"2004 Cannes Film Festival The 57th Cannes Film Festival started on 12 and ran until 23 May 2004. The Palme d'Or went to the American film ""Fahrenheit 9/11"" by Michael Moore. The festival opened with ""La mala educación"", directed by Pedro Almodóvar and closed with ""De-Lovely"", directed by Irwin Winkler. Laura Morante was mistress of the ceremonies. The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2004 Official Selection: The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 2004 Un Certain Regard: The following people were appointed as the Jury of the Cinéfondation and"
"greatest documentary films of all-time. At the time of ""Columbine""s release, it was the highest-grossing mainstream-released documentary (a record now held by Moore's ""Fahrenheit 9/11""). Moore's next film, ""Fahrenheit 9/11"", released in 2004, examines America in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, particularly the record of the George W. Bush Administration and alleged links between the families of George W. Bush and Osama bin Laden. ""Fahrenheit"" was awarded the ""Palme d'Or"", the top honor at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival; it was the first documentary film to win the prize since 1956. Moore later announced that ""Fahrenheit 9/11"" would"
"earned a rare competition slot in the Official Selection of the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, one of only four documentaries ever nominated for the Palme d'Or in the history of the festival. This is the third major competition selection for Jonathan Nossiter, with ""Signs & Wonders"" in Berlin in 2000 and ""Sunday"", winner of the Sundance Film Festival in 1997. ""Mondovino"" was promoted to its competition slot from a non competitive category just hours before the deadline by Cannes artistic director Thierry Frémaux. In May 2004, it was featured at Cannes with a run time of 2 hours 49 minutes."
"June 2006 issue of ""Entertainment Weekly"" named ""The Passion of the Christ"" the most controversial film of all time, followed by Stanley Kubrick's ""A Clockwork Orange"" (1971). In 2010, ""Time"" listed it as one of the most ""ridiculously violent"" films of all time. A number of independent websites such as ""MyLifeAfter.com"" and ""Passion-Movie.com"" were launched to promote the film and its message and to allow people to discuss the film's effect on their lives. Documentaries such as ""Changed Lives: Miracles of the Passion"" chronicled stories of miraculous savings, forgiveness, new-found faith, and the story of a man who confessed to"
"a 2004 documentary by Sut Jhally and Bathsheba Ratzkoff. The movie claims that the influence of pro-Israel media watchdog groups, such as CAMERA and Honest Reporting, leads to distorted and pro-Israel media reports. In its response to the movie, the pro-Israel JCRC criticizes the film for not discussing the influence of ""the numerous pro‐Palestinian media watchdog groups, including, ironically, FAIR (Fair and Accuracy in the Media, which describes itself as 'A National Media Watch Group'), whose spokesperson played a prominent role in the film"". According to the pro-Palestinian ""LiP Magazine"", the movie ""offers a great starting point for thinking about"
"Mondovino Mondovino () is a 2004 documentary film on the impact of globalization on the world's different wine regions written and directed by American film maker Jonathan Nossiter. It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival and a César Award. The film explores the impact of globalization on the various wine-producing regions, and the influence of critics like Robert Parker and consultants like Michel Rolland in defining an international style. It pits the ambitions of large, multinational wine producers, in particular Robert Mondavi, against the small, single estate wineries who have traditionally boasted wines with"
"unsuccessfully. The film still remains banned in India, but has screened at numerous festivals all over the world and won awards. The critics have applauded it for its ""sensitive and touching portrayal of marginalised community"". In 2004, the documentary ""Final Solution"", which looks at religious rioting between Hindus and Muslims, was banned. The film follows 2002 clashes in the western state of Gujarat, which left more than 1,000 people dead. The censor board justified the ban, saying it was ""highly provocative and may trigger off unrest and communal violence"". The ban was lifted in October 2004 after a sustained campaign."
