2002 Cannes Film Festival Explained

2002 Cannes Film Festival
Host:Virginie Ledoyen
Number:22 (Main Competition)
Opening:Hollywood Ending
Closing:And Now... Ladies
and Gentlemen
Location:Cannes, France
Awards:Palme d'Or


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The 55th Cannes Film Festival took place from 15 to 26 May 2002.[1] [2] [3] American filmmaker David Lynch served as jury president for the main competition. Virginie Ledoyen hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.[4]

French-Polish filmmaker Roman Polanski won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film The Pianist. While 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.[5]

The festival opened with Hollywood Ending by Woody Allen, [6] and closed with Claude Lelouch's And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen.[7] [8] [9]

Juries

Main Competition

Un Certain Regard

Cinéfondation and Short Film Competition

Camera d'Or

Official Selection

In Competition

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[11]

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
24 Hour Party PeopleMichael WinterbottomUnited Kingdom
About Schmidt Alexander PayneUnited States
The AdversaryL'AdversaireNicole GarciaFrance
All or NothingMike LeighUnited Kingdom
Bowling for ColumbineMichael MooreUnited States, Canada, Germany
Chi-hwa-seonIm Kwon-taekSouth Korea
DemonloverOlivier AssayasFrance
Divine Interventionيد إلهيةElia SuleimanPalestine, France, Morocco, Germany
IrréversibleGaspar NoéFrance
KedmaAmos GitaiIsrael
Marie-Jo and Her Two Lovers Marie-Jo et ses deux amoursRobert GuédiguianFrance
The Man Without a PastMies vailla menneisyyttäAki KaurismäkiFinland
My Mother's SmileL'ora di religione (Il sorriso di mia madre)Marco BellocchioItaly
The PianistRoman PolanskiFrance, Germany, Poland, United Kingdom
Punch-Drunk LovePaul Thomas AndersonUnited States
Russian ArkРусский ковчегAlexander SokurovRussia, Germany, Canada, Finland
The SonLe FilsJean-Pierre and Luc DardenneBelgium, France
SpiderDavid CronenbergCanada, United Kingdom
Sweet SixteenKen LoachUnited Kingdom, Germany, Spain
TenدهAbbas KiarostamiIran
The Uncertainty Principle O Princípio da IncertezaManoel de OliveiraPortugal
Unknown Pleasures任逍遥Jia ZhangkeChina

Un Certain Regard

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

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
Angel on the RightФариштаи китфи ростJamshed UsmonovTajikistan
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress巴尔扎克与小裁缝Dai SijieChina, France
Blissfully Yoursสุดเสน่หาApichatpong WeerasethakulThailand
The Box of Lifeصندوق الدنياOssama MohammedSyria, France
El bonaerensePablo TraperoArgentina, France, Chile, Netherlands
CarnageCarnagesDelphine GleizeFrance
The ConfessionİtirafZeki DemirkubuzTurkey
Cry Woman哭泣的女人Liu BingjianChina
Double Vision雙瞳Chen Kuo-fuTaiwan, Hong Kong
Fate YazgıZeki DemirkubuzTurkey
Glowing EyesLa chatte à deux têtesJacques NolotFrance
Madame SatãKarim AïnouzBrazil, France
Marooned in Iraqگم‌گشته‌ای در عراقBahman GhobadiIran
A Piece of SkyUne part du cielBénédicte LiénardFrance, Belgium
Rachida Yamina BachirAlgeria
Raising Victor VargasPeter SollettUnited States
Seventeen Times Cecile Cassard 17 fois Cécile CassardChristophe HonoréFrance
Ten Minutes OlderSpike Lee, Aki Kaurismäki, Chen Kaige,
Jim Jarmusch, Werner Herzog,
Víctor Erice,Wim Wenders		China, Finland, France, Germany,
Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom,
United States
Terra incognitaGhassan SalhabLebanon, France
To Stay AliveبمانیDariush MehrjuiIran
Tomorrow La Scala! Francesca JosephUnited Kingdom
Waiting for Happinessفي انتظار السعادةAbderrahmane SissakoMauritania, France

