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Cannes Film Festival: 1996

Golden Palm

Date:	9 May - 20 May
Jury:	Francis Ford Coppola (USA) (president); Michael Ballhaus (I) (Germany); Nathalie Baye (France); Henry Chapier (France); Atom Egoyan (Canada); Eiko Ishioka (Japan); Krzysztof Piesiewicz (Poland); Greta Scacchi (Italy); Antonio Tabucchi (Italy); Anh Hung Tran (France)


Winner:
	Secrets & Lies (1996) - Mike Leigh
Other In-Competition Films:
	Breaking the Waves (1996) - Lars von Trier Comment je me suis disputé... (ma vie sexuelle) (1996) - Arnaud Desplechin Crash (1996/I) - David Cronenberg Fargo (1996) - Joel Coen Feng yue (1996) - Kaige Chen Huitième jour, Le (1996) - Jaco van Dormael Kansas City (1996) - Robert Altman (I) Kauas pilvet karkaavat (1996) - Aki Kaurismäki Nan guo zai jan, nan guo (1996) - Hsiao-hsien Hou Po di Sangui (1996) - Flora Gomes Prea târziu (1996) - Lucian Pintilie Quiet Room, The (1996) - Rolf de Heer Ridicule (1996) - Patrice Leconte Seconda volta, La (1995) - Mimmo Calopresti Stealing Beauty (1996) - Bernardo Bertolucci Sunchaser, The (1996) - Michael Cimino (I) Tierra (1996) - Julio Medem Trois vies & une seule mort (1996) - Raoul Ruiz Un héros très discret (1996) - Jacques Audiard Van, The (1996) - Stephen Frears Voleurs, Les (1996) - André Téchiné

Best Short Film


Winner:
	Szél (1996) - Marcell Iványi
Other In-Competition Films:
	4 maneras de tapar un hoyo (1995) - Jorge Villalobos; Guillermo Rendón Attraktsion (1996) - Aleksei Dyomin Beach, The (1995) - Dorthe Scheffmann Brooms (1995) - Luke Cresswell; Steve McNicholas Film Noir (1996) - Michael Liu (I) Oru Neenda Yathra (1996) - Murali Nair Passeio com Johnny Guitar (1995) - João César Monteiro Petite sotte (1995) - Luc Otter Sin #8 (1996) - Barbara Heller (II) Small Deaths (1996) - Lynne Ramsay This Film Is a Dog (1996) - Jonathan Ogilvie

Grand Prize of the Jury


Winner:
	Breaking the Waves (1996) - Lars von Trier

Jury Prize

Best Short Film


Winner:
	Small Deaths (1996) - Lynne Ramsay

Jury Special Prize


Winner:
	Crash (1996/I) - David Cronenberg

Best Actor


Winner:
	Huitième jour, Le (1996) - Daniel Auteuil; Pascal Duquenne

Best Actress


Winner:
	Secrets & Lies (1996) - Brenda Blethyn

Best Director


Winner:
	Fargo (1996) - Joel Coen

Best Screenplay


Winner:
	Un héros très discret (1996) - Jacques Audiard; Alain Le Henry

Technical Grand Prize


Winner:
	Microcosmos: Le peuple de l'herbe (1996) - Claude Nuridsany; Marie Pérennou - The movie was shown out of competition.

Golden Camera

Jury:

Françoise Fabian (president); Daniel Schmid (president); Gian Luca Farinelli; Ramón Font; Sandrine Gady; Antoine Simkine


Winner:
	Love Serenade (1996) - Shirley Barrett

Mercedes-Benz Award


Winner:
	Aveux de l'innocent, Les (1996) - Jean-Pierre Améris

Canal+ Award


Winner:
	Planet Man (1996) - Andrew Bancroft (I)

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury


Winner:
	Secrets & Lies (1996) - Mike Leigh

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention


Winners:
	Chun hua meng lu (1996) - Cheng-sheng Lin Kauas pilvet karkaavat (1996) - Aki Kaurismäki

Award of the Youth

Foreign Film


Winner:
	Layla Lavan (1996) - Arnon Zadok

French Film


Winner:
	Aveux de l'innocent, Les (1996) - Jean-Pierre Améris