"film also won the Palme d'Or at the 2004 Cannes film festival. His documentary ""Sicko"", which examines health care in the United States, is one of the top ten highest-grossing documentaries. In September 2008, he released his first free movie on the internet, ""Slacker Uprising"", which documented his personal quest to encourage more Americans to vote in presidential elections. He has also written and starred in the TV shows ""TV Nation"", a satirical news-magazine television series, and ""The Awful Truth"", a satirical show. In 2018 he released his latest film, ""Fahrenheit 11/9"", a documentary about the 2016 United States presidential"
"a bias that followed in Michael Moore's tradition of documentaries with an agenda. ""Shalom Abu Bassem"" won Best Editing at the Haifa International Film Festival in 2004. The documentary was featured in three film festivals: Shalom Abu Bassem Shalom Abu Bassem is a documentary by Nissim Mossek about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that follows a New York City Jewish settler and an Arab hummus vendor that are forced to live as neighbors in the heart of Jerusalem. The documentary spans a nearly twenty-year period, beginning before the First Intifada, to demonstrate how the nation's politics affect their neighborly relations. The film"
"the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, an honor especially notable because it is one of only four documentaries ever nominated for the Palme d'Or in the history of the festival. Preve then wrote and produced the documentary Chagas, Un Mal Escondido with the support of Doctors Without Borders, and co-produced Tango, Un Giro Extraño in 2005, and wrote, produced and directed the documentary entitled Esperanza Means Hope in 2006. That same year, Preve executive-produced Summer Running: The Race to Cure Breast Cancer, a documentary produced by friend and colleague Scott Mactavish. In 2006, Preve wrote and directed the short film La"
"with special features such as a making-of documentary, a featurette on censorship, Lou Ye's film notes, and cast and crew biographies. A Region 1 DVD was released in the United States on March 11, 2008 by Palm Pictures. ""Summer Palace"" was screened at several international film festivals, most notably Cannes, where it was the only Asian film in competition. However, the Palme d'Or eventually went to the Irish film, ""The Wind That Shakes the Barley"", directed by Ken Loach. Besides Cannes, ""Summer Palace"" was also screened at a handful of top-tier festivals including Toronto and Mill Valley. Critics were generally"
"native country of immigrants. The series was granted the patronage of the Swiss Commission for UNESCO in 2004. 2005: Travels in the Orient by the Baron of Aubonne. Documentary on Jean-Baptiste Tavernier. 2007: 3D Odyssey, docu-fiction relating the history of stereoscopy. 2008: Morocco in 3D, documentary about Morocco 2009: Australia in 3D 2010: Iran 3D: Challenge of a civilization, a documentary about Iran today 2011: The Antikythera mechanism, the fingerprints of genius (in 3D) 2011: The film: ""YES - In the Present - Live From Lyon"" 2012: Music Making History, Montreux Jazz Festival with Claude Nobs 2014: The Enigma of"
"the Palme d'Or at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. The film won the ""Freedom of Expression Award"" from the National Board of Review. The film marked Watts' and Penn's third collaboration, having previously co-starred in the films ""21 Grams"" and ""The Assassination of Richard Nixon"". The Politics of Truth The Politics of Truth: Inside the Lies that Led to War and Betrayed My Wife's CIA Identity: A Diplomat's Memoir (New York City: Carroll & Graf, 2004; paperback ed., 2005), by former Ambassador Joseph Wilson IV, was first published as a hardcover edition in 2004. Both a political and personal memoir,"
"Mentione Speciale at the Images du Monde Arabe, Paris, and the Milano Province Prize 5th Festival of African Cinema. He has campaigned on issues of policing and human rights abuses in Europe and the resistance to them and directed and produced the radical and controversial cinema documentary ""Injustice"" (2001), which has won many awards, including Best Documentary - BFM London Film Festival 2002 and Best Documentary (Human Rights) - One World Film Festival 2003. Critically acclaimed, the film gained widespread press coverage across national and international channels including CNN. ""Injustice"" has been screened at more than 70 film festivals around"
"The Conscientious Objector The Conscientious Objector is a 2004 documentary film about the life of Desmond Doss, a conscientious objector who received a Medal of Honor for his service in World War Two. His faith, Seventh-day Adventism, did not permit him to carry a weapon. He initially faced opposition, persecution, and ridicule from his fellow soldiers but ultimately won their admiration by demonstrating courage and saving lives as a combat medic. The Oscar-nominated movie, ""Hacksaw Ridge"", was released in 2016 and is a dramatized account of Doss' life. The film has been reviewed. The film has won multiple awards which"
"the Golden Camera Award for best documentary at the U.S. International Film and Video Festival in Redondo Beach, California. ""The Pagan Christ"" joins a list of documentaries with sensational claims against orthodox Christianity that have originally aired before either Christmas or Easter, that includes ""Bible Secrets Revealed"" (November to December, 2013) and ""The Lost Tomb of Christ"" (March, 2007). In a 2004 article entitled ""The Leading Religion Writer in Canada ... Does He Know What He's Talking About?"", Vancouver-based pastor W. Ward Gasque strongly critiques ""The Pagan Christ,"" claiming the ""evidence for Jesus as a historical personage is incontrovertible."" He"
"making, the film focuses on Batou as he investigates a series of gruesome murders, while trying to reconcile with his deteriorating humanity. Though it received mixed reviews, ""Innocence"" was selected to compete at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival for the coveted Palme d'Or prize, making it the first (and thus far, only) anime to be so honored. Oshii was approached to be one of the directors of ""The Animatrix"", but he was unable to participate because of his work in ""Innocence"". Following ""Innocence"", Oshii also contemplated directing a segment for the anthology film ""Paris, je t'aime"", but ultimately declined the"
"managed to win the Palme d'Or, the highest prize awarded at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in May 2013. ""Love"" (2015) contains many explicit unsimulated sex scenes. The inclusion in film of any form of sexuality has been controversial since the development of the medium. Kissing in films, for example, was initially considered by some to be scandalous. ""The Kiss"" (1896) contained a kiss, which was regarded as a sex scene and drew general outrage from movie goers, civic leaders, and religious leaders, as utterly shocking, obscene and completely immoral. One contemporary critic wrote, ""The spectacle of the prolonged pasturing"
"Bradbury's 1953 novel ""Fahrenheit 451"", a dystopian view of the future United States, drawing an analogy between the autoignition temperature of paper and the date of the September 11 attacks; one of the film's taglines was ""The Temperature at Which Freedom Burns"". The film debuted at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival and received a 20-minute standing ovation, among the longest standing ovations in the festival's history. The film was also awarded the Palme d'Or, the festival's highest award. The film is the highest grossing documentary of all time. The movie begins by suggesting that friends and political allies of George"
"the Palme d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. Theater director Caden Cotard finds his life unraveling. Suffering from numerous physical ailments and growing increasingly alienated from his wife, Adele, an artist, he hits bottom when Adele leaves him for a new life in Berlin, taking their four-year-old daughter, Olive, with her. After the success of his production of ""Death of a Salesman"", Caden unexpectedly receives a MacArthur Fellowship, which gives him the financial means to pursue his artistic interests. He is determined to use it to create an artistic piece of brutal realism and honesty, something into which he"
"Orwell Rolls in His Grave Orwell Rolls in His Grave is a 2003 American documentary film directed by Robert Kane Pappas and written by Pappas and Tom Blackburn. The film covered topics including the Telecommunications Act of 1996, concentration of media ownership, political corruption, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the controversy over the US presidential election of 2000 (particularly in Florida with ""Bush v. Gore""), and the Carter vs. Reagan 1980 ""October Surprise"" conspiracy theory. The film has aired in October 2004, on Free Speech TV, a non-profit TV station based in Denver, Colorado and Link TV. In 2004, ""Washington Post"""
"includes: The Conscientious Objector The Conscientious Objector is a 2004 documentary film about the life of Desmond Doss, a conscientious objector who received a Medal of Honor for his service in World War Two. His faith, Seventh-day Adventism, did not permit him to carry a weapon. He initially faced opposition, persecution, and ridicule from his fellow soldiers but ultimately won their admiration by demonstrating courage and saving lives as a combat medic. The Oscar-nominated movie, ""Hacksaw Ridge"", was released in 2016 and is a dramatized account of Doss' life. The film has been reviewed. The film has won multiple awards"
"Hubert Sauper Hubert Sauper (born 27 July 1966) is an Austrian documentary filmmaker, director, writer, producer, and actor best known for the highly controversial ""Darwin's Nightmare"" (2004) which was nominated for an Academy Award. Sauper has lived in the UK, Italy, and the United States and now lives in France. He studied film directing in universities in Vienna and France. He teaches film classes in Europe and the USA. Sauper is famed for his political documentary films, shot in cinema verite style. He earned worldwide recognition for his film's expression, content, and aesthetics. His films are usually controversial for their"
"Festival. He remained the only person to win a Palme d'Or for a documentary film, until Michael Moore won the award in 2004 for ""Fahrenheit 9/11"". Cousteau was born on 11 June 1910, in Saint-André-de-Cubzac, Gironde, France, to Daniel and Élisabeth Cousteau. He had one brother, Pierre-Antoine. Cousteau completed his preparatory studies at the Collège Stanislas in Paris. In 1930, he entered the École Navale and graduated as a gunnery officer. After an automobile accident cut short his career in naval aviation, Cousteau indulged his interest in the sea. The accident caused him to break both his arms and could"
