1997 - Foreign Oscar submissions

Argentina, Ashes of Paradise
Austria, The Unfish
Belgium, Ma vie en rose
Brazil, Four Days In September
Canada, Cosmos
Colombia, The Debt
Congo, Macadam Tribu
Croatia, Lapitch the Little Shoemaker 
Cuba, Vertical Love
Czech Republic, A Forgotten Light
Denmark, Barbara
Egypt, Destiny
Finland, The Collector
France, Western
Germany, Beyond Silence (1996)
Greece, Slaughter Of The Cock
Hungary, The Witman Boys
Iceland, Blossi/810551
India, Guru Malayalam
Iran, Gabbeh
Israel, Pick a Card
Italy, The Best Man
Japan, Princess Mononoke
Luxembourg, Elles
Macedonia, Gypsy Magic
Mexico, Deep Crimson (1996)
Netherlands, Karakter
Norway, Junk Mail
Philippines, Milagros
Poland, Historie milosne
Portugal, Journey to the Beginning of the World
Russia, The Thief
Slovakia, Orbis Pictus
Slovenia, Outsider
South Africa, Paljas
Spain, Secrets of the Heart
Sweden, Tic Tac
Switzerland, For Ever Mozart (1996)
Taiwan, Yours and Mine
Thailand, Daughter 2
Turkey, The Bandit
Ukraine, A Friend Of The Deceased
Venezuela, One Life And Two Trails
Yugoslavia, Three Summer Days

1997 - Cannes

Palme d'Or: 

Unagi

The Taste of Cherries

Grand Prize of the Jury: The Sweet Hereafter

Best Director: Wong Kar-wai, Happy Together

Best Screenplay: The Ice Storm

Best Actress: Kathy Burke, Nil By Mouth 

Best Actor: Sean Penn, She's So Lovely 

Jury Prize: Western

Caméra d'Or: 

Moe no suzaku by Naomi Kawase

La Vie de Jésus by Bruno Dumont

1996 - Academy Awards

Best Picture

Fargo
Shine
Secrets And Lies
Jerry Maguire
The English Patient

Best Director

Joel Coen, Fargo
Milos Forman, The People Vs Larry Flynt
Scott Hicks, Shine
Mike Leigh, Secrets And Lies
Anthony Minghella, The English Patient

Best Actor

Woody Harrelson, The People Vs Larry Flynt
Billy Bob Thornton, Sling Blade
Geoffrey Rush, Shine
Tom Cruise, Jerry Maguire
Ralph Fiennes, The English Patient

Best Actress

Emily Watson, Breaking The Waves
Frances McDormand, Fargo
Brenda Blethyn, Secrets And Lies
Diane Keaton, Marvin's Room
Kristin Scott Thomas, The English Patient

Best Supporting Actor

Armin Mueller-Stahl, Shine
William H. Macy, Fargo
Cuba Gooding Jr, Jerry Maguire
James Woods, Ghosts Of Mississippi
Edward Norton, Primal Fear

Best Supporting Actress

Joan Allen, The Crucible
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Secrets And Lies
Lauren Bacall, The Mirror Has Two Faces

Barbara Hershey, The Portrait Of A Lady
Juliette Binoche, The English Patient

Best Original Screenplay

Secrets And Lies
Fargo
Shine
Jerry Maguire
Lone Star

Best Screenplay Adaptation

Trainspotting
Sling Blade
Hamlet
The Crucible
The English Patient

Best Cinematography

Michael Collins
Fly Away Home
Evita
Fargo
The English Patient

Best Art Direction

Romeo And Juliet
Hamlet
Evita
The Birdcage
The English Patient

Best Costume Design

Emma
Hamlet
Angels And Insects
The Portrait Of A Lady
The English Patient

Best Sound

The Rock
Evita
Independence Day
The English Patient
Twister

Best Editing

Evita
Fargo
Shine
Jerry Maguire
The English Patient

Best Original Song

"That Thing You Do", That Thing You Do
"You Must Love Me", Evita
"I've Finally Found Someone", The Mirror Has Two Faces
"Because You Loved Me", Up Close And Personal
"For the First Time", One Fine Day

Best Original Score

Hamlet
Michael Collins
Shine
Sleepers
The English Patient

Best Musical Score

The Hunchback Of Notre Dame
James And The Giant Peach
Emma
The Preacher's Wife
The First Wives Club

Best Visual Effects

Independence Day
Dragonheart
Twister

Best Sound Effects

Eraser
Daylight
The Ghost And The Darkness

Best Makeup

Star Trek: First Contact
Ghosts Of Mississippi
The Nutty Professor

Best Documentary Feature

When We Were Kings
The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story
Mandela
Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse
Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press

