2003 Cannes Film Festival

2003 Cannes Film Festival
The 56th Cannes Film Festival started on 14 May and ran until 25 May 2003. It showcased a diverse selection of international films from various genres. French opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor and producer Patrice Chéreau was the President of the Jury. The Palme d'Or went to the American film Elephant by Gus Van Sant based on the Columbine High School massacre.
Another notable highlight of the 2003 Cannes Film Festival was the presence of iconic filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, who received an Honorary Palme d'Or for his immense contributions to cinema throughout his career.
The festival opened with Fanfan la Tulipe, directed by Gérard Krawczyk and closed with Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin, directed by Richard Schickel. Monica Bellucci was the mistress of ceremonies.
Juries
The following people were appointed as the Jury for the various sections below:
Main competition
Patrice Chéreau, French filmmaker, actor and producer - Jury President
Aishwarya Rai, Indian actress
Meg Ryan, American actress
Karin Viard, French actress
Erri De Luca, Italian poet
Jean Rochefort, French actor
Steven Soderbergh, American filmmaker
Danis Tanović, Bosnian filmmaker
Jiang Wen, Chinese actor, screenwriter and director
Un Certain Regard
Abderrahmane Sissako, Mauritanian filmmaker - Jury President
Alexis Campion
Christine Masson
Geoff Andrew, British writer
Jannike Ahlund
Pierre Todeschini
Cinéfondation and short films
Emir Kusturica, Serbian filmmaker - Jury President
Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Lithuanian actress
Mary Lea Bandy, American director of Patrimoine Au Moma
Michel Ocelot, French director
Zabou Breitman, French actress, director
Camera d'Or
Wim Wenders, German filmmaker - Jury President
Agnès Godard, French cinematographer
Alain Champetier, French Representative of the technical industries
Bernard Uhlmann, Swizz cinephile
Christian Vincent, French director
Claude Makovski, French cinephile
Géraldine d'Haen, French secretary of the jury
Gian Luca Farinelli, Italian cinephile
Laurent Aknin, French critic
Official selection
In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or: The Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted.
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:
All Tomorrow's Parties by Yu Lik-wai
American Splendor by Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
The Best of Youth (La meglio gioventù) by Marco Tullio Giordana
Crimson Gold (Talaye Sorkh) by Jafar Panahi
Drifters by Wang Xiaoshuai
Japanese Story by Sue Brooks
Kiss of Life by Emily Young
Playing 'In the Company of Men' (En jouant 'Dans la compagnie des hommes) by Arnaud Desplechin
Robinson's Crusoe (Lu bin xun piao liu ji) by Lin Cheng-sheng
September by Max Färberböck
Soldiers of Salamina (Soldados de Salamina) by David Trueba
The Southern Cross (La cruz del sur) by Pablo Reyero
Stormy Weather (Stormviðri) by Sólveig Anspach
A Story That Begins at the End (Arimpara) by Murali Nair
Struggle by Ruth Mader
A Thousand Months (Mille mois) by Faouzi Bensaïdi
Today and Tomorrow (Hoy y mañana) by Alejandro Chomski
Where Is Madame Catherine? (Les mains vides) by Marc Recha
Young Adam by David Mackenzie
Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin by Richard Schickel
Claude Sautet ou La magie invisible by N. T. Binh
Coming and Going (Vai~E~Vem) by João César Monteiro
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls by Kenneth Bowser
Fanfan la Tulipe by Gérard Krawczyk
The Fog of War by Errol Morris
Ghosts of the Abyss by James Cameron
Il grido d'angoscia dell'uccello predatore (20 tagli d'Aprile) by Nanni Moretti
The Last Customer by Nanni Moretti
Mansion By The Lake by Lester James Peries
Les marches etc... (une comédie musicale) by Gilles Jacob
The Matrix Reloaded by The Wachowskis
Modern Times by Charlie Chaplin
