiot, French critic Baba Richerme, Italian journalist Eva Zaoralova, Czech artistic director of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition Nikita Mikhalkov, Russian actor and filmmaker - Jury President Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkish filmmaker Marisa Paredes, Spanish actress Nicole Garcia, French actress and director Pablo Trapero, Argentinian director
Camera d'Or Tim Roth, British actor - Jury President Alberto Barbera, Italian film critic Nguyen Trong Binh, French distributor Alain Choquart, French cinematographer Isabelle Frilley, French representative of the technical industries Diego Galan, Spanish critic Laure Protat, French cinephile Aldo Tassone, Italian critic Anne Theron, French director
Official Selection In Competition The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or: English title Original title Director(s) Production Country2046 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong, France, Italy, China, GermanyClean Olivier Assayas France, United Kingdom, Canada The Consequences of LoveLe conseguenze dell'amore Paolo Sorrentino Italy The EdukatorsDie fetten Jahre sind vorbei Hans Weingartner Austria, Germany Exils Tony Gatlif FranceFahrenheit 9/11 Michael Moore United States Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocenceイノセンス, Inosensu Mamoru Oshii Japan The Holy GirlLa niña santa Lucrecia Martel Argentina, ItalyThe Ladykillers Joel and Ethan Coen United StatesThe Life and Death of Peter Sellers Stephen Hopkins United Kingdom, United States Life Is a MiracleЖивот је чудо Emir Kusturica Serbia Look at MeComme une image Agnès Jaoui France The Motorcycle DiariesDiarios de motocicleta Walter Salles Argentina, Brazil, United States, Chile, PeruMondovino Jonathan Nossiter United States Nobody Knows誰も知らない Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan Oldboy올드보이 Park Chan-wook South KoreaShrek 2 Andrew Adamson United States Tropical Maladyสัตว์ประหลาด Apichatpong Weerasethakul Thailand Woman Is the Future of Man여자는 남자의 미래다 Hong Sang-soo South Korea
Un Certain Regard The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard: English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country10 on TenAbbas KiarostamiIranAlexandria... New Yorkإسكندرية .. نيويوركYoussef ChahineEgypt, FranceThe Assassination of Richard Nixon Niels MuellerUnited States, MexicoCrónicas Sebastián CorderoEcuador, MexicoDear FrankieShona AuerbachScotlandDon't MoveNon ti muovereSergio CastellittoItalyEarth and Ashesخاکستر و خاکAtiq RahimiAfghanistanHotelJessica HausnerAustriaIn the Darkness of the NightNoite EscuraJoão CanijoPortugalKontroll Nimród Antal HungaryLightweight Poids légerJean-Pierre AmérisFranceMarseille Angela SchanelecGermanyMoolaadé Ousmane SembèneSenegal, France, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Morocco, TunisiaNelly À ce soirLaure DuthilleulFrancePassages路程Yang ChaoChinaRight NowA Tout de SuiteBenoît JacquotFranceShizaGulshat OmarovaKazakhstan, Russia, France, GermanySomersault Cate ShortlandAustraliaSword in the Moon청풍명월Kim Ui-seokSouth KoreaWelcome to SwitzerlandBienvenue en SuisseLéa FazerFrance, SwitzerlandWhisky Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo StollArgentina, Germany, Spain, Uruguay
