2004 Cannes Film Festival

2004 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 57th Cannes Film Festival featuring an illustration by Alerte Orange.[1]
Opening filmBad Education
Closing filmDe-Lovely
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsPalme d'Or:
Fahrenheit 9/11
Hosted byLaura Morante
No. of films19 (Main Competition)
Festival date12 May 2004 (2004-05-12) – 23 May 2004 (2004-05-23)
Websitefestival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

The 57th Cannes Film Festival took palce from 12 to 23 May 2004. American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino served as jury president for the main competition. While American filmmaker Michael Moore won the Palme d'Or for the documentary film Fahrenheit 9/11, becoming the first (and only) documentary to win the festival's main prize.[2][3][4]

The festival opening film was Bad Education directed by Pedro Almodóvar,[5] while De-Lovely directed by Irwin Winkler was the closing film.[6] Laura Morante was mistress of the ceremonies.[2]

2004 Un Certain Regard poster adapted from Marjane Satrapi's illustration.[7]
  1. ^ "Posters 2004". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
  2. ^ a b "57ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Cannes 2004 / Palmarés". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Cannes 2004 winners in full". BBC News. 24 May 2004. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  5. ^ "Almodovar's Educacion to open Cannes". screendaily.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017. needs subscription
  6. ^ "Festival lineup promises Cannes laughter". theguardian.com. 21 April 2004. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Posters 2004". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.