2000, Seen By...

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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] [2]

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. [3]

Ten films were produced as a result of the project:

TitleDirectorCountryNotes
The Book of Life (1998) [4] Hal Hartley United States
Frankfurt Millennium (1998) [5] Romuald Karmakar Germany
The Hole (1998) [6] Tsai Ming-liang Taiwan Entered into the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. [7]
La primera noche de mi vida (1998) [5] Miguel Albaladejo Spain
Last Night (1998) [8] Don McKellar Canada Winner of the Award of the Youth at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. [1] Winner of the Award of the Best Canadian First Feature Film at the 1998 Toronto International Film Festival. [9]
La Vie Sur Terre (1998) [10] Abderrahmane Sissako Mali
Les Sanguinaires (1998) [3] Laurent Cantet France
Midnight (1998) [11] Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas Brazil 2000 Ariel Award for Best Latin-American Film. [12]
Tamas and Juli (1998) [5] Ildikó Enyedi Hungary
The Wall (1998) [13] Alain Berliner Belgium

References

  1. 1 2 Yoram Allon, Del Cullen, Hannah Patterson, Contemporary North American Film Directors: A Wallflower Critical Guide, Wallflower Press, 2002, p. 367.
  2. ↑ "2000 vu par..." Haut et Court (in French). Retrieved 2025-10-02.
  3. 1 2 Martin O'Shaughnessy, Laurent Cantet, Oxford University Press, p. 4.
  4. ↑ Cole, Susan G.; Sumi, Glenn; Wilner, Norman; Semley, John (31 December 2013). "TOP 25 TORONTO FILMS". Now . Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 Creutz, Norbert (4 December 1998). "Dix cinéastes de quatre continents imaginent le jour de l'an 2000". Le Temps .
  6. ↑ "The Hole," Haut et Court, URL accessed 15 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "Festival de Cannes: The Hole". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-09-29.
  8. ↑ Swedko, Pam (3 November 1997). "On set with Don McKeller's Last Night". Playback . Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  9. ↑ "A Look Back at Last Night". TIFF. Retrieved 2025-10-02.
  10. ↑ "La Vie Sur Terre". Haut et Court. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  11. ↑ Barbosa, Rafhael (December 29, 2007). "Meu tempo é hoje". Gazeta de Alagoas (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on May 29, 2014. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Ariel > Ganadores y nominados > Walter Salles" (in Spanish). Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas. Archived from the original on 2014-05-29. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Le Mur". Haut et Court. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
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