Out of Competition The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryThe 10th District Court: Moments of Trials10e chambre - Instants d'audienceRaymond DepardonFranceBad Education (opening film)La mala educaciónPedro AlmodóvarSpainBad SantaTerry ZwigoffUnited StatesBorn to FilmCinéastes à tout prixFrédéric SojcherFranceBreaking News大事件Johnnie ToHong KongDawn of the DeadZack SnyderUnited States, France, JapanDe-Lovely (closing film)Irwin WinklerUnited StatesThe Gate of Sunباب الشمسYousry NasrallahEgypt, FranceFive پنج Abbas KiarostamiIranGlauber o Filme, Labirinto do BrasilSilvio TendlerBrazilHenri Langlois: The Phantom of the CinémathèqueLe fantôme d'Henri LangloisJacques RichardFranceHouse of Flying Daggers十面埋伏Zhang YimouChina, Hong KongI Died in Childhood...Я умер в детстве...Georgi ParadzhanovRussiaKill Bill: The Whole Bloody AffairQuentin TarantinoUnited StatesNotre musiqueJean-Luc GodardFrance, SwitzerlandSalvador AllendePatricio GuzmánChileTroy Wolfgang PetersenUnited States, United Kingdom, Mexico, MaltaWords in ProgressÉpreuves d'artistesGilles JacobFranceZ Channel: A Magnificent ObsessionAlexandra CassavetesUnited States
Cinéfondation The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:
99 ans de ma vie by Marja Mikkonen Beita Shel Meshoreret by Haim Tabakman Calatorie la oras by Corneliu Porumboiu Fajnie, że jesteś by Jan Komasa Footnote by Pia Borg Gaia by Amarante Abramovici Happy Now by Frederikke Aspöck Kis Apokrif N°2 by Kornél Mundruczó Kontakt by Martin Duda Nebraska by Olga Żurawska Playing Dead by David Hunt Propheties du passe by Fabien Greenberg Proyect Gvul by Tamar Singer, Dani Rosenberg, Nadav Lapid, Adi Halfin, Rima Essa Son Of Satan by Jj Villard The Happiness Thief by Derek Boyes The Rick by Tim McCarthy The Wings by Hae-young Seo Wonderful Harusame by Ayumi Aoyama
Short films Competition The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
Accordeon by Michèle Cournoyer Closer by David Rittey Flatlife by Jonas Geirnaert Gérard mon amour by Madeleine Andre L'evangile du cochon creole by Michelange Quay La derniere minute by Nicolas Salis Le nageur by Klaus Huettmann Quimera by Eryk Rocha Thinning the Herd by Rie Rasmussen Trafic by Cătălin Mitulescu
Cannes Classics 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. English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryTributesBlack God, White Devil (1964)Deus e o Diabo na Terra do SolGlauber RochaBrazilBlowup (1966)Michelangelo AntonioniUnited Kingdom, ItalyBye Bye Brazil (1979)Bye Bye BrasilCarlos DieguesBrazil, France, ArgentinaCollege (1927)James W. HorneUnited StatesDona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976) Dona Flor e seus dois maridosBruno BarretoBrazilEntranced Earth (1967)Terra em transeGlauber RochaThe Gaze of Michelangelo (short) (2004)Lo sguardo di MichelangeloMichelangelo AntonioniItalyThe General (1926)Buster Keaton and Clyde BruckmanUnited StatesKeeper of Promises (1964)O Pagador de PromessasAnselmo DuarteBrazilMacunaíma (1968)Joaquim Pedro de AndradeSteamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)Buster Keaton and Charles ReisnerUnited StatesVidas Secas (1963)Nelson Pereira dos SantosBrazilRestored PrintsAmelie's Trip (1974)Le voyage d'Amélie Daniel DuvalFranceThe Battle of Algiers (1965)La battaglia di AlgeriGillo PontecorvoItaly, AlgeriaBefore the Revolution (1964)Prima della rivoluzioneBernardo BertolucciItalyThe Big Red One (1980)Samuel FullerUnited StatesDeadlier Than the Male (1966)Ralph ThomasUnited KingdomHair (1979)Miloš FormanUnited States, West GermanyThe Inner Scar (1967)La cicatrice intérieurePhilippe GarrelFranceThe Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)Tony RichardsonUnited KingdomMother India (1957)Mehboob KhanIndiaThe New One-Armed Swordsman (1971)新獨臂刀Chang ChehHong KongOrdet (1955)Carl Theodor DreyerDenmarkPickpocket (1959)Robert BressonFrance
