2001 Cannes Film Festival

The 54th Cannes Film Festival started on 9 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.

The festival opened with Moulin Rouge!, directed by Baz Luhrmann and closed with Les âmes fortes, directed by Raúl Ruiz. 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.

Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2001 Official Selection:
 * Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress and director - Jury President
 * 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
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:
 * Erick Zonca, French director - Jury President
 * Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Italian-French actress and filmmaker
 * Samira Makhmalbaf, Iranian filmmaker
 * Rithy Panh, Cambodian filmmaker
 * Lynne Ramsay, Scottish filmmaker

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

In Competition
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:


 * The Anniversary Party by Jennifer Jason Leigh and Alan Cumming
 * Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner by Zacharias Kunuk
 * Boyhood Loves (Amour d'enfance) by Yves Caumon
 * Carrément à l'Ouest by Jacques Doillon
 * The Chimp (Maimil) by Aktan Abdykalykov
 * Clément by Emmanuelle Bercot
 * A Dog's Day (Pattiyude Divasam) by Murali Nair
 * Freedom (La libertad) by Lisandro Alonso
 * Get a Life (Ganhar a Vida) by João Canijo
 * H Story by Nobuhiro Suwa
 * Hijack Stories by Oliver Schmitz
 * Just the Two of Us (Ty da ia da my s tobo) by Alexander Veledinsky
 * Kairo by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
 * Lan Yu by Stanley Kwan
 * Late Marriage (Hatouna Mehuheret) by Dover Kosashvili
 * Lovely Rita by Jessica Hausner
 * Man Walking on Snow (Aruku, hito) by Masahiro Kobayashi
 * No Such Thing by Hal Hartley
 * 'R Xmas by Abel Ferrara
 * The Road (Jol) by Darezhan Omirbaev
 * Storytelling by Todd Solondz
 * Tears of the Black Tiger (Fah talai jone) by Wisit Sasanatieng
 * Tomorrow (Domani) by Francesca Archibugi
 * The Words of My Father (Le parole di mio padre) by Francesca Comencini

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


 * ABC Africa by Abbas Kiarostami
 * Apocalypse Now Redux by Francis Ford Coppola
 * Avalon by Mamoru Oshii
 * CQ by Roman Coppola
 * Human Nature by Michel Gondry
 * My Voyage to Italy by Martin Scorsese
 * Les âmes fortes by Raúl Ruiz
 * Sobibór, 14 octobre 1943, 16 heures by Claude Lanzmann
 * The Center of the World by Wayne Wang
 * Trouble Every Day by Claire Denis

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


 * 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:


 * 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

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

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


 * 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
The following films and people received the 2001 Official selection awards: Un Certain Regard Cinéfondation Golden Camera  Short Films
 * Palme d'Or: The Son's Room (La stanza del figlio) by Nanni Moretti
 * Grand Prix: The Piano Teacher (La Pianiste) by Michael Haneke
 * Best Director:
 * David Lynch for Mulholland Dr.
 * Joel Coen for The Man Who Wasn't There
 * 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
 * Un Certain Regard Award: Amour d'enfance by Yves Caumon
 * 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: Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner by Zacharias Kunuk
 * 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 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
 * Martha... Martha by Sandrine Veysset (Director's Fortnight)
 * La stanza del figlio by Nanni Moretti (In competition)
 * Le Pornographe by Bertrand Bonello (International Critics Week)
 * Kôrei by Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Un Certain Regard)
 * Technical Grand Prize: Tu Duu-Chih (Sound department) in What Time Is It There? and Millennium Mambo
 * Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Safar-e Ghandehar by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
 * Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention: Pauline and Paulette by Lieven Debrauwer
 * French Film: Clément by Emmanuelle Bercot
 * Foreign Film: Slogans by Gjergj Xhuvani
 * Grand Prix Primagaz: Zir-e noor-e maah by Seyyed Reza Mir-Karimi
 * Future talent Award : Unloved, by Kunitoshi Manda (Japon)
 * Prix Grand Rail d'Or : Unloved, by Kunitoshi Manda (Japon)
 * Prix Petit Rail d'Or : "Le dos au mur, de Bruno Collet (France) - court metrage
 * Canal+ Award: Eat by Bill Plympton (USA)
 * Young Critics Award - Best Short: Le dos au mur by Bruno Collet
 * Young Critics Award - Best Feature: Bolivia by Adrián Caetano
 * 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
 * François Chalais Award: Made in the USA by Sólveig Anspach

Media

 * INA: The steps for the opening of the 2001 Festival (commentary in French)
 * INA: List of winners of the 2001 Festival (commentary in French)