The 58th Cannes Film Festival took place from 11 May and ran until 22 May 2005. Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica served as jury president for the main competition. Cécile de France hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.

Belgian filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, the Dardenne brothers, won the Palme d'Or for the second time with the drama film L'Enfant.

The festival opening film was Lemming directed by Dominik Moll, while Chromophobia directed by Martha Fiennes was the closing film.

thumb|273x273px|2005 [[Un Certain Regard poster featuring James Dean's portrait by Floyd McCarty from Rebel Without a Cause.]]

Juries

Main competition

  • Emir Kusturica, Serbian filmmaker - Jury President
  • Fatih Akın, Turkish-German filmmaker
  • Javier Bardem, Spanish actor
  • Nandita Das, Indian actress
  • Salma Hayek, Mexican-American actress
  • Benoît Jacquot, French filmmaker
  • Toni Morrison, American author
  • Agnès Varda, French filmmaker
  • John Woo, Hong Kong filmmaker

Un Certain Regard

  • Alexander Payne, American filmmaker - Jury President

{| class="wikitable" width="100%"

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! scope="col" | English Title

! scope="col" | Original Title

! scope="col" | Director(s)

! scope="col" | Production Country

|-

| Bashing||バッシング|| data-sort-value="“Kobayashi”" | Masahiro Kobayashi || Japan

|-

| Battle in Heaven||Batalla en el cielo|| data-sort-value="“Reygadas”" | Carlos Reygadas || Mexico, France, Germany

|-

| colspan="2" |Broken Flowers|| data-sort-value="“Jarmusch”" | Jim Jarmusch || United States, France

|-

| colspan="2" | Caché|| data-sort-value="“Haneke”" | Michael Haneke || France, Austria, Germany, Italy

|-

| colspan="2" |Don't Come Knocking|| data-sort-value="“Wenders”" | Wim Wenders || Germany, United States

|- style="background:#FFDEAD"

| colspan="2" | L'Enfant|| data-sort-value="“Dardenne”" | Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne|| Belgium

|-

| Election||黑社會|| data-sort-value="“To”" | Johnnie To || Hong Kong

|-

| colspan="2" |Free Zone|| data-sort-value="“Gitai”" | Amos Gitai || Israel

|-

| colspan="2" |A History of Violence|| data-sort-value="“Cronenberg”" | David Cronenberg || United States, Canada, Germany

|-

| Kilomètre Zéro||کیلۆمەتری سفر|| data-sort-value="“Saleem”" | Hiner Saleem || Iraq, France

|-

| colspan="2" |Last Days|| data-sort-value="“Sant”" | Gus Van Sant || United States

|-

| colspan="2" |Lemming <small>(opening film)</small>|| data-sort-value="“Moll”" | Dominik Moll || France

|-

| colspan="2" |Manderlay|| data-sort-value="“Trier”" | Lars von Trier || Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy

|-

| To Paint or Make Love||Peindre ou faire l'amour|| data-sort-value="“Larrieu”" | Arnaud Larrieu and Jean-Marie Larrieu || France

|-

| Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide||Quando sei nato non puoi più nasconderti|| data-sort-value="“Giordana”" | Marco Tullio Giordana || Italy, France, United Kingdom

|-

| Shanghai Dreams||青紅|| data-sort-value="“Xiaoshuai”" | Wang Xiaoshuai || China

|-

| colspan="2" |Sin City|| data-sort-value="“Miller”" | Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez || United States

|-

| Tale of Cinema||극장전|| data-sort-value="“Hong”" | Hong Sang-soo || South Korea

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| colspan="2" |The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada|| data-sort-value="“Jones”" | Tommy Lee Jones || United States, France, Mexico

|-

| Three Times||最好的時光|| data-sort-value="“Hou”" | Hou Hsiao-hsien || Taiwan

|-

| colspan="2" |Where The Truth Lies|| data-sort-value="“Egoyan”" | Atom Egoyan || Canada, United Kingdom

|}

Un Certain Regard

The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:

  • 49th Parallel by Michael Powell (1941)
  • A Matter of Life and Death by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger (1946)
  • Black Narcissus by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger (1947)
  • I Know Where I'm Going! by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger (1945)
  • The Pearl (La perla) by Emilio "Indio" Fernández (1947)
  • Los Olvidados by Luis Buñuel (1950)
  • Salón México (Mexico Lounge) by Emilio "Indio" Fernández (1949)
  • The Edge of the World by Michael Powell (1937)

Documentaries about Cinema

  • Al'Lèèssi... une actrice Africaine by Rahmatou Keita
  • Ingmar Bergman Complete: Bergman and the Cinema / Bergman and the Theatre / Bergman and Fårö Island by Marie Nyreröd (2004)
  • James Dean: Forever Young by Michael J. Sheridan
  • John Cassavetes by André S. Labarthe
  • Kitano Takeshi Shinshutsu-Kibotsu by Jean-Pierre Limosin
  • Moments choisis des histoire(s) du cinema by Jean-Luc Godard
  • Shadowing the Third Man by Frederick Baker

Restored prints

  • An Airman's Letter to His Mother by Michael Powell (1941 Short)
  • Notes Towards an African Orestes (Appunti per un'Orestiade Africana) by Pier Paolo Pasolini (1975)
  • Beyond the Rocks by Sam Wood (1922 / 2005)
  • Bullitt by Peter Yates (1968)
  • There Was a Father (Chichi ariki) by Yasujirō Ozu (1942)
  • East of Eden by Elia Kazan (1955)
  • La Fille de l'eau (Whirlpool of Fate) by Jean Renoir (1925)
  • The Fire Within (Le feu follet) by Louis Malle (1963)
  • Angels of Sin (Les anges du péché) by Robert Bresson (1943)
  • Pather Panchali by Satyajit Ray (1955)
  • Pele Eterno by Anibal Massaini Neto (2004)
  • Rebel Without a Cause by Nicholas Ray (1955)
  • King Boxer (Tian xia di yi quan) by Chang-Wah Chung (1973)
  • Two-Lane Blacktop by Monte Hellman (1971)

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following films were screened for the 44th International Critics' Week (44e Semaine de la Critique):

Feature film competition

  • The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael by Thomas Clay (United Kingdom)
  • The Horizon of Events (L’orizzonte degli eventi) by Daniele Vicari (Italy)
  • Little Jerusalem (La petite Jérusalem) by Karin Albou (France)
  • Me and You and Everyone We Know by Miranda July (United States)
  • A Stranger of Mine (Unmei Janai Hito) by Kenji Uchida (Japan)
  • Grain in Ear (Máng zhòng) by Zhang Lu (China, South Korea)
  • Orlando Vargas by Juan Pittaluga (Uruguay, France)

Short film competition

  • Le grand vent by Valérie Liénardy (Belgium)
  • Respire by Wi Ding Ho (Taiwan)
  • Mirror Mechanics by Siegfried A. Fruhauf (Austria)
  • Blue Tongue by Justin Kurzel (Australia)
  • Imago... by Cédric Babouche (France)
  • Get the Rabbit Back by Dimitar Mitovski & Kamen Kalev (Bulgaria)
  • Jona/Tomberry by Rosto (Netherlands)

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 2005 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):

