# 2000 Cannes Film Festival

The 53rd Cannes Film Festival took place from 14 to 25 May 2000. French filmmaker Luc Besson was the Jury President for the main competition. Virginie Ledoyen was the mistress of ceremonies. Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier won the Palme d'Or for the musical-drama film Dancer in the Dark.
The festival opened with Vatel by Roland Joffé, and closed with Stardom by Denys Arcand.

## Juries
### Main competition

* Luc Besson, French filmmaker - Jury President
* Jonathan Demme, American filmmaker
* Nicole Garcia, French actress
* Jeremy Irons, British actor
* Mario Martone, Italian filmmaker
* Patrick Modiano, French novelist
* Arundhati Roy, Indian author
* Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Spanish actress
* Barbara Sukowa, German actress
* Kristin Scott Thomas, British actress

### Un Certain Regard

* Jane Birkin, British-French actress
* Jan Schulz-Ojala
* José Maria Prado, Director of the Filmoteca Española
* Marie-Noëlle Tranchant, critic
* Noël Tinazzi, critic
* Marc Voinchet, critic

### Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition

* Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Belgian filmmaker - Jury Co-President
* Luc Dardenne, Belgian filmmaker - Jury Co-President
* Francesca Comencini, Italian filmmaker
* Claire Denis, French filmmaker
* Abderrahmane Sissako, Mauritanian filmmaker
* Mira Sorvino, American actress

### Camera d'Or

* Otar Iosseliani, Georgian filmmaker - Jury President
* Sólveig Anspach, Icelandic-French director
* Yorgos Arvanitis, Greek cinematographer
* Fabienne Bradfer, French critic
* Martial Knaebel, German critic
* Eric Moulin, French representative of the technical industries
* Céline Panzolini, French cinephile
* Caroline Vie-Toussaint, French journalist

## Official selection
### In Competition

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Bread and Roses | Bread and Roses | Ken Loach | United Kingdom, Spain, Germany |
| Blackboards | تخته سیاه | Samira Makhmalbaf | Iran, Italy, Japan |
| Chunhyang | 춘향뎐 | Kwon-taek Im | South Korea |
| Code Unknown | Code inconnu: Récit incomplet de divers voyages | Michael Haneke | France, Germany, Romania |
| Dancer in the Dark | Dancer in the Dark | Lars von Trier | Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States |
| Devils on the Doorstep | 鬼子來了 | Jiang Wen | China |
| Esther Kahn | Esther Kahn | Arnaud Desplechin | France, United Kingdom |
| Eureka | Eureka | Shinji Aoyama | Japan |
| Faithless | Trolösa | Liv Ullmann | Sweden |
| Fast Food Fast Women | Fast Food Fast Women | Amos Kollek | France |
| Gohatto | 御法度 | Nagisa Oshima | Japan |
| The Golden Bowl | The Golden Bowl | James Ivory | United Kingdom, United States, France |
| Harry, He's Here to Help | Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien | Dominik Moll | France |
| In the Mood for Love | 花樣年華 | Wong Kar-wai | Hong Kong, France |
| Kippur | כיפור | Amos Gitai | Israel |
| Nurse Betty | Nurse Betty | Neil LaBute | United States |
| O Brother, Where Art Thou? | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Joel Coen | United Kingdom, United States, France |
| Sentimental Destinies | Les Destinées sentimentales | Olivier Assayas | France, Switzerland |
| Songs from the Second Floor | Sånger från andra våningen | Roy Andersson | Sweden, Norway, Denmark |
| Turbulence | Estorvo | Ruy Guerra | Brazil, Cuba, Portugal |
| The Wedding | Свадьба | Pavel Lungin | Russia, France |
| The Yards | The Yards | James Gray | United States |
| Yi Yi | Yī Yī | Edward Yang | Taiwan, Japan |

### Un Certain Regard

The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| April Captains | Capitães de Abril | Maria de Medeiros | Portugal, France, Spain, Italy |
| Djomeh | Djomeh | Hassan Yektapanah | Iran |
| The Farewell | Abschied - Brechts letzter Sommer | Jan Schütte | Germany |
| I Dreamed of Africa | I Dreamed of Africa | Hugh Hudson | United States |
| I Prefer the Sound of the Sea | Preferisco il rumore del mare | Mimmo Calopresti | Italy, France |
| Jacky | Jacky | Brat Ljatifi and Fow Pyng Hu | United States |
| The King Is Alive | The King Is Alive | Kristian Levring | Denmark |
| The King's Daughters | Saint-Cyr | Patricia Mazuy | France, Belgium, Germany |
| Lisa Picard Is Famous | Lisa Picard Is Famous | Griffin Dunne | United States |
| Lost Killers | Lost Killers | Dito Tsintsadze | Germany |
| Me You Them | Eu Tu Eles | Andrucha Waddington | Brazil |
| Nichiyobi wa Owaranai | 日曜日は終わらない | Yōichirō Takahashi | Japan |
| Le premier du nom | Le premier du nom | Sabine Franel | France, Switzerland |
| The Season of Men | موسم الرجال | Moufida Tlatli | Tunisia, France |
| Such Is Life | Así es la vida | Arturo Ripstein | Mexico |
| Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her | Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her | Rodrigo García | United States |
| Tierra del Fuego | Tierra del Fuego | Miguel Littin | Chile |
| The Vertical Ray of the Sun | Mùa hè chiều thẳng đứng | Tran Anh Hung | France, Germany, Vietnam |
| Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors | 오! 수정 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| The Waiting List | Lista de espera | Juan Carlos Tabío | Spain, Cuba, France, Mexico |
| Wild Blues: Notes for Several Voices | Wild Blue: notes à quelques voix | Thierry Knauff | Belgium |
| Woman on Top | Woman on Top | Fina Torres | United States |

### Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| April (1961) | აპრილი | Otar Iosseliani | Soviet Union |
| A Conversation with Gregory Peck | A Conversation with Gregory Peck | Barbara Kopple | United States |
| Cecil B. Demented | Cecil B. Demented | John Waters | United States, France |
| Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | 臥虎藏龍 | Ang Lee | China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, United States |
| Honest | Honest | David Stewart | United Kingdom, France |
| The Gleaners and I | Les glaneurs et la glaneuse | Agnès Varda | France |
| Mission to Mars | Mission to Mars | Brian De Palma | United States |
| Requiem for a Dream | Requiem for a Dream | Darren Aronofsky | United States |
| Stardom (closing film) | Stardom (closing film) | Denys Arcand | Canada, France |
| Under Suspicion | Under Suspicion | Stephen Hopkins | United States, France, Puerto Rico |
| Vatel (opening film) | Vatel (opening film) | Roland Joffé | United Kingdom, France |

### 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 (Mi sas xefygei o dolofonos) by Anastas Haralampidis (Greece)
* 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 [de] (Germany)
* Nocturnal by Anna Viduleja (Latvia)
* Breathing Under Water (Respirar (Debaixo d'água)) by 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 (Anino) by Raymond Red- Short Film Palme d'Or winner
* Des morceaux de ma femme by Frédéric Pelle
* Shut the Door (Døren som ikke smakk) by Jens Lien
* Mieux ou moins bien ? (Better or Worse) by Jocelyn Cammack
* Stop 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 by Frank Novak (United States)
* 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... by Linus Tunström (Sweden)
* The Hat (Le Chapeau) by Michèle Cournoyer (Canada)
* Les méduses by Delphine Gleize (France)
* The Artist's Circle by Bruce Marchfelder (Canada)
* 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 (Koroshi) by Masahiro Kobayashi
* Girlfight by Karyn Kusama
* Grüezi wohl Frau Stirnimaa by Sonja Wyss
* Jocelyne by Valérie Mréjen
* Le Secret by Virginie Wagon
* Lumumba by Raoul Peck
* Mallboy by Vincent Giarrusso
* 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 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 (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 (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 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 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 by Souad El-Bouhati (France)
* Still Life by Pekka Sassi (Finland)
* The Morphology of Desire by Robert Arnold (United States)

## Official Awards
### Main Competition

* Palme d'Or: Dancer in the Dark by Lars von Trier
* Grand Prix: Devils on the Doorstep by Jiang Wen
* Best Director: Edward Yang for Yi Yi
* Best Screenplay: Nurse Betty by James Flamberg and John C. Richards
* Best Actress: Björk for Dancer in the Dark
* Best Actor: Tony Leung Chiu-wai for In the Mood for Love
* Jury Prize:
** Songs from the Second Floor by Roy Andersson
** Blackboards by Samira Makhmalbaf

### Un Certain Regard

* Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her by Rodrigo Garcia
** Special Mention: Me You Them by Andrucha Waddington

### Cinéfondation

* First Prize: Five Feet High and Rising by Peter Sollett
* Second Prize:
** Dessert 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

### Caméra d'Or

* Djomeh by Hassan Yektapanah
* A Time for Drunken Horses by Bahman Ghobadi

### Short Film Palme d'Or

* Shadows by Raymond Red

## Independent Awards
### FIPRESCI Prizes

* Eureka by Shinji Aoyama (In competition)
* A Time for Drunken Horses by Bahman Ghobadi (Directors' Fortnight)

### Commission Supérieure Technique

* Technical Grand Prize: Christopher Doyle & Mark Lee Ping Bin (cinematography) and William Chang (editing) for In the Mood for Love

### Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

* Eureka by Shinji Aoyama

### Award of the Youth

* Foreign Film: Girlfight by Karyn Kusama
* French Film: The King's Daughters by Patricia Mazuy
** Special Award: Nico and Dani by Cesc Gay

### International Critics' Week

* Canal+ Award: 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

### Directors' Fortnight

* Kodak Short Film Award: 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 by Faouzi Bensaïdi

### François Chalais Award

* Kippur by Amos Gitai