Opening film | Ridicule |
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Closing film | Flirting with Disaster |
Location | Cannes, France |
Founded | 1946 |
Awards | Palme d'Or: Secrets & Lies |
Hosted by | Sabine Azéma |
No. of films | 22 (In Competition) |
Festival date | 9 May 1996 | – 20 May 1996
Website | festival-cannes |
The 49th Cannes Film Festival took place from 9 to 20 May 1996.[2][3] American filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola served as jury president for the main competition. Sabine Azéma hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.[3]
British filmmaker Mike Leigh won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Secrets & Lies.[4][5]
The festival opened with Ridicule by Patrice Leconte,[6][7][8] and closed with Flirting with Disaster by David O. Russell.[9][10]