1998 Cannes Film Festival
The 51st Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 to 24 May 1998. American director, producer, screenwriter, and film historian Martin Scorsese was the Jury President. The Palme d'Or went to the Greek film Mia aioniotita kai mia mera by Theo Angelopoulos.
Official poster of the 51st Cannes Film Festival
1998 Un Certain Regard poster, an original illustration by Kang Woohyun.
Martin Scorsese, Jury President
Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Short films and Cinéfondation Jury President
The cinema of Greece has a long and rich history. Though hampered at times by war or political instability, the Greek film industry dominates the domestic market and has experienced international success. Characteristics of Greek cinema include a dynamic plot, strong character development and erotic themes. Two Greek films, Missing (1982) and Eternity and a Day (1998), have won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Five Greek films have received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Collage with figures of the Greek cinema
Manakis brothers, pioneers of the cinema in the Balkans
Snapshot from a Greek short clip during the Greco-Turkish war by Dag Films, 1922
Olympion Theatre, seat of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival
