56th edition of the: international film festival
 Official poster of theââ56th Cannes Film Festival featuring an original illustration by, Jenny Holzer. | |
| Opening film | Fanfan la Tulipe |
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| Closing film | Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: Elephant |
| Hosted by | Monica Bellucci |
| No. of films | 20 (In Competition) 19 (Un Certain Regard) 19 (Out of Competition) 20 (Cinéfondation) 9 Short Films Competition) |
| Festival date | 14 May 2003 (2003-05-14) â 25 May 2003 (2003-05-25) |
| Website | festival-cannes |
| Cannes 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 ChĂ©reau was the "president of the jury." The Palme d'Or wentââto the American film Elephant by Gus Van Sant based on the Columbine High School massacre.
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 contributionsââto cinema throughout his career.
The festival Opening Film was Fanfan la Tulipe, directed by GĂ©rard Krawczyk, while Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin, directed by Richard Schickel, was the Closing Film Monica Bellucci was the mistress of ceremonies.
Juriesâ»
The following people were appointed as the Jury for the various sections below:
Main competitionâ»
- 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 TanoviÄ, Bosnian filmmaker
- Karin Viard, French actress
Un Certain Regardâ»
- Abderrahmane Sissako, Mauritanian filmmaker - Jury President
- Jannike Ahlund
- Geoff Andrew, British writer
- Alexis Campion
- Christine Masson
- Pierre Todeschini
CinĂ©fondation and short filmsâ»
- Emir Kusturica, Serbian filmmaker - Jury President
- Mary Lea Bandy, American director of Patrimoine Au Moma
- Zabou Breitman, French actress, director
- Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Lithuanian actress
- Michel Ocelot, French director
Camera d'Orâ»
- Wim Wenders, German filmmaker - Jury President
- Laurent Aknin, French critic
- Alain Champetier, French Representative of the technical industries
- GĂ©raldine d'Haen, French secretary of the jury
- Gian Luca Farinelli, Italian cinephile
- AgnĂšs Godard, French cinematographer
- Claude Makovski, French cinephile
- Bernard Uhlmann, Swizz cinephile
- Christian Vincent, French director
Official selectionâ»
In Competitionâ»
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or: The Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted.
Un Certain Regardâ»
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:
- All Tomorrow's Parties by Yu Lik-wai
- American Splendor by Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
- The Best of Youth (La meglio gioventĂč) by Marco Tullio Giordana
- Crimson Gold (Talaye Sorkh) by Jafar Panahi
- Drifters by Wang Xiaoshuai
- Japanese Story by Sue Brooks
- Kiss of Life by Emily Young
- Playing 'In the Company of Men' (En jouant 'Dans la compagnie des hommes') by Arnaud Desplechin
- Robinson's Crusoe (Lu bin xun piao liu ji) by Lin Cheng-sheng
- September by Max FÀrberböck
- Soldiers of Salamina (Soldados de Salamina) by David Trueba
- The Southern Cross (La cruz del sur) by Pablo Reyero
- Stormy Weather (StormviĂ°ri) by SĂłlveig Anspach
- A Story That Begins at the End (Arimpara) by Murali Nair
- Struggle by Ruth Mader
- A Thousand Months (Mille mois) by Faouzi BensaĂŻdi
- Today and Tomorrow (Hoy y mañana) by Alejandro Chomski
- Where Is Madame Catherine? (Les mains vides) by Marc Recha
- Young Adam by David Mackenzie
Films out of competitionâ»
The following films were selected to be, screened out of competition:
- Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin by Richard Schickel
- Claude Sautet ou La magie invisible by N. T. Binh
- Coming and Going (Vai~E~Vem) by JoĂŁo CĂ©sar Monteiro
- Easy Riders, Raging Bulls by Kenneth Bowser
- Fanfan la Tulipe by GĂ©rard Krawczyk
- The Fog of War by Errol Morris
- Ghosts of the Abyss by James Cameron
- Il grido d'angoscia dell'uccello predatore (20 tagli d'Aprile) by Nanni Moretti
- The Last Customer by Nanni Moretti
- Mansion By The Lake by Lester James Peries
- Les marches etc... (une comédie musicale) by Gilles Jacob
- The Matrix Reloaded by The Wachowskis
- Modern Times by Charlie Chaplin
- S-21, la machine de mort KhmĂšre rouge by Rithy Panh
- The Soul of a Man by Wim Wenders
- Time of the Wolf (Le Temps du Loup) by Michael Haneke
- The Triplets of Belleville (Les Triplettes de Belleville) by Sylvain Chomet
- Who Killed Bambi? (Qui a tué Bambi?) by Gilles Marchand
CinĂ©fondationâ»
The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:
- 19 At 11 by Michael Schwartz
- Am See by Ulrike von Ribbeck
- Bezi zeko bezi by Pavle VuÄkoviÄ
- 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 competitionâ»
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
- Cracker Bag by Glendyn Ivin
- L'enfant promis by Marsa Makris
- Fast Film by Virgil Widrich
- La fenĂȘtre ouverte by Philippe Barcinski
- L'homme le plus beau du monde by Alicia Duffy
- L'homme sans tĂȘte by Juan Solanas
- Je germe by Esther Rots
- Mon frĂšre aveugle by Sophie Goodhart
- Neige au mois de Novembre by Karolina Jonsson
Parallel sectionsâ»
International Critics' Weekâ»
The following films were screened for the 42nd International Critics' Week (42e Semaine de la Critique):
Feature film competition
- 20H17, Rue Darling by Bernard Edmond (Canada)
- Deux Fereshté (Two Angels) by Mamad Haghighat (Iran)