S-21, la machine de mort Khmère rouge by Rithy Panh
The Soul of a Man by Wim Wenders
Time of the Wolf (Le Temps du Loup) by Michael Haneke
The Triplets of Belleville (Les Triplettes de Belleville) by Sylvain Chomet
Who Killed Bambi? (Qui a tué Bambi?) by Gilles Marchand
Cinéfondation
The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:
19 At 11 by Michael Schwartz
Am See by Ulrike von Ribbeck
Bezi zeko bezi by Pavle Vučković
Dremano oko by Vladimir Perisic
Fish Never Sleep by Gaëlle Denis
Five Deep Breaths by Seith Mann
Free Loaders by Haim Tabakman
Historia del desierto (short) by Celia Galan Julve
Hitokoroshi no ana by Ikeda Chihiro
Le pacte by Heidi Maria Faisst
Like Twenty Impossibles by Annemarie Jacir
Mechanika by David Sukup
Rebeca a esas alturas by Luciana Jauffred Gorostiza
Stuck by Jeremy Roberts
The Box Man by Nirvan Mullick
The Water Fight by Norah McGettigan
TV City by Alejandra Tomei, Alberto Couceiro
Empty for Love by Vimukthi Jayasundara
Wonderful Day by Hyun-Pil Kim
Zero by Carolina Rivas
Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
Cracker Bag by Glendyn Ivin
L'enfant promis by Marsa Makris
Fast Film by Virgil Widrich
La fenêtre ouverte by Philippe Barcinski
L'homme le plus beau du monde by Alicia Duffy
L'homme sans tête by Juan Solanas
Je germe by Esther Rots
Mon frère aveugle by Sophie Goodhart
Neige au mois de Novembre by Karolina Jonsson
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 42nd International Critics' Week (42e Semaine de la Critique):Feature film competition 20H17, Rue Darling by Bernard Edmond (Canada)
Deux Fereshté (Two Angels) by Mamad Haghighat (Iran)
Elle est des nôtres by Siegrid Alnoy (France)
Entre ciclones by Enrique Colina (Cuba)
Milwaukee, Minnesota by Allan Mindel (United States)
Reconstruction by Christoffer Boe (Denmark)
Since Otar Left (Depuis qu'Otar est parti...) by Julie Bertuccelli (France, Belgium, Georgia)Short film competition Belarra by Koldo Almandoz (Spain)
Derrière les fagots by Ron Dyens (France)
Love Is the Law by Eivind Tolas (Norway)
Maste by Erik Rosenlund (Sweden)
La Petite Fille by Licia Eminenti (France)
The Truth About the Head by Dale Heslip (Canada)
Turangawaewae by Peter Burger (New Zealand)Special screenings Off the map by Campbell Scott (United States) (opening film)
Camarades by Marin Karmitz (France) (La séance du Parrain)
Condor : les axes du mal by Rodrigo Vasque (France) (Documentary)
Araki – The Killing of a Japanese Photographer by Anders Morgenthaller (Denmark) (Short film)
Good Night by Chun Sun-Young (South Korea) (Short film)
Nosferatu Tango by Zoltán Horváth (Switzerland, France) (Short film)
B.B. & Il Cormorano by Edoardo Gabbriellini (Italy) (closing film)
Directors' Fortnight
Apart from 16 short films, the following feature films were screened for the 2003 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):
Bright Leaves (doc.) by Ross McElwee (United States, United Kingdom)
Carême by José Álvaro Morais (Portugal)
La chose publique by Mathieu Amalric (France)
Cry No More (Les Yeux secs) by Narjiss Nejjar (France, Morocco)
Deep Breath by Parviz Shahbazi (Iran)
Feathers in My Head (Des plumes dans la tête) by Thomas De Thier (Belgium, France)
Gozu by Takashi Miike (Japan)
The Hours of the Day (Las horas del día) by Jaime Rosales (Spain)
Interstella 5555 by Kazuhisa Takenouchi (Japan, France)
L'Isola by Costanza Quatriglio (Italy)
James' Journey to Jerusalem by Ra'anan Alexandrowicz (Israel)
Kitchen Stories (Salmer fra Kjøkkenet) by Bent Hamer (United States, Norway)
Kleine Freiheit by Yüksel Yavuz (Germany)
Les Lionceaux by Claire Doyon (France)
Love Film (Filme de amor) by Júlio Bressane (Brazil)
Mike Brant - Laisse moi t'aimer (doc.) by Erez Laufer (France, Israel)
Le Monde vivant by Eugène Green (France, Belgium)
The Mother by Roger Michell (United Kingdom)
Naked Childhood (L'enfance nue) by Maurice Pialat (France)
Niki and Flo (Niki Ardelean, colonel în rezerva) by Lucian Pintilie (Romania, France)
