The 54th

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started on 14 May and ran until 20 May

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanist ...

. Norwegian actress and director

Liv Ullmann Liv Johanne Ullmann (born 16 December 1938) is a Norwegian actress and film director. Recognised as one of the greatest European actresses of all time, Ullmann is known as the muse and frequent partner of filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. She acted in m ...

was the Jury President. The

Palme d'Or The Palme d'Or (; en, Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festival's highest prize was the Grand Prix du Fe ...

went to the

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film ''

The Son's Room ''The Son's Room'' ( it, La stanza del figlio) is a 2001 Italian film directed, written and produced by Nanni Moretti. It depicts the psychological effects on a family and their life after the death of their son. It was filmed in and around the ...

'' by

Nanni Moretti Giovanni "Nanni" Moretti (; born 19 August 1953) is an Italian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. His films have won accolades including a Palme d'Or at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival for ''The Son's Room'', a Silver Bear at the ...

. The festival opened with ''

Moulin Rouge! ''Moulin Rouge!'' (, ) is a 2001 jukebox musical romantic drama film directed, co-produced, and co-written by Baz Luhrmann. It follows a young English poet, Christian, who falls in love with the star of the Moulin Rouge, cabaret actress and co ...

'', directed by

Baz Luhrmann Mark Anthony Luhrmann (born 17 September 1962), known professionally as Baz Luhrmann, is an Australian film director, producer, writer and actor. With projects spanning film, television, opera, theatre, music and recording industries, he is re ...

and closed with '' Les âmes fortes'', directed by Raúl Ruiz. The

Un Certain Regard (, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films w ...

section opened with '' 'R Xmas'' directed by

Abel Ferrara Abel Ferrara (born July 19, 1951) is an American filmmaker, known for the provocative and often controversial content in his movies and his use of neo-noir imagery and gritty urban settings. A long-time independent filmmaker, some of his best kn ...

and closed with '' The Words of My Father'' (''Le parole di mio padre'') directed by

Francesca Comencini Francesca Comencini (; born 19 August 1961) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. She attended the Lycée français Chateaubriand school with her sisters. She has directed 14 films since 1984. Her film '' Le parole di mio padre'' was sc ...

Juries

Main competition

The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2001 Official Selection: *

, (Norway) Jury President *

Mimmo Calopresti Mimmo Calopresti (born 4 January 1955 in Polistena, Calabria) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He has directed 16 films since 1987. His film ''The Second Time'' was entered into the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. Sele ...

(Italy) *

Charlotte Gainsbourg Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg (; born 21 July 1971) is a British-French actress and singer. She is the daughter of English actress Jane Birkin and French musician Serge Gainsbourg. After making her musical debut with her father on the song " Lemo ...

(United Kingdom) *

Terry Gilliam Terrence Vance Gilliam (; born 22 November 1940) is an American-born British filmmaker, comedian, animator, actor and former member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Gilliam has directed 13 feature films, including '' Time Bandits'' (1981), '' ...

(United States) *

Mathieu Kassovitz Mathieu Kassovitz (; born 3 August 1967) is a French actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter. He is the founder of MNP Entreprise, a film production company. He has won three César Awards: Most Promising Actor for '' See How They ...

(France) *

Sandrine Kiberlain Sandrine Kiberlain (born Sandrine Kiberlajn; 25 February 1968) is a French actress and singer. Her most notable roles were in the films '' The Patriots'' (1994), '' A Self Made Hero'' (1996), '' For Sale'' (1998), '' Alias Betty'' (2001), '' Mad ...

(France) *

Philippe Labro Philippe Labro (born 27 August 1936) is a French author, journalist and film director. He has worked for RTL, '' Paris Match'', TF1 and Antenne 2. He is a laureate of the Prix Interallié, a French literary distinction founded in 1930, whic ...

(France) *

Julia Ormond Julia Karin Ormond (born 4 January 1965) is an English actress. She rose to prominence by appearing in ''The Baby of Mâcon'' (1993), ''Legends of the Fall'' (1994), '' First Knight'' (1995), '' Sabrina'' (1995), ''Smilla's Sense of Snow'' (199 ...

(United Kingdom) * Moufida Tlatli (Tunisia) *

Edward Yang Edward Yang (; November 6, 1947 – June 29, 2007) was a Taiwanese filmmaker. Yang, along with fellow auteurs Hou Hsiao-hsien and Tsai Ming-liang, was one of the leading film-makers of the Taiwanese New Wave and Taiwanese cinema. He won the ...

(Taiwan)

Un Certain Regard

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 2001

: * Ariane Ascaride (actress) President * Florence Malraux * François-Guillaume Lorrain (critic) * Thomas Sotinel (critic) * Virginie Apiou (critic)

Cinéfondation and short films

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the

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and short films competition: *

Erick Zonca Érick Zonca is a French film director and screenwriter. His first films were shorts ''Rives'' (1992), ''Eternelles'' (1995), and '' Seule'' (1997). Zonca is best known for his critically acclaimed and award-winning 1998 feature film debut '' ...

(director) President *

Lynne Ramsay Lynne Ramsay (born 5 December 1969) is a Scottish film director, writer, producer, and cinematographer best known for the feature films '' Ratcatcher'' (1999), ''Morvern Callar'' (2002), '' We Need to Talk About Kevin'' (2011), and '' You Were N ...

(director) *

Rithy Panh Rithy Panh ( km, ប៉ាន់ រិទ្ធី; born April 18, 1964) is a Cambodian documentary film director and screenwriter. The French-schooled director's films focus on the aftermath of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. ...

(director) * Samira Makhmalbaf (director) *

Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, also written Bruni-Tedeschi (; born 16 November 1964), is an Italian-French actress, screenwriter and film director. Her 2013 film, '' A Castle in Italy,'' was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. ...

