2002 Cannes Film Festival


The 55th Cannes Film Festival took place from 15 to 26 May 2002. American filmmaker David Lynch served as jury president for the main competition. Virginie Ledoyen hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.
French-Polish filmmaker Roman Polanski won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film The Pianist. American filmmaker Woody Allen was awarded with the inaugural Honorary Palme d'Or, given to a director who had achieved a notable body of work but who had never won the regular Palme d'Or.
The festival opened with Hollywood Ending by Woody Allen, and closed with Claude Lelouch's And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen.

Juries

Main Competition

''Un Certain Regard''

  • Anne Fontaine, Luxembourger filmmaker - Jury President
  • Fabienne Bradfer, film critic
  • Jean-Sébastien Chauvin, film critic
  • Louis Guichard, film critic
  • Fabrice Pliskin, film critic
  • David Tran, film critic
  • Pierre Vavasseur, critic

''Cinéfondation'' and Short Film Competition

''Camera d'Or''

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 short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:17 minute intarziere by Catalin Mitulescu Chogyeoul Jumshim by Byung-Hwa Kang Honey Moon by Sung-Jin Park K-G I Nod Och Lust by Jens Jonsson Khoj by Tridib Poddar La derniere journee d'Alfred Maassen by David Lammers La mort en exil by Ayten Mutlu Saray P.S. by Arni Asgeirsson Um Sol Alaranjado by Eduardo Valente Questions d'un ouvrier mort by Aya Somech Request by Jinoh Park Seule maman a les yeux bleus by Eric Forestier Shearing by Eicke Bettinga Soshuu no neko by Masaaki Uchida The Look Of Happiness by Marianela Maldonado Vals by Edgar Bartenev

Short film competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:A Very Very Silent Film by Manish JhaAfter Rain by Péter MészárosDaughter by Eduardo RodríguezLe chaperon noir by Yannis YapanisRetenir son souffle by Anthony LucasSpeel Met Me by Esther RotsTai Tai by Nicholas ChinTango de l'oubli by Alexis Mital ToledoThe Stone of Folly by Jesse RosensweetVol 404 by Bruce TerrisYoake a Chewing-Gum Story by Roland Zumbühl

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following films were screened for the 41st International Critics' Week :
Feature film competitionRespiro by Emanuele Crialese Filles perdues, cheveux gras by Claude Duty Rana’s Wedding by Hany Abu-Assad Too Young To Die by Park Jin-pyo Les Fils de Marie by Carole Laure Kabala by Assane Kouyaté Chicken Heart by Hiroshi Shimizu
Short film competitionLe Jour où je suis né by Kunitoshi Manda Lettre au fils by Philippe Welsh Malcom by Baker Karim Meeting Evil by Reza Parsa 2 Minutes by Jacob Tschernia Le Vigile by Frédéric Pelle From Mesmer, with Love or Tea for Two by Salvador Lubezki & Alejandro Lubezki
Special screeningsIntacto by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo More by Barbet Schroeder Bella Ciao by Roberto Torelli, Marco Giusti Intimisto by Licia Eminenti Anxiety by Christoffer Boe Da Zero a Dieci by Luciano Ligabue

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 2002 Directors' Fortnight : Abouna by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun Angela by Roberta Torre Apartment 5C by Raphaël Nadjari Blue Gate Crossing by Chih-yen Yee Bord de mer by Julie Lopes-Curval The Embalmer by Matteo Garrone Ingmar Bergman: Intermezzo by Gunnar Bergdahl István Bibó, fragments by Péter Forgács Japón by Carlos Reygadas Matir Moina by Tareque Masud Laurel Canyon by Lisa Cholodenko Morvern Callar by Lynne Ramsay Monrak Transistor by Pen-ek Ratanaruang Nada+ by Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti Occident by Cristian Mungiu Once Upon a Time in the Midlands by Shane Meadows Only the Strong Survive by D.A. Pennebaker, Chris Hegedus Un oso rojo by Israel Adrián Caetano Otello di Carmelo Bene by Carmelo Bene Le pays du chien qui chante by Yann Dedet Sex Is Comedy by Catherine Breillat Two by Werner Schroeter Une pure coïncidence by Romain Goupil Welcome to Collinwood by Joseph and Anthony Russo A-20 by Geoff Hughes, Brad Warren Après l’enfance by Thomas Lilti Bang Nhau... Egaux by Stéfan Sao Nélet Bob the slob by Nate Theis Bus 44 by Dayyan Eng L’Arrivée by Peter Tscherkassky Comme ça j’entends la mer by Hélène Milano Comme un seul homme by Jean-Louis Gonnet Deux cents dirham] by Laila Marrakchi Entering indifference by Vincent Dieutre Fish in the Sea is Not Thirsty by Soopum Sohn Insomniac by Matt Woo], Vanja Varasac La Vie sur un fil by Steven Lippman Mémoires incertaines by Michale Boganim Mexicano by Toby McDonald Muno by Bouli Lanners Next Door by Jeff Rich Présent inachevé by Johan Van der Keuken Phantom by Matthias Müller Portraits filmés 2002 by Valérie Mréjen Samson by Graham Dubose The Girl in the Red Dress by Aletta Collins

1939 Palme d'Or

The inaugural Cannes Film Festival was to have been held in 1939, but was cancelled by the outbreak of the Second World War. The organizers of the 2002 festival assembled a jury of six members, including Dieter Kosslick and Alberto Barbera, to watch seven of the twelve features which had been entered in the 1939 competition, namely: Goodbye, Mr. Chips, La piste du nord, Lenin in 1918, The Four Feathers, The Wizard of Oz, Union Pacific, and Boefje. Union Pacific was retrospectively voted the winner of the 1939 Palme d'Or.

Official Awards

The following films and people received the 2002 Official selection awards:

Main Competition

[Honorary Palme d'Or]

''[Un Certain Regard]''

''[Cinéfondation]''

First Prize: Um Sol Alaranjado by Eduardo ValenteSecond Prize: Seule maman a les yeux bleus by Eric ForestierThird Prize: Questions d'un ouvrier mort by Aya Somech

[Caméra d'Or]

Short Films Competition

Independent Awards

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Divine Intervention by Elia Suleiman Waiting for Happiness by Abderrahmane Sissako The Clay Bird by Tareque Masud

[Prize of the Ecumenical Jury]

The Man Without a Past by Aki Kaurismäki

Award of the Youth

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[Directors' Fortnight]

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