59th Cannes Film Festival
France, May 17 - 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
-
by
William Friedkin,
(USA, 2006, 102 mins) -
Iklimler by
Nuri Bilge Ceylan,
(Turkey, 2006, 97 mins) -
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.