2001 Cannes Film Festival

2001 Cannes Film Festival
The 54th Cannes Film Festival started on 14 May and ran until 20 May 2001. Norwegian actress and director Liv Ullmann was the Jury President. The Palme d'Or went to the Italian film The Son's Room by Nanni Moretti.
The festival opened with Moulin Rouge!, directed by Baz Luhrmann and closed with Les âmes fortes, directed by Raúl Ruiz. The Un Certain Regard section opened with 'R Xmas directed by Abel Ferrara and closed with The Words of My Father (Le parole di mio padre) directed by Francesca Comencini.
Juries
Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2001 Official Selection:
Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress and director - Jury President
Mimmo Calopresti, Italian filmmaker and actor
Charlotte Gainsbourg English-French actress and singer
Terry Gilliam, British filmmaker and actor
Mathieu Kassovitz, French actor and filmmaker
Sandrine Kiberlain, French actress
Philippe Labro, French director and author
Julia Ormond, British actress
Moufida Tlatli, Tunisian filmmaker and editor
Edward Yang, Taiwanese filmmaker
Un Certain Regard
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 2001 Un Certain Regard:
Ariane Ascaride, French actress - Jury President
Florence Malraux, French film critic
François-Guillaume Lorrain, French film critic
Thomas Sotinel, French film critic
Virginie Apiou, French film critic
Cinéfondation and Short Film Competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the Cinéfondation and short films competition:
Erick Zonca, French director - Jury President
Lynne Ramsay, Scottish filmmaker
Rithy Panh, Cambodian filmmaker
Samira Makhmalbaf, Iranian filmmaker
Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Italian-French actress and filmmaker
Camera d'Or
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 2001 Camera d'Or:
Maria de Medeiros, Portuguese actress and director - Jury President
Loïc Barbier (cinephile)
Stefano Della Casa (critic)
Sophie Denize (representative of the technical industries)
Franck Garbaz (critic)
Mercedes Goiz (critic)
Dominique Le Rigoleur (cinematographer)
Claire Simon (director)
Official Selection
In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:
The Anniversary Party by Jennifer Jason Leigh and Alan Cumming
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner by Zacharias Kunuk
Boyhood Loves (Amour d'enfance) by Yves Caumon
Carrément à l'Ouest by Jacques Doillon
The Chimp (Maimil) by Aktan Abdykalykov
Clément by Emmanuelle Bercot
A Dog's Day (Pattiyude Divasam) by Murali Nair
Freedom (La libertad) by Lisandro Alonso
Get a Life (Ganhar a Vida) by João Canijo
H Story by Nobuhiro Suwa
Hijack Stories by Oliver Schmitz
Just the Two of Us (Ty da ia da my s tobo) by Alexander Veledinsky
Kairo by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Lan Yu by Stanley Kwan
Late Marriage (Hatouna Mehuheret) by Dover Kosashvili
Lovely Rita by Jessica Hausner
Man Walking on Snow (Aruku, hito) by Masahiro Kobayashi
No Such Thing by Hal Hartley
'R Xmas by Abel Ferrara
The Road (Jol) by Darezhan Omirbaev
Storytelling by Todd Solondz
Tears of the Black Tiger (Fah talai jone) by Wisit Sasanatieng
Tomorrow (Domani) by Francesca Archibugi
The Words of My Father (Le parole di mio padre) by Francesca Comencini
Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
ABC Africa by Abbas Kiarostami
Apocalypse Now Redux by Francis Ford Coppola
Avalon by Mamoru Oshii
CQ by Roman Coppola
Human Nature by Michel Gondry
My Voyage to Italy by Martin Scorsese
Les âmes fortes by Raúl Ruiz
Sobibór, 14 octobre 1943, 16 heures by Claude Lanzmann
The Center of the World by Wayne Wang
Trouble Every Day by Claire Denis
Cinéfondation
The following films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:
Antiromantika by Nariman Turebayev
Bucarest - Vienne 8: 15 by Cătălin Mitulescu
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
Martin Quatre Ans by Ben Hackworth
Monsieur William, Les Traces D'une Vie Possible by Denis Gaubert
Portrait by Sergei Luchishin
Premiere Experience De Mort by Aida Begić
Reparation by Jens Jonsson
Svetlo by David Sukup
Telecommande by Ethan Tobman
Un Veau Pleurait, La Nuit by John Shank
Zero Deficit by Ruth Mader
Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
Bean Cake by David Greenspan
Chicken by Barry Dignam
Bird in the Wire by Phillip Donnellon
La Famille Sacree by Dong-Il Shin
Daddy's Girl 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
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 (40e Semaine de la Critique):
Feature film competition
Under the Moonlight (Zir-e Noor-e Maah) by Seyyed Reza Mir-Karimi (Iran)
Unloved by Kunitoshi Manda (Japan)
Bolivia by Adrián Caetano (Argentina)
The Woman Who Drinks (La Femme qui boit) by Bernard Émond (Canada)
The Pornographer (Le Pornographe) by Bertrand Bonello (France, Canada)
Almost Blue by Alex Infascelli (Italy)
Ephemeral Town (Efimeri poli) by Giorgos Zafiris (Greece)
Short film competition
Le Dos au mur by Bruno Collet (France)
Eat by Bill Plympton (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 (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 (Mexico)
Special screenings
The Black Beach (La plage noire) by Michel Piccoli (France) (opening film)
Kes by Ken Loach (United Kingdom) (La séance du Parrain)
Souffle by Muriel Coulin (France) (17 min.) (Prix de la Critique)
True Love Waits (Taivas Tiella) by Johanna Vuoksenmaa (Finland) (34 min.) (Prix de la Critique)
Clouds: Letters to My Son (Nuages: Lettres à mon fils) by Marion Hänsel (Belgium) (closing film)
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 2001 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):
Big Bad Love by Arliss Howard
Bintou by Fanta Régina Nacro (31 min.)