(actress)

Camera d'Or

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 2001

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: * Maria de Medeiros (actress, director) President * Loïc Barbier (cinephile) *

Stefano Della Casa Stefano is the Italian form of the masculine given name Στέφανος (Stefanos, Stephen). The name is of Greek origin, Στέφανος, meaning a person who made a significant achievement and has been crowned. In Orthodox Christianity the ac ...

(critic) * Sophie Denize (representative of the technical industries) * Franck Garbaz (critic) *

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(critic) * Dominique Le Rigoleur (cinematographer) *

Claire Simon Clair or Claire may refer to: *Claire (given name), a list of people with the name Claire * Clair (surname) Places Canada * Clair, New Brunswick, a former village, now part of Haut-Madawaska * Clair Parish, New Brunswick * Pointe-Claire, Q ...

(director)

Official selection

In competition - Feature film

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or: * '' Desert Moon'' (''Tsuki no sabaku'') by

Shinji Aoyama was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, composer, film critic, and novelist. He graduated from Rikkyo University. He won two awards at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival for his film '' Eureka''. Biography Shinji Aoyama was born in Kitakyushu, ...

* ''

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'' by

Hirokazu Koreeda is a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor. He began his career in television and has since directed more than a dozen feature films, including '' Nobody Knows'' (2004), '' Still Walking'' (2008), and '' After the Storm'' ( ...

* '' I'm Going Home'' (''Je rentre à la maison'') by

Manoel de Oliveira Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira (; 11 December 1908 – 2 April 2015) was a Portuguese film director and screenwriter born in Cedofeita, Porto. He first began making films in 1927, when he and some friends attempted to make a film about ...

* '' In Praise of Love'' (''Éloge de l'amour'') by

Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Luc Godard ( , ; ; 3 December 193013 September 2022) was a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic. He rose to prominence as a pioneer of the French New Wave film movement of the 1960s, alongside such filmmakers as Fran ...

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Kandahar Kandahar (; Kandahār, , Qandahār) is a city in Afghanistan, located in the south of the country on the Arghandab River, at an elevation of . It is Afghanistan's second largest city after Kabul, with a population of about 614,118. It is the c ...

'' (''Safar-e Ghandehar'') by

Mohsen Makhmalbaf Mohsen Makhmalbaf ( fa, محسن مخملباف, ''Mohsen Makhmalbaaf''; born May 29, 1957) is an Iranian film director, writer, film editor, and producer. He has made more than 20 feature films, won some 50 awards and been a juror in more than 1 ...

* '' The Man Who Wasn't There'' by Joel Coen * ''

Millennium Mambo ''Millennium Mambo'' () is a 2001 Taiwanese romantic drama film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. Plot The main character, Vicky, portrayed by actress Shu Qi, narrates from 2011 about her life 10 years earlier. She describes her youth and story of he ...

'' by Hou Hsiao-hsien * ''

'' by

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'' by

David Lynch David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946) is an American filmmaker, visual artist and actor. A recipient of an Academy Honorary Award in 2019, Lynch has received three Academy Award nominations for Best Director, and the César Award for Be ...

* ''

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'' by

Danis Tanović Danis Tanović (born 20 February 1969) is a Bosnian film director and screenwriter. He is best known for having directed and written the script for the 2001 Bosnian movie ''No Man's Land'' which won him many awards, including an Academy Award f ...

* '' The Officers' Ward'' (''La chambre des officiers'') by

François Dupeyron François Dupeyron (14 August 195025 February 2016) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed 17 films between 1977 and 2015. His film '' La Chambre des officiers'' was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival The 54th Cannes ...

* '' Pau and His Brother'' (''Pau i el seu germà'') by

Marc Recha Marc Recha (born 18 October 1970) is a Catalan Spanish film director and screenwriter. He has directed 18 films (9 shorts and 9 feature films) since 1988. He mostly films his films in Catalan Language but also in French and Spanish. His film '' P ...

* '' The Piano Teacher'' (''La Pianiste'') by

Michael Haneke Michael Haneke (; born 23 March 1942) is an Austrian film director and screenwriter. His work often examines social issues and depicts the feelings of estrangement experienced by individuals in modern society. Haneke has made films in French, G ...

* '' The Pledge'' by

Sean Penn Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American actor and film director. He has won two Academy Awards, for his roles in the mystery drama ''Mystic River'' (2003) and the biopic ''Milk'' (2008). Penn began his acting career in televisi ...

* '' The Profession of Arms'' (''Il mestiere delle armi'') by

Ermanno Olmi Ermanno Olmi (24 July 1931 – 7 May 2018)Lane, John Francis (May 7, 2018).Ermanno Olmi obituary. ''The Guardian''. theguardian.com. Retrieved 11 May 2018. was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Biography Olmi was born to a Catholic ...

* '' Replay'' (''La répétition'') by

Catherine Corsini Catherine Corsini (born 18 May 1956) is a French film director, screenwriter and actress. Her film '' Replay'' was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Her 2012 film '' Three Worlds'' competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 C ...

* '' Roberto Succo'' by

Cédric Kahn Cédric Kahn (; born 17 June 1966) is a French screenwriter, film director and actor. His films include ''L'Ennui'' (1998), based on the Alberto Moravia novel ''Boredom'', and '' Red Lights'' (2004), based on the Georges Simenon novel. His film '' ...

* ''

Shrek ''Shrek'' is a 2001 American computer-animated comedy film loosely based on the 1990 book of the same name by William Steig. It is the first installment in the ''Shrek'' franchise. The film was directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jen ...

'' by

Andrew Adamson Andrew Ralph Adamson (born 1 December 1966) is a New Zealand film director, producer, and screenwriter based in Los Angeles, where he directed the Academy Award-winning animated films '' Shrek'' and '' Shrek 2''. He was director, executive p ...

and

Vicky Jenson Victoria "Vicky" Jenson (born March 4, 1960) is an American film director of both live-action and animated films. Retrieved April 9, 2014. She has directed projects for DreamWorks Animation, including ''Shrek'', the first film to win an Academy ...

* '' Taurus'' (''Telets'') by

Alexander Sokurov Alexander Nikolayevich Sokurov, PAR (russian: link=no, Александр Николаевич Сокуров; born 14 June 1951) is a Russian filmmaker. His most significant works include a feature film, ''Russian Ark'' (2002), filmed in a s ...

* ''

'' (''La stanza del figlio'') by

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Va savoir ''Va savoir'' (Who Knows?) is a 2001 French romantic comedy-drama film directed by Jacques Rivette. It stars Jeanne Balibar, Sergio Castellitto, Marianne Basler, Hélène de Fougerolles, and Catherine Rouvel. In the normal version, ''Va Savoir' ...

'' by

Jacques Rivette Jacques Rivette (; 1 March 1928 – 29 January 2016) was a French film director and film critic most commonly associated with the French New Wave and the film magazine '' Cahiers du Cinéma''. He made twenty-nine films, including '' L'amour f ...

* ''

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'' (''Akai Hashi no Shita no Nurui Mizu'') by

Shōhei Imamura was a Japanese film director. His main interest as a filmmaker lay in the depiction of the lower strata of Japanese society. A key figure in the Japanese New Wave, who continued working into the 21st century, Imamura is the only director from J ...

* '' What Time Is It There?'' (''Ni na bian ji dian'') by

Tsai Ming-liang Tsai Ming-liang (; born 27 October 1957) is a Malaysian-Taiwanese filmmaker. Tsai has written and directed 11 feature films, many short films, and television films. He is one of the most celebrated "Second New Wave" film directors of Taiwanese ...

Un Certain Regard

The following films were selected for the competition of

: * ''

The Anniversary Party ''The Anniversary Party'' is a 2001 American comedy-drama film co-written, co-directed, co-produced by, and co-starring Jennifer Jason Leigh and Alan Cumming, both making their respective feature directorial debuts. It is Phoebe Cates's final film ...

'' by

Jennifer Jason Leigh Jennifer Jason Leigh (born Jennifer Leigh Morrow; February 5, 1962) is an American actress. She began her career on television during the 1970s before making her film breakthrough as Stacy Hamilton in '' Fast Times at Ridgemont High'' (1982). Sh ...

and

Alan Cumming Alan Cumming (born 27 January 1965) is a British actor. His London stage appearances include ''Hamlet'', the Maniac in '' Accidental Death of an Anarchist'' (for which he received an Olivier Award), the lead in '' Bent'', The National Theatre ...

* '' Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner'' by

Zacharias Kunuk Zacharias Kunuk ( iu, ᓴᖅᑲᓕᐊᓯ ᑯᓄᒃ, born November 27, 1957) is a Canadian Inuk producer and director most notable for his film '' Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner'', the first Canadian dramatic feature film produced entirely in Inu ...

* '' Boyhood Loves'' (''Amour d'enfance'') by

Yves Caumon Yves Caumon (born 27 May 1964) is a French director. He is Professor in Toulouse's University in France. He worked as assistant-director with Agnès Varda, and Jean-Paul Civeyrac. He directed several short movies as ''A la Hache'' with Valérie ...

* '' Carrément à l'Ouest'' by

Jacques Doillon Jacques Doillon (; born 15 March 1944) is a French film director. He has a habit of giving lead roles to inexperienced young actresses in his films on family life and women. Some actresses to break through are Fanny Bastien, Sandrine Bonnaire, Ju ...

* '' The Chimp'' (''Maimil'') by

Aktan Abdykalykov Aktan Arym Kubat (; born March 26, 1957, Sokuluk District, Kyrgyzstan), also known as Aktan Abdykalykov, is a Kyrgyzstani director, screenwriter and actor. Member of the National Film Academy of the Kyrgyzstan, acting Member of the European Film A ...

* '' Clément'' by

Emmanuelle Bercot Emmanuelle Bercot (born 6 November 1967) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter. Her film '' Clément'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Her 2013 film '' On My Way'' premiered in competi ...

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A Dog's Day ''Pattiyude Divasam'' (( ml, പട്ടിയുടെ ദിവസം), (alternate title - A Dog's Day)) is a 2001 Indian political satire film directed by Murali Nair. Plot A local ruler bows down to the pressure from democratic forces and ...

'' (''Pattiyude Divasam'') by

Murali Nair Murali Nair (born 10 January 1966) is an Indian film director and screenwriter. He has directed eight films since 1993. His film '' Marana Simhasanam'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival where it won th ...

* ''

Freedom Freedom is understood as either having the ability to act or change without constraint or to possess the power and resources to fulfill one's purposes unhindered. Freedom is often associated with liberty and autonomy in the sense of "giving one ...

'' (''La libertad'') by

Lisandro Alonso Lisandro Alonso (born 2 June 1975) is an Argentine film director and screenwriter. He has directed six feature-length films and a short film since 2001 and is loosely associated with the ''New Argentine Cinema'' movement. His film '' La libertad ...

* '' Get a Life'' (''Ganhar a Vida'') by

João Canijo João Canijo (born 1957) is a Portuguese film director. His film '' Get a Life'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. His 2011 film '' Blood of My Blood'' was selected as the Portuguese entry for the B ...

* '' H Story'' by

Nobuhiro Suwa is a Japanese film director working in Japan and France. His directorial works and screenplays often make use of improvisation techniques. Currently, Suwa is the President of Tokyo Zokei University. Biography Having graduated from Hiroshima ...

* ''

Hijack Stories ''Hijack Stories'' is a 2000 South African crime film directed by Oliver Schmitz. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Tony Kgoroge as Sox Moraka * Rapulana Seiphemo as Zama * Percy Matsem ...

'' by

Oliver Schmitz Oliver Schmitz (born 1960) is a South African film director and screenwriter. His film ''Mapantsula'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. His 2010 film '' Life, Above All'' was also screened in the ...

* '' Just the Two of Us'' (''Ty da ia da my s tobo'') by

Alexander Veledinsky Alexander Alexeevich Veledinsky (Александр Алексеевич Велединский, born 27 July 1959 in Gorky) is a Russian film director and screenwriter. He directed several films, but is most famous for The Geographer Drank His Gl ...

* '' Kairo'' by

Kiyoshi Kurosawa is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film critic and a professor at Tokyo University of the Arts. Although he has worked in a variety of genres, Kurosawa is best known for his many contributions to the Japanese horror genre, his honorific n ...

* '' Lan Yu'' by

Stanley Kwan Stanley Kwan (traditional Chinese: 關錦鵬; simplified Chinese: 关锦鹏); born 9 October 1957) is a Hong Kong film director and producer. Kwan landed a job at TVB after receiving a mass communications degree at Hong Kong Baptist College. ...

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Late Marriage ''Late Marriage'' ( he, חתונה מאוחרת, ''Hatuna Meuheret'') is a 2001 Israeli film directed by Dover Kosashvili. The film centers on Zaza (Lior Ashkenazi, in his breakthrough role), the 31-year-old child of tradition-minded Georgian Je ...

'' (''Hatouna Mehuheret'') by

Dover Kosashvili Dover Kosashvili ( he, דובר קוסאשווילי, ka, დოვერ ქოსაშვილი; born 8 December 1966) is an Israeli film director and screenwriter of Georgian Jews, Georgian-Jewish descent. He has directed five films sinc ...

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Lovely Rita "Lovely Rita" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1967 album ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band''. It was written and sung by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It is about a meter maid and the narrat ...

'' by Jessica Hausner * '' Man Walking on Snow'' (''Aruku, hito'') by Masahiro Kobayashi * '' No Such Thing'' by Hal Hartley * '' 'R Xmas'' by

* ''

The Road ''The Road'' is a 2006 post-apocalyptic novel by American writer Cormac McCarthy. The book details the grueling journey of a father and his young son over a period of several months across a landscape blasted by an unspecified cataclysm that ha ...

'' (''Jol'') by

Darezhan Omirbaev Darezhan Omirbaev ( kk, Дарежан Омiрбаев, ''Darejan Omırbaev''; born 15 March 1958) is a Kazakh film director and screenwriter. Work Omirbaev has directed nine films since 1982; six features, one medium length digital film, and th ...

* ''

Storytelling Storytelling is the social and cultural activity of sharing stories, sometimes with improvisation, theatrics or embellishment. Every culture has its own stories or narratives, which are shared as a means of entertainment, education, cultural pr ...

'' by

Todd Solondz Todd Solondz (; born October 15, 1959) is an American filmmaker and playwright known for his style of dark, socially conscious satire. Solondz's work has received critical acclaim for its commentary on the "dark underbelly of middle class Americ ...

* ''

Tears of the Black Tiger ''Tears of the Black Tiger'' ( th, ฟ้าทะลายโจร, or ''Fa Thalai Chon'', literally, " the heavens strike the thief") is a 2000 Thai action-adventure film written and directed by Wisit Sasanatieng. The story of a tragic roma ...

'' (''Fah talai jone'') by

Wisit Sasanatieng Wisit Sasanatieng ( th, วิศิษฏ์ ศาสนเที่ยง; ; born June 28, 1963) is a Thai film director and screenwriter of Chinese descent. Best known for his colourful debut feature film, '' Tears of the Black Tiger'', he is ...

* '' Tomorrow'' (''Domani'') by

Francesca Archibugi Francesca Archibugi (; born 16 May 1960) is an Italian film director and scriptwriter. Life and career Born and raised in Rome in an intellectual family (her elder brother is the political and economic theorist Daniele Archibugi), she started t ...

* '' The Words of My Father'' (''Le parole di mio padre'') by

Films out of competition

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

ABC Africa ''ABC Africa'' is a 2001 Iranian documentary feature film directed by Abbas Kiarostami. It was screened out of competition at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Invited by the United Nations to study the endeavors of the Uganda Women's Effort to Save ...

'' by

Abbas Kiarostami Abbas Kiarostami ( fa, عباس کیارستمی ; 22 June 1940 – 4 July 2016) was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, photographer, and film producer. An active filmmaker from 1970, Kiarostami had been involved in the production of ...

* '' Apocalypse Now Redux'' by

Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford Coppola (; ; born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the major figures of the New Hollywood filmmaking movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Coppola is the recipient of five ...

* ''

Avalon Avalon (; la, Insula Avallonis; cy, Ynys Afallon, Ynys Afallach; kw, Enys Avalow; literally meaning "the isle of fruit r appletrees"; also written ''Avallon'' or ''Avilion'' among various other spellings) is a mythical island featured in the ...

'' by

Mamoru Oshii is a Japanese filmmaker, television director and writer. Famous for his philosophy-oriented storytelling, Oshii has directed a number of acclaimed anime films, including '' Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer'' (1984), '' Angel's Egg'' (1985) ...

* '' CQ'' by Roman Coppola * ''

Human Nature Human nature is a concept that denotes the fundamental dispositions and characteristics—including ways of thinking, feeling, and acting—that humans are said to have naturally. The term is often used to denote the essence of humankind, or ...

'' by Michel Gondry * ''

My Voyage to Italy ''My Voyage to Italy'' ( it, Il mio viaggio in Italia) is a personal documentary by acclaimed Italian-American director Martin Scorsese. The film is a voyage through Italian cinema history, marking influential films for Scorsese and particularl ...

'' by

Martin Scorsese Martin Charles Scorsese ( , ; born November 17, 1942) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor. Scorsese emerged as one of the major figures of the New Hollywood era. He is the recipient of many major accolades, incl ...

* '' Les âmes fortes'' by Raúl Ruiz * '' Sobibór, 14 octobre 1943, 16 heures'' by

Claude Lanzmann Claude Lanzmann (; 27 November 1925 – 5 July 2018) was a French filmmaker known for the Holocaust documentary film '' Shoah'' (1985). Early life Lanzmann was born on 27 November 1925 in Paris, France, the son of Paulette () and Armand Lanzmann. ...

