The 55th

Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films o ...

started on 15 May and ran until 26 May

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

. The

Palme d'Or The Palme d'Or (; en, Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festival's highest prize was the Grand Prix du Fe ...

went to the Polish-French-German-British co-produced film '' The Pianist'' directed by

Roman Polanski Raymond Roman Thierry Polański , group=lower-alpha, name=note_a (né Liebling; 18 August 1933) is a French-Polish film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two ...

. The festival opened with ''

Hollywood Ending ''Hollywood Ending'' is a 2002 American comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen, who also plays the principal character. It tells the story of a once-famous film director who suffers hysterical blindness due to the intense pressure of d ...

'', directed by

Woody Allen Heywood "Woody" Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American film director, writer, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades and multiple Academy Award-winning films. He began his career writing ...

and closed with '' And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen'', directed by

Claude Lelouch Claude Barruck Joseph Lelouch (; born 30 October 1937) is a French film director, screenwriter, writer, cinematographer, actor and film producer, producer. Lelouch grew up in an Algerian Jewish Family. He emerged as a prominent director in the 1 ...

Virginie Ledoyen Virginie Fernández (born 15 November 1976), known by her stage name Virginie Ledoyen (), is a French actress who has appeared in French, British and American films. Life and career Ledoyen was born in Aubervilliers, the daughter of Olga, a res ...

was the mistress of ceremonies. Director

was also presented with the inaugural Honorary

given to a director who had achieved a notable body of work but who had never won a competitive

Juries

Main competition

The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2002 Official Selection: *

David Lynch David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946) is an American filmmaker, visual artist and actor. A recipient of an Academy Honorary Award in 2019, Lynch has received three Academy Award nominations for Best Director, and the César Award for Be ...

, Jury President *

Sharon Stone Sharon Vonne Stone (born March 10, 1958) is an American actress. Known for primarily playing femme fatales and women of mystery on film and television, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1990s. She is the recipient of various ...

Michelle Yeoh Michelle Yeoh Choo Kheng, ( ; born 6 August 1962) is a Malaysian actress. Credited as Michelle Khan in her early Hong Kong films, she rose to fame in the 1990s after starring in a series of Hong Kong action films where she performed her own ...

Christine Hakim Herlina Christine Natalia Hakim (born 25 December 1956) is an Indonesian actress, film producer, and activist. Born to a devout Muslim family of a mixed-race background in Jambi, she grew up in Yogyakarta, aspiring to be an architect or psyc ...

Régis Wargnier Régis Wargnier (; born 18 April 1948) is a French film director, film producer, screenwriter and film score composer. His 1992 film ''Indochine (film), Indochine'' won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 65th Academy Awards. ...

Bille August Bille August (born 9 November 1948) is a Danish director, screenwriter, and cinematographer of film and television. In a career spanning over four decades, he has been the recipient of numerous accolades, making him one of the most acclaimed co ...

* Raúl Ruiz *

Claude Miller Claude Miller (20 February 1942 – 4 April 2012) was a French film director, producer and screenwriter. Life and career Claude Miller was born to a Jewish family. A student at Paris' IDHEC film school from 1962 through 1963, Miller had his fi ...

Walter Salles Walter Moreira Salles Júnior (; born 12 April 1956) is a Brazilian filmmaker. Early life Salles was born on 12 April 1956 in Rio de Janeiro and attended the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. He is the son of Brazil ...

Un Certain Regard

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 2002

Un Certain Regard (, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films w ...

: *

Anne Fontaine Anne Fontaine (born Anne-Fontaine Sibertin-Blanc; 15 July 1959) is a Luxembourger film director, screenwriter, and former actress. She lives and works in France. Life and career Born Anne-Fontaine Sibertin-Blanc in Luxembourg, sister of actor ...

(director) President * David Tran (critic) * Fabienne Bradfer (critic) * Fabrice Pliskin (critic) * Jean-Sébastien Chauvin (critic) * Louis Guichard (critic) * Pierre Vavasseur (critic)

Cinéfondation and short films

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the

Cinéfondation La ''Cinéfondation'' is a foundation under the aegis of the Cannes Film Festival, created to inspire and support the next generation of international filmmakers. It was created in 1998 by Gilles Jacob. Since then it has developed complementary ...

and short films competition: *

Martin Scorsese Martin Charles Scorsese ( , ; born November 17, 1942) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor. Scorsese emerged as one of the major figures of the New Hollywood era. He is the recipient of List of awards and nominatio ...

(director) President *

Abbas Kiarostami Abbas Kiarostami ( fa, عباس کیارستمی ; 22 June 1940 – 4 July 2016) was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, photographer, and film producer. An active filmmaker from 1970, Kiarostami had been involved in the production of ...

(director) *

Jan Schutte Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Numb ...

(director) *

Judith Godrèche Judith Godrèche (born 23 March 1972) is a French actress and author. She has appeared in more than 30 films. Early life Godrèche was born in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. Her father is a psychoanalyst, and her mother a child therapist. He ...

(actress) *

Tilda Swinton Katherine Matilda Swinton (born 5 November 1960) is a British actress. Known for her roles in independent films and blockbusters, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award, in addition to ...

(actress)

Camera d'Or

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 2002

Camera d'Or A camera is an optical instrument that can capture an image. Most cameras can capture 2D images, with some more advanced models being able to capture 3D images. At a basic level, most cameras consist of sealed boxes (the camera body), with a ...

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Géraldine Chaplin Geraldine Leigh Chaplin (born July 31, 1944) is an American actress. She is the daughter of Charlie Chaplin, the first of eight children with his fourth wife, Oona O'Neill. After beginnings in dance and modeling, she turned her attention to acti ...

(actress) President *

Bahman Ghobadi Bahman Ghobadi ( fa, بهمن قبادی; ; born 1 February 1969 in Baneh, Kurdistan province, Iran) is an Iranian Kurdish film director, producer and writer. He belongs to the " new wave" of Iranian cinema. Biography He was born in Baneh, a K ...

(director) *

Marthe Keller Marthe Keller (born 28 January 1945) is a Swiss actress and opera director. She is perhaps best known for her role in the film '' Marathon Man'' (1976), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Career Early years Keller studied ba ...

(actress) *

Murali Nair Murali Nair (born 10 January 1966) is an Indian film director and screenwriter. He has directed eight films since 1993. His film '' Marana Simhasanam'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival where it won ...

(director) *

Romain Goupil Romain-Pierre Charpentier (born July 12, 1951, in Paris) known professionally as Romain Goupil, is a French filmmaker. He was a college leader during the May 1968 civil unrest in France and was for a long time a trotskyist militant. During the 20 ...

(director)

Official selection

In competition - Feature film

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or: * '' 24 Hour Party People'' by

Michael Winterbottom Michael Winterbottom (born 29 March 1961) is an English film director. He began his career working in British television before moving into features. Three of his films—''Welcome to Sarajevo'', '' Wonderland'' and '' 24 Hour Party People''� ...

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About Schmidt ''About Schmidt'' is a 2002 American comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Alexander Payne and starring Jack Nicholson in the title role. The film also stars Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, and Kathy Bates. It is loosely based on the 1996 nov ...

'' by

Alexander Payne Constantine Alexander Payne (; born February 10, 1961) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for the films ''Citizen Ruth'' (1996), ''Election'' (1999), ''About Schmidt'' (2002), ''Sideways'' (2004), ''The Desc ...

* '' The Adversary'' (''L'Adversaire'') by Nicole Garcia * '' All or Nothing'' by

Mike Leigh Mike Leigh (born 20 February 1943) is an English film and theatre director, screenwriter and playwright. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and further at the Camberwell School of Art, the Central School of Art and Design ...