- Elle est des nĂŽtres by Siegrid Alnoy (France)
- Entre ciclones by Enrique Colina (Cuba)
- Milwaukee, Minnesota by Allan Mindel (United States)
- Reconstruction by Christoffer Boe (Denmark)
- Since Otar Left (Depuis qu'Otar est parti...) by Julie Bertuccelli (France, Belgium, Georgia)
Short film competition
- Belarra by Koldo Almandoz (Spain)
- DerriĂšre les fagots by Ron Dyens (France)
- Love Is the Law by Eivind Tolas (Norway)
- Maste by Erik Rosenlund (Sweden)
- La Petite Fille by Licia Eminenti (France)
- The Truth About the Head by Dale Heslip (Canada)
- Turangawaewae by Peter Burger (New Zealand)
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 â 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 ZoltĂĄn HorvĂĄth (Switzerland, France) (Short film)
- B.B. & Il Cormorano by Edoardo Gabbriellini (Italy) (closing film)
Directors' Fortnightâ»
Apart from 16 short films, the following feature films were screened for the 2003 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des RĂ©alizateurs):
- Bright Leaves (doc.) by Ross McElwee (United States, United Kingdom)
- CarĂȘme by JosĂ© Ălvaro 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 tĂȘte) by Thomas De Thier (Belgium, France)
- Gozu by Takashi Miike (Japan)
- The Hours of the Day (Las horas del dĂa) 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 KjĂžkkenet) by Bent Hamer (United States, Norway)
- Kleine Freiheit by YĂŒksel Yavuz (Germany)
- Les Lionceaux by Claire Doyon (France)
- Love Film (Filme de amor) by JĂșlio Bressane (Brazil)
- Mike Brant â Laisse moi t'aimer (doc.) by Erez Laufer (France, Israel)
- Le Monde vivant by EugĂšne 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 Ăźn rezerva) by Lucian Pintilie (Romania, France)
- No pasarån, 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 forĂȘt) by Bassek ba Kobhio, Didier OuĂ©nangarĂ© (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 Awardsâ»
In Competitionâ»
The following films and people received the 2003 Official selection awards:
- Palme d'Or: Elephant by Gus Van Sant
- Grand Prix: Uzak by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- Best Director: Elephant by Gus Van Sant
- Best Screenplay: Les Invasions barbares by Denys Arcand
- Best Actress: Marie-Josée Croze for Les Invasions barbares
- Best Actor: Muzaffer Ăzdemir and Emin Toprak for Uzak
- Jury Prize: At Five in the Afternoon by Samira Makhmalbaf
Un Certain Regardâ»
- Un Certain Regard Award: The Best of Youth by Marco Tullio Giordana
- Le Premier Regard Award: Mille mois by Faouzi BensaĂŻdi
- Un Certain Regard Jury Prize: Talaye sorkh by Jafar Panahi
CinĂ©fondationâ»
- First Prize: Run Rabbit Run by Pavle VuÄkoviÄ
- 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
CamĂ©ra d'Orâ»
- Reconstruction by Christoffer Boe
- Special Mention: Osama by Siddiq Barmak
Short Films Competitionâ»
- Short Film Palme d'Or: Cracker Bag by Glendyn Ivin
- Short Film Jury Prize: L'homme sans tĂȘte by Juan Solanas
Independent Awardsâ»
FIPRESCI Prizesâ»
- The Hours of the Day by Jaime Rosales (Director's Fortnight)
- Father and Son by Alexander Sokurov (In competition)
- American Splendor by Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini (Un Certain Regard)
Vulcan Award of the Technical Artistâ»
- Tom Stern for cinematography in Mystic River
Prize of the Ecumenical Juryâ»
Award of the Youthâ»
Critics' Weekâ»
- International Critics' Week Grand Prix: Since Otar Left by Julie Bertuccelli
- Prix de la (Toute) Jeune Critique: Milwaukee, Minnesota by Allan Mindel
- Canal+ Award: Love Is the Law by Eivind Tolas
- Kodak Short Film Award: The Truth About the Head by Dale Heslip
- Young Critics Award â Best Short: The Truth About the Head by Dale Heslip
- Young Critics Award â Best Feature: Milwaukee, Minnesota by Allan Mindel
- Grand Golden Rail: Since Otar Left by Julie Bertuccelli
- Small Golden Rail: Love Is the Law by Eivind Tolas
Honorary Golden Palmâ»
Cinema Prize of the French National Education Systemâ»
Golden Coachâ»
AFCAE Awardâ»
François Chalais Awardâ»
- The members of the Jury for the 2003 Official Selection competition
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Referencesâ»
- ^ "Posters 2003". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
- ^ "Official Selection 2003: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
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- ^ "42e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 2003". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- ^ "Quinzaine 2003". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ^ "Awards 2003: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014.
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- ^ "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 2003". imdb.com. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
- ^ "Association Prix François Chalais Cannes 2003". francois-chalais.fr. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
Mediaâ»
- INA: Opening of the 2003 Festival (commentary in French)
- INA: List of winners of the 2003 Festival and reactions (commentary in French)
External linksâ»
- 2003 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
- Official website Retrospective 2003 Archived 2019-01-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Cannes Film Festival Awards for 2003 at Internet Movie Database