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2000 Cannes Film Festival

The 53rd Cannes Film Festival took place from 14 to 25 May 2000.[4] French filmmaker Luc Besson was the Jury President for the main competition. Virginie Ledoyen was the mistress of ceremonies.[5] Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier won the Palme d'Or for the musical-drama film Dancer in the Dark.[6][7]

2000 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 53rd Cannes Film Festival featuring an original illustration by Italian artist Lorenzo Mattotti.[1]
Opening filmVatel
Closing filmStardom
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsPalme d'Or:
Dancer in the Dark[2]
Hosted byVirginie Ledoyen
No. of films23 (In Competition)[3]
Festival date14 May 2000 (2000-05-14) – 25 May 2000 (2000-05-25)
Websitefestival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

The festival opened with Vatel by Roland Joffé,[8][9] and closed with Stardom by Denys Arcand.[10][11]

2000 Un Certain Regard poster featuring a still of Audrey Hepburn in Sabrina by Bud Fraker[12]

Juries

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Main competition

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Un Certain Regard

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  • 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

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Camera d'Or

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  • 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

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In Competition

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The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
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 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 Arnaud Desplechin France, United Kingdom
Eureka Shinji Aoyama Japan
Faithless Trolösa Liv Ullmann Sweden
Fast Food Fast Women Amos Kollek France
Gohatto 御法度 Nagisa Oshima Japan
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 Neil LaBute United States
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 James Gray United States
Yi Yi Yī Yī Edward Yang Taiwan, Japan

Un Certain Regard

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The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[14]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
April Captains Capitães de Abril Maria de Medeiros Portugal, France, Spain, Italy
Djomeh Hassan Yektapanah Iran
The Farewell Abschied - Brechts letzter Sommer Jan Schütte Germany
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 Brat Ljatifi and Fow Pyng Hu United States
The King Is Alive Kristian Levring Denmark
The King's Daughters Saint-Cyr Patricia Mazuy France, Belgium, Germany
Lisa Picard Is Famous Griffin Dunne United States
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 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 Rodrigo García United States
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 Fina Torres United States

Out of Competition

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The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
April (1961) აპრილი Otar Iosseliani Soviet Union
A Conversation with Gregory Peck Barbara Kopple United States
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 David Stewart United Kingdom, France
The Gleaners and I Les glaneurs et la glaneuse Agnès Varda France
Mission to Mars Brian De Palma United States
Requiem for a Dream Darren Aronofsky
Stardom (closing film) Denys Arcand Canada, France
Under Suspicion Stephen Hopkins United States, France, Puerto Rico
Vatel (opening film) Roland Joffé United Kingdom, France

Cinéfondation

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The following films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:[3]

  • 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

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The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[3]

  • 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

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International Critics' Week

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The following films were screened for the 39th International Critics' Week (39e Semaine de la Critique):[15]

Feature film competition

Short film competition

Directors' Fortnight

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The following films were screened for the 2000 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[16]

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

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Lars Von Trier, winner of the Palme d'Or at the event
 
Jiang Wen, Gran Prix winner

Main Competition

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Un Certain Regard

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Cinéfondation

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  • 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:

Caméra d'Or

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Short Film Palme d'Or

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  • Shadows by Raymond Red

Independent Awards

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FIPRESCI Prizes

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Commission Supérieure Technique

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Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

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Award of the Youth

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International Critics' Week

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Directors' Fortnight

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  • Kodak Short Film Award: Salam by Souad El-Bouhati[19]
  • 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

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References

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  6. ^ a b c "Cannes 2000 Palmares". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 13 June 2017.
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  11. ^ "Lions Gate seals US deal on Cannes closer Stardom". screendaily.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017. needs subscription
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  13. ^ "All Juries 2000". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  14. ^ IndieWire (April 18, 2000). "CANNES 2000: Un Certain Regard Lineup". IndieWire . Archived from the original on November 30, 2023. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
  15. ^ "39e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 2000". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  16. ^ "Quinzaine 2000". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  17. ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 2000". fipresci.org. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  18. ^ "JuryŒcuménique Palmarés 2000". cannes.juryoecumenique.org. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  19. ^ a b "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 2000". imdb.com. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  20. ^ "Cannes 2000 François Chalais". francois-chalais.fr. Retrieved 23 June 2017.[permanent dead link‍]

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