Best Documentary Short

Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien
Cosmic Voyage
An Essay on Matisse
Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage

Best Cartoon

La Salla
Canhead
Quest
Wat's Pig

Best Live-Action Short

Dear Diary
De tripas, corazón
Ernst & lyset
Esposados
Senza parole

Best Foreign Film

Ridicule, France
The Other Side Of Sunday, Norway
Kolya, Czech Republic
A Chef In Love, Georgia
Prisoner Of The Mountains, Russia

1996 - Prix César

Meilleur film

Ridicule
Les Voleurs
Un Air de famille
Microcosmos
Capitaine Conan
Pédale douce

Meilleur réalisateur

Patrice Leconte pour Ridicule
André Téchiné pour Les Voleurs
Cédric Klapisch pour Un Air de famille
Jacques Audiard pour Un Héros très discret
Bertrand Tavernier pour Capitaine Conan

Meilleur acteur

Fabrice Luchini pour Beaumarchais l'insolent
Charles Berling pour Ridicule
Philippe Torreton pour Capitaine Conan
Daniel Auteuil pour Le Huitième jour
Patrick Timsit pour Pédale douce

Meilleure actrice

Anouk Grinberg pour Mon homme
Catherine Deneuve pour Les Voleurs
Marie Trintignant pour Le Cri de la soie
Charlotte Gainsbourg pour Love etc.
Fanny Ardant pour Pédale douce

Meilleur acteur dans un second rôle

Jean Rochefort pour Ridicule
Jean-Pierre Darroussin pour Un Air de famille
Bernard Giraudeau pour Ridicule
Albert Dupontel pour Un Héros très discret
Jacques Gamblin pour Pédale douce

Meilleure actrice dans un second rôle

Catherine Frot pour Un Air de famille
Agnès Jaoui pour Un Air de famille
Catherine Frot pour Mon homme
Sandrine Kiberlain pour Un Héros très discret
Michèle Laroque pour Pédale douce

Meilleur espoir masculin

Mathieu Amalric, Comment je me suis disputé ma vie sexuelle
Benoît Magimel, Les Voleurs
Bruno Putzulu pour Les Aveux de l'innocent
Philippe Torreton pour Capitaine Conan
Samuel Le Bihan pour Capitaine Conan

Meilleur espoir féminin

Laurence Côte, Les Voleurs
Emmanuelle Devos, Comment je me suis disputé ma vie sexuelle
Jeanne Balibar, Comment je me suis disputé ma vie sexuelle
Garance Clavel pour Chacun cherche son chat
Monica Bellucci pour L'Appartement

Meilleur premier film

Y aura-t-il de la neige à Noël ?
Encore
Microcosmos
L'Appartement
Bernie

Meilleur scénario

Agnès Jaoui, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Cédric Klapisch, Un Air de famille
Rémi Waterhouse pour Ridicule
Alain Le Henry, Jacques Audiard pour Un Héros très discret
Jean Cosmos, Bertrand Tavernier pour Capitaine Conan
Gabriel Aghion, Patrick Timsit pour Pédale douce

Meilleure photo

Thierry Arbogast pour Ridicule
Jean-Marie Dreujou pour Les Caprices d'un fleuve
Claude Nuridsany,  et al. pour Microcosmos

Meilleur montage

Ridicule
Microcosmos
Un Héros très discret

Meilleurs décors

Beaumarchais l'insolent
Ridicule
Capitaine Conan

Meilleurs costumes

Beaumarchais l'insolent
Ridicule
Capitaine Conan

Meilleure musique

Antoine Duhamel pour Ridicule
René-Marc Bini pour Les Caprices d'un fleuve
Bruno Coulais pour Microcosmos
Alexandre Desplat pour Un Héros très discret

Meilleur son

Ridicule
Microcosmos
Capitaine Conan

Meilleur film étranger

Breaking The Waves
Il Postino (1995)
Fargo
Secrets And Lies
La Promesse

Meilleur court-métrage

Mme Jacques sur la Croisette
Dialogue au sommet
Une Robe d'été
Une Visite
Un Taxi pour Aouzou

