2006 Cannes Film Festival
![]() Official poster of the 59th Cannes Film Festival featuring a still from Wong Kar-wai's 2000 film In the Mood for Love.[1] | |
Opening film | The Da Vinci Code |
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Closing film | Transylvania |
Location | Cannes, France |
Founded | 1946 |
Awards | Palme d'Or: The Wind That Shakes the Barley |
Hosted by | Vincent Cassel |
No. of films | 20 (Main Competition) |
Festival date | 17 May 2006 | – 28 May 2006
Website | festival-cannes |
The 59th Cannes Film Festival was held from 17 to 28 May 2006. Chinese filmmaker Wong Kar-wai served as jury president for the main competition, becoming the first Chinese to do so.[2] English filmmaker Ken Loach won the Palme d'Or for the war drama film The Wind That Shakes the Barley.[3][4][5][6]
The official poster for the festival features a still image from the Wong Kar-wai's 2000 film In the Mood for Love, which won the Best Actor award at the 53rd edition.
The festival opening film was The Da Vinci Code directed by Ron Howard.[7] While Transylvania by Tony Gatlif was the closing film.[8]
This edition also marked the first time in three years that no American film, actor, actress, or filmmaker won any awards in Cannes.

Juries
Main competition

- Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong filmmaker - Jury President[10]
- Monica Bellucci, Italian actress
- Helena Bonham Carter, British actress
- Samuel L. Jackson, American actor
- Patrice Leconte, French actor, director and screenwriter
- Lucrecia Martel, Argentinian filmmaker
- Tim Roth, British actor
- Elia Suleiman, Palestinian filmmaker
- Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress
Un Certain Regard
- Monte Hellman, American director - Jury President
- Lars-Olav Beier, German critic
- Maurizio Cabonat, Italian critic
- Jean-Pierre Lavoignat, French critic
- Marjane Satrapi, Iranian author
- Laura Winters, American critic
Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition
- Andrei Konchalovsky, Russian filmmaker - Jury President
- Sandrine Bonnaire, French actress
- Daniel Brühl, German actor
- Tim Burton, American filmmaker
- Souleymane Cissé, Malian filmmaker
- Zbigniew Preisner, Polish composer
Camera d'Or
- Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Belgian filmmaker - Jury Co-President
- Luc Dardenne, Belgian filmmaker - Jury Co-President
- Natacha Laurent, French director of the cinémathèque of Toulouse
- Frédéric Maire, Swiss president of Locarno Festival
- Luiz Carlos Merten, Brazilian critic
- Jean-Pierre Neyrac, French technician
- Alain Riou, French critic
- Jean-Paul Salomé, French director
- Jean-Louis Vialard, French cinematographer
Official Selection
In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[11]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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Babel | Alejandro González Iñárritu | United States, Mexico, Morocco, France | |
The Caiman | Il caimano | Nanni Moretti | Italy |
Charlie Says | Selon Charlie | Nicole Garcia | France |
Chronicle of an Escape | Crónica de una fuga | Israel Adrián Caetano | Argentina |
Climates | İklimler | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Turkey |
Colossal Youth | Juventude em Marcha | Pedro Costa | Portugal |
Days of Glory | Indigènes | Rachid Bouchareb | France, Morocco, Belgium, Algeria |
The Family Friend | L'amico di famiglia | Paolo Sorrentino | Italy |
Fast Food Nation | Richard Linklater | United States, United Kingdom | |
Flanders | Flandres | Bruno Dumont | France |
Lights In The Dusk | Laitakaupungin valot | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland, Germany, France |
Marie Antoinette | Sofia Coppola | United States, France, Japan | |
