2005 Cannes Film Festival
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The 2005 Cannes Film Festival started on May 11 and ran until May 22. Twenty movies from 13 countries were selected to compete. The awards were announced on May 21. The Palme d'Or went to the Belgian film L'Enfant by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne.

Feature film competition

Jury

• Emir Kusturica, President (Serbia and Montenegro)
• Fatih Akın (Germany , Turkey)
• Javier Bardem (Spain)
• Nandita Das (India)
• Salma Hayek (Mexico)
• Toni Morrison (United States)
• Benoît Jacquot (France)
• Agnès Varda (France)
• John Woo (China)

Films in Competition

• Lemming, by Dominik Moll (opening film)
• A History of Violence, by David Cronenberg
• L'Enfant, by Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
• Where the Truth Lies, by Atom Egoyan
• Free Zone, by Amos Gitai
• Caché, by Michael Haneke
• Three Times, by Hou Hsiao-Hsien
• Broken Flowers, by Jim Jarmusch
• The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, by Tommy Lee Jones
• Bashing, by Kobayashi Masahiro
• To Paint or Make Love (Peindre ou faire l'amour), by Arnaud Larrieu, Jean-Marie Larrieu
• Sin City, by Frank Miller, Robert Rodríguez
• Battle in Heaven, by Carlos Reygadas
• Kilomètre Zéro, by Hiner Saleem
• Election, by Johnnie To
• Quando sei nato non puoi più nasconderti, by Marco Tullio Giordana
• Last Days, by Gus Van Sant
• Manderlay, by Lars von Trier
• Shanghai Dreams, by Wang Xiaoshuai
• Don't Come Knocking, by Wim Wenders
• Keuk Jang Jeon, by Hong Sang-soo

Films out of Competition

• Avenge But One of My Two Eyes, by Avi Mograbi
• C'est past tout a fait la vie dont j'avais reve, by Michel Piccoli
• Chromophobia, by Martha Fiennes
• Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul, by Fatih Akın
• Darshan - l'Etreinte, by Jan Kounen
• Kirikou et le Fétiche Égaré, by Michel Ocelot and Bénédicte Galup
• Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (IDEM), by Shane Black
• Les Artistes du Théâtre Brûlé, by Rithy Panh
• Match Point, by Woody Allen
• Merry Christmas, by Christian Carion
• Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream, by Stuart Samuels
• Operetta Tanuki Goten (Princess Raccoon), by Seijun Suzuki
• Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, by George Lucas
• The Power of Nightmares, by Adam Curtis

Awards

• Palme d'Or: L'Enfant, by Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
• Grand Prix: Broken Flowers, by Jim Jarmusch
• Best Actress Award: Hanna Laslo in Free Zone
• Best Actor Award: Tommy Lee Jones in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
• Best Director Award: Caché by Michael Haneke
• Best Screenplay Award: Guillermo Arriaga for The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
• Prix du Jury: Shanghai Dreams, by Wang Xiaoshuai
• Prix un certain regard: The Death of Mr. Lăzărescu by Cristi Puiu
• Prix François Chalais: Quando sei nato non puoi più nasconderti, by Marco Tullio Giordana

Celebrities attending

Among the celebrities attending the festival: Scarlett Johansson, Woody Allen, Michael Pitt, Asia Argento, Robert Downey Jr, Val Kilmer, Ewan McGregor, Samuel L. Jackson, Natalie Portman, Danny Glover, Viggo Mortensen, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sharon Stone, Jessica Lange, Sam Shepard, Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, Shu Qi, Tommy Lee Jones, Zhang Ziyi, Carole Bouquet, Gael García Bernal, William Hurt, Ed Harris, Tim Roth, Eva Marie Saint, Sarah Polley, Kevin Bacon, Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Benicio del Toro, Mickey Rourke, Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba, Edward Norton, Yves Caumon , Aishwarya Rai .

External links

• Official site