2001 Cannes Film Festival
 Official poster of the 54th Cannes Film Festival.[1] | |
| Opening film | Moulin Rouge! |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Savage Souls |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: The Son's Room |
| Hosted by | Charlotte Rampling |
| No. of films | 23 (In Competition) |
| Festival date | 9 May 2001 – 20 May 2001 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The 54th Cannes Film Festival took place from 9 to 20 May 2001.[1][2] Norwegian actress and director Liv Ullmann was named Jury President for the main competition. Italian filmmaker Nanni Moretti won the Palme d'Or for the drama film The Son's Room.[3][4][5]
The festival opened with Moulin Rouge! by Baz Luhrmann,[6][7] and closed with Savage Souls by Raúl Ruiz.[8]
Juries
[edit]Main competition
[edit]- Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress and director - Jury President[10]
- 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
[edit]- Ariane Ascaride, French actress - Jury President[10]
- Virginie Apiou, French film critic
- François-Guillaume Lorrain, French film critic
- Florence Malraux, French film critic
- Thomas Sotinel, French film critic
Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition
[edit]- Erick Zonca, French director - Jury President[10]
- Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Italian-French actress and filmmaker
- Samira Makhmalbaf, Iranian filmmaker
- Rithy Panh, Cambodian filmmaker
- Lynne Ramsay, Scottish filmmaker
Camera d'Or
[edit]- Maria de Medeiros, Portuguese actress and director - Jury President[10]
- 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
[edit]In Competition
[edit]The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[11]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desert Moon | 月の砂漠 | Shinji Aoyama | Japan |
| Distance | Hirokazu Kore-eda | ||
| I'm Going Home | Je rentre à la maison / Vou para Casa | Manoel de Oliveira | France, Portugal |
| In Praise of Love | Éloge de l'amour | Jean-Luc Godard | France, Switzerland |
| Kandahar | قندهار | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Iran |
| The Man Who Wasn't There | Joel Coen | United States | |
| Millennium Mambo | 千禧曼波 | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Taiwan |
| Moulin Rouge! (opening film) | Baz Luhrmann | Australia, United States | |
| Mulholland Drive | David Lynch | United States, France | |
| No Man's Land | Ничија земља | Danis Tanović | Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Slovenia, United Kingdom, Belgium |
| The Officers' Ward | La Chambre des officiers | François Dupeyron | France |
| Pau and His Brother | Pau i el seu germà | Marc Recha | Spain, France |
| The Piano Teacher | La Pianiste | Michael Haneke | France, Austria, Germany |
| The Pledge | Sean Penn | United States | |
| The Profession of Arms | Il mestiere delle armi | Ermanno Olmi | Italy |
| Replay | La répétition | Catherine Corsini | France, Canada |
| Roberto Succo | Cédric Kahn | France | |
| Shrek | Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson | United States | |
| Taurus | Телец | Alexander Sokurov | Russia |
| The Son's Room | La stanza del figlio | Nanni Moretti | Italy |
| Va savoir | Jacques Rivette | France | |
| Warm Water Under a Red Bridge | 赤い橋の下のぬるい水 | Shōhei Imamura | Japan |
| What Time Is It There? | 你那邊幾點 | Tsai Ming-liang | Taiwan |
Un Certain Regard
[edit]The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[11][12]
Out of Competition
[edit]The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[11]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABC Africa | Abbas Kiarostami | Iran | |
| Apocalypse Now Redux | Francis Ford Coppola | United States | |
| Avalon | アヴァロン | Mamoru Oshii | Japan, Poland |
| The Center of the World | Wayne Wang | United States | |
| CQ | Roman Coppola | United States, Luxembourg, France, Italy | |
| Human Nature | Michel Gondry | United States, France | |
| My Voyage to Italy | Il mio viaggio in Italia | Martin Scorsese | United States, Italy |
| Savage Souls (closing film) | Les âmes fortes | Raúl Ruiz | France, Belgium, Switzerland |
| Sobibor, October 14, 1943, 4 p.m. | Sobibór, 14 octobre 1943, 16 heures | Claude Lanzmann | France |
| Trouble Every Day | Claire Denis | France, Germany, Japan | |
Cinéfondation
[edit]The following films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:[11]
- 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 Films Competition
[edit]The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[11]
- 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
[edit]International Critics' Week
[edit]The following films were screened for the 40th International Critics' Week (40e Semaine de la Critique):[13]
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
[edit]The following films were screened for the 2001 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[14]
- 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.)
Official Awards
[edit]
Main Competition
[edit]- Palme d'Or: The Son's Room by Nanni Moretti[15]
- Grand Prix: The Piano Teacher by Michael Haneke
- Best Director:
- 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
- First Prize: Portrait by Sergei Luchishin
- Second Prize: Reparation by Jens Jonsson
- Third Prize:
- Dai Bi by Chao Yang
- Crow Stone by Alicia Duffy
- Bean Cake by David Greenspan
- Short Film Jury Prize:
- Daddy's Girl by Irvine Allan
- Pizza Passionata by Kari Juusonen
Independent Awards
[edit]- The Son's Room by Nanni Moretti (In competition)[16]
- The Pornographer by Bertrand Bonello (International Critics Week)
- Pulse by Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Un Certain Regard)
- Martha... Martha by Sandrine Veysset (Director's Fortnight)
Commission Supérieure Technique
[edit]- Technical Grand Prize: Tu Duu-chih (Sound department) in What Time Is It There? and Millennium Mambo
- Kandahar by Mohsen Makhmalbaf[17]
- Special Mention: Pauline and Paulette by Lieven Debrauwer
Award of the Youth
[edit]- French Film: Clément by Emmanuelle Bercot[3]
- Foreign Film: Slogans by Gjergj Xhuvani
International Critics' Week
[edit]- Grand Prix Primagaz: Under the Moonlight by Seyyed Reza Mir-Karimi[18]
- Future talent Award: Unloved by Kunitoshi Manda
- Prix Grand Rail d'Or: Unloved by Kunitoshi Manda
- Prix Petit Rail d'Or: Le dos au mur by Bruno Collet
- Canal+ Award: Eat by Bill Plympton
- Young Critics Award - Best Short: Le dos au mur by Bruno Collet
- Young Critics Award - Best Feature: Bolivia by Adrián Caetano
Directors' Fortnight
[edit]- Media Award 2001 of the European Union: Une liaison pornographique by Frédéric Fonteyne[3]
- SACD Award: On s'embrasse? by Pierre Olivier
- 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
- Made in the USA by Sólveig Anspach[19]
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Media
[edit]- 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
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- 2001 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
- Official website Retrospective 2001 Archived 2019-05-05 at the Wayback Machine
- Cannes Film Festival:2001 at Internet Movie Database