2000 Cannes Film Festival

The 53rd Cannes Film Festival started on 14 May and ran until 25 May 2000. French film director, screenwriter, and producer Luc Besson was the Jury President. The Palme d'Or went to the Danish film ''Dancer in the Dark'' by Lars von Trier.

The festival opened with '' Vatel'', directed by Roland Joffé and closed with '' Stardom'', directed by Denys Arcand. Virginie Ledoyen was the mistress of ceremonies.

Juries

Main competition

The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2000 Official Selection:
* Luc Besson (France) Jury President
* Jonathan Demme (United States)
* Nicole Garcia (France)
* Jeremy Irons (United Kingdom)
* Mario Martone (Italy)
* Patrick Modiano (France)
* Arundhati Roy (India)
* Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (Spain)
* Kristin Scott Thomas (United Kingdom)
* Barbara Sukowa (Germany)

Un Certain Regard

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 2000 Un Certain Regard:
*Jane Birkin (actress)
* Jan Schulz-Ojala
* José Maria Prado (Director of the Filmoteca Española)
* Marc Voinchet (critic)
* Marie-Noëlle Tranchant (critic)
* Noël Tinazzi (critic)

Cinéfondation and short films

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the Cinéfondation and short films competition:
* Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne (directors) (Belgium) President
* Abderrahmane Sissako (director) (Mauritania)
* Claire Denis (director) (France)
* Francesca Comencini (director) (Italy)
* Mira Sorvino (actress) (United States)

Camera d'Or

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 2000 Camera d'Or:
*Otar Iosseliani (director) (Georgia) President
* Caroline VIe-Toussaint (journalist) (France)
* Céline Panzolini (cinephile) (France)
* Eric Moulin (representative of the technical industries) (France)
* Fabienne Bradfer (critic) (France)
* Martial Knaebel (critic) (Germany)
*Solveig Anspach (director) (France)
*Yorgos Arvanitis (cinematographer) (Greece)

Official selection

In competition - Feature film

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:

* ''Bread and Roses (2000 film), Bread and Roses'' by Ken Loach
* ''Chunhyang (2000 film), Chunhyangdyun'' by Im Kwon-taek, Kwon-taek Im
* ''Code Unknown, Code inconnu: Récit incomplet de divers voyages'' by Michael Haneke
* ''Dancer in the Dark'' by Lars von Trier
* ''Esther Kahn'' by Arnaud Desplechin
* ''Turbulence (2000 film), Estorvo'' by Ruy Guerra
* ''Fast Food Fast Women'' by Amos Kollek
* ''Taboo (1999 film), Gohatto'' by Nagisa Oshima
* ''Devils on the Doorstep, Guizi lai le'' by Jiang Wen
* ''Harry, He's Here to Help, Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien'' by Dominik Moll
* ''In the Mood for Love'' by Wong Kar-wai
* ''Kippur'' by Amos Gitai
* ''Sentimental Destinies, Les destinées sentimentales'' by Olivier Assayas
* ''Nurse Betty'' by Neil LaBute
* ''O Brother, Where Art Thou?'' by Joel Coen
* ''The Wedding (2000 film), Svadba'' by Pavel Lungin
* ''Songs from the Second Floor, Sånger från andra våningen'' by Roy Andersson
* ''Blackboards, Takhté siah'' by Samira Makhmalbaf
* ''The Golden Bowl (film), The Golden Bowl'' by James Ivory
* ''The Yards'' by James Gray (film director), James Gray
* ''Faithless (2000 film), Trolösa'' by Liv Ullmann
* ''Yi Yi'' by Edward Yang
* ''Eureka (2000 film), Yurîka'' by Shinji Aoyama

Un Certain Regard

The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:

