2002 Cannes Film Festival
 Official poster of the 55th Cannes Film Festival.[1] | |
| Opening film | Hollywood Ending |
|---|---|
| Closing film | And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: The Pianist |
| Hosted by | Virginie Ledoyen |
| No. of films | 22 (Main Competition) |
| Festival date | 15 May 2002 – 26 May 2002 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The 55th Cannes Film Festival started on 15 May and ran until 26 May 2002.[2][3][4]
The festival's opening film was Hollywood Ending directed by Woody Allen.[5] Claude Lelouch's And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen was selected as the closing film".[6][7][8] Virginie Ledoyen was the mistress of ceremonies.[9]
During the festival, director Woody Allen was also presented with the inaugural Honorary Palme d'Or, given to a director who had achieved a notable body of work but who had never won the regular Palme d'Or.[10]
The Palme d'Or was awarded to The Pianist directed by Roman Polanski.[12]
Juries
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Main Competition
[edit]- David Lynch, American filmmaker - Jury President[13]
- Bille August, Danish filmmaker
- Christine Hakim, Indonesian actress
- Claude Miller, French filmmaker
- Raúl Ruiz, Chilean filmmaker
- Walter Salles, Brazilian filmmaker
- Sharon Stone, American actress
- Régis Wargnier, French filmmaker
- Michelle Yeoh, Malaysian actress
Un Certain Regard
[edit]- Anne Fontaine, Luxembourger filmmaker - Jury President
- Fabienne Bradfer, film critic
- Jean-Sébastien Chauvin, film critic
- Louis Guichard, film critic
- Fabrice Pliskin, film critic
- David Tran, film critic
- Pierre Vavasseur, critic
Cinéfondation and Short Film Competition
[edit]- Martin Scorsese, American filmmaker - Jury President
- Judith Godrèche, French actress
- Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian filmmaker
- Jan Schütte, German filmmaker
- Tilda Swinton, British actress
Camera d'Or
[edit]- Geraldine Chaplin, American actress - Jury President
- Bahman Ghobadi, Iranian filmmaker
- Romain Goupil, French filmmaker
- Marthe Keller, Swiss actress
- Murali Nair, Indian director
Official Selection
[edit]In Competition
[edit]The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[14]
Un Certain Regard
[edit]The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[14]
Out of Competition
[edit]The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[14]
- 16 December by Mani Shankar
- And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen by Claude Lelouch
- Ararat by Atom Egoyan
- Carlo Giuliani, Boy (Carlo Giuliani, ragazzo) by Francesca Comencini
- City of God (Cidade de Deus) by Fernando Meirelles
- Devdas by Sanjay Leela Bhansali
- Femme Fatale by Brian De Palma
- From the Other Side (De l'autre côté) by Chantal Akerman
- Histoires de festival by Gilles Jacob
- Hollywood Ending by Woody Allen
- The Kid Stays in the Picture by Brett Morgen, Nanette Burstein
- The Last Letter (La dernière lettre) by Frederick Wiseman
- Murder by Numbers by Barbet Schroeder
- Searching for Debra Winger by Rosanna Arquette
- Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron by Kelly Asbury, Lorna Cook
- Star Wars: Attack of the Clones by George Lucas
- To Be and to Have (Être et avoir) by Nicolas Philibert
- Women in the Mirror (Kagami no onnatachi) by Yoshishige Yoshida
Cinéfondation
[edit]The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:[14]
- 17 minute intarziere by Catalin Mitulescu (Romania)
- Chogyeoul Jumshim by Byung-Hwa Kang (South Korea)
- Honey Moon by Sung-Jin Park (South Korea)
- K-G I Nod Och Lust by Jens Jonsson (Sweden)
- Khoj by Tridib Poddar (India)
- La derniere journee d'Alfred Maassen by David Lammers (Netherlands)
- La mort en exil by Ayten Mutlu Saray (Switzerland)
- P.S. by Arni Asgeirsson (Poland)
- Um Sol Alaranjado by Eduardo Valente (Brazil)
- Questions d'un ouvrier mort by Aya Somech (Israel)
- Request by Jinoh Park (South Korea)
- Seule maman a les yeux bleus by Eric Forestier (France)
- Shearing by Eicke Bettinga (United Kingdom)
- Soshuu no neko by Masaaki Uchida (Japan)