Pan’s Labyrinth | El laberinto del fauno | Guillermo del Toro | Spain, Mexico |
Red Road | Andrea Arnold | United Kingdom, Denmark | |
The Right of the Weakest | La Raison du plus faible | Lucas Belvaux | Belgium |
Southland Tales | Richard Kelly | United States, Germany | |
Summer Palace | 頤和園 | Lou Ye | China |
Volver | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain | |
When I Was a Singer | Quand j'étais chanteur | Xavier Giannoli | France |
The Wind That Shakes the Barley | Ken Loach | Ireland, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland |
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[11]
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[11]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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An Inconvenient Truth | Davis Guggenheim | United States | |
Avida | Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern | France | |
Bamako | Abderrahmane Sissako | Mali, France, United Sta | |
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters | Bill Couturié | United States | |
The Boy on the Galloping Horse | Chłopiec na galopującym koniu | Adam Guziński | Poland |
Clerks II | Kevin Smith | United States | |
A Curtain Raiser (short) | Un lever de rideau | François Ozon | France |
The Da Vinci Code (opening film) | Ron Howard | United States, Malta, France, United Kingdom | |
El-banate dol | Tahani Rached | Egypt | |
Election 2 | 黑社會:以和爲貴 | Johnnie To | Hong Kong |
Halim | حليم | Sherif Arafa | Egypt |
The House Is Burning | Holger Ernst | Germany | |
I Only Wanted to Live | Volevo solo vivere | Mimmo Calopresti | Italy |
Ici Najac, à vous la terre | Jean-Henri Meunier | France | |
Oh La La! | Nouvelle chance | Anne Fontaine | |
Over the Hedge | Tim Johnson and Karey Kirkpatrick | United States | |
Requiem for Billy the Kid | Requiem pour Billy the Kid | Anne Feinsilber | France |
Room 666 (1982) | Chambre 666 | Wim Wenders | France, West Germany |
Les signes (short) | Eugène Green | France | |
Shortbus | John Cameron Mitchell | United States | |
SIDA (short) | Gaspar Noé | France | |
Silk | 詭絲 | Su Chao-pin | Taiwan |
Sketches of Frank Gehry | Sydney Pollack | United States | |
Stanley's Girlfriend (short) | Monte Hellman | ||
Transylvania (closing film) | Tony Gatlif | France | |
United 93 | Paul Greengrass | United States, United Kingdom, France | |
The Water Diary (short) | Jane Campion | France | |
X-Men: The Last Stand | Brett Ratner | United States | |
Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait | Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle | Philippe Parreno and Douglas Gordon | France |
Cinéfondation
The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:[11]
- Doorman by Etienne Kallos
- Een ingewikkeld verhaal, eenvoudig verteld by Jaap van Heusden
- Elastinen parturi by Milla Nybondas
- Emile's Girlfriend (Ha'chavera shell Emile) by Nadav Lapid
- Even Kids Started Small by Yaniv Berman
- Firn by Axel Koenzen
- Ge & Zeta by Gustavo Riet
- Une goutte d'eau by Deniz Gamze Ergüven
- Graceland by Anocha Suwichakornpong
- Hunde by Matthias Huser
- Jaba by Andreas Bolm
- Justiça ao insulto by Bruno Jorge
- Mother by Siân Heder
- Mr. Schwartz, Mr. Hazen & Mr. Horlocker by Stefan Mueller
- Snow by Dustin Feneley
- Tetris by Anirban Datta
- Le virus by Ágnes Kocsis
Short Films Competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[11]
- Banquise by Cédric Louis, Claude Barras
- Conte de quartier by Florence Miailhe
- Film noir by Osbert Parker
- Nature's Way by Jane Shearer
- O monstro by Eduardo Valente
- Ongeriewe by Robin Kleinsmidt
- Poyraz by Belma Bas
- Primera nieve by Pablo Aguero
- Sexy Thing by Denie Pentecost
- Sniffer by Bobbie Peers
