2004 Cannes Film Festival
The 57th Cannes Film Festival started on 12 and ran until 23 May 2004. The Palme d'Or went to the American film Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore.
The festival opened with La mala educación, directed by Pedro Almodóvar and closed with De-Lovely, directed by Irwin Winkler. Laura Morante was mistress of the ceremonies.
poster adapted from Marjane Satrapi's illustration.
Juries
Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2004 Official Selection:- Quentin Tarantino, Jury President
- Emmanuelle Béart
- Edwidge Danticat
- Tilda Swinton
- Kathleen Turner
- Benoît Poelvoorde
- Jerry Schatzberg
- Tsui Hark
- Peter Von Bagh
Un Certain Regard
- Jeremy Thomas President
- Carlos Gomez
- Baba Richerme
- Eric Libiot
- Eva Zaoralova
- Michel Demopoulos
Cinéfondation and short films
- Nikita Mikhalkov President
- Marisa Paredes
- Nicole Garcia
- Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- Pablo Trapero
Camera d'Or
- Tim Roth President
- Alain Choquart
- Alberto Barbera
- Aldo Tassone
- Anne Theron
- Diego Galan
- Isabelle Frilley
- Laure Protat
- Nguyen Trong Binh
Official selection
In competition - Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:- 2046 by Wong Kar-wai
- Clean by Olivier Assayas
- The Consequences of Love by Paolo Sorrentino
- The Edukators by Hans Weingartner
- Exils by Tony Gatlif
- Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore
- by Oshii Mamoru
- The Holy Girl by Lucrecia Martel
- The Ladykillers by Joel and Ethan Coen
- The Life and Death of Peter Sellers by Stephen Hopkins
- Life Is a Miracle by Emir Kusturica
- Look at Me by Agnès Jaoui
- Mondovino by Jonathan Nossiter
- The Motorcycle Diaries by Walter Salles
- Nobody Knows by Hirokazu Koreeda
- Oldboy by Park Chan-wook
- Shrek 2 by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon
- Tropical Malady by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- Woman Is the Future of Man by Hong Sang-soo
Un Certain Regard
- 10 on Ten by Abbas Kiarostami
- Alexandria... New York by Youssef Chahine
- The Assassination of Richard Nixon by Niels Mueller
- Crónicas by Sebastián Cordero
- Dear Frankie by Shona Auerbach
- Don't Move by Sergio Castellitto
- Earth and Ashes by Atiq Rahimi
- Hotel by Jessica Hausner
- In the Darkness of the Night by João Canijo
- Kontroll by Antal Nimród
- Lightweight by Jean-Pierre Améris
- Marseille by Angela Schanelec
- Moolaadé by Ousmane Sembène
- Nelly by Laure Duthilleul
- Passages by Yang Chao
- Right Now by Benoît Jacquot
- Shiza by Gulshat Omarova
- Somersault by Cate Shortland
- Sword in the Moon by Kim Ui-seok
- Welcome to Switzerland by Léa Fazer
- Whisky by Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll
Films out of competition
- ' by Raymond Depardon
- Bad Education by Pedro Almodóvar
- Bad Santa by Terry Zwigoff
- Born to Film by Frédéric Sojcher
- Breaking News by Johnnie To
- Dawn of the Dead by Zack Snyder
- De-Lovely by Irwin Winkler
- The Gate of Sun by Yousry Nasrallah
- Five by Abbas Kiarostami
- Glauber o Filme, Labirinto do Brasil by Silvio Tendler
- ' by Jacques Richard
- House of Flying Daggers by Zhang Yimou
- I Died in Childhood... by Georgi Paradzhanov
- Kamikaze Girls by Tetsuya Nakashima
- Kill Bill: Vol. 2 by Quentin Tarantino
- Notre musique by Jean-Luc Godard
- Salvador Allende by Patricio Guzmán
- Troy by Wolfgang Petersen
- Words in Progress by Gilles Jacob
- by Alexandra Cassavetes
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 film competition
- 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 Catalin Mitulescu
Cannes Classics
Tribute
- Black God, White Devil by Glauber Rocha
- Blowup by Michelangelo Antonioni
- Bye Bye Brazil by Carlos Diegues
- College by James W. Horne
- Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands by Bruno Barreto
- Entranced Earth by Glauber Rocha
- The Gaze of Michelangelo by Michelangelo Antonioni
- The General by Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman
- Macunaíma by Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
- O Pagador de Promessas by Anselmo Duarte
- Steamboat Bill, Jr. by Buster Keaton and Charles Reisner
- Vidas Secas by Nelson Pereira dos Santos
- The Battle of Algiers by Gillo Pontecorvo
- Before the Revolution by Bernardo Bertolucci
- The Big Red One by Samuel Fuller
- Deadlier Than the Male by Ralph Thomas
- Hair by Miloš Forman
- The Inner Scar by Philippe Garrel
