The 58th Cannes Film Festival started on 11 May and ran until 22 May 2005. Twenty movies from 13 countries were selected to compete. The awards were announced on 21 May. The Palme d'Or went to the Belgian film L'Enfant by Dardenne brothers.
The festival opened with Lemming, directed by Dominik Moll and closed with Chromophobia, directed by Martha Fiennes. Cécile de France was the mistress of ceremonies.
Juries
The following people were appointed as the Juries in the various sections below:
Main competition
Emir Kusturica, Serbian filmmaker - Jury President
Javier Bardem, Spanish actor
Fatih Akın, Turkish-German filmmaker
Nandita Das, Indian actress
Salma Hayek, Mexican-American actress
Toni Morrison, American author
Benoît Jacquot, French filmmaker
Agnès Varda, French filmmaker
John Woo, Hong Kong filmmaker
Un Certain Regard
Alexander Payne, American filmmaker - Jury President
Betsy Blair, American actress
Eduardo Antin, Argentinian critic and author
Geneviève Welcomme, French journalist
Gilles Marchand, French director and screenwriter
Katia Chapoutier, Canadian journalist
Sandra Den Hamer, Dutch director of the Rotterdam Festival
Cinéfondation and short films
Edward Yang, Taiwanese filmmaker - Jury President
Chantal Akerman, Belgian director
Colin MacCabe, Irish critic and author
Sylvie Testud, French actress
Yousry Nasrallah, Egyptian director
Camera d'Or
Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian filmmaker - Jury President
Laura Meyer, French cinephile
Luc Pourrinet, French technician
Malik Chibane, French director
Patrick Chamoiseau, French writer
Roberto Turigliatto, Italian director of the Festival of Turin
Romain Winding, French cinematographer
Scott Foundas, American critic
Yves Allion, French critic
Official selection
In competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or: The Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted.
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:
Blood (Sangre) by Amat Escalante
The Bow by Kim Ki-duk
Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures by Marcelo Gomes
Dark Horse by Dagur Kári
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu by Cristi Puiu
Delwende by S. Pierre Yameogo
Down in the Valley by David Jacobson
Le filmeur by Alain Cavalier
The Forsaken Land by Vimukthi Jayasundara
Havana Blues by Benito Zambrano
I Am Guilty by Christoph Hochhäusler
Jewboy by Tony Krawitz
Johanna by Kornél Mundruczó
The King by James Marsh
Lower City (Cidade Baixa) by Sérgio Machado
Marock by Laïla Marrakchi
Northeast by Juan Diego Solanas
My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? by Shinji Aoyama
One Night by Niki Karimi
Sleeper by Benjamin Heisenberg
Time to Leave by François Ozon
Yellow Fella by Ivan Sen
Zim and Co. by Pierre Jolivet
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
Avenge But One of My Two Eyes by Avi Mograbi
C'est pas tout à fait la vie dont j'avais rêvé by Michel Piccoli
Chromophobia by Martha Fiennes
Cindy: The Doll Is Mine by Bertrand Bonello
Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul by Fatih Akın
Dalkomhan insaeng by Kim Jee-woon
Darshan - L'étreinte by Jan Kounen
Joyeux Noël by Christian Carion
Kirikou and the Wild Beasts by Michel Ocelot and Bénédicte Galup
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang by Shane Black
The Burnt Theatre by Rithy Panh
Match Point by Woody Allen
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream by Stuart Samuels
Operetta tanuki goten by Seijun Suzuki
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith by George Lucas
The Power of Nightmares by Adam Curtis
Cinéfondation
The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation: