1996 Cannes Film Festival Multimedia Day at the 49th Cannes Film festival 1996 Cannes Film Festival The 49th Cannes Film Festival was held from 9 to 20 May 1996. The Palme d'Or went to "Secrets & Lies" by Mike Leigh. The festival opened with "Ridicule", directed by Patrice Leconte and closed with "Flirting with Disaster", directed by David O. Russell. Sabine Azéma was the mistress of ceremonies. The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 1996 Official Selection: The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1996 Camera d'Or: The following feature films competed for the
2012 Cannes Film Festival in the Cannes Classics section. The Hungarian "montage film" "", directed by György Pálfi, was selected as the closing film for the Cannes Classics section. Documentaries about Cinema Restored prints The Cinéma de la Plage is a part of the Official Selection of the festival. The outdoors screenings at the beach cinema of Cannes are open to the public. The line-up for the International Critics’ Week was announced on 23 April at the section's website. The feature competition consists entirely of directorial debuts, something the section's artistic director Charles Tesson stressed was not intentional, but only the way it turned