- The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner by Tony Richardson
- Mother India by Mehboob Khan
- The New One-Armed Swordsman by Chang Cheh
- Ordet by Carl Theodor Dreyer
- Pickpocket by Robert Bresson
- Le voyage d'Amélie by Daniel Duval
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 43rd International Critics' Week :Feature film competition
- À Casablanca les anges ne volent pas by Mohamed Asli
- Thirst by Tawfik Abu Wael
- A Common Thread by Éléonore Faucher
- Calvaire by Fabrice du Welz
- CQ2 by Carole Laure
- Or by Keren Yedaya
- Duck season by Fernando Eimbcke
- Alice and I by Micha Wald
- Breaking Out by Marianela Maldonado
- Con Diva by Sebastian Mantilla
- L’homme sans ombre by Georges Schwizgebel
- Los elefantes nunca olvidan by Lorenzo Vigas
- Ryan by Chris Landreth
- Signes de vie by Arnaud Demuynck
- L’Après-midi de Monsieur Andesmas by Michelle Porte
- Adieu Philippine by Jacques Rozier
- Ce qu’il reste de nous by François Prévost & Hugo Latulippe
- Metropolitan Express by Artyom Antonov
- Les Parallèles by Nicolas Saada
- Girls and Cars by Thomas Woschitz
- De l’autre côté by Nassim Amaouche
- Anna by Laurette Polmanss
- Sotto falso nome by Roberto Andò
Directors' Fortnight
- A vot' bon cœur by Paul Vecchiali
- Dans les champs de bataille by Danielle Arbid
- En attendant le déluge by Damien Odoul
- The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things by Asia Argento
- The Hook by Thomas Vincent
- Mean Creek by Jacob Aaron Estes
- Machuca by Andrés Wood
- Los muertos by Lisandro Alonso
- Mur by Simone Bitton
- Oh, Uomo by Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi
- The River's End by Behrouz Afkhami
- The Scent of Blood by Mario Martone
- Sommeil Amer by Mohsen Amiryoussefi
- Tarnation by Jonathan Caouette
- The Taste of Tea by Katsuhito Ishii
- The Tunnel by Kunitoshi Manda
- Vénus et Fleur by Emmanuel Mouret
- Woman of Breakwater by Mario O'Hara
- The Woodsman by Nicole Kassell
- The Wound by Nicolas Klotz
- A Feather Stare at the Dark by Naoyuki Tsuji
- Capitaine Achab by Philippe Ramos
- Charlotte by Ulrike Von Ribbeck
- Fill in the Blanks by Kim Youn-Sung
- Frontier by Jun Miyazaki
- La petite chambre by Élodie Monlibert
- La peur, petit chasseur by Laurent Achard
- Le dieu Saturne by Jean-Charles Fitoussi
- Le droit chemin by Mathias Gokalp
- Odya by Edgar Bartenev
- Tristesse beau visage by Jean Paul Civeyrac
- Vostok 1' by Jan Andersen
Awards
Official awards
The following films and people received the 2004 Official selection awards:- Palme d'Or: Fahrenheit 9/11, by Michael Moore
- Grand Prix: Oldboy, by Park Chan-wook
- Best Director Award: Exils, by Tony Gatlif
- Best Screenplay Award: Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri for Look at Me
- Best Actress: Maggie Cheung in Clean
- Best Actor: Yūya Yagira in Nobody Knows
- Prix du Jury:
- * Tropical Malady, by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- * Actress Irma P. Hall for The Ladykillers
- Prix Un Certain Regard: Moolaadé by Ousmane Sembène
- Prix du Regard Original: Whisky by Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll
- Prix du Regard vers l'Avenir: Earth and Ashes by Atiq Rahimi
- First Prize: Happy Now by Frederikke Aspöck
- Second Prize: Calatorie la oras by Corneliu Porumboiu & 99 ans de ma vie by Marja Mikkonen
- Third Prize: Fajnie, że jesteś by Jan Komasa
- Caméra d'Or: Or by Keren Yedaya
- Caméra d'Or - Special Distinction: Passages by Yang Chao & Earth and Ashes by Atiq Rahimi
- Short Film Palme d'Or: Trafic by Catalin Mitulescu
- Short Film Jury Prize: Flatlife by Jonas Geirnaert
Independent awards
- Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore
- Whisky by Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll
- Thirst by Tawfik Abu Wael
- Vulcan Award: Eric Gautier for cinematography in Clean and in The Motorcycle Diaries
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: The Motorcycle Diaries by Walter Salles
- Ecumenical Jury - Special mention: Moolaadé by Ousmane Sembène
- Kontroll by Antal Nimród
- International Critics' Week Grand Prix: A Common Thread by Éléonore Faucher & Or by Keren Yedaya
- Canal+ Award: Ryan by Chris Landreth
- Kodak Short Film Award: Ryan by Chris Landreth
- Young Critics Award - Best Short: Ryan by Chris Landreth
- Young Critics Award - Best Feature: Or by Keren Yedaya
- Grand Golden Rail: CQ2 by Carole Laure
- Small Golden Rail: Alice and I by Micha Wald
- François Chalais Award: