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The 2006 Cannes Film Festival ran from 17 May 2006 to 28 May 2006. Twenty films from eleven countries were in competition for the Palme d’Or. The President of the Official Jury was Wong Kar-wai the first Chinese director to preside over the jury.English director Ken Loach won Palme d’Or with his movie The Wind That Shakes the Barley. Other winners were Pedro Almodóvar (Best Screenplay Volver) and Alejandro González Iñárritu (Best Director Babel).