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2001 Cannes Film Festival

2001 Cannes Film Festival

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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.[1][4][5][6]

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The festival opened with Moulin Rouge!, directed by Baz Luhrmann[7][8] and closed with Les âmes fortes, directed by Raúl Ruiz.[9] 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.[10][11]

2001 Un Certain Regard poster.[12]

Juries

Liv Ullmann, Jury President
Ariane Ascaride, Un Certain Regard Jury President

Main competition

The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2001 Official Selection:[13]

Un Certain Regard

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 2001 Un Certain Regard:

  • Ariane Ascaride, French actress - Jury President
  • Virginie Apiou, French film critic
  • François-Guillaume Lorrain, French film critic
  • Florence Malraux, French film critic
  • Thomas Sotinel, French film critic

Cinéfondation and Short Film Competition

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the Cinéfondation and short films competition:

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:[3]

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Un Certain Regard

The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[3]

Films out of competition

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

Cinéfondation

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

  • 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:[3]

  • 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):[14]

Feature film competition

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

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 2001 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[15]

Awards

Nanni Moretti, Palme d'Or winner
Michael Haneke, Gran Prix winner

Official awards

The following films and people received the 2001 Official selection awards:[2][1][4]

Un Certain Regard

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

Short Films

Independent awards

FIPRESCI Prizes[16][4]

Commission Supérieure Technique

Ecumenical Jury[17]

Award of the Youth[4]

Awards in the frame of International Critics' Week[18][4]

Awards in the frame of Directors' Fortnight[4]

  • 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

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