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Bowling for Columbine ''Bowling for Columbine'' is a 2002 documentary film written, produced, directed, and narrated by Michael Moore. The film explores what Moore suggests are the primary causes for the Columbine High School massacre in 1999 and other acts of gun ...

'' by

Michael Moore Michael Francis Moore (born April 23, 1954) is an American filmmaker, author and left-wing activist. His works frequently address the topics of globalization and capitalism. Moore won the 2002 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for ' ...

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Chi-hwa-seon ''Chi-hwa-seon'' or ''Chwi-hwa-seon'', (also known as ''Painted Fire'', ''Strokes of Fire'' or ''Drunk on Women and Poetry''), is a 2002 South Korean drama film directed by Im Kwon-taek about Jang Seung-eop (commonly known by his pen name, Owon), ...

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Im Kwon-taek Im Kwon-taek (born December 8, 1934) is one of South Korea's most renowned film directors. In an active and prolific career, his films have won many domestic and international film festival awards as well as considerable box-office success, and h ...

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Demonlover ''Demonlover'' is a 2002 French neo-noir thriller film written and directed by Olivier Assayas, and starring Connie Nielsen, Charles Berling, Chloë Sevigny, and Gina Gershon. The plot focuses on the entanglement between various corporations vyin ...

'' by Olivier Assayas * ''

Divine Intervention Divine intervention is an event that occurs when a deity (i.e. God or a god) becomes actively involved in changing some situation in human affairs. In contrast to other kinds of divine action, the expression "divine ''intervention''" implies that ...

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Elia Suleiman Elia Suleiman ( ar, إيليا سليمان, ; born 28 July 1960) is a Palestinian film director and actor of Rûm Greek Orthodox origin. He is best known for the 2002 film ''Divine Intervention'' ( ar, يد إلهية), a modern tragic comedy on ...

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Irréversible ''Irréversible'' () is a 2002 French experimental psychological thriller film written and directed by Gaspar Noé. Starring Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel and Albert Dupontel, the plot depicts the events of a tragic night in Paris as two men a ...

'' by

Gaspar Noé Gaspar Noé (, ; born 27 December 1963) is an Argentine filmmaker based in Paris, France. He is the son of Argentine painter, writer, and intellectual Luis Felipe Noé. In the early 1990s, Noé along with his wife Lucile Hadžihalilović were ...

* '' Kedma'' by

Amos Gitai Amos Gitai ( he, עמוס גיתאי; born 11 October 1950) is an Israeli filmmaker, who was trained as an architect. Gitai's work was presented in several major retrospectives in Pompidou Center in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and L ...

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Marie-Jo and Her Two Lovers ''Marie-Jo and Her Two Lovers'' (french: Marie-Jo et ses deux amours) is a 2002 French drama film directed by Robert Guédiguian. It was entered into the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Ariane Ascaride as Marie-Jo * Jean-Pierre Darroussin as ...

'' (''Marie-Jo et ses deux amours'') by

Robert Guédiguian Robert Jules Guédiguian (born 3 December 1953) is a French film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. Most of his films star Ariane Ascaride and Jean-Pierre Darroussin. Life and career Guédiguian is the son of a German mother and an Armen ...

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The Man Without a Past ''The Man Without a Past'' ( fi, Mies vailla menneisyyttä) is a 2002 Finnish comedy-drama film produced, written, and directed by Aki Kaurismäki. Starring Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen and Juhani Niemelä, it is the second installment in Kauri ...

'' (''Mies vailla menneisyyttä'') by Aki Kaurismäki * ''

My Mother's Smile ''My Mother's Smile'' is a 2002 Italian film directed by Marco Bellocchio. The original Italian title is ''L'ora di religione (Il sorriso di mia madre)'' ("The Hour of Religion (My Mother's Smile)"). Summary The film tells the story of a man whos ...

'' (''L'ora di religione'') by

Marco Bellocchio Marco Bellocchio (; born 9 November 1939) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. Life and career Born in Bobbio, near Piacenza, Marco Bellocchio had a strict Catholic upbringing – his father was a lawyer, his mother a schoolt ...

* '' The Pianist'' by

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Punch-Drunk Love ''Punch-Drunk Love'' is a 2002 American absurdist romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, and starring Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Luis Guzmán, and Mary Lynn Rajskub. It follows an entr ...

'' by

Paul Thomas Anderson Paul Thomas Anderson (born June 26, 1970), also known by his initials PTA, is an American filmmaker. He made his feature-film debut with ''Hard Eight (film), Hard Eight'' (1996). He found critical and commercial success with ''Boogie Nights'' ( ...

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Russian Ark ''Russian Ark'' (russian: link=no, Русский ковчег, ''Russkij Kovcheg'') is a 2002 Experimental film, experimental historical drama film directed by Alexander Sokurov. In ''Russian Ark'', an unnamed narrator wanders through the Winter ...

'' (''Russkiy kovcheg'') by

Alexander Sokurov Alexander Nikolayevich Sokurov, PAR (russian: link=no, Александр Николаевич Сокуров; born 14 June 1951) is a Russian filmmaker. His most significant works include a feature film, ''Russian Ark'' (2002), filmed in a s ...

* '' The Son'' (''Le Fils'') by

Dardenne brothers Brothers Jean-Pierre Dardenne (; born 21 April 1951) and Luc Dardenne (born 10 March 1954), collectively referred to as the Dardenne brothers, are a Belgian filmmaking duo. They write, produce, and direct their films together. The Dardennes b ...

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Spider Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species ...

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David Cronenberg David Paul Cronenberg (born March 15, 1943) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is one of the principal originators of what is commonly known as the body horror genre, with his films exploring visceral bodily transformation ...

* '' Sweet Sixteen'' by

Ken Loach Kenneth Charles Loach (born 17 June 1936) is a British film director and screenwriter. His socially critical directing style and socialist ideals are evident in his film treatment of social issues such as poverty (''Poor Cow'', 1967), homelessne ...

* '' Ten'' by

* '' The Uncertainty Principle'' (''O Princípio da Incerteza'') by

Manoel de Oliveira Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira (; 11 December 1908 – 2 April 2015) was a Portuguese film director and screenwriter born in Cedofeita, Porto. He first began making films in 1927, when he and some friends attempted to make a film about Wo ...

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Unknown Pleasures ''Unknown Pleasures'' is the debut studio album by English rock band Joy Division, released on 15 June 1979 by Factory Records. The album was recorded and mixed over three successive weekends at Stockport's Strawberry Studios in April 1979, wit ...

'' (''Ren Xiao Yao'') by

Jia Zhangke Jia Zhangke ( zh, c=贾樟柯, p=Jiǎ Zhāngkē, born 24 May 1970) .He is a Chinese-language film and television director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and writer. He is the dean of the Shanxi Film Academy of Shanxi Media College and the dea ...

Un Certain Regard

The following films were selected for the competition of

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Angel on the Right ''Angel on the Right'' ( tg, Фариштаи китфи рост, Farishtai kitfi rost; fa, فرشته کتف راست) is a 2002 Tajik comedy-drama film directed by Jamshed Usmonov. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 20 ...

'' (''Fararishtay kifti rost'') by

Jamshed Usmonov Jamshed Usmonov ( tg, Ҷамшед Усмонов, fa, جمشید عثمانف; born 13 January 1965), also credited as Djamshed Usmonov, is a Tajik film director, producer, scriptwriter and one of the most notable figures of contemporary Persia ...

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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress ''Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress'' (french: Balzac et la petite tailleuse chinoise, links=no) is a semi-autobiographical novella written by Dai Sijie, and published in 2000 in French and in English in 2001. A film based on his novel di ...

'' (''Balzac et la Petite Tailleuse Chinoise'') by

Dai Sijie Dai Sijie (born 1954) is a Chinese French author and filmmaker. Early life Dai was born in Putian, Fujian, in 1954. His parents, Professor Dai Baoming and Professor Hu Xiaosu, were professors of medical sciences at West China University. ...