- The Look Of Happiness by Marianela Maldonado (United Kingdom)
- Vals by Edgar Bartenev (Russia)
Short film competition
[edit]The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[14]
- A Very Very Silent Film by Manish Jha
- After Rain (Esö után) by Péter Mészáros
- Daughter by Eduardo Rodríguez
- Le chaperon noir by Yannis Yapanis
- Retenir son souffle by Anthony Lucas
- Speel Met Me by Esther Rots
- Tai Tai by Nicholas Chin
- Tango de l'oubli by Alexis Mital Toledo
- The Stone of Folly by Jesse Rosensweet
- Vol 404 by Bruce Terris
- Yoake a Chewing-Gum Story by Roland Zumbühl
Parallel sections
[edit]International Critics' Week
[edit]The following films were screened for the 41st International Critics' Week (41e Semaine de la Critique):[15]
Feature film competition
- Respiro by Emanuele Crialese (Italy)
- Filles perdues, cheveux gras by Claude Duty (France)
- Rana’s Wedding by Hany Abu-Assad (Palestine)
- Too Young To Die (Jukeodo joha) by Park Jin-pyo (South Korea)
- Les Fils de Marie by Carole Laure (Canada - France)
- Kabala by Assane Kouyaté (Mali/France)
- Chicken Heart by Hiroshi Shimizu (Japan)
Short film competition
- Le Jour où je suis né by Kunitoshi Manda (Japan)
- Lettre au fils by Philippe Welsh (France)
- Malcom by Baker Karim (Sweden)
- Meeting Evil (Möte med ondskan) by Reza Parsa (Sweden)
- 2 Minutes (2 Minutter) by Jacob Tschernia (Denmark)
- Le Vigile by Frédéric Pelle (France)
- From Mesmer, with Love or Tea for Two (De Mesmer, con amor o Té para dos) by Salvador Lubezki & Alejandro Lubezki (Mexico)
Special screenings
- Intacto by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (Spain) (opening film)
- More by Barbet Schroeder (Luxembourg) (La séance du Parrain)
- Bella Ciao by Roberto Torelli, Marco Giusti (Italy) (Documentary)
- Intimisto by Licia Eminenti (France) (Prix de la Critique)
- Anxiety by Christoffer Boe (Denmark) (Prix de la Critique)
- Da Zero a Dieci (From Zero to Ten) by Luciano Ligabue (Italy) (closing film)
Directors' Fortnight
[edit]The following films were screened for the 2002 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[16]
- Abouna by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (Chad, France)
- Angela by Roberta Torre (Italy)
- Apartment 5C by Raphaël Nadjari (France, Israel, United States)
- Blue Gate Crossing by Chih-yen Yee (Taiwan, France)
- Bord de mer by Julie Lopes-Curval (France)
- The Embalmer (L'imbalsamatore) by Matteo Garrone (Italy)
- Ingmar Bergman: Intermezzo (doc.) by Gunnar Bergdahl (Sweden)
- István Bibó, fragments by Péter Forgács (Hungary)
- Japón by Carlos Reygadas (Mexico, Spain, Germany)
- Matir Moina (The Clay Bird) by Tareque Masud (France, Bangladesh)
- Laurel Canyon by Lisa Cholodenko (United States)
- Morvern Callar by Lynne Ramsay (United Kingdom)
- Monrak Transistor by Pen-ek Ratanaruang (Thailand)
- Nada+ by Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti (Cuba, France, Spain, Italy)
- Occident by Cristian Mungiu (Romania)
- Once Upon a Time in the Midlands by Shane Meadows (United Kingdom, Germany)
- Only the Strong Survive (doc.) by D.A. Pennebaker, Chris Hegedus (United States)
- Un oso rojo by Israel Adrián Caetano (Argentina, France, Spain)
- Otello di Carmelo Bene by Carmelo Bene (Italy)
- Le pays du chien qui chante by Yann Dedet (France)
- Sex Is Comedy by Catherine Breillat (France)
- Two (Deux) by Werner Schroeter (France, Germany)
- Une pure coïncidence by Romain Goupil (France)
- Welcome to Collinwood by Joseph and Anthony Russo (United States)
- Short films
- A-20 by Geoff Hughes, Brad Warren (United States)
- Après l’enfance by Thomas Lilti (France)
- Bang Nhau… Egaux by Stéfan Sao Nélet (France)
- Bob the slob by Nate Theis (United States)
- Bus 44 by Dayyan Eng (Hong Kong, United States)
- L’Arrivée by Peter Tscherkassky (Austria)
- Comme ça j’entends la mer by Hélène Milano (France)
- Comme un seul homme by Jean-Louis Gonnet (France)
- Deux cents dirham] by Laila Marrakchi (France, Morocco)
- Entering indifference by Vincent Dieutre (France)
- Fish in the Sea is Not Thirsty by Soopum Sohn (South Korea, United States)
- Insomniac by Matt Woo], Vanja Varasac (United States)
