2006 Cannes Film Festival


The 59th Cannes Film Festival was held from 17 to 28 May 2006. Twenty films from eleven countries were in competition for the Palme d'Or. The President of the Official selection Jury was Wong Kar-wai, the first Chinese director to preside over the jury.
English director Ken Loach won the Palme d'Or with his movie The Wind That Shakes the Barley. Other winners were Pedro Almodóvar and Alejandro González Iñárritu. This also marked the first time in three years that no American film, actor, actress, or filmmaker won any awards in Cannes.
The festival opened with the premiere screening of The Da Vinci Code, based on the novel by Dan Brown. Transylvania by Tony Gatlif closed the festival. Paris, je t'aime opened the Un Certain Regard section of the festival.
poster featuring an original drawing by Russian filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein.

Juries

Main competition

The following people were appointed as the jury for the feature films of the 2006 Main Competition:
The following people were appointed as the jury of the 2006 Un Certain Regard:
The following people were appointed as the jury of the Cinéfondation and short films competition:
The following people were appointed as the jury of the 2006 Camera d'Or:

In competition - Feature film

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
The Cannes Classics section highlights heritage cinema, re-discovered films, restored prints and theatrical, television or DVD releases of great films of the past.
Tribute
Documentaries about Cinema
Restored prints

International Critics' Week

The following films were screened for the 45th International Critics' Week :
Feature film competition
Short film competition
The following films were screened for the 2006 Directors' Fortnight :

Official awards

The following films and people received the 2006 Official selection awards:
Un Certain Regard
Cinéfondation
Golden Camera
Short films'
FIPRESCI Prizes
Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist
Ecumenical Jury
Award of the Youth
Awards in the frame of International Critics' Week
Awards in the frame of Directors' Fortnight
Association Prix François Chalais'
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