59th Cannes Film Festival

France, May 17 - May 28 2006

The jury

Robert Koehler (US), Laurent Aknin (France), Ernesto Garratt (Chile), Jorge Gutman (Canada), Esin Kücüktepepinar (Turkey), Altaf Mazid (India), Shahla Nahid (France), Simon Popek (Slovenia), Jaan Ruus (Estonia), Dubravka Vojvodic (Serbia)

Awarded films

Bug by William Friedkin
(USA, 2006, 102 mins)
Climates by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
(Turkey, 2006, 97 mins)
Hamaca Paraguaya by Paz Encina
(Paraguay, 2006, 78 mins)

Reports

Still Distant, With All Those Close-Ups by Esin Kücüktepepinar
Silences between Moments of Waiting By Shahla Nahid by Shahla Nahid
At the Border By Laurent AkninAt the Border By Laurent Aknin by Laurent Aknin
Almodovar's Succesful Return to Cannes By Jorge Gutman by Jorge Gutman
Bonney and Rimbaud By Simon Popek by Simon Popek
Alonso Ascends the Staircase By Robert Koehler by Robert Koehler
The Heart in the Right Place By Altaf Mazid by Altaf Mazid
A Monster of Three Heads By Ernesto Garratt by Ernesto Garratt
An Inspiring Year By Dubravka Vojvodic by Dubravka Vojvodic

As every year, our jury at the 59th edition of the major film event in the world distinguished three films. The prize for a film in competition went to the big absent of the main jury awards, Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s fourth film, Climates (Iklimler). The prize for a film in Un certain regard went to the first feature by Paraguayan filmmaker Paz Encina, Hamaca Paraguaya. As for the prize for a film in the Director’s Fortnight or the Critics’ Week, it was awarded to William Friedkin’s Bug.