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	Technical Grand Prize
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Cannes Film Festival: 1998

Golden Palm

Date:	13 May - 24 May
Jury:	Martin Scorsese (USA) (president); Alain Corneau (I) (France); M.C. Solaar (France) (artist); Chiara Mastroianni (France); Lena Olin (Sweden); Winona Ryder (USA); Zoé Valdés (Cuba); Sigourney Weaver (Australia); Michael Winterbottom (UK); Jean-Pierre Jeunet (France) (president) (short films); Emmanuelle Béart (France) (short films); Arnaud Desplechin (France) (short films); Ángela Molina (Spain) (short films); Jaco van Dormael (Belgium) (short films)
Notes:	The festival will have a short film jury from now on.


Winner:
	Mia aioniotita kai mia mera (1998) - Theodoros Angelopoulos - Unanimously.
Other In-Competition Films:
	Aprile (1998) - Nanni Moretti Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train (1998) - Patrice Chéreau Claire Dolan (1998) - Lodge Kerrigan Classe de neige, La (1998) - Claude Miller (I) Corazón iluminado (1996) - Hector Babenco Dance Me to My Song (1998) - Rolf de Heer Dong (1998) - Ming-liang Tsai Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) - Terry Gilliam Festen (1998) - Thomas Vinterberg General, The (1998) - John Boorman Hai shang hua (1998) - Hsiao-hsien Hou Henry Fool (1997) - Hal Hartley Idioterne (1998) - Lars von Trier Illuminata (1998) - John Turturro Khrustalyov, mashinu! (1998) - Aleksei German My Name Is Joe (1998) - Ken Loach Velvet Goldmine (1998) - Todd Haynes Vendedora de rosas, La (1998) - Víctor Gaviria Vie rêvée des anges, La (1998) - Erick Zonca Vita è bella, La (1997) - Roberto Benigni École de la chair, L' (1998) - Benoît Jacquot

Best Short Film


Winner:
	Interview, L' (1998) - Xavier Giannoli
Other In-Competition Films:
	9'8m/s² (1998) - Alfonso Amador; Nicolás Méndez Balkanska ruleta (1998) - Zdravko Barisic Fetch (1998) - Lynn-Maree Danzey Gasman (1997) - Lynne Ramsay Hai zi wang (1998) Happy Birthday to Me (1998) - Martin Mahon Horseshoe (1998) - David Lodge (V) Hsiao hai, tu ya, jia ting sheng huo chao (1998) - Jun-hong Lin I Want You (1998/II) - Gregory Quail Jonas (1998) - Liviusz Gyulai Kiyida (1998) - Ebru Yapici Sin sostén (1998) - Antonio Urrutia Skate (1998) - Eun-Ryung Cho Vento, El (1998) - Vincent Bierrewaerts

Grand Prize of the Jury


Winner:
	Vita è bella, La (1997) - Roberto Benigni

Jury Prize


Winners:
	Classe de neige, La (1998) - Claude Miller (I) Festen (1998) - Thomas Vinterberg

Best Short Film


Winners:
	Gasman (1997) - Lynne Ramsay Horseshoe (1998) - David Lodge (V)

Best Actor


Winner:
	My Name Is Joe (1998) - Peter Mullan (I)

Best Actress


Winner:
	Vie rêvée des anges, La (1998) - Élodie Bouchez; Natacha Régnier

Best Director


Winner:
	General, The (1998) - John Boorman

Best Screenplay


Winner:
	Henry Fool (1997) - Hal Hartley

Best Artistic Contribution


Winner:
	Velvet Goldmine (1998) - Todd Haynes

Technical Grand Prize


Winner:
	Tango, no me dejes nunca (1998) - Vittorio Storaro (cinematographer)

Golden Camera

Jury:

Anh Hung Tran (France) (president); Emmanuela Martini; Derek Malcolm (UK); Bernard Maltaverne; Marcel Martin (III) (France); Jacques Poitrenaud (France); Pierre Salvadori; Charles Van Damme (Belgium)


Winner:
	Slam (1998) - Marc Levin

Cinefondation Award

Jury:

Jean-Pierre Jeunet (France) (president); Emmanuelle Béart (France); Arnaud Desplechin (France); Ángela Molina (Spain); Jaco van Dormael (Belgium)


Placings:
	1. Jakub (1997) - Adam Guzinski 2. Sheep Thief, The (1997) - Asif Kapadia 3. Mangwana (1997) - Manu Kurewa

Un Certain Regard Award


Winner:
	Tueur à gages (1998) - Darezhan Omirbayev

Mercedes-Benz Award


Winner:
	Seul contre tous (1998) - Gaspar Noé

Canal+ Award


Winner:
	Por un infante difunto (1998) - Tinieblas González

Kodak Short Film Award


Winners:
	Corps ouverts, Les (1998) - Sébastien Lifshitz Rue bleue (1999) - Chad Chenouga

Gras Savoye Award


Winner:
	Rue bleue (1999) - Chad Chenouga

Dan Fainaru (Israel) (head of jury); Philippe J. Maarek (France) (secretary of jury); François Chevassu (France); Mary Colbert (Australia); Adina Darian (Romania); Andrea Dittgen (Germany); Ziva Emersic Mali (Slovenia); Amir Labaki (Brazil); Myung Hee I (South Korea); Jonathan Romney (UK); Bruno Torri (Italy); Lucy Virgen (Mexico)

Competition


Winner:
	Dong (1998) - Ming-liang Tsai - For its daring combination of realism and apocalyptic vision, desperation and joy, austerity and glamour.

Parallel Sections


Winner:
	Happiness (1998) - Todd Solondz - For its bold tracking of controversial contemporary themes, richly-layered subtext, and remarkable fluidity of visual style.

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

Jury:

Joseph Marty (France) (head of jury); Laurent Gambarotto (France); Judith Waldner (Switzerland); Michael Graff (III) (Germany); Anka Berlogea (Romania); Robin Gurney (UK)


Winners:
	Ingmar Bergman - Special award for his whole works. Mia aioniotita kai mia mera (1998) - Theodoros Angelopoulos

Award of the Youth

Foreign Film


Winner:
	Last Night (1998/I) - Don McKellar

French Film


Winner:
	Arrière pays, L' (1998) - Jacques Nolot

François Chalais Award


Winner:
	West Beyrouth (1998) - Ziad Doueiri