Parallel Sections International Critics' Week The following films were screened for the 43rd International Critics' Week (43e Semaine de la Critique):
Competition
À Casablanca les anges ne volent pas by Mohamed Asli (Morocco, Italy) Thirst (Atash) by Tawfik Abu Wael (Israel, Palestine) A Common Thread (Brodeuses) by Éléonore Faucher (France) Calvaire by Fabrice Du Welz (Belgium, France, Luxembourg) CQ2 (Seek You Too) by Carole Laure (Canada, France) Or (My Treasure) (Or) by Keren Yedaya (France, Israel) Duck season (Temporada de patos) by Fernando Eimbcke (Mexico)
Short Films Competition
Alice and I (Alice et moi) by Micha Wald (Belgium) Breaking Out by Marianela Maldonado (United States) Con Diva (With Diva) by Sebastian Mantilla (Spain) The Man with No Shadow (L'homme sans ombre) by Georges Schwizgebel (Canada, Switzerland) Los elefantes nunca olvidan by Lorenzo Vigas (Venezuela, Mexico) Ryan by Chris Landreth (Canada) Signes de vie by Arnaud Demuynck (France, Belgium)
Special Screenings
L'Après-midi de Monsieur Andesmas by Michelle Porte (France) (opening film) Adieu Philippine by Jacques Rozier (France) (La séance du Parrain) What Remains of Us (Ce qu’il reste de nous) by François Prévost & Hugo Latulippe (Canada) (Docu.) Metropolitan Express (Stolitchny Skory) by Artyom Antonov (Russia) (Short) Les Parallèles by Nicolas Saada (France) (Short) Girls and Cars by Thomas Woschitz (Austria) (Short) De l'autre côté by Nassim Amaouche (France) (Prix de la Critique) Anna (3 kgs 2) by Laurette Polmanss (France) (Prix de la Critique) Sotto falso nome by Roberto Andò (Italy, France, Switzerland) (closing film)
Directors' Fortnight The following films were screened for the 2004 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):
A vot' bon cœur by Paul Vecchiali (France) Dans les champs de bataille by Danielle Arbid (France, Belgium, Lebanon) En attendant le déluge by Damien Odoul (France) The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (Le livre de Jérémie) by Asia Argento (United States, France, United Kingdom, Japan) The Hook (Je suis un assassin) by Thomas Vincent (France) Mean Creek by Jacob Aaron Estes (United States) Machuca by Andrés Wood (France, Spain, Chile) Los muertos by Lisandro Alonso (Argentina, France, Netherlands, Switzerland) Mur (doc.) by Simone Bitton (France, Israel) Oh, Uomo (doc.) by Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi (Italy) The River's End by Behrouz Afkhami (Iran) The Scent of Blood (L'odore del sangue) by Mario Martone (Italy, France) Sommeil Amer by Mohsen Amiryoussefi (Iran) Tarnation (doc.) by Jonathan Caouette (United States) The Taste of Tea by Katsuhito Ishii (Japan) The Tunnel by Kunitoshi Manda (Japan) Vénus et Fleur by Emmanuel Mouret (France) Woman of Breakwater by Mario O'Hara (Philippines) The Woodsman by Nicole Kassell (United States) The Wound (La blessure) by Nicolas Klotz (France, Belgium)
Short Films
A Feather Stare at the Dark by Naoyuki Tsuji (Japan) Capitaine Achab by Philippe Ramos (France) Charlotte by Ulrike Von Ribbeck (Germany) Fill in the Blanks by Kim Youn-Sung (South Korea) Frontier by Jun Miyazaki (Japan) La petite chambre by Élodie Monlibert (France) La peur, petit chasseur by Laurent Achard (France) Le dieu Saturne by Jean-Charles Fitoussi (France) Le droit chemin by Mathias Gokalp (France) Odya by Edgar Bartenev (Russia) Tristesse beau visage by Jean Paul Civeyrac (France) Vostok 1 by Jan Andersen (France)
Official Awards
The following films and people received the 2004 Official selection awards:
Main Competition Palme d'Or: Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore Grand Prix: Oldboy by Park Chan-wook