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Blissfully Yours ''Blissfully Yours'' ( th, สุดเสน่หา, S̄ud s̄aǹeh̄ā) is a 2002 Thai romance film directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. It won the prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Min is an illegal Burmese immigrant living in ...

'' (''Sud sanaeha'') by

Apichatpong Weerasethakul Apichatpong Weerasethakul ( th, อภิชาติพงศ์ วีระเศรษฐกุล; ; ) is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Working outside the strict confines of the Thai film studio system ...

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The Box of Life ''The Box of Life'' ( ar, صندوق الدنيا, french: Coffre de la vie) is a 2002 Syrian-French drama film directed by Usama Muhammad. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Zuhair Abdulka ...

'' (''Sunduq al-dunyâ'') by

Usama Muhammad Ossama Mohammed ( ar, أسامة محمد; born 21 March 1954) is a Syrian film director and screenwriter. His film, '' The Box of Life'', was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. He is currently living i ...

* '' El Bonaerense'' by

Pablo Trapero Pablo Trapero (born 4 October 1971) is an Argentine film producer, editor, and director.Pablo Trapero
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Carnages'' by

Delphine Gleize Delphine Gleize (born 5 May 1973) is a French film director and screenwriter. She has directed ten films since 1998. Her film '' Carnages'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival The 55th Cannes Film Festi ...

* '' The Confession'' (''Itiraf'') by

Zeki Demirkubuz Zeki Demirkubuz (born 1 October 1964 in Isparta, Turkey) is a contemporary Turkish film director, screenwriter, producer and film editor. Biography Demirkubuz dropped out of high school and started working in a textile workshop. He then worke ...

* '' Cry Woman'' (''Ku Qi De Nü Ren'') by

Liu Bingjian Liu Bingjian (born October 16, 1963, in Anhui) is a Chinese film director who emerged on the cinema scene in the late 1990s with his LGBT-themed film ''Men and Women''. Career Originally trained as a painter, Liu attended the prestigious Beijin ...

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Double Vision Diplopia is the simultaneous perception of two images of a single object that may be displaced horizontally or vertically in relation to each other. Also called double vision, it is a loss of visual focus under regular conditions, and is often v ...

'' (''Shuang tong'') by

Chen Kuo-fu Chen Kuo-fu (born 13 May 1958) is a Taiwanese film director, screenwriter and producer. His film '' The Personals'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. Biography Born in 1958 Chen worked as a film ...

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Fate Destiny, sometimes referred to as fate (from Latin ''fatum'' "decree, prediction, destiny, fate"), is a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual. Fate Although often ...

'' (''Yazgi'') by

* '' Glowing Eyes'' (''La chatte à deux têtes'') by

Jacques Nolot Jacques Nolot (; born 31 August 1943) is a French actor, screenwriter and film director. Life and career Jacques Nolot was born on 31 August 1943, Marciac, Gers, a small village in Southwest France. A fragile child, Nolot was doted upon by his ...

* '' Long Way Home'' by

Peter Sollett Peter Sollett (born January 1, 1976) is an American film director and screenwriter known for his feature films '' Raising Victor Vargas'' (2002) and '' Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist'' (2008). Early life Sollett was born in Bensonhurst, Brook ...

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Madame Satã Madame Satã was the artistic name of João Francisco dos Santos (1900–1976), a drag performer and capoeirista from Brazil. Biography He was born into a family of ex- slaves in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Having been convicted of mu ...

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Karim Aïnouz Karim Aïnouz (born 17 January 1966) is a Brazilian film director and visual artist. Career Karim Aïnouz was born to a Brazilian mother and an Algerian father. He is a film director, screenwriter and visual artist. Aïnouz's feature debut, ' ...

