The 55th Cannes Film Festival started on 15 May and ran until 26 May 2002 . The Palme d'Or The Pianist Roman Polanski .[4] [5] [6] [7]
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The festival's "Opening Film" was Hollywood Ending Woody Allen ,[8] Claude Lelouch 's And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen [9] [10] [11] Virginie Ledoyen was the mistress of ceremonies.[12]
During the festival, director Woody Allen was also presented 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 .[13]
2002 Un Certain Regard poster.[14]
David Lynch , Jury PresidentAnne Fontaine , Un Certain Regard Jury PresidentUn Certain Regard
Anne Fontaine , Luxembourger filmmaker - Jury PresidentFabienne Bradfer, film critic
Jean-Sébastien Chauvin, film critic
Louis Guichard, film critic
Fabrice Pliskin, film critic
David Tran, film critic
Pierre Vavasseur, critic
In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3]
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24 Hour Party People Michael Winterbottom United Kingdom
About Schmidt Alexander Payne United States
The Adversary L'Adversaire Nicole Garcia France
All or Nothing Mike Leigh United Kingdom
Bowling for Columbine Michael Moore United States, Canada, Germany
Chi-hwa-seon Im Kwon-taek South Korea
Demonlover Olivier Assayas France
Divine Intervention يد إلهية
Elia Suleiman Palestine, France, Morocco, Germany
Irréversible Gaspar Noé France
Kedma Amos Gitai Israel
Marie-Jo and Her Two Lovers Marie-Jo et ses deux amours Robert Guédiguian France
The Man Without a Past Mies vailla menneisyyttä Aki Kaurismäki Finland
My Mother's Smile L'ora di religione (Il sorriso di mia madre) Marco Bellocchio Italy
The Pianist Roman Polanski France, Germany, Poland, United Kingdom
Punch-Drunk Love Paul Thomas Anderson United States
Russian Ark Русский ковчег
Alexander Sokurov Russia, Germany, Canada, Finland
The Son Le Fils Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne Belgium, France
Spider David Cronenberg Canada, United Kingdom
Sweet Sixteen Ken Loach United Kingdom, Germany, Spain
Ten ده
Abbas Kiarostami Iran
The Uncertainty Principle O Princípio da Incerteza Manoel de Oliveira Portugal
Unknown Pleasures 任逍遥
Jia Zhangke China
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Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]
The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation :[3]
17 minute intarziere by Catalin Mitulescu (Romania)Chogyeoul Jumshim by Byung-Hwa Kang (South Korea)Honey Moon by Sung-Jin Park (South Korea)K-G I Nod Och Lust by Jens Jonsson (Sweden)Khoj by Tridib Poddar (India)La derniere journee d'Alfred Maassen by David Lammers (Netherlands)La mort en exil by Ayten Mutlu Saray (Switzerland)P.S. by Arni Asgeirsson (Poland)Um Sol Alaranjado Eduardo Valente (Brazil)Questions d'un ouvrier mort Aya Somech (Israel)Request by Jinoh Park (South Korea)Seule maman a les yeux bleus Eric Forestier (France)Shearing by Eicke Bettinga (United Kingdom)Soshuu no neko by Masaaki Uchida (Japan)The Look Of Happiness by Marianela Maldonado (United Kingdom)Vals by Edgar Bartenev (Russia)
Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or :[3]
A Very Very Silent Film Manish Jha After Rain Esö után ) by Péter Mészáros Daughter by Eduardo Rodríguez Le chaperon noir by Yannis YapanisRetenir son souffle by Anthony Lucas Speel Met Me by Esther RotsTai Tai by Nicholas ChinTango de l'oubli by Alexis Mital ToledoThe Stone of Folly Jesse Rosensweet Vol 404 by Bruce TerrisYoake a Chewing-Gum Story by Roland Zumbühl
The following films were screened for the 41st International Critics' Week (41e Semaine de la Critique):[16]
Feature film competition
Short film competition
Le Jour où je suis né by Kunitoshi Manda (Japan)Lettre au fils by Philippe Welsh (France)Malcom by Baker Karim (Sweden)Meeting Evil Möte med ondskan ) by Reza Parsa (Sweden)2 Minutes (2 Minutter ) by Jacob Tschernia (Denmark)Le Vigile by Frédéric Pelle (France)From Mesmer, with Love or Tea for Two De Mesmer, con amor o Té para dos ) by Salvador Lubezki & Alejandro Lubezki (Mexico)
Special screenings
The following films were screened for the 2002 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[17]
Abouna Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (Chad, France)Angela Roberta Torre (Italy)Apartment 5C Raphaël Nadjari (France, Israel, United States)Blue Gate Crossing Chih-yen Yee (Taiwan, France)Bord de mer Julie Lopes-Curval (France)The Embalmer L'imbalsamatore ) by Matteo Garrone (Italy)Ingmar Bergman: Intermezzo Gunnar Bergdahl (Sweden)István Bibó, fragments Péter Forgács (Hungary)Japón Carlos Reygadas (Mexico, Spain, Germany)Matir Moina The Clay Bird ) by Tareque Masud (France, Bangladesh)Laurel Canyon Lisa Cholodenko (United States)Morvern Callar Lynne Ramsay (United Kingdom)Monrak Transistor Pen-ek Ratanaruang (Thailand)Nada+ Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti (Cuba, France, Spain, Italy)Occident Cristian Mungiu (Romania)Once Upon a Time in the Midlands Shane Meadows (United Kingdom, Germany)Only the Strong Survive D.A. Pennebaker , Chris Hegedus (United States)Un oso rojo Israel Adrián Caetano (Argentina, France, Spain)Otello di Carmelo Bene Carmelo Bene (Italy)Le pays du chien qui chante Yann Dedet (France)Sex Is Comedy Catherine Breillat (France)Two Deux ) by Werner Schroeter (France, Germany)Une pure coïncidence Romain Goupil (France)Welcome to Collinwood Joseph and Anthony Russo (United States)
Short films
A-20 by Geoff Hughes, Brad Warren (United States)Après l’enfance by Thomas Lilti (France)Bang Nhau… Egaux by Stéfan Sao Nélet (France)Bob the slob by Nate Theis (United States)Bus 44 Dayyan Eng (Hong Kong, United States)L’Arrivée by Peter Tscherkassky (Austria)Comme ça j’entends la mer by Hélène Milano (France)Comme un seul homme by Jean-Louis Gonnet (France)Deux cents dirham] by Laila Marrakchi (France, Morocco)Entering indifference by Vincent Dieutre (France)Fish in the Sea is Not Thirsty by Soopum Sohn (South Korea, United States)Insomniac by Matt Woo], Vanja Varasac (United States)La Vie sur un fil by Steven Lippman (United States)Mémoires incertaines Michale Boganim (France, United Kingdom)Mexicano by Toby McDonald (United Kingdom)Muno by Bouli Lanners (Belgium)Next Door by Jeff Rich (United States)Présent inachevé by Johan Van der Keuken (Netherlands)Phantom by Matthias Müller (Germany)Portraits filmés 2002 by Valérie Mréjen (France)Samson by Graham Dubose (United States)The Girl in the Red Dress by Aletta Collins (United Kingdom)
Roman Polanski , Palme d'Or winnerAki Kaurismäki , Gran Prix winnerOfficial awards
The following films and people received the 2002 Official selection awards:[2] [4] [5]
Un Certain Regard
Cinéfondation
First Prize: Um Sol Alaranjado by Eduardo Valente
Second Prize: Seule maman a les yeux bleus by Eric Forestier
Third Prize: Questions d'un ouvrier mort by Aya Somech Golden Camera
Short Films
Short Film Palme d'Or : After Rain Esö után ) by Péter Mészáros Short Film Jury Prize: A Very Very Silent Film by Manish Jha & The Stone of Folly by Jesse Rosensweet 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 Boefje Union Pacific was retrospectively voted the winner of the 1939 Palme d'Or.[19]
Independent awards
FIPRESCI Prizes [20] [21]
Ecumenical Jury [22] [5]
Award of the Youth [5]
Awards in the frame of International Critics' Week [23]
International Critics' Week Grand Prize: Respiro Emanuele Crialese
Grand Golden Rail: Hypnotized and Hysterical (Hairstylist Wanted) Filles perdues, cheveux gras ) by Claude Duty
Small Golden Rail: From Mesmer, with Love or Tea for Two De Mesmer, con amor o Té para dos ) by Salvador Aguirre , Alejandro Lubezki
Canal+ Award: From Mesmer, with Love or Tea for Two De Mesmer, con amor o Té para dos ) by Salvador Aguirre , Alejandro Lubezki [18]
Young Critics Award - Best Short: Meeting Evil Möte med ondskan ) by Reza Parsa
Young Critics Award - Best Feature: Respiro Emanuele Crialese [18]
Kodak Short Film Award: From Mesmer, with Love or Tea for Two De Mesmer, con amor o Té para dos ) by Salvador Aguirre , Alejandro Lubezki [18] Awards in the frame of Directors' Fortnight [18]
Association Prix François Chalais
The members of the jury for the 2002 official selection competition
