1998 Cannes Film Festival Explained

1998 Cannes Film Festival
Host:Isabelle Huppert
Number:22 (En Competition)
27 (Un Certain Regard)
8 (Out of Competition)
15 (Cinéfondation)
14 (Short Film)
Opening:Primary Colors
Closing:Godzilla
Location:Cannes, France
Awards:Palme d'Or (Mia aioniotita
kai mia mera)
Date: –
Founded:1946
Main:Cannes Film Festival
Previous:1997
Next:1999

The 51st Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 to 24 May 1998. American director, producer, screenwriter, and film historian Martin Scorsese was the Jury President. The Palme d'Or went to the Greek film Mia aioniotita kai mia mera by Theo Angelopoulos.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

The festival opened with Primary Colors, directed by Mike Nichols, and closed with Godzilla, directed by Roland Emmerich.[6] [7] [8] Isabelle Huppert was the mistress of ceremonies.

In 1998, two new sections were added to the Official Selection, the Un Certain Regard and the Cinéfondation. The aim of the Cinéfondation section is to support the creation of works of cinema in the world and to contribute to the entry of the new scenario writers in the circle of the celebrities. For this, fifteen to twenty short and medium-length films by students from film schools from around the world are selected and the best three are awarded by the Cinéfondation and Short films Jury.[9] Section Un Certain Regard "awards young talent and encourages innovative and audacious works by presenting one of the films with a grant to aid its distribution in France".[10] Lulu on the Bridge, directed by Paul Auster, opened the Un Certain Regard section.[11]

Juries

Main competition

The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 1998 Official Selection:[12]

Un Certain Regard

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1998 Un Certain Regard:

Cinéfondation and short films

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the Cinéfondation and short films competition:

Camera d'Or

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1998 Camera d'Or:

Official selection

In competition - Feature film

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[13]

Un Certain Regard

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

Films out of competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:

* Special screenings [14]

Cinéfondation

The following films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:

Short film competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following films were screened for the 37th International Critics' Week (37e Semaine de la Critique):[15]

Feature film competition

Short film competition

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 1998 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[16]

Short films

Awards

Official awards

The following films and people received the 1998 Official selection awards:[17]

Eternity and a Day (Mia aioniotita kai mia mera) by Theodoros Angelopoulos

Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella) by Roberto Benigni

John Boorman for The General

Henry Fool by Hal Hartley

Élodie Bouchez and Natacha Régnier for The Dreamlife of Angels (La vie rêvée des anges)

Peter Mullan for My Name Is Joe

Un Certain Regard

Cinéfondation

Golden Camera

Slam by Marc LevinShort Films

L'interview by Xavier Giannoli

Independent awards

FIPRESCI Prizes[18]

Commission Supérieure Technique

Ecumenical Jury[20]

Award of the Youth

Awards in the frame of International Critics' Week

Awards in the frame of Directors' Fortnight

Association Prix François Chalais

West Beyrouth by Ziad Doueiri[22]

Media

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 51ème Festival International du Film - Cannes . cinema-francais.fr . fr . 10 June 2017.
  2. Web site: 1998 - 51e édition (50th edition) . cannes-fest.com . fr . 10 June 2017.
  3. News: Cannes 1998: News (2) . urbancinefile.com . 25 May 2017 . 7 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130907173822/http://urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=1148&s=Features . dead .
  4. News: Cannes '98:What's In The Cannes . urbancinefile.com . 25 May 2017 . 7 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130907162933/http://urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=986&s=Features . dead .
  5. News: Cannes 1998 – The Festival Films . urbancinefile.com . 25 May 2017 . 7 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130907182254/http://urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=1095&s=Features . dead .
  6. News: 1998 Cannes Film Festival Lineup . indiewire.com . 25 May 2017.
  7. News: Cannes opens quietly . Variety . 25 May 2017.
  8. News: Year of the Bigfoot: 'Godzilla' is just the biggest example of the strong American presence--from movies even to the jury president--at the 51st Festival International du Film. . Los Angeles Times . Kenneth . Turan . 13 May 1998 . 25 May 2017.
  9. Web site: Presentation - Cinéfondation . cinefondation.com . 12 June 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170529122754/http://www.cinefondation.com/en/selectioninformation . 29 May 2017 . dead .
  10. Web site: Festival de Cannes: Un Certain Regard Prize . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070522013502/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/index.php/en/festival/awards_UnCertainRegard . 22 May 2007 . dmy.
  11. News: A More Festive Look to the 1998 Cannes Festival . The New York Times . Joan . Dupont . 13 May 1998 . 25 May 2017.
  12. Web site: All Juries 1998 . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151005015007/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1998/allJury.html . 5 October 2015 . dmy.
  13. Web site: Official Selection 1998: All the Selection . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131214203657/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1998/allSelections.html . 14 December 2013 . dmy.
  14. Web site: Special screenings . festival-cannes.com . 27 July 2017.
  15. Web site: 37e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1998 . archives.semainedelacritique.com . 12 June 2017.
  16. Web site: Quinzaine 1998 . quinzaine-realisateurs.com . 12 June 2017 .
  17. News: Awards 1998: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224506/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1998/allAward.html . 3 March 2016 . dmy.
  18. Web site: FIPRESCI Awards 1998 . fipresci.org . 22 June 2017.
  19. Web site: Tango Grand Prix Technique de la CST - Photo . cannes-fest.com . 24 June 2017.
  20. Web site: Jury Œcuménique 1998 . cannes.juryoecumenique.org . 24 June 2017.
  21. Web site: Cannes Film Festival Awards 1998 . imdb.com . 24 June 2017.
  22. Web site: Association Prix François Chalais Cannes 1998 . francois-chalais.fr . 24 June 2017 .

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