2000 Cannes Film Festival


The 53rd Cannes Film Festival took place from 14 to 25 May 2000. French filmmaker Luc Besson was the Jury President for the main competition. Virginie Ledoyen was the mistress of ceremonies. Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier won the Palme d'Or for the musical-drama film Dancer in the Dark.
The festival opened with Vatel by Roland Joffé, and closed with Stardom by Denys Arcand.

Juries

Main competition

''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 Films Competition

''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

Official selection

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:

Out of Competition

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

''Cinéfondation''

The following films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:Ascension by Malgoska Szumowska Course de nuit by Chuyên Bui Thac De janela pro cinema by Quia Rodrígues Dessert by Amit Sakomski Don't Miss the Killer by Anastas Haralampidis Five Feet High and Rising by Peter Sollett Indien by Pernille Fischer Christensen Kiss It Up to God by Caran Hartsfield Le vent souffle où il veut by Claire Doyon Leben 1, 2, 3 by Nocturnal by Anna Viduleja Breathing Under Water by António Ferreira Shoot the Dog by Ariko Kimura

Short Film Competition

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

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following films were screened for the 39th International Critics' Week :
Feature film competitionAmores perros by Alejandro González Iñárritu Hidden Whisper by Vivian Chang Krampack by Cesc Gay De l'histoire ancienne by Orso Miret Good Housekeeping by Frank Novak Happy End by Jung Ji-woo Les Autres filles by Caroline Vignal
Short film competitionFaux contact by Eric Jameux To Be Continued... by Linus Tunström The Hat by Michèle Cournoyer Les méduses by Delphine Gleize The Artist's Circle by Bruce Marchfelder Not I by Neil Jordan Le Dernier rêve by Emmanuel Jespers

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 2000 Directors' Fortnight : 27 Missing Kisses by Nana DjordjadzeL'Affaire Marcorelle by Serge Le PéronLa Captive by Chantal AkermanCuba Feliz by Karim DridiBilly Elliot by Stephen DaldryBread and Tulips by Silvio SoldiniLa Chambre obscure by Marie-Christine QuesterbertDowntown 81 by Edo BertoglioEn avant ! Faites comme si je n’étais pas là by Olivier JahanFilm noir by Masahiro KobayashiGirlfight by Karyn KusamaGrüezi wohl Frau Stirnimaa by Sonja WyssJocelyne by Valérie MréjenLe Secret by Virginie WagonLumumba by Raoul PeckMallboy by Vincent GiarrussoNo Place to Go by Oskar RoehlerPeppermint Candy by Lee Chang-dongPetite Chérie by Anne VillacèquePurely Belter by Mark HermanShadow of the Vampire by E. Elias MerhigeSome Voices by Simon Cellan JonesThe Three Madeleines by Guylaine DionneA Time for Drunken Horses by Bahman GhobadiTout va bien, on s’en va by Claude MouriérasWerckmeister Harmoniak by Béla TarrA corps perdu by Isabelle Broué C’est bien la société by Valérie Pavia C'est pas si compliqué by Xavier De Choudens Derailed - extract from Phœnix Tape by Christoph Girardet, Matthias Müller Des larmes de sang by Valérie Mréjen Elisabeth by Valérie Mréjen Ferment by Tim Macmillan Flying Boys by Didier Seynave Furniture Poetry by Paul Bush Ghost by Steve Hawley Grüezi Wohl Fraü Stirnimaa... or Malou möter Ingmar Bergman och Erland Josephson by Sonja Wyss Head Stand by Lisa Robinson In Absentia by Brothers Quay Jocelyne by Valérie Mréjen La Brèche de Roland by Arnaud & Jean-Marie LarrieuLa Poire by Valérie Mréjen La Pomme, la Figue et l’Amande by Joël BrisseLa Vie heureuse by Valérie Pavia Le mur by Faouzi Bensaïdi Les Oiseaux en cage ne peuvent pas voler by Luis Briceño Look at Me by Peter Stel Love is All by Oliver Harrison L'Epouvantail or Pugalo by Alexander Kott Collision Course by Roberval Duarte Rue Francis by François Vogel Salam by Souad El-Bouhati Still Life by Pekka Sassi The Morphology of Desire by Robert Arnold

Official Awards

Main Competition

''[Un Certain Regard]''

''[Cinéfondation]''

First Prize: Five Feet High and Rising by Peter SollettSecond Prize:
  • *Dessert by Amit Sakomski
  • *Kiss It Up to God by Caran HartsfieldThird Prize:
  • *Course de nuit by Chuyên Bui Thac
  • *Indien by Pernille Fischer Christensen

''[Caméra d'Or]''

Djomeh by Hassan YektapanahA Time for Drunken Horses by Bahman Ghobadi

[Short Film Palme d'Or]

Independent Awards

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Eureka by Shinji Aoyama A Time for Drunken Horses by Bahman Ghobadi

''Commission Supérieure Technique''

[Prize of the Ecumenical Jury]

Eureka by Shinji Aoyama

Award of the Youth

International Critics' Week

Directors' Fortnight

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