* ''

The Center of the World ''The Center of the World'' is a 2001 American drama film directed by Wayne Wang and shot on digital video. It stars Peter Sarsgaard as a dot-com millionaire who hires a drummer/stripper ( Molly Parker) to stay with him in Las Vegas for three ...

'' by

Wayne Wang Wayne Wang (; born January 12, 1949) is a Hong Kong–American director, producer, and screenwriter. Considered a pioneer of Asian-American cinema, he was one of the first Chinese-American filmmakers to gain a major foothold in Hollywood ...

* '' Trouble Every Day'' by

Claire Denis Claire Denis (; born 21 April 1946) is a French film director and screenwriter. Her feature film ''Beau Travail'' (1999) has been called one of the greatest films of the 1990s, as well as of all time. Other acclaimed works include '' Trouble Ev ...

Cinéfondation

The following films were selected for the competition of

: * ''Antiromantika'' by Nariman Turebayev * ''Bucarest - Vienne 8: 15'' by

Cătălin Mitulescu Cătălin Mitulescu (; born 13 January 1972 in Bucharest) is a Romanian film director. He graduated from the Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film in Bucharest in 2001. He is best known for the short film ''Trafic'' (Romanian for "tra ...

* ''Crow Stone'' by Alicia Duffy * ''Dai Bi'' by Chao Yang * ''Fuldmane Vanvid'' by Anders Worm * ''I Can Fly To You But You...'' by Young-Nam Kim * ''J'espère, J'attends'' by Ewa Banaszkiewicz * ''L'age Tendre'' by Eric Forestier * ''La Cire, Ça Fait Mal'' by Maya Dreifuss * ''Le Jour Où Toshi Est Né'' by Hikaru Yoshikawa * ''Les Yeux Devorants'' by

Syllas Tzoumerkas Syllas Tzoumerkas () is a Greek film director, screenwriter, and actor. Life and early work Syllas Tzoumerkas was born in Thessaloniki. He studied theatre and directing for Film and Television at the L.Stavrakos Film School and the Univers ...

* ''Martin Quatre Ans'' by

Ben Hackworth Ben Hackworth (born 12 July 1977) is an Australian writer and film director. He is best known for his work on the films '' Martin Four'', ''Corroboree'' and ''Celeste''. Biography Ben was born in Brisbane, Queensland. His father is retired Co ...

* ''Monsieur William, Les Traces D'une Vie Possible'' by Denis Gaubert * ''

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'' by

Sergei Luchishin Sergius is a male given name of Ancient Rome, Ancient Roman origin after the name of the Latins, Latin ''gens'' Gens Sergia, Sergia or Sergii of Roman Kingdom, regal and Roman Republic, republican ages. It is a common Christian name, in honor of S ...

* ''Premiere Experience De Mort'' by Aida Begić * '' Reparation'' by Jens Jonsson * ''Svetlo'' by David Sukup * ''Telecommande'' by

Ethan Tobman Ethan Tobman (born May 30, 1979) is a Canadian film production designer and director. Tobman is from Montreal. He directed the short film ''Remote'', which screened at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. ''The Hollywood Reporter'' positively reviewed ...

* ''Un Veau Pleurait, La Nuit'' by

John Shank John Shank (also spelled Shanke or Shanks) (died January 1636) was an actor in English Renaissance theatre, a leading comedian in the King's Men during the 1620s and 1630s. Early career By his own testimony, Shank began his stage career with P ...

* ''Zero Deficit'' by Ruth Mader

Short film competition

The following short films competed for the

Short Film Palme d'Or The Short Film Palme d'Or (french: Palme d'Or du court métrage) is the highest prize given to a short film at the Cannes Film Festival. Since the creation of the Cinéfondation La ''Cinéfondation'' is a foundation under the aegis of the Cannes ...

: * '' Bean Cake'' by

David Greenspan David Greenspan (born 1956) is an American actor and playwright. He is the recipient of six Obies, including an award in 2010 for Sustained Achievement. Life Greenspan was born in 1956 in Los Angeles, California. He holds a B.A. in Drama fro ...

* ''

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'' by

Barry Dignam Barry Dignam (born 31 March 1971) is an Irish filmmaker. Some of his films are '' Chicken'', '' Dream Kitchen'', ''Stages'', ''Bounce'' and '' A Ferret Called Mickey''. Career Barry Dignam studied drama at Trinity College, Dublin and Film at t ...

* '' Bird in the Wire'' by Phillip Donnellon * ''La Famille Sacree'' by Dong-Il Shin * ''

Daddy's Girl In neo-Freudian psychology, the Electra complex, as proposed by Carl Jung in his ''Theory of Psychoanalysis'', is a girl's psychosexual competition with her mother for possession of her father. In the course of her psychosexual development, the ...

'' by Irvine Allan * ''The Reel Truth'' by Tim Hamilton * ''Just Little Birds'' (''Les petits oiseaux'') by Fred Louf * ''Natural Glasses'' (''Naturlige Briller'') by

Jens Lien Jens Lien (born 14 September 1967) is a Norwegian film director. He graduated from the London International Film School in 1993. His graduation project was the short film ''Montana'', that was featured at the short film festival in Grimstad tha ...

* ''Music for One Apartment and Six Drummers'' by Johannes Stjärne Nilsson and Ola Simonsson * ''Paulette'' by Louise-Marie Colon * '' Pizza Passionata'' by Kari Juusonen

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following films were screened for the 40th

International Critics' Week The International Critics' Week (french: Semaine de la Critique) was founded in 1962 and is organized by the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics. It was created following the showing of '' The Connection'' directed by Shirley Clarke which had been ...

(40e Semaine de la Critique): Feature film competition * '' Under the Moonlight'' (''Zir-e Noor-e Maah'') by

Seyyed Reza Mir-Karimi Reza Mirkarimi ( fa, رضا میرکریمی; born 27 January 1967) is an Iranian screenwriter and film director. He was also Secretary of the International Film Festival of the Fajr Film Festival. Career He graduated from Fine Arts University ...

(Iran) * ''

Unloved ''Unloved'' is a 2001 Japanese romance film directed by Kunitoshi Manda, starring Yoko Moriguchi, Shunsuke Matsuoka and Tōru Nakamura. It won the Grand Rail d'Or prize and the Future Talent prize at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Mitsuko ...

'' by

Kunitoshi Manda is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and film critic. Biography Kunitoshi Manda was a student at Rikkyo University, where he took Shigehiko Hasumi's filmology class. Manda directed his first feature film, '' Unloved'', in 2001. It won the G ...

(Japan) * ''

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'' by

Adrián Caetano Israel Adrián Caetano (born 1969 in Montevideo, Uruguay), known as Adrián Caetano, is an Uruguayan film director, Film producer, producer and screenwriter. Biography He's often credited as Adrián Caetano. He works mainly in the cinema of Arg ...

(Argentina) * ''

The Woman Who Drinks ''The Woman Who Drinks'' (french: La Femme qui boit) is a Canadian drama film, released in 2001. Written and directed by Bernard Émond, the film stars Élise Guilbault as a woman struggling with alcoholism. Synopsis The film's cast also include ...

'' (''La Femme qui boit'') by

Bernard Émond Bernard Émond (born 1951) is a Canadian director, screenwriter, novelist and essayist working in the French-language. He studied anthropology at university and lived for several years in the Canadian north where he worked for the Inuit Broadcast ...

(Canada) * ''

The Pornographer ''The Pornographer'' (french: Le Pornographe) is a 2001 erotic drama film written and directed by Bertrand Bonello, who co-wrote the music score with Laurie Markovitch. The film features an explicit sex scene with two pornographic actors, Ovidie ...

'' (''Le Pornographe'') by

Bertrand Bonello Bertrand Bonello (; born 11 September 1968) is a French film director, screenwriter, producer and composer. His background is in classical music, and he lives between Paris and Montreal. His work has also been associated with the New French Extre ...

(France, Canada) * '' Almost Blue'' by

Alex Infascelli Alex Infascelli (born 9 November 1967) is an Italian director, screenwriter and producer. Life and career Born in Rome, the son of the producer Roberto and the nephew of the producer Carlo, Infascelli started his career as an assistant directo ...

(Italy) * '' Ephemeral Town'' (''Efimeri poli'') by

Giorgos Zafiris Giorgos, Yiorgos or Yorgos ( el, Γιώργος) is a common abbreviation of the given name Georgios. Notable people with the name include: Persons Giorgos * Giorgos Agorogiannis, Greek footballer * Giorgos Alkaios, pop musician and singer * Gio ...

(Greece) Short film competition * ''Le Dos au mur'' by Bruno Collet (France) * ''Eat'' by

Bill Plympton Bill Plympton (born April 30, 1946) is an American animator, graphic designer, cartoonist, and filmmaker best known for his 1987 Academy Awards-nominated animated short '' Your Face'' and his series of shorts featuring a dog character starting wit ...

(United States) * '' Forklift Driver Klaus – The First Day on the Job'' (''Staplerfahrer Klaus - Der erste Arbeitstag'') by Jörg Wagner and Stefan Prehn (Germany) * ''Field'' by

Duane Hopkins Duane Hopkins (born 22 July 1973) is an English film director and artist, best known for directing the independent film ''Better Things'' (2008). Career Hopkins' first short film, ''Field'', made in 2001, premiered at Cannes Film Festival a ...

(United Kingdom) * ''L'Enfant de la haute mer'' by L. Gabrielli, P. Marteel, M. Renoux and M. Tourret (France) * ''Stranger and Native'' (''Biganeh va boumi'') by Ali Mohammad Ghasem (Iran) * ''Noche de Bodas'' by

Carlos Cuarón Carlos José Cuarón Orozco (born 2 October 1966) is a Mexican screenwriter, film producer, and film director. He is also brother of the Academy Award-winner Alfonso Cuarón. Biography Carlos Cuarón was born in Mexico City and studied Eng ...

(Mexico) Special screenings * '' The Black Beach'' (''La plage noire'') by

Michel Piccoli Jacques Daniel Michel Piccoli (27 December 1925 – 12 May 2020) was a French actor, producer and film director with a career spanning 70 years. He was lauded as one of the greatest French character actors of his generation who played a wide vari ...

(France) (opening film) * '' Kes'' by

Ken Loach Kenneth Charles Loach (born 17 June 1936) is a British film director and screenwriter. His socially critical directing style and socialist ideals are evident in his film treatment of social issues such as poverty ('' Poor Cow'', 1967), homelessn ...

(United Kingdom) (La séance du Parrain) * '' Souffle'' by

Muriel Coulin Delphine and Muriel Coulin are French sisters who form a directing duo. They are best known for their film '' 17 Girls''. Early career Muriel Coulin began work as a cinematographer and camera assistant throughout the 1990s. Delphine is also a nov ...

(France) (17 min.) (Prix de la Critique) * '' True Love Waits'' (''Taivas Tiella'') by

Johanna Vuoksenmaa Johanna Vuoksenmaa (born 21 September 1965) is a Finnish television and film director and screenwriter who has also worked as a photographer, installation artist and a teacher. Her films have been shown at numerous film festivals around the world ...

(Finland) (34 min.) (Prix de la Critique) * '' Clouds: Letters to My Son'' (''Nuages: Lettres à mon fils'') by

Marion Hänsel Marion Hänsel (née Ackermann; 12 February 1949 – 8 June 2020)Directors' Fortnight The Directors' Fortnight (french: Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) is an independent selection of the Cannes Film Festival. It was started in 1969 by the French Directors Guild after the events of May 1968 resulted in cancellation of the Cannes festi ...

(Quinzaine des Réalizateurs): * ''

Big Bad Love ''Big Bad Love'' is a 2001 film directed by Arliss Howard, who co-wrote the script with his brother, James Howard, based on a collection of short stories of the same name by Larry Brown.Arliss Howard Leslie Richard "Arliss" Howard (born October 18, 1954) is an American actor, screenwriter, and film director. He is known for his roles in the films ''Full Metal Jacket'' (1987), '' Tequila Sunrise'' (1988), '' The Lost World: Jurassic Park'' (19 ...

* ''

Bintou ''Bintou'' (also known as ''A Close-Up on Bintou'') is a 2001 Burkina Faso, Burkinabé short film directed by Fanta Régina Nacro. It formed part of the 2002 collection ''Mama Africa (film), Mama Africa''. Plot Mother-of-three Bintou, is beaten b ...

'' by

Fanta Régina Nacro Fanta Regina Nacro (born 4 September 1962) is well known for being the first woman from Burkina Faso to direct a feature film and is a founding member of the Guilde Africaine des Realisateurs et Producteurs (The African Guild of Directors and Prod ...

(31 min.) * ''Boli shaonu'' by Lai Miu-suet * ''That Old Dream That Moves'' (''Ce vieux rêve qui bouge'') by

Alain Guiraudie Alain Guiraudie (; born 15 July 1964) is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed ten mostly LGBT-related films since 1990. He is openly gay. Work Guiraudie has named Georges Bataille as an important influence. His 2013 film '' ...

(50 min.) * ''Ceci est mon corps'' by

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* ''Central'' by

Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster (born 30 June 1965, in Strasbourg) is a French visual artist and educator. She is known for her work in video projection, photography, and art installations. She has worked in landscaping, design, and writing. "I alwa ...

(10 min.) * ''

Chelsea Walls ''Chelsea Walls'' is a 2001 independent film directed by Ethan Hawke and released by Lions Gate Entertainment. It is based on the 1990 play ''Chelsea Walls'' by Nicole Burdette. It stars Kris Kristofferson, Uma Thurman, Rosario Dawson, Natasha ...

'' by

Ethan Hawke Ethan Green Hawke (born November 6, 1970) is an American actor and film director. He has been nominated for four Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award. Hawke has directed three feature films, three off-Broadway plays, and a doc ...

* ''Cyber Palestine'' by Elia Suleiman (16 min.) * ''Ecce homo'' by Mirjam Kubescha (50 min.) * ''Fatma'' by Khaled Ghorbal * ''Hautes Herbes'' by Mathieu Gérault (26 min.) * ''HK'' by Xavier de Choudens (14 min.) * ''Hush!'' by Ryosuke Hashiguchi * ''I nostri anni'' by Daniele Gaglianone * ''Je t'aime John Wayne'' by Toby MacDonald (10 min.) * ''Jeunesse dorée'' by Zaïda Ghorab-Volta * '' The Orphan of Anyang'' (''Ānyáng de gūér'') by Wang Chao * ''La Trace de Moloktchon'' by Louis Jammes * ''The Crossing'' (''La Traversée'') by Sébastien Lifshitz * ''Le Système Zsygmondy'' by Luc Moullet (18 min.) * ''Les Pleureuses'' by Jorane Castro (15 min.) * ''Made in the USA'' by Cindy Babski and

Sólveig Anspach Sólveig Anspach (8 December 1960 – 7 August 2015) was an Icelandic-French film director and screenwriter. Born to a German-Romanian father Gerhard Anspach and an Icelandic mother Högna Sigurðardóttir, she spent most of her life livin ...

* ''

Stuff and Dough ''Stuff and Dough'' ( ro, Marfa și banii) is a 2001 Romanian drama film directed by Cristi Puiu. The film was screened for the Directors' Fortnight at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Alexandru Papadopol - Ovidiu * Dragoș Bucur - Vali * ...

'' (''Marfa si Banii'') by

Cristi Puiu Cristi Puiu (; born 3 April 1967) is a Romanian film director and screenwriter. With Anca Puiu and Alex Munteanu, in 2004 he founded a cinema production company, naming it Mandragora. Early life, education and career Cristian Emilian Puiu was ...

* ''Martha... Martha'' by

Sandrine Veysset Sandrine Veysset (born 29 March 1967) is a French film director and screenwriter. Life and career Veysset was born in Avignon. She studied French literature until she dropped out of school to pursue filmmaking. A friend introduced her to L ...

* '' A Place on Earth'' by

Artur Aristakisyan Artur Aristakisyan (russian: Арту́р Аристакися́н) is an Armenian-Russian film director. He was born in Chişinău (Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union, now Moldova Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republi ...

* ''Ming dai ahui zhu'' by Hsiao Ya-chuan * ''On s'embrasse?'' by Pierre Olivier (6 min.) * ''Operai, contadini'' by Danièle Huillet and

Jean-Marie Straub Jean-Marie is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Jean-Marie Abgrall (born 1950), a French psychiatrist, criminologist, specialist in forensic medicine, cult expert, and graduate in criminal law * Jean-Marie ...

* ''Pauline et Paulette'' by Lieven Debrauwer * ''Queenie in Love'' by

Amos Kollek Amos Kollek ( he, עמוס קולק; born September 15, 1947) is an Israeli film director, writer and actor. Biography Amos Kollek was born in Jerusalem. He is the son of Teddy Kollek, the long-time mayor of Jerusalem. Kollek studied psychology a ...

* ''

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'' by

Christine Jeffs Christine Jeffs (born 29 January 1963) is a New Zealand-born director, editor, and screenwriter. She is best known for directing the films ''Rain'', '' Sylvia'', and ''Sunshine Cleaning''. Jeffs is also known for her work on television commercia ...

