Awards & Winners

1997 Cannes Film Festival Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1997 Cannes Film Festival Awards. Check awards winners of 1997 Cannes Film Festival Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

Caméra d'Or

Naomi Kawase

Honored for : Moe no Suzaku
(youngest winner of la Caméra d'Or)
Palme d'Or

Shohei Imamura

Honored for : The Eel
Palme d'Or

Abbas Kiarostami

Honored for : Taste of Cherry
(1997 winner also The Eel)
FIPRESCI Prize

Atom Egoyan

Honored for : The Sweet Hereafter
Cannes Grand Prize of the Jury

Atom Egoyan

Honored for : The Sweet Hereafter
Cannes Best Director Award

Wong Kar-wai

Honored for : Happy Together
Cannes Jury Prize

Manuel Poirier

Honored for : Western
Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay

James Schamus

Honored for : The Ice Storm
Cannes Best Actress Award

Kathy Burke

Honored for : Nil by Mouth
Cannes Best Actor Award

Sean Penn

Honored for : She's So Lovely
Short Film Palme d'Or

Tessa Sheridan

Honored for : Is It The Design On The Wrapper?