Awards for 1997

Grand Prize of the Jury

WINNER

The Sweet Hereafter: Atom Egoyan

Jury Prize

WINNER

Western: Manuel Poirier

Best Short Film

WINNERS

Leonie: Lieven Debrauwer
Tied with Les vacances.

Les vacances: Emmanuelle Bercot
Tied with Leonie.

Best Actor

WINNER

She's So Lovely: Sean Penn

Best Actress

WINNER

Nil by Mouth: Kathy Burke

Best Director

WINNER

Happy Together: Kar Wai Wong

Best Screenplay

WINNER

The Ice Storm: James Schamus

Technical Grand Prize

WINNER

She's So Lovely: Thierry Arbogast
This award was actually given for two films, the other being The Fifth Element, not previously chosen for the official selection, but selected to be shown out of competition.

Palm of the Palms

WINNER

Ingmar Bergman

50th Anniversary Prize

WINNER

Youssef Chahine
Lifetime Achievement Award for his whole works.

Golden Camera

WINNER

Moe no suzaku: Naomi Kawase

Golden Camera - Special Mention

WINNER

The Life of Jesus: Bruno Dumont

Mercedes-Benz Award

WINNER

Junk Mail: Pål Sletaune

Canal+ Award

WINNER

The Signalman: Benoît Mariage

FIPRESCI Prize

WINNERS

The Sweet Hereafter: Atom Egoyan

Voyage to the Beginning of the World: Manoel de Oliveira

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

WINNER

The Sweet Hereafter: Atom Egoyan

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention

WINNERS

La buena estrella: Ricardo Franco

Voyage to the Beginning of the World: Manoel de Oliveira

Award of the Youth

Foreign Film

WINNER

Bent: Sean Mathias

French Film

WINNER

I Hate Love: Laurence Ferreira Barbosa

François Chalais Award

WINNER

The Perfect Circle: Ademir Kenovic

Palme d'Or

WINNERS

Taste of Cherry: Abbas Kiarostami
Tied with Unagi.

The Eel: Shôhei Imamura
Tied with Ta'm e guilass.
IN-COMPETITION

Assassin(s): Mathieu Kassovitz

The Brave: Johnny Depp

Happy Together: Kar Wai Wong

The End of Violence: Wim Wenders

La femme défendue: Philippe Harel

Funny Games: Michael Haneke

The Ice Storm: Ang Lee

Kini & Adams: Idrissa Ouedraogo

L.A. Confidential: Curtis Hanson

Destiny: Youssef Chahine

Nil by Mouth: Gary Oldman

The Prince of Homburg: Marco Bellocchio

She's So Lovely: Nick Cassavetes

The Serpent's Kiss: Philippe Rousselot

The Sweet Hereafter: Atom Egoyan

The Truce: Francesco Rosi

Welcome to Sarajevo: Michael Winterbottom

The Well: Samantha Lang

Western: Manuel Poirier

Palme d'Or - Best Short Film

WINNERS

...Is It the Design on the Wrapper?: Tessa Sheridan (Director), Stella Nwimo (Producer) (Sankofa Film Productions)

...Is It the Design on the Wrapper?: Tessa Sheridan
IN-COMPETITION

Camera obscura: Stefano Arduino

Birdhouse: Richard C. Zimmerman

Final Cut: Justin Case

Joe: Sasha Wolf

Leonie: Lieven Debrauwer

Makom Tov: Ayelet Bargur

Over the Rainbow: Alexandre Aja

Quasi niente: Ursula Ferrara

Rubicon: Gil Alkabetz

Les vacances: Emmanuelle Bercot