2001 Cannes Film Festival

2001 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 54th Cannes Film Festival.[1]
Opening filmMoulin Rouge!
Closing filmSavage Souls
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsPalme d'Or:
The Son's Room
Hosted byCharlotte Rampling
No. of films23 (In Competition)
Festival date9 May 2001 (2001-05-09) – 20 May 2001 (2001-05-20)
Websitefestival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

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]

2001 Un Certain Regard poster.[9]

Juries

Main competition

Un Certain Regard

  • 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

Camera d'Or

  • 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

In Competition

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

The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[11][12]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
The Anniversary Party Jennifer Jason Leigh and Alan Cumming United States
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner ᐊᑕᓈᕐᔪᐊᑦ Zacharias Kunuk Canada
Boyhood Loves Amour d'enfance Yves Caumon France
Carrément à l'Ouest Jacques Doillon France
The Chimp Маймыл Aktan Abdykalykov Kyrgyzstan, Russia, France, Japan
Clément Emmanuelle Bercot France
Freedom La libertad Lisandro Alonso Argentina
Get a Life Ganhar a Vida João Canijo Portugal
H Story Nobuhiro Suwa Japan
Hijack Stories Oliver Schmitz South Africa
Just the Two of Us Ты да я, да мы с тобой Alexander Veledinsky Russia
Lan Yu 藍宇 Stanley Kwan China
Late Marriage חתונה מאוחרת Dover Kosashvili Israel, France
Lovely Rita Jessica Hausner Austria
Man Walking on Snow 歩く、人 Masahiro Kobayashi Japan
No Such Thing Skrímsli Hal Hartley United States, Iceland
Pattiyude Divasam പട്ടിയുടെ ദിവസം Murali Nair India
Pulse 回路 Kiyoshi Kurosawa Japan
The Road Дорога Darezhan Omirbaev Kazakhstan, France, Japan
'R Xmas Abel Ferrara United States
Storytelling Todd Solondz
Tears of the Black Tiger ฟ้าทะลายโจร Wisit Sasanatieng Thailand
Tomorrow Domani Francesca Archibugi Italy
The Words of My Father Le parole di mio padre Francesca Comencini

Out of Competition

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

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

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[11]

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following films were screened for the 40th International Critics' Week (40e Semaine de la Critique):[13]

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):[14]

Nanni Moretti, Palme d'Or winner

Official Awards

Michael Haneke, Gran Prix winner

Main Competition

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

Caméra d'Or

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

Commission Supérieure Technique

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

Award of the Youth

International Critics' Week

Directors' Fortnight

  • 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

François Chalais Award

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