International Cannes Film Festival 1998
The 51st International Cannes Film Festival in 1998 took place from May 13th to May 24th, 1998.
competition
The following films were shown in the festival competition in 1998:
* = Golden palm
International jury
This year, the American director Martin Scorsese was the jury president. He presided over a jury with the following members: Alain Corneau , Chen Kaige , MC Solaar , Chiara Mastroianni , Lena Olin , Winona Ryder , Zoé Valdés , Sigourney Weaver and Michael Winterbottom .
Award winners
- Golden Palm : Eternity and a Day
- Grand Jury Prize: Life is beautiful
- Jury Prize: The School Trip and The Festival
- Best Actor: Peter Mullan in My Name Is Joe
- Best Actress: Élodie Bouchez and Natacha Régnier in Love for Life
- Best Director: John Boorman for The General
- Best Screenplay : Hal Hartley for Henry Fool
- Best Artistic Contribution: Todd Haynes for Velvet Goldmine
Further prices
- FIPRESCI Prize : Hai shang hua by Hou Hsiao-Hsien
- Ecumenical Jury Prize : Eternity and a Day by Theo Angelopoulos
Un Certain Regard
In the Un Certain Regard section , the following films were presented this year:
All the Little Animals by Jeremy Thomas , The Apple by Samira Makhmalbaf , Apostle! by Robert Duvall , Included: A Clown by Ingmar Bergman , The Impostors by Stanley Tucci , Love is the Devil by John Maybury , Lulu on the Bridge by Paul Auster , Places in cities by Angela Schanelec , Zero Effect by Jake Kasdan , For sale by Laetitia Masson . This year the Un Certain Regard Prize was awardedfor the first time. The award went to the Kazakh-French film Tueur à gages by Darejan Omirbaev .