2000 Cannes Film Festival

The 53rd Cannes Film Festival started on 14 May and ran until 25 May 2000. French film director, screenwriter, and producer Luc Besson was the Jury President. The Palme d'Or went to the Danish film Dancer in the Dark by Lars von Trier.

The festival opened with Vatel, directed by Roland Joffé and closed with Stardom, directed by Denys Arcand. Virginie Ledoyen was the mistress of ceremonies.

Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2000 Official Selection:
 * Luc Besson, French filmmaker - Jury President
 * Jonathan Demme, American filmmaker
 * Nicole Garcia, French actress
 * Jeremy Irons, British actor
 * Mario Martone, Italian filmmaker
 * Patrick Modiano, French novelist
 * Arundhati Roy, Indian author
 * Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Spanish actress
 * Barbara Sukowa, German actress
 * Kristin Scott Thomas, British actress

Un Certain Regard
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 2000 Un Certain Regard:
 * 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 Film Competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the Cinéfondation and short films competition:
 * Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Belgian filmmaker - Jury Co-President
 * Luc Dardenne, Belgian filmmaker - Jury Co-President
 * Francesca Comencini, Italian filmmaker
 * Claire Denis, French filmmaker
 * Abderrahmane Sissako, Mauritanian filmmaker
 * Mira Sorvino, American actress

Camera d'Or
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 2000 Camera d'Or:
 * 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

In competition - Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:

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


 * Mùa hè chiều thẳng đứng by Tran Anh Hung
 * Abschied - Brechts letzter Sommer by Jan Schütte
 * Así es la vida by Arturo Ripstein
 * Capitães de Abril by Maria de Medeiros
 * Djomeh by Hassan Yektapanah
 * Eu tu eles by Andrucha Waddington
 * Famous by Griffin Dunne
 * I Dreamed of Africa by Hugh Hudson
 * Jacky by Brat Ljatifi, Fow Pyng Hu
 * La saison des hommes by Moufida Tlatli
 * Le premier du nom by Sabine Franel
 * Lista de Espera by Juan Carlos Tabío
 * Lost Killers by Dito Tsintsadze
 * Nichiyobi wa Owaranai by Yōichirō Takahashi
 * Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors by Hong Sang-soo
 * Preferisco il rumore del mare by Mimmo Calopresti
 * Saint-Cyr by Patricia Mazuy
 * The King Is Alive by Kristian Levring
 * Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her by Rodrigo García
 * Tierra del Fuego by Miguel Littín
 * Wild Blue, notes à quelques voix by Thierry Knauff
 * Woman on Top by Fina Torres

Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:


 * A Conversation With Gregory Peck by Barbara Kopple
 * April by Otar Iosseliani
 * Cecil B. Demented by John Waters
 * Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by Ang Lee
 * Honest by David A. Stewart
 * The Gleaners and I by Agnès Varda
 * Mission to Mars by Brian De Palma
 * Requiem for a Dream by Darren Aronofsky
 * Stardom by Denys Arcand
 * Under Suspicion by Stephen Hopkins
 * Vatel by Roland Joffé

Cinéfondation
The following films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:


 * 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 (director) (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
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:


 * 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 ? by Jocelyn Cammack
 * S'Arretent by Anthony Mullins

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

Feature film competition


 * Amores perros by Alejandro González Iñárritu (Mexico)
 * Hidden Whisper by Vivian Chang (Taiwan)
 * Krampack by Cesc Gay (Spain)
 * De l'histoire ancienne by Orso Miret (France)
 * Good Housekeeping by Frank Novak (United States)
 * Happy End by Jung Ji-woo (South Korea)
 * Les Autres filles by Caroline Vignal (France)

Short film competition


 * Faux contact by Eric Jameux (France)
 * To Be Continued... by Linus Tunström (Sweden)
 * The Hat (Le Chapeau) by Michèle Cournoyer (Canada)
 * Les méduses by Delphine Gleize (France)
 * The Artist's Circle by Bruce Marchfelder (Canada)
 * Not I by Neil Jordan (Ireland, United Kingdom)
 * Le Dernier rêve by Emmanuel Jespers (Belgium)

