51st annual Cannes Film Festival (1998)
Palme d'Or:
April / Aprile (Nanni Moretti - Italy)
The Celebration / Festen (Thomas Vinterberg - Denmark)
Claire Dolan (Lodge Kerrigan - United States, France)
Class Trip / La classe de neige (Claude Miller - France)
Dance Me to My Song (Rolf de Heer - Australia)
The Dreamlife of Angels / La vie rêvée des anges (Erick Zonca - France)
Eternity and a Day / Μια αιωνιότητα και μια μέρα (Theo Angelopoulos - Greece)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Terry Gilliam - United States)
Flowers of Shanghai / 海上花 (Hou Hsiao-hsien - Taiwan)
Foolish Heart / Corazón iluminado (Héctor Babenco - Argentina, Brazil, France)
The General (John Boorman - Ireland, United Kingdom)
The Hole / 洞 (Tsai Ming-liang - Taiwan)
Henry Fool (Hal Hartley - United States)
The Idiots / Idioterne (Lars von Trier - Denmark, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden)
Illuminata (John Turturro - United States)
Khrustalyov, My Car! / Хрусталёв, машину! (Aleksei German - Russia, France)
Life Is Beautiful / La vita è bella (Roberto Benigni - Italy)
My Name Is Joe (Ken Loach - United Kingdom)
The Rose Seller / La vendedora de rosas (Víctor Gaviria - Colombia)
The School of Flesh / L'école de la chair (Benoît Jacquot - France)
Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train - Patrice Chéreau)
Velvet Goldmine (Todd Haynes - United Kingdom, United States)
Grand Prize of the Jury:
Life Is Beautiful by Roberto Benigni
Jury Prize:
The Celebration by Thomas Vinterberg
Class Trip by Claude Miller
Best Director:
John Boorman for The General
Best Actor:
Peter Mullan for My Name Is Joe
Best Actress:
Élodie Bouchez and Natacha Régnier for The Dreamlife of Angels
Best Screenplay:
Henry Fool by Hal Hartley
Best Artistic Contribution:
Velvet Goldmine by Todd Haynes