Out of Competition

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

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
16 DecemberMani ShankarIndia
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen (closing film)Claude LelouchFrance, United Kingdom
Ararat Atom EgoyanCanada, France
Carlo Giuliani, BoyCarlo Giuliani, ragazzoFrancesca ComenciniItaly
City of God Cidade de DeusFernando Meirelles and Kátia LundBrazil, France, Germany, United States
Devdas Sanjay Leela BhansaliIndia
Femme FataleBrian De PalmaFrance, Germany, United States
From the Other SideDe l'autre côtéChantal AkermanFinland, France
Histoires de festivalGilles JacobFrance
Hollywood Ending (opening film)Woody AllenUnited States
The Kid Stays in the PictureBrett Morgen and Nanette Burstein
The Last LetterLa dernière lettreFrederick WisemanUnited States, France
Murder by NumbersBarbet SchroederUnited States
Searching for Debra WingerRosanna Arquette
Kelly Asbury and Lorna Cook
George Lucas
To Be and to HaveÊtre et avoirNicolas PhilibertFrance
Women in the Mirror鏡の女たちYoshishige YoshidaJapan

Cinéfondation

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

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 41st International Critics' Week (41e Semaine de la Critique):[12]

Feature film competition

Short film competition

Special screenings

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 2002 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[13]

Short films

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.[14]

Official Awards

The following films and people received the 2002 Official selection awards:[15]

Main Competition

The Pianist by Roman Polanski

The Man Without a Past by Aki Kaurismäki

Sweet Sixteen by Paul Laverty

Kati Outinen for The Man Without a Past

Olivier Gourmet for The Son

Divine Intervention by Elia Suleiman

Un Certain Regard

Cinéfondation

Short Films Competition

After Rain by Péter Mészáros

Independent Awards

Award of the Youth

Media

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 55ème Festival International du Film - Cannes . 20 June 2017 . cinema-francais.fr . fr.
  2. Web site: Cannes 2002 Chroniques . 20 June 2017 . cannes-fest.com . fr.
  3. Web site: 2002 Cannes Film Festival . 25 May 2017.
  4. News: Ledoyen to reign again . 25 May 2017 . Variety.com.
  5. Web site: A Honorary Palme at the opening ceremony of the Festival de Cannes . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160124000809/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/58029.html . 24 January 2016 . festival-cannes.fr . dmy.
  6. Web site: Hollywood Ending gets its international fest premiere before Cannes at San Francisco . screendaily.com . 25 May 2017 . needs subscription.
  7. Web site: Festivals: 2002 Cannes Film Festival Special Screenings Lineup . indiewire.com . 24 March 2001 . 25 May 2017.
  8. News: Lelouch 'Ladies' to end Cannes . Variety.com . 25 May 2017.
  9. Web site: Cannes 2002 – A Preview . urbancinefile.com . 25 May 2017 . 14 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131214080446/http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=6154&s=features . dead .
  10. Web site: All Juries 2002 . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112612/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/2002/allJury.html . 4 March 2016 . dmy.
  11. Web site: Official Selection 2002: All the Selection . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131214200458/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/2002/allSelections.html . 14 December 2013 . dmy.
  12. Web site: 41e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 2002 . archives.semainedelacritique.com . 21 June 2017.
  13. Web site: Quinzaine 2002 . quinzaine-realisateurs.com . 20 June 2017 . 26 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171226100432/http://www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com/qz_an/2002/ . live .
  14. Web site: Vaucher . Andrea R. . Elley . Derek . 24 April 2002 . Croisette crowd craves its faves . 18 November 2019 . Variety . en.
    Web site: McCarthy . Todd . May 26, 2002 . 'Pianist' tickles Cannes . May 24, 2018 . Variety.
  15. Web site: Awards 2002: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150121170045/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/2002/allAward.html . 21 January 2015 . dmy.
  16. Web site: A web resource on Tareque Masud and his film "Matir Moyna" compiling many of his film reviews and interviews . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090605160304/http://ctmasud.web.aplus.net/filmmakers/bio.htm . 5 June 2009 . 25 May 2017 . Ctmasud.web.aplus.net.
  17. Web site: FIPRESCI Awards 2002 . 22 June 2017 . ipresci.org.
  18. Web site: Jury Œcuménique Palmarés 2002 . cannes.juryoecumenique.org . 23 June 2017.
  19. Web site: Cannes Film Festival, Awards for 2002 . imdb.com . 23 June 2017.
  20. Web site: 41e Semaine internationale de la critique : Palmarès . Unifrance . fr . 23 June 2017.

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