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


 * 27 Missing Kisses by Nana Djordjadze
 * L'Affaire Marcorelle by Serge Le Péron
 * La Captive by Chantal Akerman
 * Cuba Feliz by Karim Dridi
 * Billy Elliot (Dancer) by Stephen Daldry
 * Bread and Tulips (Pane e tulipani) by Silvio Soldini
 * La Chambre obscure by Marie-Christine Questerbert
 * Downtown 81 by Edo Bertoglio
 * En avant ! (director not stated, 60 min.)
 * Faites comme si je n’étais pas là by Olivier Jahan
 * Film noir (Koroshi) by Masahiro Kobayashi
 * Girlfight by Karyn Kusama
 * Grüezi wohl Frau Stirnimaa by Sonja Wyss
 * Jocelyne by Valérie Mréjen
 * Le Secret by Virginie Wagon
 * Lumumba by Raoul Peck
 * Mallboy by Vincent Giarrusso
 * No Place to Go (Die Unberührbare) by Oskar Roehler
 * Peppermint Candy by Lee Chang-dong
 * Petite Chérie by Anne Villacèque
 * Purely Belter by Mark Herman
 * Shadow of the Vampire by E. Elias Merhige
 * Some Voices by Simon Cellan Jones
 * The Three Madeleines (Les fantômes des Trois Madeleine) by Guylaine Dionne
 * A Time for Drunken Horses (Zamani barayé masti asbha) by Bahman Ghobadi
 * Tout va bien, on s’en va by Claude Mouriéras
 * Werckmeister Harmoniak by Béla Tarr


 * 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
The following films and people received the 2000 Official selection awards:

In Competition Un Certain Regard Cinéfondation Golden Camera Short Films
 * Palme d'Or: Dancer in the Dark by Lars von Trier
 * Grand Prix: Devils on the Doorstep (Guizi lai le) by Jiang Wen
 * Best Director: Edward Yang for Yi Yi
 * Best Screenplay: Nurse Betty by James Flamberg and John C. Richards
 * Best Actress: Björk for Dancer in the Dark
 * Best Actor: Tony Leung Chiu Wai for Fa yeung nin wa
 * Jury Prize:
 * Songs from the Second Floor (Sånger från andra våningen) by Roy Andersson
 * Blackboards (Takhté siah) by Samira Makhmalbaf
 * Un Certain Regard Award: Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her by Rodrigo Garcia
 * Un Certain Regard - Special Mention: Me You Them (Eu tu eles) by Andrucha Waddington
 * First Prize: Five Feet High and Rising by Peter Sollett
 * Second Prize:
 * Dessert (Kinu'ach) by Amit Sakomski
 * Kiss It Up to God by Caran Hartsfield
 * Third Prize:
 * Course de nuit by Chuyên Bui Thac
 * Indien by Pernille Fischer Christensen
 * Caméra d'Or:
 * Djomeh by Hassan Yektapanah
 * A Time for Drunken Horses (Zamani barayé masti asbha) by Bahman Ghobadi
 * Short Film Palme d'Or: Shadows (Anino) by Raymond Red

Independent awards
FIPRESCI Prizes Commission Supérieure Technique Ecumenical Jury Award of the Youth Awards in the frame of International Critics' Week Awards in the frame of Directors' Fortnight Association Prix François Chalais
 * Eureka (Yurîka) by Shinji Aoyama (In competition)
 * A Time for Drunken Horses (Zamani barayé masti asbha) by Bahman Ghobadi (Directors' Fortnight)
 * Technical Grand Prize: Christopher Doyle & Mark Lee Ping Bin (cinematography), William Chang (editing) in In the Mood for Love
 * Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Eureka (Yurîka) by Shinji Aoyama
 * Foreign Film: Girlfight by Karyn Kusama
 * French Film: Saint-Cyr by Patricia Mazuy
 * Special Award: Krámpack by Cesc Gay
 * Canal+ Award: To Be Continued... by Linus Tunström
 * Young Critics Award - Best Short: Faux contact by Eric Jameux
 * Young Critics Award - Best Feature: Amores perros by Alejandro González Iñárritu
 * Kodak Short Film Award: Salam by Souad El-Bouhati
 * 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: Kippur by Amos Gitai

Media

 * INA: Opening of the 2000 Festival (commentary in French)
 * INA: List of winners of the 2000 festival and interviews (commentary in French)