* ''The Vertical Ray of the Sun, Mùa hè chiều thẳng đứng'' by Tran Anh Hung
* ''The Farewell (2000 film), Abschied - Brechts letzter Sommer'' by Jan Schütte
* ''Such Is Life (2000 film), Así es la vida'' by Arturo Ripstein
* ''April Captains, Capitães de Abril'' by Maria de Medeiros
* ''Djomeh'' by Hassan Yektapanah
* ''Me You Them, Eu tu eles'' by Andrucha Waddington
* ''Lisa Picard is Famous, Famous'' by Griffin Dunne
* ''I Dreamed of Africa'' by Hugh Hudson
* ''Jacky (film), Jacky'' by Brat Ljatifi, Fow Pyng Hu
* ''The Season of Men, La saison des hommes'' by Moufida Tlatli
* ''Le premier du nom'' by Sabine Franel
* ''Lista de Espera'' by Juan Carlos Tabío
* ''Lost Killers'' by Dito Tsintsadze
* ''Nichiyobi wa Owaranai'' by Yōichirō Takahashi
* ''Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors'' by Hong Sang-soo
* ''I Prefer the Sound of the Sea, Preferisco il rumore del mare'' by Mimmo Calopresti
* ''The King's Daughters, Saint-Cyr'' by Patricia Mazuy
* ''The King Is Alive'' by Kristian Levring
* ''Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her'' by Rodrigo García (director), Rodrigo García
* ''Tierra del fuego (film), Tierra del fuego'' by Miguel Littín
* ''Wild Blue, Notes for Several Voices, Wild Blue, notes à quelques voix'' by Thierry Knauff
* ''Woman on Top'' by Fina Torres

Films out of competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:

* ''A Conversation With Gregory Peck'' by Barbara Kopple
* ''April (1961 film), April'' by Otar Iosseliani
* ''Cecil B. Demented'' by John Waters (filmmaker), John Waters
* ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'' by Ang Lee
* ''Honest (film), Honest'' by David A. Stewart
* ''The Gleaners and I'' by Agnès Varda
* ''Mission to Mars'' by Brian De Palma
* ''Requiem for a Dream'' by Darren Aronofsky
* '' Stardom'' by Denys Arcand
* ''Under Suspicion (2000 film), Under Suspicion'' by Stephen Hopkins (director), Stephen Hopkins
* '' Vatel'' by Roland Joffé

Cinéfondation

The following films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:

* ''Ascension'' by Malgoska Szumowska (Poland)
* ''Course de nuit'' by Chuyên Bui Thac (Vietnam)
* ''De janela pro cinema'' by Quia Rodrígues (Brazil)
* ''Dessert'' by (''Kinu'ach'') Amit Sakomski (Israel)
* ''Don't Miss the Killer'' () by Anastas Haralampidis (Greece)
* ''Five Feet High and Rising (film), Five Feet High and Rising'' by Peter Sollett (United States)
* ''Indien'' by Pernille Fischer Christensen (Denmark)
* ''Kiss It Up to God'' by Caran Hartsfield (United States)
* ''Le vent souffle où il veut'' by Claire Doyon (France)
* ''Leben 1, 2, 3'' by Michael Schorr (Germany)
* ''Nocturnal'' by Anna Viduleja (Latvia)
* ''Breathing Under Water'' (''Respirar (Debaixo d'água)'') by António Ferreira (filmmaker), António Ferreira (Portugal)
* ''Shoot the Dog'' by Ariko Kimura (Japan)

Short film competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:

*''3 Minutes'' by Ana Luiza Azevedo
* ''Shadows (2000 film), Shadows'' (''Anino'') by Raymond Red- Short Film Palme d'Or winner
*''Des morceaux de ma femme'' by Frédéric Pelle
*''Shut the Door'' () by Jens Lien
*''Mieux ou moins bien ?'' by Jocelyn Cammack
*''S'Arretent'' by Anthony Mullins

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following films were screened for the 39th International Critics' Week (39e Semaine de la Critique):

Feature film competition

* ''Amores perros'' by Alejandro González Iñárritu (Mexico)
* ''Hidden Whisper'' by Vivian Chang (Taiwan)
* ''Krampack'' by Cesc Gay (Spain)
* ''De l'histoire ancienne'' by Orso Miret (France)
* ''Good Housekeeping (film), Good Housekeeping'' by Frank Novak (director), Frank Novak (United States)
* ''Happy End (1999 film), Happy End'' by Jung Ji-woo (South Korea)
* ''Les Autres filles'' by Caroline Vignal (France)

