1996 Cannes Film Festival
The 49th International Film Festival of Cannes 1996 took place until May 20, 1996 by May 9.
Competition
In the competition of the festival the following films were shown in 1996:
* = Golden Palm
International Jury
This year, Francis Ford Coppola was Jury President. He stood before a jury with the following members: Michael Ballhaus, Nathalie Baye, Henry Chapier, Atom Egoyan, Eiko Ishioka, Krzysztof Piesiewicz, Greta Scacchi, Antonio Tabucchi and Trần Anh Hùng.
Award winners
- Palme d'Or: Secrets & Lies
- Grand Jury Prize: Breaking the Waves
- Special Jury Prize: Crash
- Best Actors: Daniel Auteuil and Pasquale Duquenne in On the eighth day
- Best Actress: Brenda Blethyn in Secrets & Lies
- Best Director: Joel Coen for Fargo
- Best Screenplay: Jacques Audiard and Alain Le Henry for Life: a lie
More prices
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Secrets & Lies
Un Certain Regard
In the Un Certain Regard were presented this year, among others the following films:
Al Pacino's Looking for Richard by Al Pacino, The Pillow Book by Peter Greenaway, CWAL by Krzysztof Zanussi, Fourbi by Alain Tanner, Irma Vep by Olivier Assayas, I Shot Andy Warhol by Mary Harron, Last Exit Reno by Paul Thomas Anderson, Love Serenade by Shirley Barrett, Some Mother's Son by Terry George, defenseless - Bastard Out of Carolina by Anjelica Huston, Éric Rohmer summer.