56th edition of the international film festival
The 56th
Cannes Film Festival started on 14 May and ran until 25 May
2003 . It showcased a diverse selection of international films from various genres. French opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor and producer
Patrice Chéreau was the president of the jury. The
Palme d'Or went to the
American film
Elephant by
Gus Van Sant based on the
Columbine High School massacre .
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Another notable highlight of the 2003 Cannes Film Festival was the presence of iconic filmmaker
Ingmar Bergman , who received an Honorary
Palme d'Or for his contributions to cinema throughout his career.
The festival Opening Film was
Fanfan la Tulipe , directed by
Gérard Krawczyk , while
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin , directed by
Richard Schickel , was the Closing Film
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Monica Bellucci was the mistress of ceremonies.
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2003
Un Certain Regard poster, adapted from an original illustration by Oswaldo Vigas .
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Juries
The following people were appointed as the Jury for the various sections below:
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Main competition
Patrice Chéreau , French filmmaker, actor and producer - Jury President
Erri De Luca , Italian poet
Jiang Wen , Chinese actor, screenwriter and director
Aishwarya Rai , Indian actress
Jean Rochefort , French actor
Meg Ryan , American actress
Steven Soderbergh , American filmmaker
Danis Tanović , Bosnian filmmaker
Karin Viard , French actress
Un Certain Regard
Cinéfondation and short films
Camera d'Or
Wim Wenders , German filmmaker - Jury President
Laurent Aknin, French critic
Alain Champetier, French Representative of the technical industries
Géraldine d'Haen, French secretary of the jury
Gian Luca Farinelli, Italian cinephile
Agnès Godard , French cinematographer
Claude Makovski, French cinephile
Bernard Uhlmann, Swizz cinephile
Christian Vincent , French director
Official selection
In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:
[2] The Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted .
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Country
At Five in the Afternoon
پنج عصر
Samira Makhmalbaf
Iran, France
The Barbarian Invasions
Les Invasions barbares
Denys Arcand
Canada, France
Bright Future
アカルイミライ
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Japan
The Brown Bunny
Vincent Gallo
United States, Japan
Carandiru
Héctor Babenco
Brazil, Argentina
Les Côtelettes
Bertrand Blier
France
Dogville
Lars von Trier
Denmark, United Kingdom, Sweden, France, Germany
Elephant
Gus Van Sant
United States
Father and Son
Отец и сын
Alexander Sokurov
Russia
Incantato
Il cuore altrove
Pupi Avati
Italy
Little Lili
La Petite Lili
Claude Miller
France
Mystic River
Clint Eastwood
United States
Purple Butterfly
紫蝴蝶
Lou Ye
China
Shara
沙羅双樹
Naomi Kawase
Japan
Strayed
Les égarés
André Téchiné
France
Swimming Pool
François Ozon
France, United Kingdom
That Day
Ce jour-là
Raúl Ruiz
Switzerland, France
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
Peter Greenaway
Netherlands, United Kingdom
Tiresia
Bertrand Bonello
France
Uzak
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Turkey
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of
Un Certain Regard :
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Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
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Cinéfondation
The following short films were selected for the competition of
Cinéfondation :
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19 At 11 by Michael Schwartz
Am See by Ulrike von Ribbeck
Bezi zeko bezi by Pavle Vučković
Dremano oko by
Vladimir Perisic
Fish Never Sleep by Gaëlle Denis
Five Deep Breaths by
Seith Mann
Free Loaders by
Haim Tabakman
Historia del desierto (short) by Celia Galan Julve
Hitokoroshi no ana by Ikeda Chihiro
Le pacte by Heidi Maria Faisst
Like Twenty Impossibles by
Annemarie Jacir
Mechanika by David Sukup
Rebeca a esas alturas by Luciana Jauffred Gorostiza
Stuck by Jeremy Roberts
The Box Man by
Nirvan Mullick