"Fahrenheit 9/11 controversies The content of the 2004 documentary film ""Fahrenheit 9/11"" generated controversy before, during, and after its release a few months prior to the 2004 U.S. presidential election. The film, directed by Michael Moore, criticizes the Bush administration's attempt to pursue Osama bin Laden in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, attacks, as well as the Iraq War. Although ""Fahrenheit 9/11"" was generally praised by film critics and won various awards, Bush defenders and several other commentators criticized the film for inconsistencies, lack of context and for being made available online for free download. The title of"
"The film was edited down to 2 hrs 15 minutes after the screening. Other notable Film Festivals that featured ""Mondovino"" and subsequent nominations, honors and awards In the US, ""Mondovino"" received mostly positive reviews with 70% positive rating given by film critics featured on the website Rotten Tomatoes. Some notable reviews: Mondovino Mondovino () is a 2004 documentary film on the impact of globalization on the world's different wine regions written and directed by American film maker Jonathan Nossiter. It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival and a César Award. The film explores the"
"Now?"" but also were able to compete with imported, American films. Funding of films remained reliant on European organizations, such as ""Fonds Sud Cinéma"" in France and ""Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie"". Philippe Aractingi's ""Bosta (film)"" is one of the few films that was completely funded locally. Ghassan Salhab's ""Terra Incognito"" (2002) screened in Un Certain Regard in Cannes. In 2003, Randa Chahal's ""The Kite"" examined the issue of families separated due to the occupied territories in southern Lebanon. Her film won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Also in 2003, Georges Schoucair returned to Lebanon after studying"
"to Cannes in 2004 with Youssef Chahine's ""Alexandria... New York"" (2004), his ninth film with the Egyptian director since 1985's ""Adieu, Bonaparte"". Balsan also presented ""The Gate of Sun"" (2004), his second film with Yousry Nasrallah, who adapted the Elias Khoury novel. The 4-hour epic screened in the Official Selection and depicted the history of Palestine from 1943 to the present. Later that year, Balsan's production ""Le Grand Voyage"" (2004) won its director, Moroccan émigré Ismaël Ferroukhi, a best first feature prize at the 2004 Venice Film Festival. However, the results of Balsan's efforts did not always please everyone. Balsan,"
"Venice Film Festival. Co-starring Liron Levo and Jeanne Moreau, ""Disengagement"" is a political drama charting the story of a French woman, of Dutch/Palestinian origin, who goes in search of a daughter she abandoned 20 years previously on the Gaza strip. She arrives in Gaza during the 2005 Israeli disengagement. The film won the prestigious Premio Roberto Rossellini and was critically acclaimed, particularly by the eminent ""Cahiers du Cinema"". However the film proved more controversial in Israel where state television station Channel 1 withdrew financial support for the film citing the ""left-wing nature of Gitai's films"". In stark contrast, Peter Hedges"
"indigenous peoples whose cultures and landscapes are facing profound changes produced by melting polar ice,"" argued environmental historian Finis Dunaway. ""An Inconvenient Truth"" has received many different awards worldwide. The film won the 2006 Academy Awards for Best Documentary Feature and Best Original Song for Melissa Etheridge's ""I Need to Wake Up"". It is the first documentary to win 2 Oscars and the first to win a best original song Oscar. After winning the 2007 Academy Award for Documentary Feature, the Oscar was awarded to director Guggenheim, who asked Gore to join him and other members of the crew on"
"testimonials of the survivors of the deadly tsunami that struck the coast of southern India on 26 December 2004. 2005 'Redefining Peace - Women lead the way', a film that captures the work of a few among a thousand remarkable women from all over the world who were nominated by networks of women's groups for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005. This film received the best film award and the best documentary award at the 3rd Swaralaya International Film Festival in July 2006 2005 'America, America!', an anti-war music video, that is a satirical but severe indictment of America’s role in"
"of controversial content. Its publications range from books banned by the Lebanese General Security to the first Arabic translations of the writings of Muhammad Khatami, the former Iranian reformist president, which generated controversy within the Shia community in Lebanon. Several of Slim's articles, essays, and translations have been published in English, French, and Arabic newspapers and books. In 2001, Slim moved into film with the establishment of Umam Productions, which has produced several films, including Massaker co-directed by Slim and winner of the Fipresci Award at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2005. In 2004, he co-founded Umam Documentation &"
"festivals around the world in 2003 and was released on DVD in 2006. The film won seven ""Best Documentary"" and ""Best Feature"" awards at film festivals around the world. It has been screened throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Africa, and Australia and has been used in over a hundred colleges and universities as a means of initiating discussions on aggression and how to curb violence worldwide. He co-produced ""The Philosopher Kings"" (2009). ""The Philosopher Kings"" is a film which seeks wisdom in unlikely places from people who are most often marginalized and ignored by society. The subjects of the"