Short film competition

* ''Faux contact'' by Eric Jameux (France)
* ''To Be Continued... (film), To Be Continued...'' by Linus Tunström (Sweden)
* ''The Hat (1999 film), The Hat'' (''Le Chapeau'') by Michèle Cournoyer (Canada)
* ''Les méduses'' by Delphine Gleize (France)
* ''The Artist's Circle'' by Bruce Marchfelder (Canada)
* ''Beckett on Film#Not I, Not I'' by Neil Jordan (Ireland, United Kingdom)
* ''Le Dernier rêve'' by Emmanuel Jespers (Belgium)

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 2000 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):

* ''27 Missing Kisses'' by Nana Djordjadze
* ''L’Affaire Marcorelle'' by Serge Le Péron
* ''La Captive'' by Chantal Akerman
* ''Cuba Feliz'' by Karim Dridi
* ''Billy Elliot'' (''Dancer'') by Stephen Daldry
* ''Bread and Tulips'' (''Pane e tulipani'') by Silvio Soldini
* ''La Chambre obscure'' by Marie-Christine Questerbert
* ''Downtown 81'' by Edo Bertoglio
* ''En avant !'' (director not stated, 60 min.)
* ''Faites comme si je n’étais pas là'' by Olivier Jahan
* ''Film noir (film), Film noir'' (''Koroshi'') by Masahiro Kobayashi (director), Masahiro Kobayashi
* ''Girlfight'' by Karyn Kusama
* ''Grüezi wohl Frau Stirnimaa'' by Sonja Wyss
* ''Jocelyne (film), Jocelyne'' by Valérie Mréjen
* ''Le Secret (2000 film), Le Secret'' by Virginie Wagon
* ''Lumumba (film), Lumumba'' by Raoul Peck
* ''Mallboy'' by Vincent Giarrusso
* ''No Place to Go (2000 film), No Place to Go'' (''Die Unberührbare'') by Oskar Roehler
* ''Peppermint Candy'' by Lee Chang-dong
* ''Petite Chérie'' by Anne Villacèque
* ''Purely Belter'' by Mark Herman
* ''Shadow of the Vampire'' by E. Elias Merhige
* ''Some Voices (film), Some Voices'' by Simon Cellan Jones
* ''The Three Madeleines'' (''Les fantômes des Trois Madeleine'') by Guylaine Dionne
* ''A Time for Drunken Horses'' (''Zamani barayé masti asbha'') by Bahman Ghobadi
* ''Tout va bien, on s’en va'' by Claude Mouriéras
* ''Werckmeister Harmoniak'' by Béla Tarr

:Short films

* ''A corps perdu'' by Isabelle Broué (France)
* ''C’est bien la société'' by Valérie Pavia (France)
* ''C'est pas si compliqué'' by Xavier De Choudens (France)
* ''Derailed'' - extract from ''Phœnix Tape'' by Christoph Girardet, Matthias Müller (filmmaker), Matthias Müller (Germany)
* ''Des larmes de sang'' by Valérie Mréjen (France)
* ''Elisabeth'' by Valérie Mréjen (France)
* ''Ferment'' by Tim Macmillan (Great Britain)
* ''Flying Boys'' by Didier Seynave (Belgium)
* ''Furniture Poetry (and Other Rhymes for the Camera)'' by Paul Bush (filmmaker), Paul Bush (Great Britain)
* ''Ghost'' by Steve Hawley (Great Britain)
* ''Grüezi Wohl Fraü Stirnimaa…'' or ''Malou möter Ingmar Bergman och Erland Josephson'' by Sonja Wyss (Switzerland - Netherlands)
* ''Head Stand'' by Lisa Robinson (United States)
* ''In Absentia (film), In Absentia'' by The Brothers Quay (Great Britain)
* ''Jocelyne'' by Valérie Mréjen (France)
* ''La Brèche de Roland'' by Arnaud & Jean-Marie Larrieu
* ''La Poire'' by Valérie Mréjen (France)
* ''La Pomme, la Figue et l’Amande'' by Joël Brisse
* ''La Vie heureuse'' by Valérie Pavia (France)
* ''Le mur (2000 film), Le mur'' by Faouzi Bensaïdi (France)
* ''Les Oiseaux en cage ne peuvent pas voler'' by Luis Briceño (France)
* ''Look at Me'' by Peter Stel (Netherlands)
* ''Love is All'' by Oliver Harrison (Great Britain)
* ''L'Epouvantail'' or ''Pugalo'' by Alexander Kott (Russia)
* ''Collision Course'' by Roberval Duarte (Brazil)
* ''Rue Francis'' by François Vogel (France)
* ''Salam (film), Salam'' by Souad El-Bouhati (France)
* ''Still Life'' by Pekka Sassi (Finland)
* ''The Morphology of Desire'' by Robert Arnold (United States)