Boli shaonu by Lai Miu-suet
That Old Dream That Moves (Ce vieux rêve qui bouge) by Alain Guiraudie (50 min.)
Ceci est mon corps by Rodolphe Marconi
Central by Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster (10 min.)
Chelsea Walls by Ethan Hawke
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
Stuff and Dough (Marfa si Banii) by Cristi Puiu
Martha... Martha by Sandrine Veysset
A Place on Earth by Artur Aristakisyan
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
Pauline et Paulette by Lieven Debrauwer
Queenie in Love by Amos Kollek
Rain by Christine Jeffs
Riyo by Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster (10 min.)
Shon by Julien Sallé (15 min.)
Slogans by Gjergj Xhuvani
The Deep End by David Siegel and Scott McGehee
The Heart of the World by Guy Maddin (5 min.)
Awards
Official awards
The following films and people received the 2001 Official selection awards:
Palme d'Or: The Son's Room (La stanza del figlio) by Nanni Moretti
Grand Prix: The Piano Teacher (La Pianiste) by Michael Haneke
Best Director:
David Lynch for Mulholland Dr.
Joel Coen for The Man Who Wasn't There
Best Screenplay: No Man's Land by Danis Tanović
Best Actress: Isabelle Huppert for The Piano Teacher
Best Actor: Benoît Magimel for The Piano Teacher
Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard Award: Amour d'enfance by Yves Caumon
Cinéfondation
First Prize: Portrait by Sergei Luchishin
Second Prize: Reparation by Jens Jonsson
Third Prize: Dai Bi by Chao Yang & Crow Stone by Alicia Duffy
Golden Camera
Caméra d'Or: Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner by Zacharias Kunuk
Short Films
Short Film Palme d'Or: Bean Cake by David Greenspan
Short film Jury Prize: Daddy's Girl by Irvine Allan & Pizza Passionata by Kari Juusonen
Independent awards
FIPRESCI Prizes
Martha... Martha by Sandrine Veysset (Director's Fortnight)
La stanza del figlio by Nanni Moretti (In competition)
Le Pornographe by Bertrand Bonello (International Critics Week)
Kôrei by Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Un Certain Regard)
Commission Supérieure Technique
Technical Grand Prize: Tu Duu-Chih (Sound department) in What Time Is It There? and Millennium Mambo
Ecumenical Jury
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Safar-e Ghandehar by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention: Pauline and Paulette by Lieven Debrauwer
Award of the Youth
French Film: Clément by Emmanuelle Bercot
Foreign Film: Slogans by Gjergj Xhuvani
Awards in the frame of International Critics' Week
Grand Prix Primagaz: Zir-e noor-e maah by Seyyed Reza Mir-Karimi
Future talent Award : Unloved, by Kunitoshi Manda (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: Eat by Bill Plympton (USA)
Young Critics Award - Best Short: Le dos au mur by Bruno Collet
Young Critics Award - Best Feature: Bolivia by Adrián Caetano
Awards in the frame of Directors' Fortnight
Media Award 2001 of the European Union : Une liaison pornographique, de Frédéric Fonteyne (Belgique)
SACD Award : On s'embrasse ? by Pierre Olivier (France)
Gras Savoye Award: HK by Xavier De Choudens
Kodak Short Film Award: Bintou by Fanta Régina Nacro
Kodak Short Film Award - Special Mention Le système Zsygmondy by Luc Moullet
Association Prix François Chalais
François Chalais Award: Made in the USA by Sólveig Anspach
References
Media
INA: The steps for the opening of the 2001 Festival (commentary in French)
INA: List of winners of the 2001 Festival (commentary in French)
External links
2001 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
Official website Retrospective 2001
Cannes Film Festival:2001 at Internet Movie Database
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