Cannes Classics
The Cannes Classics section highlights heritage cinema, re-discovered films, restored prints and theatrical, television or DVD releases of great films of the past.[12]
Tribute[13]
- India Song by Marguerite Duras (1975)
- Sergei Eisenstein
- Hommage A Sergei Eisensten (02:17)
- Bezhin Meadow (Bejin lug) by Sergei Eisenstein (1936 short)
- Alejandro Jodorowsky
- The Holy Mountain (1973)
- El Topo (1970)
- Carol Reed
- A Kid for Two Farthings (1955)
- The Fallen Idol (1948)
- Odd Man Out (1947)
- The Way Ahead (1944)
- Seance John Ford / John Wayne (03:22)
- Norman McLaren
- Programme McLaren (01:30)
- Norman McLaren's Opening Speech with Arthur Lipset (1961 short)
- Begone Dull Care (1949 short) with Evelyn Lambart
- Blinkity Blank (1955 short)
- A Chairy Tale (1957 short) with Claude Jutra
- Hen Hop (1942 short)
- Lines horizontal (1962 short) with Evelyn Lambart
- Mail Early (1941 short)
- Le merle (1958 short)
- Neighbours (1952 short)
- Pas de deux (1968 short)
- La poulette grise (1947 short)
- Stars and Stripes (1940 short)
- Synchromy (1971 short)
Documentaries about Cinema[12]
- Il était une fois...Rome ville ouverte by Marie Genin, Serge July
- John Ford / John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend by Sam Pollard
- Marcello, una vita dolce by Annarosa Morri, Mario Canale
Restored prints[14]
- The 14 Amazons (Shi si nu ying hao) by Kang Cheng (1972)
- Blast of Silence by Allen Baron (1961)
- Cabiria by Giovanni Pastrone (1914)
- Violent Summer by Valerio Zurlini (1959)
- The Hussy (La Drolesse) by Jacques Doillon (1978)
- Harvest: 3,000 Years (Mirt Sost Shi Amit) by Haile Gerima (1975)
- The Last Adventure (Les Aventuriers) by Robert Enrico (1967)
- Monte Cristo by Henri Fescourt (1929)
- Le mystère de la tour Eiffel by Julien Duvivier (1927)
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Kaze no Tani no Naushika) by Hayao Miyazaki (1984)
- October: Ten Days That Shook the World (Oktyabr) by Sergei Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov (1927)
- Platoon by Oliver Stone (1986)
- Rome, Open City (Roma città aperta) by Roberto Rossellini (1945)
- The Searchers by John Ford (1956)
- La Terra Trema by Luchino Visconti (1948)
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 45th International Critics' Week (45e Semaine de la Critique):[15]
Feature film competition
- Drama/Mex by Gerardo Naranjo (Mexico)
- Fresh Air by Ágnes Kocsis (Hungary)
- Komma by Martine Doyen (France, Belgium)
- Les amitiés maléfiques by Emmanuel Bourdieu (France)
- The Bothersome Man by Jens Lien (Norway)
- Pingpong by Matthias Luthardt (Germany)
- Fish Dreams (Sonhos de peixe) by Kirill Mikhanovsky (Brazil)
Short film competition
- Alguma coisa assim by Esmir Filho
- Iron by Hiroyuki Nakano
- Kristall by Christoph Girardet, Matthias Müller
- Kvinna vid grammofon by Johannes Stjärne Nilsson, Ola Simonsson
- L’écluse by Olivier Ciechelski
- News by Ursula Ferrara
- Printed Rainbow by Gitanjali Rao
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 2006 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[16]
- 12:08 East of Bucharest by Corneliu Porumboiu (Romania)
- Along the Ridge (Libero) by Kim Rossi Stuart (Italy)
- Les Anges Exterminateurs by Jean-Claude Brisseau (France)
- Azur et Asmar by Michel Ocelot (France)
- Bug by William Friedkin (United States)
- Ça brûle by Claire Simon (France)
- Change of Address by Emmanuel Mouret (France)
- Congorama by Philippe Falardeau (Canada)
- Daft Punk's Electroma by Thomas Bangalter, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (France)
- Dans Paris by Christophe Honoré (France)
- Day Night Day Night by Julia Loktev (United States, France, Germany)
- The Hawk Is Dying by Julian Goldberger (United States)
