Cannes International Film Festival 2003

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The 56th Cannes International Film Festival 2003 took place from May 14th to May 25th 2003.

competition

Philippe Noiret, 2003 in Cannes
Tim Robbins in Cannes

The following films were shown in the festival competition in 2003:

Movie title Director Country of production Actor (selection)
Akarui mirai Kiyoshi Kurosawa Japan
The Brown Bunny Vincent Gallo USA , Japan , France Vincent Gallo , Chloë Sevigny
Carandiru Hector Babenco Brazil , Argentina
Ce jour-là Raul Ruiz France , Switzerland Bernard Giraudeau , Elsa Zylberstein
Les Côtelettes Bertrand Blier France Philippe Noiret , Michel Bouquet
Il Cuore altrove Pupi Avati Italy Neri Marcorè , Vanessa Incontrada , Giancarlo Giannini
Dogville Lars from Trier DK , S , N , FIN , UK , F , D , NL Nicole Kidman , Harriet Andersson , Lauren Bacall
The fugitives
(Les égarés) 		André Téchiné France , UK Emmanuelle Béart , Gaspard Ulliel
Elephant * Gus Van Sant United States
Five o'clock in the afternoon Samira Makhmalbaf Iran , France
The Barbarian Invasion Denys Arcand Canada , France Rémy Girard , Stéphane Rousseau , Marie-Josée Croze
Little Lili Claude Miller France , Canada Nicole Garcia , Bernard Giraudeau , Ludivine Sagnier
Mystic River Clint Eastwood United States Sean Penn , Tim Robbins , Kevin Bacon
Sharasojyu Naomi Kawase Japan
swimming pool François Ozon France , UK Charlotte Rampling , Ludivine Sagnier , Charles Dance
Tiresia Bertrand Bonello France , Canada Laurent Lucas
The Tulse Luper Suitcases Peter Greenaway UK , E , I , L , NL , RUS , HUN , D JJ Feild , Caroline Dhavernas , Jordi Mollà
Uzak - Far Nuri Bilge Ceylan Turkey Muzaffer Özdemir , Mehmet Emin Toprak
father and son Alexander Sokurov Russia , D , I , NL
Zi hudie Lou Ye China , France Zhang Ziyi

* = Golden palm

International jury

The French director Patrice Chéreau was the jury president this year. He presided over a jury with the following members: Aishwarya Rai , Meg Ryan , Karin Viard , Erri Di Luca , Jean Rochefort , Steven Soderbergh , Danis Tanović and Wen Jiang .

Award winners

Gus Van Sant
  • Golden Palm : Elephant by Gus Van Sant
  • Grand Jury Prize : Uzak - Weit
  • Jury Prize: Five in the afternoon
  • Best Actor: Muzaffer Özdemir and Mehmet Emin Toprak in Uzak - Weit (Mehmet Emin Toprak received the award posthumously . He died in a car accident shortly before the festival. The award was the first performance award for Turkish actors in the history of the Festivals.)
  • Best Actress: Marie-Josée Croze in The Barbarian Invasion
  • Best director: Gus Van Sant for Elephant
  • Best script: Denys Arcand for The Barbarian Invasion

Further prices

Jeanne Moreau

Jeanne Moreau received a palm of honor for her life's work this year.

Un Certain Regard

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

American Splendor by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini , September by Max Färberböck , The Soldiers of Salamina by David Trueba , Talaye Sorkh by Jafar Panahi , Young Adam by David Mackenzie . TheItalian film The Best Years by Marco Tullio Giordana wonthe Un Certain Regard Prize this year.

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