2005 Cannes Film Festival
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,