2006 Cannes Film Festival

2006 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 59th Cannes Film Festival featuring a still from Wong Kar-wai's 2000 film In the Mood for Love.[1]
Opening filmThe Da Vinci Code
Closing filmTransylvania
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsPalme d'Or:
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Hosted byVincent Cassel
No. of films20 (Main Competition)
Festival date17 May 2006 (2006-05-17) – 28 May 2006 (2006-05-28)
Websitefestival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

The 59th Cannes Film Festival was held from 17 to 28 May 2006. Chinese filmmaker Wong Kar-wai served as jury president for the main competition, the first Chinese to preside over the jury.[2] English filmmaker Ken Loach won the Palme d'Or for the war drama film The Wind That Shakes the Barley.[3][4][5][6]

The official poster for the festival features a still image from the Wong Kar-wai's 2000 film In the Mood for Love, which won the Best Actor award at the 53rd edition of the festival.

The festival opening film was The Da Vinci Code directed by Ron Howard.[7] While Transylvania by Tony Gatlif was the closing film.[8]

This edition also marked the first time in three years that no American film, actor, actress, or filmmaker won any awards in Cannes.

2006 Un Certain Regard poster featuring an original drawing by Russian filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein.[9]
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  2. ^ "Wong picked as Cannes's first Chinese president". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  3. ^ "59ème Festival de Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Cannes 2006 / Palmarés". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Fast Facts: 59th Cannes Film Festival Winners". Fox News. 29 May 2006. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  6. ^ "2006 Cannes Film Festival Winners". strangecultureblog.com. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Da Vinci Code to open 2006 Cannes film festival". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Cannes 2006 – Preview". urbancinefile.com.au. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Posters 2006". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.