- Honor de Cavalleria by Albert Serra (Spain)
- The Host by Bong Joon-ho (South Korea)
- Jindabyne by Ray Lawrence (Australia)
- Lying by M. Blash (United States)
- Princesse by Anders Morgenthaler (Denmark)
- Summer '04 by Stefan Krohmer (Germany)
- Sway by Miwa Nishikawa (Japan)
- Transe by Teresa Villaverde (Italy, France)
- The Way I Spent the End of the World by Catalin Mitulescu (Romania, France)
- We Should Not Exist by Hervé P. Gustave (France)
- White Palms by Szabolcs Hajdu (Hungary)
- Short films
- The Aluminum Fowl by James Clauer
- Bugcrush by Carter Smith
- By the Kiss by Yann Gonzalez
- Dans le rang by Cyprien Vial
- L'Étoile de mer by Sophie Letourneur
- Menged by Daniel Taye Workou
- Rapace by João Nicolau
- Un rat by Bosilka Simonovitch
- Sepohon Rambutan indah kepunyaanku di tanjung rambutan by Bin HajiSaari U-Wei
- Le Soleil et la mort voyagent ensemble by Frank Beauvais

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Official Awards
Main Competition
- Palme d'Or: The Wind That Shakes the Barley by Ken Loach[3][17]
- Grand Prix: Flanders by Bruno Dumont
- Best Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu for Babel
- Best Screenplay: Pedro Almodóvar for Volver
- Best Actress: Chus Lampreave, Yohana Cobo, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Penélope Cruz for Volver
- Best Actor: Jamel Debbouze, Samy Naceri, Sami Bouajila, Roschdy Zem, Bernard Blancan for Days of Glory
- Prix du Jury: Red Road by Andrea Arnold
Un Certain Regard
- Prix Un Certain Regard: Luxury Car by Wang Chao[18]
- Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize: Ten Canoes by Rolf de Heer
- Prix d’interprétation féminine: Dorotheea Petre in The Way I Spent the End of the World
- Prix d’interprétation masculine: Ángel Tavira in The Violin
- Prix du Président du Jury Un Certain Regard: Murderers by Patrick Grandperret
Cinéfondation
- First Prize: Ge & Zeta by Gustavo Riet
- Second Prize: Mr. Schwartz, Mr. Hazen & Mr. Horlocker by Stefan Mueller
- Third Prize:
- Mother by Siân Heder
- Le virus by Ágnes Kocsis
Short Films Competition
- Short Film Palme d'Or: Sniffer by Bobbie Peers
- Jury Prize: Primera nieve by Pablo Aguero
- Special Mention: Conte de quartier by Florence Miailhe
Independent Awards
- Climates by Nuri Bilge Ceylan (In competition)[19]
- Bug by William Friedkin (Directors' Fortnight)
- Paraguayan Hammock by Paz Encina (Un Certain Regard)
- Stephen Mirrione for editing Babel
- Babel by Alejandro González Iñárritu[4][20]
- Special Mention: Retrieval by Sławomir Fabicki
Award of the Youth
- Bled Number One by Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche[4]
Critics' Week
- Grand prix de la semaine de la critique: Les amitiés maléfiques by Emmanuel Bourdieu[4]
- Prix SACD:
- Pingpong by Matthias Luthardt
- Les amitiés maléfiques by Emmanuel Bourdieu
- Prix Acid: The Bothersome Man by Jens Lien
- Prix de la toute jeune critique: Pingpong by Matthias Luthardt
- Grand Rail d'or: Les amitiés maléfiques by Emmanuel Bourdieu
Directors' Fortnight
- Prix Art and Essay: Along the Ridge by Kim Rossi Stuart[4]
- Prix Regard Jeune: Day Night Day Night by Julia Loktev
- Label Europa Cinéma: 12:08 East of Bucharest by Corneliu Porumboiu
- Prix SACD best french-language short: Dans le rang by Cyprien Vial
- Prix Gras Savoye: Un rat by Bosilka Simonovitch
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Media
- INA: List of winners of the 2006 Festival (commentary in French)
External links

- 2006 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
- Official website Retrospective 2006 Archived 26 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine
- Cannes Film Festival Awards for 2006 at Internet Movie Database