* ''Riyo'' by

(10 min.) * ''Shon'' by Julien Sallé (15 min.) * ''

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'' by

Gjergj Xhuvani Gjergj Xhuvani (20 December 1963 – 14 August 2019) was an Albanian film director, screenwriter and producer. His 2001 film ''Slogans'' was Albania's submission to the 74th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, b ...

* '' The Deep End'' by David Siegel and

Scott McGehee Scott McGehee (born April 20, 1962) is an American filmmaker. He is a Columbia University graduate and did graduate work in the Rhetoric department at UC Berkeley. He was born in California, and currently resides in New York City. McGehee ...

* ''

The Heart of the World ''The Heart of the World'' is a short film written and directed by Guy Maddin, produced for the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival. Maddin was one of a number of directors (including Atom Egoyan and David Cronenberg) commissioned to make four ...

'' by

Guy Maddin Guy Maddin (born February 28, 1956) is a Canadian screenwriter, director, author, cinematographer, and film editor of both features and short films, as well as an installation artist, from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Since completing his first film i ...

(5 min.)

Awards

Official awards

The following films and people received the 2001 Official selection awards: *

: ''

'' (''La stanza del figlio'') by

Grand Prix Grand Prix ( , meaning ''Grand Prize''; plural Grands Prix), is a name sometimes used for competitions or sport events, alluding to the winner receiving a prize, trophy or honour Grand Prix or grand prix may refer to: Arts and entertainment ...

: '' The Piano Teacher'' (''La Pianiste'') by

* Best Director: **

for '' Mulholland Dr.'' ** Joel Coen for '' The Man Who Wasn't There'' *

Best Screenplay Best or The Best may refer to: People * Best (surname), people with the surname Best * Best (footballer, born 1968), retired Portuguese footballer Companies and organizations * Best & Co., an 1879–1971 clothing chain * Best Lock Corporation, ...

: ''

'' by

Best Actress Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress aw ...

Isabelle Huppert Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert (; born 16 March 1953) is a French actress. Described as "one of the best actresses in the world", she is known for her portrayals of cold and disdainful characters devoid of morality. She is the recipient of sev ...

for '' The Piano Teacher'' *

Best Actor Best Actor is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actors in a film, television series, television film or play. The term most often refers to the ...

Benoît Magimel Benoît Magimel (; born 11 May 1974) is a French actor. He was 14 when he appeared in his first film, and has starred in a variety of roles in French cinema. At age 16, Magimel left school to pursue acting as a career. In 2001, he won the Best Ac ...

for '' The Piano Teacher'' Un Certain Regard *

Award: '' Amour d'enfance'' by

Cinéfondation * First Prize: ''

'' by

* Second Prize: '' Reparation'' by Jens Jonsson * Third Prize: ''Dai Bi'' by Chao Yang & ''Crow Stone'' by Alicia Duffy Golden Camera *

Caméra d'Or The Caméra d'Or ("''Golden Camera''") is an award of the Cannes Film Festival for the best first feature film presented in one of the Cannes' selections (Official Selection, Directors' Fortnight The Directors' Fortnight (french: Quinzaine des ...

: '' Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner'' by

Short Films *

: '' Bean Cake'' by

* Short film Jury Prize: ''

'' by Irvine Allan & ''Pizza Passionata'' by Kari Juusonen

Independent awards

FIPRESCI Prizes * '' Martha... Martha'' by

(Director's Fortnight) * '' La stanza del figlio'' by

(In competition) * ''

Le Pornographe ''The Pornographer'' (french: Le Pornographe) is a 2001 erotic drama film written and directed by Bertrand Bonello, who co-wrote the music score with Laurie Markovitch. The film features an explicit sex scene with two pornographic actors, Ovidie ...

'' by

(International Critics Week) * '' Kôrei'' by

(Un Certain Regard) Commission Supérieure Technique * Technical Grand Prize: Tu Duu-Chih (Sound department) in '' What Time Is It There?'' and ''

'' Ecumenical Jury *

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury The Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (french: Prix du Jury Œcuménique) is an independent film award for feature length films shown at major international film festivals since 1973. The award was created by Christian film makers, film critics and ot ...

: '' Safar-e Ghandehar'' by

* Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention: ''

Pauline and Paulette ''Pauline and Paulette'' (original title: ''Pauline & Paulette'') is a 2001 Belgian comedy- drama film directed and co-written by Lieven Debrauwer. The movie was the Belgian entry for the Academy Awards 2001 in the category Best Foreign Lan ...

'' by Lieven Debrauwer Award of the Youth * French Film: '' Clément'' by

* Foreign Film: ''

'' by

Awards in the frame of International Critics' Week * Grand Prix Primagaz: '' Zir-e noor-e maah'' by

* Future talent Award :

, by

(Japon) * Prix Grand Rail d'Or : Unloved, by Kunitoshi Manda (Japon) * Prix Petit Rail d'Or : "Le dos au mur, de Bruno Collet (France) - court metrage * Canal+ Award: ''

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'' by

(USA) * Young Critics Award - Best Short: '' Le dos au mur'' by Bruno Collet * Young Critics Award - Best Feature: ''

'' by

Awards in the frame of Directors' Fortnight * Media Award 2001 of the European Union : Une liaison pornographique, de

Frédéric Fonteyne Frédéric Fonteyne (; born 9 January 1968) is a Belgian film director. He studied film at the Institut des arts de diffusion in Louvain-la-Neuve. His 2020 film '' Working Girls'' was selected as the Belgian entry for the Best International Feat ...

(Belgique) * SACD Award : ''On s'embrasse ?'' by Pierre Olivier (France) * Gras Savoye Award: '' HK'' by Xavier De Choudens * Kodak Short Film Award: ''

'' by

* Kodak Short Film Award - Special Mention '' Le système Zsygmondy'' by Luc Moullet Association Prix François Chalais * François Chalais Award: ''

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'' by

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References

Media

INA: The steps for the opening of the 2001 Festival
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External links

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Official website Retrospective 2001

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