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2000, Seen By... (French : 2000 vu par...) was a 1998 international film project initiated by the French company Haut et Court to produce films depicting the approaching turn of the millennium seen from the perspectives of 10 different countries. [1]

The idea was conceived by producers Caroline Benjo and Carole Scotta, who took the idea to Pierre Chevalier of the French-German TV station Arte. They envisioned each film to be one hour long, made for the cost of four to five million francs, by promising directors. [2]

Ten films were produced as a result of the project:

TitleDirectorCountryNotes
The Book of Life (1998) [3] Hal Hartley United States
Frankfurt Millennium (1998) [4] Romuald Karmakar Germany
The Hole (1998) [5] Tsai Ming-liang Taiwan Entered into the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. [6]
La primera noche de mi vida (1998) [4] Miguel Albaladejo Spain
Last Night (1998) [7] Don McKellar Canada Winner of the Award of the Youth at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. [1]
La Vie Sur Terre (1998) [8] Abderrahmane Sissako Mali
Les Sanguinaires (1998) [2] Laurent Cantet France
Midnight (1998) [9] Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas Brazil 2000 Ariel Award for Best Latin-American Film. [10]
Tamas and Juli (1998) [4] Ildikó Enyedi Hungary
The Wall (1998) [11] Alain Berliner Belgium

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