No pasarán, album souvenir (doc.) by Henri-François Imbert (France)
No Rest for the Brave (Pas de repos pour les braves) by Alain Guiraudie (France, Austria)
Osama by Siddiq Barmak (Afghanistan, Netherlands, Japan, Ireland, Iran)
Saltimbank by Jean-Claude Biette (France)
Seducing Doctor Lewis (La grande séduction) by Jean-François Pouliot (Canada)
The Forest (Le Silence de la forêt) by Bassek ba Kobhio, Didier Ouénangaré (Cameroon, France)
Sansa by Siegfried (Spain, France)
Les Terres de l'ogre by Sami Kafati (Honduras, France)
Watermark by Georgina Willis (Australia)
The Woman Who Believed She Was President of the United States (A Mulher que Acreditava ser Presidente dos Estados Unidos da América) by João Botelho (Portugal)
Im Anfang war der Blick by Bady Minck (Austria/Luxembourg)
Awards
Official awards
The following films and people received the 2003 Official selection awards:
Palme d'Or: Elephant by Gus Van Sant
Grand Prix: Uzak by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Best Director: Elephant by Gus Van Sant
Best Screenplay: Les Invasions barbares by Denys Arcand
Best Actress: Marie-Josée Croze for Les Invasions barbares
Best Actor: Muzaffer Özdemir and Emin Toprak for Uzak
Jury Prize: At Five in the Afternoon (Panj é asr) by Samira MakhmalbafUn Certain Regard Un Certain Regard Award: The Best of Youth (La meglio gioventù) by Marco Tullio Giordana
Le Premier Regard Award: Mille mois by Faouzi Bensaïdi
Un Certain Regard Jury Prize: Talaye sorkh by Jafar PanahiCinéfondation First Prize: Run Rabbit Run (Beži zeko beži) by Pavle Vučković
Second Prize: Historia del desierto by Celia Galan Julve
Third Prize: TV City by Alejandra Tomei and Alberto Couceiro & Rebeca a esas alturas by Luciana Jauffred GorostizaGolden Camera Caméra d'Or: Reconstruction by Christoffer Boe
Caméra d'Or - Special Mention: Osama by Siddiq BarmakShort films Short Film Palme d'Or: Cracker Bag by Glendyn Ivin
Short Film Jury Prize: L'homme sans tête by Juan Solanas
Independent awardsFIPRESCI Prizes The Hours of the Day (Las horas del día) by Jaime Rosales (Director's Fortnight)
Father and Son (Otets i syn) by Alexander Sokurov (In competition)
American Splendor by Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini (Un Certain Regard)Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist Vulcan Award: Tom Stern for cinematography in Mystic RiverEcumenical Jury Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: At Five in the Afternoon (Panj é asr) by Samira MakhmalbafAward of the Youth A Thousand Months (Mille mois) by Faouzi BensaïdiAwards in the frame of International Critics' Week International Critics' Week Grand Prix: Since Otar Left (Depuis qu'Otar est parti...) by Julie Bertuccelli
Prix de la (Toute) Jeune Critique: Milwaukee, Minnesota by Allan Mindel
Canal+ Award: Love Is the Law by Eivind Tolas
Kodak Short Film Award: The Truth About the Head by Dale Heslip
Young Critics Award - Best Short: The Truth About the Head by Dale Heslip
Young Critics Award - Best Feature: Milwaukee, Minnesota by Allan Mindel
Grand Golden Rail: Since Otar Left (Depuis qu'Otar est parti...) by Julie Bertuccelli
Small Golden Rail: Love Is the Law by Eivind TolasOther awards Honorary Golden Palm: Jeanne Moreau
Cinema Prize of the French National Education System: Elephant by Gus Van Sant
Golden Coach: Mystic River by Clint Eastwood
AFCAE Award: Osama by Siddiq BarmakAssociation Prix François Chalais'''
François Chalais Award: S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine (S-21, la machine de mort Khmère rouge'') by Rithy Panh
References
Media
INA: Opening of the 2003 Festival (commentary in French)
INA: List of winners of the 2003 Festival and reactions (commentary in French)
External links
2003 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
Official website Retrospective 2003
Cannes Film Festival Awards for 2003 at Internet Movie Database
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