The Water Fight by
Norah McGettigan
TV City by Alejandra Tomei, Alberto Couceiro
Empty for Love by
Vimukthi Jayasundara
Wonderful Day by Hyun-Pil Kim
Zero by Carolina Rivas
Short film competition
The following short films competed for the
Short Film Palme d'Or :
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Cracker Bag by Glendyn Ivin
L'enfant promis by Marsa Makris
Fast Film by
Virgil Widrich
La fenêtre ouverte by Philippe Barcinski
L'homme le plus beau du monde by Alicia Duffy
L'homme sans tête by
Juan Solanas
Je germe by Esther Rots
Mon frère aveugle by Sophie Goodhart
Neige au mois de Novembre by Karolina Jonsson
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 42nd
International Critics' Week (42e Semaine de la Critique ):
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Feature film competition
Short film competition
Special screenings
Off the map by
Campbell Scott (United States) (opening film)
Camarades by
Marin Karmitz (France) (La séance du Parrain)
Condor : les axes du mal by Rodrigo Vasque (France) (Documentary)
Araki – The Killing of a Japanese Photographer by Anders Morgenthaller (Denmark) (Short film)
Good Night by Chun Sun-Young (South Korea) (Short film)
Nosferatu Tango by Zoltán Horváth (Switzerland, France) (Short film)
B.B. & Il Cormorano by
Edoardo Gabbriellini (Italy) (closing film)
Directors' Fortnight
Apart from 16 short films, the following feature films were screened for the 2003
Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs ):
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Bright Leaves (doc.) by
Ross McElwee (United States, United Kingdom)
Carême by
José Álvaro Morais (Portugal)
La chose publique by
Mathieu Amalric (France)
Cry No More (Les Yeux secs ) by
Narjiss Nejjar (France, Morocco)
Deep Breath by
Parviz Shahbazi (Iran)
Feathers in My Head (Des plumes dans la tête ) by Thomas De Thier (Belgium, France)
Gozu by
Takashi Miike (Japan)
The Hours of the Day (Las horas del día ) by
Jaime Rosales (Spain)
Interstella 5555 by
Kazuhisa Takenouchi (Japan, France)
L'Isola by
Costanza Quatriglio (Italy)
James' Journey to Jerusalem by
Ra'anan Alexandrowicz (Israel)
Kitchen Stories (Salmer fra Kjøkkenet ) by
Bent Hamer (United States, Norway)
Kleine Freiheit by
Yüksel Yavuz (Germany)
Les Lionceaux by Claire Doyon (France)
Love Film (Filme de amor ) by
Júlio Bressane (Brazil)
Mike Brant – Laisse moi t'aimer (doc.) by Erez Laufer (France, Israel)
Le Monde vivant by
Eugène Green (France, Belgium)
The Mother by
Roger Michell (United Kingdom)
Naked Childhood (L'enfance nue ) by
Maurice Pialat (France)
Niki and Flo (Niki Ardelean, colonel în rezerva ) by
Lucian Pintilie (Romania, France)
No pasarán, album souvenir (doc.) by Henri-François Imbert (France)
No Rest for the Brave (Pas de repos pour les braves ) by
Alain Guiraudie (France, Austria)
Osama by
Siddiq Barmak (Afghanistan, Netherlands, Japan, Ireland, Iran)
Saltimbank by Jean-Claude Biette (France)
Seducing Doctor Lewis (La grande séduction ) by
Jean-François Pouliot (Canada)
The Forest (
Le Silence de la forêt ) by
Bassek ba Kobhio ,
Didier Ouénangaré (Cameroon, France)
Sansa by
Siegfried (Spain, France)
Les Terres de l'ogre by Sami Kafati (Honduras, France)
Watermark by
Georgina Willis (Australia)
The Woman Who Believed She Was President of the United States (A Mulher que Acreditava ser Presidente dos Estados Unidos da América ) by
João Botelho (Portugal)
Im Anfang war der Blick by
Bady Minck (Austria/Luxembourg)
Official Awards
Patrice Chéreau , Jury President
Gus Van Sant, Palme d'Or winner
In Competition
The following films and people received the 2003 Official selection awards:
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Un Certain Regard
Cinéfondation
First Prize : Run Rabbit Run by Pavle Vučković
Second Prize : Historia del desierto by Celia Galan Julve
Third Prize :
TV City by Alejandra Tomei and Alberto Couceiro
Rebeca a esas alturas by Luciana Jauffred Gorostiza
Short Films Competition
Independent Awards
Award of the Youth
Critics' Week
Honorary Golden Palm
Cinema Prize of the French National Education System
Golden Coach
AFCAE Award
The members of the Jury for the 2003 Official Selection competition
References
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