![]() Official poster of the 53rd Cannes Film Festival featuring an original illustration by Italian artist Lorenzo Mattotti. [1] | |
Opening film | Vatel |
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Closing film | Stardom |
Location | Cannes, France |
Founded | 1946 |
Awards | Palme d'Or : Dancer in the Dark [2] |
Hosted by | Virginie Ledoyen |
No. of films | 23 (In Competition) [3] |
Festival date | 14 May 2000 – 25 May 2000 |
Website | festival-cannes |
The 53rd Cannes Film Festival took place from 14 to 25 May 2000. [4] French filmmaker Luc Besson was the Jury President for the main competition. Virginie Ledoyen was the mistress of ceremonies. [5] Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier won the Palme d'Or for the musical-drama film Dancer in the Dark . [6] [7]
The festival opened with Vatel by Roland Joffé, [8] [9] and closed with Stardom by Denys Arcand. [10] [11]
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or : [3]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Bread and Roses | Ken Loach | United Kingdom, Spain, Germany | |
Blackboards | تخته سیاه | Samira Makhmalbaf | Iran, Italy, Japan |
Chunhyang | 춘향뎐 | Kwon-taek Im | South Korea |
Code Unknown | Code inconnu: Récit incomplet de divers voyages | Michael Haneke | France, Germany, Romania |
Dancer in the Dark | Lars von Trier | Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States | |
Devils on the Doorstep | 鬼子來了 | Jiang Wen | China |
Esther Kahn | Arnaud Desplechin | France, United Kingdom | |
Eureka | Shinji Aoyama | Japan | |
Faithless | Trolösa | Liv Ullmann | Sweden |
Fast Food Fast Women | Amos Kollek | France | |
Gohatto | 御法度 | Nagisa Oshima | Japan |
The Golden Bowl | James Ivory | United Kingdom, United States, France | |
Harry, He's Here to Help | Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien | Dominik Moll | France |
In the Mood for Love | 花樣年華 | Wong Kar-wai | Hong Kong, France |
Kippur | כיפור | Amos Gitai | Israel |
Nurse Betty | Neil LaBute | United States | |
O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Joel Coen | United Kingdom, United States, France | |
Sentimental Destinies | Les Destinées sentimentales | Olivier Assayas | France, Switzerland |
Songs from the Second Floor | Sånger från andra våningen | Roy Andersson | Sweden, Norway, Denmark |
Turbulence | Estorvo | Ruy Guerra | Brazil, Cuba, Portugal |
The Wedding | Свадьба | Pavel Lungin | Russia, France |
The Yards | James Gray | United States | |
Yi Yi | Yī Yī | Edward Yang | Taiwan, Japan |
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard : [14]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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April Captains | Capitães de Abril | Maria de Medeiros | Portugal, France, Spain, Italy |
Djomeh | Hassan Yektapanah | Iran | |
The Farewell | Abschied - Brechts letzter Sommer | Jan Schütte | Germany |
I Dreamed of Africa | Hugh Hudson | United States | |
I Prefer the Sound of the Sea | Preferisco il rumore del mare | Mimmo Calopresti | Italy, France |
Jacky | Brat Ljatifi and Fow Pyng Hu | United States | |
The King Is Alive | Kristian Levring | Denmark | |
The King's Daughters | Saint-Cyr | Patricia Mazuy | France, Belgium, Germany |
Lisa Picard Is Famous | Griffin Dunne | United States | |
Lost Killers | Dito Tsintsadze | Germany | |
Me You Them | Eu Tu Eles | Andrucha Waddington | Brazil |
Nichiyobi wa Owaranai | 日曜日は終わらない | Yōichirō Takahashi | Japan |
Le premier du nom | Sabine Franel | France, Switzerland | |
The Season of Men | موسم الرجال | Moufida Tlatli | Tunisia, France |
Such Is Life | Así es la vida | Arturo Ripstein | Mexico |
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her | Rodrigo García | United States | |
Tierra del Fuego | Miguel Littin | Chile | |
The Vertical Ray of the Sun | Mùa hè chiều thẳng đứng | Tran Anh Hung | France, Germany, Vietnam |
Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors | 오! 수정 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
The Waiting List | Lista de espera | Juan Carlos Tabío | Spain, Cuba, France, Mexico |
Wild Blues: Notes for Several Voices | Wild Blue: notes à quelques voix | Thierry Knauff | Belgium |
Woman on Top | Fina Torres | United States |
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: [3]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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April (1961) | აპრილი | Otar Iosseliani | Soviet Union |
A Conversation with Gregory Peck | Barbara Kopple | United States | |
Cecil B. Demented | John Waters | United States, France | |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | 臥虎藏龍 | Ang Lee | China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, United States |
Honest | David Stewart | United Kingdom, France | |
The Gleaners and I | Les glaneurs et la glaneuse | Agnès Varda | France |
Mission to Mars | Brian De Palma | United States | |
Requiem for a Dream | Darren Aronofsky | ||
Stardom (closing film) | Denys Arcand | Canada, France | |
Under Suspicion | Stephen Hopkins | United States, France, Puerto Rico | |
Vatel (opening film) | Roland Joffé | United Kingdom, France |
The following films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation: [3]
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or: [3]
The following films were screened for the 39th International Critics' Week (39e Semaine de la Critique): [15]
Feature film competition
Short film competition
The following films were screened for the 2000 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs): [16]
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