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    Palme d'Or

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Eternity and a Day

      7.9 (15K)
      Theodoros Angelopoulos
      Unanimously.
    • [object Object]

      April

      6.9 (3.8K)
      Nanni Moretti
    • [object Object]

      Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train

      6.3 (2.1K)
      Patrice Chéreau
    • [object Object]

      Claire Dolan

      6.7 (1.5K)
      Lodge Kerrigan
    • [object Object]

      Class Trip

      6.8 (1.7K)
      Claude Miller
    • [object Object]

      Foolish Heart

      6.4 (342)
      Hector Babenco
    • [object Object]

      Dance Me to My Song

      7.1 (474)
      Rolf de Heer
    • [object Object]

      The Celebration

      8.0 (98K)
      Thomas Vinterberg
    • [object Object]

      The Hole

      7.4 (4.6K)
      Tsai Ming-liang
    • [object Object]

      Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

      7.5 (312K)
      Terry Gilliam
    • [object Object]

      The General

      7.2 (9.6K)
      John Boorman
    • [object Object]

      Flowers of Shanghai

      7.3 (4.4K)
      Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    • [object Object]

      Henry Fool

      7.1 (8.1K)
      Hal Hartley
    • [object Object]

      The Idiots

      6.7 (35K)
      Lars von Trier
    • [object Object]

      Illuminata

      6.0 (1.8K)
      John Turturro
    • [object Object]

      Khrustalyov, My Car!

      7.3 (2.4K)
      Aleksei German
    • [object Object]

      My Name Is Joe

      7.4 (9.2K)
      Ken Loach
    • [object Object]

      Velvet Goldmine

      6.9 (40K)
      Todd Haynes
    • [object Object]

      The Rose Seller

      7.4 (2.3K)
      Víctor Gaviria
    • [object Object]

      The Dreamlife of Angels

      7.4 (7.9K)
      Erick Zonca
    • [object Object]

      Life Is Beautiful

      8.6 (785K)
      Roberto Benigni
    • [object Object]

      The School of Flesh

      6.5 (1.6K)
      Benoît Jacquot

    Grand Prize of the Jury

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Life Is Beautiful

      8.6 (785K)
      Roberto Benigni

    Jury Prize

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    Best Short Film

    • Winner

      Horseshoe

      6.4 (47)
      David Lodge
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Gasman

      7.0 (1.8K)
      Lynne Ramsay
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Celebration

      8.0 (98K)
      Thomas Vinterberg
      Tied with Class Trip (1998).
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Class Trip

      6.8 (1.7K)
      Claude Miller
      Tied with The Celebration (1998).

    Best Actor

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      My Name Is Joe

      7.4 (9.2K)
      Peter Mullan

    Best Actress

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Dreamlife of Angels

      7.4 (7.9K)
      Élodie Bouchez
      Natacha Régnier

    Best Director

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The General

      7.2 (9.6K)
      John Boorman

    Best Screenplay

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Henry Fool

      7.1 (8.1K)
      Hal Hartley

    Best Artistic Contribution

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Velvet Goldmine

      6.9 (40K)
      Todd Haynes

    Technical Grand Prize

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tango

      6.9 (3.2K)
      Vittorio Storaro(cinematographer)

    Festival Trophy

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    Homage

    • Maurice Benard
      Winner
      • Maurice Benard
    • Roger Corman
      Winner
      • Roger Corman
    • Feng Hsu
      Winner
      • Feng Hsu
    • Claude Berri
      Winner
      • Claude Berri

    Golden Camera

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Slam

      7.0 (2.5K)
      Marc Levin
    • [object Object]

      The Apple

      7.2 (2.8K)
      Samira Makhmalbaf
    • [object Object]

      All the Little Animals

      6.7 (3.3K)
      Jeremy Thomas
    • [object Object]

      High Art

      6.6 (11K)
      Lisa Cholodenko
    • [object Object]

      Slums of Beverly Hills

      6.7 (15K)
      Tamara Jenkins
    • [object Object]

      I Stand Alone

      7.3 (27K)
      Gaspar Noé
    • [object Object]

      Memory & Desire

      6.5 (188)
      Niki Caro
    • [object Object]

      Babyface

      4.9 (161)
      Jack Blum
    • [object Object]

      Island, Alicia

      5.8 (14)
      Ken Yunome
    • [object Object]