  • Alice by Marco Martins (Portugal)
  • Be with Me by Eric Khoo (Singapore)
  • Cache-cache by Yves Caumon (France)
  • Family Diary (Cronaca familiare) by Valerio Zurlini (1962)
  • Crying Fist by Ryoo Seung-wan (South Korea)
  • Douches froides by Antony Cordier (France)
  • Factotum by Bent Hamer (Norway, United States, Germany, France)
  • Géminis by Albertina Carri (Argentina, France)
  • Guernsey by Nanouk Leopold (Netherlands, Belgium)
  • Iron Island (Jazireh Ahani) by Mohammad Rasoulof (Iran)
  • Keane by Lodge Kerrigan (United States)
  • The Buried Forest (Umoregi) by Kohei Oguri (Japan)
  • The Moustache by Emmanuel Carrère (France)
  • Odete by João Pedro Rodrigues (Portugal)
  • Ride the High Country by Sam Peckinpah (1962)
  • Room by Kyle Henry (United States)
  • Seven Invisible Men by Šarūnas Bartas (Portugal, France, Lithuania)
  • Sisters In Law by Kim Longinotto, Florence Ayisi (United Kingdom, Cameroon)
  • Tbilisi-Tbilisi by Levan Zakareishvili (Georgia)
  • The President's Last Bang by Im Sang-soo (South Korea)
  • Travaux, on sait quand ça commence... by Brigitte Roüan (France)
  • Who’s Camus Anyway? by Mitsuo Yanagimachi (Japan)
  • Wolf Creek by Greg McLean (Australia)

:Short films

  • À bras le corps by Katell Quillévéré (19 min.)
  • À mains nues by Agnès Feuvre (26 min.)
  • Consultation Room by Kei Oyama (9 min.)
  • Cosmetic Emergency by Martha Colburn (9 min.)
  • Da Janela Do Meu Quarto by Cao Guimarães (5 min.)
  • Du soleil en hiver by Samuel Collardey (17 min.)
  • Etoile violette by Axelle Ropert (45 min.)
  • Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine by Peter Tscherkassky (17 min.)
  • Kara, Anak Sebatang Pohon by Edwin (9 min.)
  • Majorettes by Lola Doillon (16 min.)
  • Nits by Harry Wootliff (11 min.)
  • Résfilm by Sándor Kardos (19 min.)
  • The Buried Forest by Kohei Oguri (1h33
  • Trilogy About Clouds by Naoyuki Tsuji (14 min.)
  • Vinil verde by Kleber Mendonça Filho (17 min.)

thumb|210px|[[Emir Kusturica, 2005 Jury President]]

Official Awards

thumb|229x229px|[[Luc Dardenne (left) and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Palme d'Or winners]]

thumb|210x210px|[[Jim Jarmusch, Gran Prix winner]]

In Competition

The following films and people received the 2005 Official selection awards:

  • Palme d'Or: L'Enfant by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
  • Grand Prix: Broken Flowers by Jim Jarmusch
  • Best Director: Caché by Michael Haneke
  • Best Screenplay: Guillermo Arriaga for The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
  • Best Actress: Hanna Laslo for Free Zone
  • Best Actor: Tommy Lee Jones for The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
  • Prix du Jury: Shanghai Dreams by Wang Xiaoshuai

Un Certain Regard

  • : The Death of Mr. Lazarescu by Cristi Puiu
  • : Le filmeur by Alain Cavalier
  • : Delwende by S. Pierre Yameogo

Cinéfondation

  • First Prize: Buy It Now by Antonio Campos
  • Second Prize:
  • Bikur Holim by Maya Dreifuss
  • Vdvoyom by Nikolay Khomeriki
  • Third Prize:
  • La plaine by Roland Edzard
  • Tiens toi tranquille by Sameh Zoabi

Caméra d'Or

  • The Forsaken Land by Vimukthi Jayasundara
  • Me and You and Everyone We Know by Miranda July

Short Films Competition

  • Short Film Palme d'Or: Wayfarers by Igor Strembitskyy
  • Special Mention: Clara by Van Sowerwine

Independent Awards

FIPRESCI Prizes

  • Hidden by Michael Haneke (In competition)
  • Crying Fist by Ryoo Seung-wan (Directors' Fortnight)
  • Blood by Amat Escalante (Un Certain Regard)

Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist

  • Leslie Shatz for Sound design in Last Days
  • Special mention: Delwende by S. Pierre Yameogo

Award of the Youth

  • Lower City by Sérgio Machado

References

Media

  • INA: Opening of the 2005 Festival <small>(commentary in French)</small>
  • INA: List of winners of the 2005 Festival <small>(commentary in French)</small>
  • 2005 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
  • Official website Retrospective 2005
  • Cannes Film Festival Awards for 2005 at Internet Movie Database