- La Vie sur un fil by Steven Lippman (United States)
- Mémoires incertaines by Michale Boganim (France, United Kingdom)
- Mexicano by Toby McDonald (United Kingdom)
- Muno by Bouli Lanners (Belgium)
- Next Door by Jeff Rich (United States)
- Présent inachevé by Johan Van der Keuken (Netherlands)
- Phantom by Matthias Müller (Germany)
- Portraits filmés 2002 by Valérie Mréjen (France)
- Samson by Graham Dubose (United States)
- The Girl in the Red Dress by Aletta Collins (United Kingdom)
1939 Palme d'Or
[edit]The inaugural Cannes Film Festival was to have been held in 1939, but was cancelled by the outbreak of the Second World War. The organizers of the 2002 festival assembled a jury of six members, including Dieter Kosslick and Alberto Barbera, to watch seven of the twelve features which had been entered in the 1939 competition, namely: Goodbye, Mr. Chips, La piste du nord, Lenin in 1918, The Four Feathers, The Wizard of Oz, Union Pacific, and Boefje. Union Pacific was retrospectively voted the winner of the 1939 Palme d'Or.[17]
Official Awards
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The following films and people received the 2002 Official selection awards:[2][3][18]
Main Competition
[edit]- Palme d'Or: The Pianist by Roman Polanski
- Grand Prix: The Man Without a Past by Aki Kaurismäki
- Best Director:
- Best Screenplay: Sweet Sixteen by Paul Laverty
- Best Actress: Kati Outinen for The Man Without a Past
- Best Actor: Olivier Gourmet for The Son
- Jury Prize: Divine Intervention by Elia Suleiman
- 55th Anniversary Prize: Bowling for Columbine by Michael Moore
- First Prize: Um Sol Alaranjado by Eduardo Valente
- Second Prize: Seule maman a les yeux bleus by Eric Forestier
- Third Prize: Questions d'un ouvrier mort by Aya Somech
- Seaside by Julie Lopes-Curval
- Special Mention: Japón by Carlos Reygadas
Short Films Competition
[edit]- Short Film Palme d'Or: After Rain by Péter Mészáros
- Short Film Jury Prize:
- A Very Very Silent Film by Manish Jha
- The Stone of Folly by Jesse Rosensweet
Independent Awards
[edit]- Divine Intervention by Elia Suleiman (Main Competition)[20][21]
- Waiting for Happiness by Abderrahmane Sissako (Un Certain Regard)
- The Clay Bird by Tareque Masud (Directors' Fortnight)
- The Man Without a Past by Aki Kaurismäki[3][22]
- Special Mention:
Award of the Youth
[edit]- Foreign Film: Morvern Callar by Lynne Ramsay[3]
- French Film: Carnages by Delphine Gleize
- International Critics' Week Grand Prize: Respiro by Emanuele Crialese[23]
- Grand Golden Rail: Hypnotized and Hysterical (Hairstylist Wanted) by Claude Duty
- Small Golden Rail: From Mesmer, with Love or Tea for Two by Salvador Aguirre, Alejandro Lubezki
- Canal+ Award: From Mesmer, with Love or Tea for Two by Salvador Aguirre, Alejandro Lubezki[19]
- Young Critics Award - Best Short: Meeting Evil by Reza Parsa
- Young Critics Award - Best Feature: Respiro by Emanuele Crialese[19]
- Kodak Short Film Award: From Mesmer, with Love or Tea for Two by Salvador Aguirre, Alejandro Lubezki[19]
- C.I.C.A.E. Award: Morvern Callar by Lynne Ramsay[19]
- Gras Savoye Award: Mémoires incertaines by Michale Boganim
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- ^ "Quinzaine 2002". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
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- ^ "A web resource on Tareque Masud and his film "Matir Moyna" compiling many of his film reviews and interviews". Ctmasud.web.aplus.net. Archived from the original on 5 June 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 2002". ipresci.org. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
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Media
[edit]- INA: Woody Allen opens the 2002 Festival (commentary in French)
- INA: Closing ceremony and prize-giving of the 2002 Festival (commentary in French)
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2002 Cannes Film Festival.
- 2002 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
- Official website Retrospective 2002 Archived 2019-01-23 at the Wayback Machine
- 2002 Cannes 2002 Awards at Internet Movie Database