      Last Night

      7.1 (10K)
      Don McKellar

    Cinefondation Award

    Edit
    • Winner

      Jakub

      7.4 (5)
      Adam Guzinski
    • [object Object]

      The Sheep Thief

      6.1 (279)
      Asif Kapadia

    • Tomorrow

      Manu Kurewa

    Un Certain Regard Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Killer

      6.8 (330)
      Darezhan Omirbayev
    • [object Object]

      One Evening After the War

      6.9 (157)
      Rithy Panh
    • [object Object]

      Passion

      7.3 (232)
      György Fehér
    • [object Object]

      For Sale

      6.4 (607)
      Laetitia Masson
    • [object Object]

      Louise (Take 2)

      6.6 (295)
      Siegfried
    • [object Object]

      Lulu on the Bridge

      6.2 (4.4K)
      Paul Auster
    • [object Object]

      August 32nd on Earth

      6.5 (3.8K)
      Denis Villeneuve
    • [object Object]

      The Mutants

      7.2 (678)
      Teresa Villaverde(director)
    • [object Object]

      Places in Cities

      7.3 (159)
      Angela Schanelec
    • [object Object]

      Zero Effect

      6.9 (16K)
      Jake Kasdan
    • [object Object]

      The Power of Kangwon Province

      6.9 (1.1K)
      Hong Sang-soo
    • [object Object]

      The Apostle

      7.1 (15K)
      Robert Duvall
    • [object Object]

      The Impostors

      6.5 (5.5K)
      Stanley Tucci
    • [object Object]

      In the Presence of a Clown

      6.8 (1.1K)
      Ingmar Bergman
    • [object Object]

      River of Gold

      6.6 (217)
      Paulo Rocha
    • [object Object]

      The Apple

      7.2 (2.8K)
      Samira Makhmalbaf
    • [object Object]

      All the Little Animals

      6.7 (3.3K)
      Jeremy Thomas
    • [object Object]

      Dis-moi que je rêve

      7.0 (196)
      Claude Mouriéras
    • [object Object]

      Divine

      6.4 (305)
      Arturo Ripstein
    • [object Object]

      Island, Alicia

      5.8 (14)
      Ken Yunome
    • [object Object]

      Leaf on a Pillow

      7.7 (584)
      Garin Nugroho
    • [object Object]

      Little Tony

      6.9 (1.2K)
      Alex van Warmerdam
    • [object Object]

      Kurpe

      6.7 (206)
      Laila Pakalnina
    • [object Object]

      Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

      6.5 (4.2K)
      John Maybury

    • The Man Who Couldn't Open Doors

      6.2 (11)
      Paul Arden
    • [object Object]

      Rehearsals for War

      6.8 (186)
      Mario Martone
    • [object Object]

      Tokyo Eyes

      6.6 (1.4K)
      Jean-Pierre Limosin

    Mercedes-Benz Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      I Stand Alone

      7.3 (27K)
      Gaspar Noé

    Canal+ Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Por un infante difunto

      5.4 (36)
      Tinieblas González

    Kodak Short Film Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Les corps ouverts

      6.7 (218)
      Sébastien Lifshitz
      Tied with Rue Bleue (1999).
    • Winner

      Rue Bleue

      6.6 (6)
      Chad Chenouga
      Tied with Les corps ouverts (1998).

    Grand Golden Rail

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Polish Bride

      7.1 (1.5K)
      Karim Traïdia

    Small Golden Rail

    Edit
    • Winner

      Loddrett, vannrett

      6.2 (18)
      Erland Øverby

    SACD Short Film Award

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    Directors' Fortnight

    • Locarno Film Festival 2003 - Press conference: Violence des échanges en milieu tempéré (2003)
      • Jean-Marc Moutout
      • Électrons libres
      • Chad Chenouga
      • Rue Bleue
      • Christian Dor
      • Le bleu du ciel
    • Sébastien Lifshitz
      • Sébastien Lifshitz
      • Les corps ouverts
      • Joël Brisse
      • The Clothes Pegs

    Gras Savoye Award

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    • Winner

      Rue Bleue

      6.6 (6)
      Chad Chenouga

    FIPRESCI Prize

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    Competition

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Hole

      7.4 (4.6K)
      Tsai Ming-liang
      For its daring combination of realism and apocalyptic vision, desperation and joy, austerity and glamour.

