Cannes International Film Festival 2001

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The 54th Cannes International Film Festival 2001 took place from May 9th to May 20th 2001.

competition

The following films were shown in the festival competition in 2001:

Ethan and Joel Coen in Cannes 2001
Nicole Kidman in Cannes 2001
Jack Nicholson at the photo call for The Promise
Francis Ford Coppola in Cannes, 2001
Faye Dunaway in Cannes, 2001
Movie title Director Country of production Actor (selection)
To love Jean-Luc Godard France , Switzerland
La Chambre des officiers François Dupeyron France Éric Caravaca , Denis Podalydès
Distance Hirokazu Koreeda Japan
I go back home Manoel de Oliveira France , Portugal Michel Piccoli , Catherine Deneuve , John Malkovich
The piano player Michael Haneke D , F , Austria , Poland Isabelle Huppert , Annie Girardot , Benoît Magimel
The Man Who Wasn't There Ethan and Joel Coen UK , USA Billy Bob Thornton , Frances McDormand
The Medici warrior Ermanno Olmi I , F , D , Bulgaria
Moulin Rouge! Baz Luhrmann Australia , USA Nicole Kidman , Ewan McGregor
Mulholland Drive David Lynch France , USA Naomi Watts , Laura Harring
Ni neibian jidian Tsai Ming-liang Taiwan , France
No Man's Land Danis Tanović Bosnia , Slovenia ,
I , F , UK , B
Pau i el seu germà Marc Recha Spain , France
Qianxi manbo Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan , France Shu Qi
Trip to Kandahar Mohsen Makhmalbaf Iran , France
La répétition Catherine Corsini France , Canada Emmanuelle Béart , Pascale Bussières , Dani Levy
Roberto Succo Cédric Kahn France , Switzerland Stefano Cassetti
Shrek Andrew Adamson ,
Vicky Jenson 		United States Cartoon
Telets Alexander Sokurov Russia
Tsuki no sabaku Shinji Aoyama Japan
Va savoir Jacques Rivette France , Italy , D Jeanne Balibar , Marianne Basler
The promise Sean Penn United States Jack Nicholson , Patricia Clarkson , Benicio Del Toro
Water features Shōhei Imamura Japan , France Kōji Yakusho , Misa Shimizu , Saeko Aizawa
My son's room 1 Nanni Moretti Italy , France Nanni Moretti , Laura Morante
1 Golden palm

International jury

This year Liv Ullmann was the jury president. A year earlier she had a directorial work based on a script by Ingmar Bergman in the competition. She presided over a jury with the following members: Charlotte Gainsbourg , Sandrine Kiberlain , Julia Ormond , Moufida Tlatli , Mimmo Calopresti , Terry Gilliam , Mathieu Kassovitz , Philippe Labro and Edward Yang .

Award winners

Naomi Watts , David Lynch , Laura Harring and Justin Theroux in Cannes, 2001 (from left to right)
  • Golden Palm : my son's room
  • Grand Jury Prize: The Piano Player
  • Best Actor: Benoît Magimel in The Piano Player
  • Best actress: Isabelle Huppert in The Piano Player
  • Best Directed by David Lynch for Mulholland Drive and Joel Coen for The Man Who Wasn't There
  • Best script: Danis Tanović for No Man's Land

Further prices

Un Certain Regard

In the Un Certain Regard section , the following films were presented this year:

Relationships and Other Disasters by Alan Cumming and Jennifer Jason Leigh , Hijack Stories by Oliver Schmitz , I Didn't Ask You For A Love Story by Jacques Doillon , Lan Yu by Stanley Kwan , Lovely Rita by Jessica Hausner , No Such Thing by Hal Hartley , Le parole di mio padre by Francesca Comencini , Pattiyude Divasam by Murali Nair , R Xmas by Abel Ferrara , storytelling by Todd Solondz . The Un Certain Regard prize was awarded to the French film Amour d'enfance by Yves Caumon awarded.

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