FAHRENHEIT 9/11 wins Palm d'Or at Cannes

By: Patrick Sauriol
Date: Saturday, May 22, 2004
Source: Cannes Film Festival

The prestigious Palme d'or prize has been awarded to Michael Moore's FAHRENHEIT 9/11 documentary at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Charlize Theron presented Moore with the award at the festival's closing ceremonies, the first documentary to win the Palme d'Or since Jacques Cousteau took it for his 1956 film THE SILENT WORLD.

In other Cannes news, Maggie Cheung won the Best Actress award for CLEAN and the Jury Prize was given to Irma P. Hall for her performance in THE LADYKILLERS. A complete list of winners is now online at the Festival's official website.


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