    Parallel Sections

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Happiness

      7.7 (78K)
      Todd Solondz
      For its bold tracking of controversial contemporary themes, richly-layered subtext, and remarkable fluidity of visual style.

    Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Eternity and a Day

      7.9 (15K)
      Theodoros Angelopoulos
    • Ingmar Bergman
      Winner
      • Ingmar Bergman
      Special award for his whole works.

    Award of the Youth

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    Foreign Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Last Night

      7.1 (10K)
      Don McKellar

    French Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      L'arrière pays

      6.8 (107)
      Jacques Nolot

    François Chalais Award

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      West Beirut

      7.6 (5K)
      Ziad Doueiri

    Palme d'Or - Best Short Film

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      L'interview

      7.3 (95)
      Xavier Giannoli

    • 9'8m/s²

      Alfonso Amador
      Nicolas Mendez

    • Balkanska ruleta

      5.8 (21)
      Zdravko Barisic
    • [object Object]

      Fetch

      7.1 (70)
      Lynn-Maree Danzey
    • [object Object]

      Gasman

      7.0 (1.8K)
      Lynne Ramsay

    • Hai zi wang

    • Happy Birthday to Me

      6.5 (28)
      Martin Mahon

    • Horseshoe

      6.4 (47)
      David Lodge
    • [object Object]

      Hsiao hai, tu ya, jia ting sheng huo chao

      Jun-hong Lin

    • I Want You

      5.0 (6)
      Greg Quail
    • [object Object]

      Jonas

      7.1 (9)
      Liviusz Gyulai
    • [object Object]

      Kiyida

      6.6 (72)
      Ebru Ceylan
    • [object Object]

      Sin sostén

      6.6 (170)
      Antonio Urrutia
    • [object Object]

      Skate

      6.3 (16)
      Eun-Ryung Cho

    • El vento

      Vincent Bierrewaerts

    SACD Prize

    Edit

    Directors' Fortnight

    • Jacques Nolot in Before I Forget (2007)
      • Jacques Nolot
      • L'arrière pays
    • Director and writer Tamara Jenkins
      • Tamara Jenkins
      • Slums of Beverly Hills
    • Ziad Doueiri at an event for Lila dit ça (2004)
      • Ziad Doueiri
      • West Beirut
    • Don McKellar
      • Don McKellar
      • Last Night
    • Abderrahmane Sissako at an event for Timbuktu (2014)
      • Abderrahmane Sissako
      • Life on Earth
      • Vincent Ravalec
      • Melody for a Hustler
    • Jack Blum in Meatballs (1979)
      • Jack Blum
      • Babyface
      • Zaïda Ghorab-Volta
      • Laisse un peu d'amour
      • Kwang-Mo Lee
      • Spring in My Hometown
    • Paul Leni
      • Paul Leni
      • The Man Who Laughs
      • Ana Kokkinos
      • Head On
    • Alain Tanner
      • Alain Tanner
      • Requiem
    • Marc Levin
      • Marc Levin
      • Slam
    • Aleksey Balabanov
      • Aleksey Balabanov
      • Of Freaks and Men
    • Lisa Cholodenko at an event for The Kids Are All Right (2010)
      • Lisa Cholodenko
      • High Art
      • Bruno Bontzolakis
      • Chacun pour soi
    • Gilles Bourdos
      • Gilles Bourdos
      • Disparus
    • Todd Solondz
      • Todd Solondz
      • Happiness
    • Pawel Pawlikowski
      • Pawel Pawlikowski
      • The Stringer
    • Yvan Le Moine at an event for Vendredi ou un autre jour (2005)
      • Yvan Le Moine
      • The Red Dwarf
    • Mimmo Calopresti
      • Mimmo Calopresti
      • Notes of Love

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    • Festival International du Film de Cannes

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    Event date

    May 13, 1998 - May 24, 1998

    Event location

    Cannes, France

    Event links

    • http://www.festival-cannes.fr/
    • http://www.semainedelacritique.com/
    • http://www.lacid.org/
    • http://www.fipresci.org/
    • http://cannes.juryoecumenique.org/
    • http://www.radiofrance.fr/chaines/france-culture2/dossiers/2004/cannes/prix.php
    • http://www.prixdelajeunesse.com/
    • http://www.nfb.ca/cannes
    • http://www.ampav.com/
    • http://www.shortfilmcorner.com/
    • https://www.quinzaine-cineastes.fr/en

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