Awards

Official awards

The following films and people received the 2000 Official selection awards:

In Competition
*Palme d'Or: ''Dancer in the Dark'' by Lars von Trier
*Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival), Grand Prix: ''Devils on the Doorstep'' (''Guizi lai le'') by Jiang Wen
*Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival), Best Director: Edward Yang for ''Yi Yi''
*Best Screenplay Award (Cannes Film Festival), Best Screenplay: ''Nurse Betty'' by James Flamberg and John C. Richards
*Best Actress Award (Cannes Film Festival), Best Actress: Björk for ''Dancer in the Dark''
*Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival), Best Actor: Tony Leung Chiu Wai for ''In the Mood for Love, Fa yeung nin wa''
*Jury Prize (Cannes Film Festival), Jury Prize:
** ''Songs from the Second Floor'' (''Sånger från andra våningen'') by Roy Andersson
** ''Blackboards'' (''Takhté siah'') by Samira Makhmalbaf
Un Certain Regard
*Un Certain Regard Award: ''Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her'' by Rodrigo García (director), Rodrigo Garcia
*Un Certain Regard - Special Mention: ''Me You Them'' (''Eu tu eles'') by Andrucha Waddington
Cinéfondation
* First Prize: ''Five Feet High and Rising (film), Five Feet High and Rising'' by Peter Sollett
* Second Prize:
**''Dessert'' (''Kinu'ach'') by Amit Sakomski
**''Kiss It Up to God'' by Caran Hartsfield
* Third Prize:
**''Course de nuit'' by Chuyên Bui Thac
**''Indien'' by Pernille Fischer Christensen
Golden Camera
*Caméra d'Or:
** ''Djomeh'' by Hassan Yektapanah
** ''A Time for Drunken Horses'' (''Zamani barayé masti asbha'') by Bahman Ghobadi
Short Films
*Short Film Palme d'Or: ''Shadows (2000 film), Shadows'' (''Anino'') by Raymond Red

Independent awards

FIPRESCI, FIPRESCI Prizes
* ''Eureka (2000 film), Eureka'' (''Yurîka'') by Shinji Aoyama (In competition)
* ''A Time for Drunken Horses'' (''Zamani barayé masti asbha'') by Bahman Ghobadi (Directors' Fortnight)
Commission Supérieure Technique
* Vulcan Award, Technical Grand Prize: Christopher Doyle & Mark Lee Ping Bin (cinematography), William Chang (editing) in ''In the Mood for Love''
Ecumenical Jury
* Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: ''Eureka (2000 film), Eureka'' (''Yurîka'') by Shinji Aoyama
Award of the Youth
*Foreign Film: ''Girlfight'' by Karyn Kusama
*French Film: ''The King's Daughters, Saint-Cyr'' by Patricia Mazuy
*Special Award: ''Nico and Dani, Krámpack'' by Cesc Gay
Awards in the frame of International Critics' Week
*Canal+ Award: ''To Be Continued... (film), To Be Continued...'' by Linus Tunström
*Young Critics Award - Best Short: ''Faux contact'' by Eric Jameux
*Young Critics Award - Best Feature: ''Amores perros'' by Alejandro González Iñárritu
Awards in the frame of Directors' Fortnight
*Kodak Short Film Award: ''Salam (film), Salam'' by Souad El-Bouhati
*Kodak Short Film Award - Special Mention ''C'est pas si compliqué'' by Xavier De Choudens
*Gras Savoye Award: ''Le mur (2000 film), Le mur'' by Faouzi Bensaïdi
Association Prix François Chalais
*François Chalais Prize, François Chalais Award: ''Kippur'' by Amos Gitai

References

Media

INA: Opening of the 2000 Festival
(commentary in French)

(commentary in French)

External links

(web.archive)
Official website Retrospective 2000

Cannes Film Festival 2000
at Internet Movie Database

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