1996 - Foreign Oscar submissions

Albania, Kolonel Bunker
Algeria, Salut cousin!
Argentina, Eva Peron
Australia, Floating Life
Austria, Hannah
Belarus, From Hell to Hell
Belgium, Le Huitième jour
Brazil, Tieta do Agreste
Canada, Sous-sol
Colombia, Oedipus Mayor
Croatia, Nausikaya
Cuba, Think Of Me
Czech Republic, Kolya 
Denmark, Hamsun
Finland, Drifting Clouds
France, Ridicule
Georgia, A Chef In Love
Germany, Deathmaker
Hong Kong, Hu-Du-Men
Hungary, Vaska Easoff
Iceland, Devil's Island
India, Indian
Israel, Saint Clara
Italy, My Generation
Japan, Gakko II
Mexico, Between Pancho Villa and a Naked Woman
Netherlands, Long Live the Queen
Norway, The Other Side of Sunday
Philippines, Dead Sure
Poland, Cwal
Romania, State of Things
Russia, Prisoner Of The Mountains
Slovenia, Felix
Spain, Bwana
Sweden, Jerusalem
Switzerland, Les Agneaux
Taiwan, Tonight Nobody Goes Home
Vietnam, Gone Gone Forever Gone
Yugoslavia, Pretty Village Pretty Flame

1996 - Cannes

Palme d'Or: Secrets And Lies

Grand Prize of the Jury: Breaking The Waves

Best Director: Joel Coen, Fargo 

Best Screenplay: Un Héros très discret

Best Actress: Brenda Blethyn, Secrets And Lies 

Best Actor: Daniel Auteuil, Pascal Duquenne, Le Huitième jour 

Jury Special Prize: Crash

Caméra d'Or: Love Serenade

1995 - Academy Awards

Best Picture

Braveheart
Sense And Sensibility
Babe
Apollo 13
Il Postino

Best Director

Mel Gibson, Braveheart
Mike Figgis, Leaving Las Vegas
Chris Noonan, Babe
Michael Radford, Il Postino
Tim Robbins, Dead Man Walking

Best Actor

Massimo Troisi, Il Postino
Nicolas Cage, Leaving Las Vegas
Anthony Hopkins, Nixon
Sean Penn, Dead Man Walking
Richard Dreyfuss, Mr Holland's Opus

Best Actress

Elisabeth Shue, Leaving Las Vegas
Sharon Stone, Casino
Emma Thompson, Sense And Sensibility
Susan Sarandon, Dead Man Walking
Meryl Streep, The Bridges Of Madison County

Best Supporting Actor

Kevin Spacey, The Usual Suspects
Brad Pitt, 12 Monkeys
James Cromwell, Babe
Ed Harris, Apollo 13
Tim Roth, Rob Roy

Best Supporting Actress

Mira Sorvino, Mighty Aphrodite
Kate Winslet, Sense And Sensibility
Kathleen Quinlan, Apollo 13
Joan Allen, Nixon
Mare Winningham, Georgia

Best Original Screenplay

Toy Story
Braveheart
The Usual Suspects
Mighty Aphrodite
Nixon

Best Screenplay Adaptation

Sense And Sensibility
Leaving Las Vegas
Babe
Apollo 13
Il Postino

Best Cinematography

Shanghai Triad
A Little Princess
Braveheart
Sense and Sensibility
Batman Forever

Best Art Direction

A Little Princess
Babe
Apollo 13
Restoration
Richard III

Best Costume Design

12 Monkeys
Braveheart
Sense And Sensibility
Restoration
Richard III

Best Sound

Waterworld
Crimson Tide
Apollo 13
Braveheart
Batman Forever

Best Editing

Seven
Babe
Braveheart
Crimson Tide
Apollo 13

Best Original Song

"Colors of the Wind", Pocahontas
"You've Got a Friend in Me", Toy Story
"Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman", Don Juan DeMarco
"Moonlight", Sabrina
"Dead Man Walking", Dead Man Walking

Best Original Score

Apollo 13
Nixon
Braveheart
Sense And Sensibility
Il Postino

Best Musical Score

The American President
Toy Story
Pocahontas
Sabrina
Unstrung Heroes

Best Visual Effects

Babe
Apollo 13

Best Sound Effects

Crimson Tide
Braveheart
Batman Forever

Best Makeup

Braveheart
My Family
Roommates

Best Documentary Feature

Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern
Anne Frank Remembered
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
Small Wonders
Hank Aaron: Chasing The Dream

Best Documentary Short

One Survivor Remembers
Jim Dine: A Self-Portrait on the Walls
The Living Sea
Never Give Up: The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper
The Shadow Of Hate

Best Cartoon

A Close Shave
The End
Gagarin
Runaway Brain

The Chicken From Outer Space

Best Live-Action Short

Lieberman In Love
Brooms
Duke Of Groove
Little Surprises
Tuesday Morning Ride

Best Foreign Film

Antonia's Line, Holland
The Star Maker, Italy

All Things Fair, Sweden 
O Quatrilho, Brazil
Poussières de vie, Algeria