Cannes 2006

As every year, our jury at the 59th edition of the major film event in the world distinguished three films. The prize for a film in competition went to the big absent of the main jury awards, Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan's fourth film, Climates (Iklimler). The prize for a film in Un certain regard went to the first feature by Paraguayan filmmaker Paz Encina, Hamaca Paraguaya. As for the prize for a film in the Director's Fortnight or the Critics' Week, it was awarded to William Friedkin's Bug.

The prizes, details
Cannes, 59th edition (May 17-28, 2006): official website

Climates	Hamaca Paraguaya	Bug

Reviews of the FIPRESCI Prize winners:

Still Distant, With All Those Close-Ups. Esin Küçüktepepinar reviews Nuri Bilge Ceylan's latest film, after Clouds of May and Distant (Uzak).

Silences between Moments of Waiting. Shahla Nahid reviews Paz Encina's debut feature, the first film shot in Paraguay in 35mm since 1978.

At the Border. Laurent Aknin reviews William Friedkin's latest production, far from the films which made him famous.

More reviews and reports:

Almodovar's Succesful Return to Cannes. Jorge Gutman is enthusiast about Volver, which marks the return of Almodovar in his native region.

Bonney and Rimbaud. Simon Popek saw Requiem for Billy the Kid, "a finely structured puzzle, part documentary, part family saga, part research project and part analysis".

Alonso Ascends the Staircase. Robert Koehler was impressed by this "half" film by the director of La libertad and Los muertos.

The Heart in the Right Place. Altaf Mazid comments two films of the official selection: Pedro Costa's Juventude em marcha and Paz Encima's Hamaca Paraguaya.

A Monster of Three Heads. Ernesto Garratt was impressed by Drama/Mex, the debut feature by Gerardo N, presented in the Critics' Week.

An Inspiring Year. Dubravka Vojvodic comments the rich selection of the 38th Directors' Fortnight.

In the framework of the Critics' Weeks, FIPRESCI presented as every year its Discovery of the year, among the films awarded by FIPRESCI from Cannes 2005 to Cannes 2006. Sarah Watt's debut Look Both Ways was screened and was reviewed by Klaus Eder in Brisbane

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