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Marooned in Iraq ''Marooned in Iraq'' ( fa, گم‌گشتگی در عراق/Gomgashtei dar Aragh, and also known as ''Songs of My Motherland'' fa, آوازهای سرزمین مادری‌ام) is a 2002 in film, 2002 cinema of Iran, Iranian (Kurdish language, Kur ...

'' (''Avazhayé Sarzaminé Madariyam'') by

* '' A Piece of Sky'' (''Une part du ciel'') by

Bénédicte Liénard Bénédicte Liénard (; born 25 April 1965 in Mons, Belgium) is a Belgian filmmaker. Biography Benedicte Lienard studied at the Institut des Arts de Diffusion section realization cinema in Louvain-La-Neuve. At 24, she directed her first short fil ...

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Rachida ''Rachida'' is a 2002 Algerian drama film directed by Yamina Bachir. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival The 55th Cannes Film Festival started on 15 May and ran until 26 May 2002. The Palme d'Or we ...

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Yamina Bachir Yamina Bachir (20 March 1954 – 3 April 2022) was an Algerian film director and screenwriter. Her film '' Rachida'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. According to Roy Armes, ''Rachida'' is 'the fi ...

* '' Seventeen Times Cecile Cassard'' (''17 fois Cécile Cassard'') by

Christophe Honoré Christophe Honoré (born 10 April 1970) is a French writer and film and theatre director. Career Honoré was born in Carhaix, Finistère. After moving to Paris in 1995, he wrote articles in ''Les Cahiers du Cinéma''. He started writing soon aft ...

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Ten Minutes Older ''Ten Minutes Older'' is a 2002 film project consisting of two compilation feature films titled ''The Trumpet'' and ''The Cello''. The project was conceived by the producer Nicolas McClintock as a reflection on the theme of time at the turn of th ...

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Spike Lee Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, has produced more than 35 films since 1983. He made his directorial debut ...

, Aki Kaurismäki,

Chen Kaige Chen Kaige (; born 12 August 1952) is a Chinese film director and a leading figure of the fifth generation of Chinese cinema.Berry, Michael (2002). "Chen Kaige: Historical Revolution and Cinematic Rebellion" in Speaking in Images: Interviews wit ...

Jim Jarmusch James Robert Jarmusch (; born January 22, 1953) is an American film director and screenwriter. He has been a major proponent of independent cinema since the 1980s, directing films including '' Stranger Than Paradise'' (1984), '' Down by Law'' ( ...

Werner Herzog Werner Herzog (; born 5 September 1942) is a German film director, screenwriter, author, actor, and opera director, regarded as a pioneer of New German Cinema. His films often feature ambitious protagonists with impossible dreams, people with un ...

Víctor Erice Víctor Erice Aras (; born 30 June 1940) is a Spanish film director. He is best known for his two feature fiction films, ''The Spirit of the Beehive'' (1973), which many regard as one of the greatest Spanish films ever made, and '' El Sur'' (1983 ...

Wim Wenders Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders (; born 14 August 1945) is a German filmmaker, playwright, author, and photographer. He is a major figure in New German Cinema. Among many honors, he has received three nominations for the Academy Award for Best Docum ...

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Terra incognita ''Terra incognita'' or ''terra ignota'' (Latin "unknown land"; ''incognita'' is stressed on its second syllable in Latin, but with variation in pronunciation in English) is a term used in cartography for regions that have not been mapped or do ...

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Ghassan Salhab Ghassan Salhab (Arabic; غسان سلهب, born 4 May 1958) is a Lebanese screenwriter and film director born in Dakar, Senegal. In addition to making his own films, he collaborates on various scenarios and teaches film in Lebanon. He has dir ...

* '' To Stay Alive'' (''Bemani'') by

Dariush Mehrjui Dariush Mehrju'i ( fa, داریوش مهرجویی , born 8 December 1939, also spelled as ''Mehrjui'', ''Mehrjoui'', Mehrjooi, and ''Mehrjuyi'') is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, producer, editor and a member of the Iranian Academy of ...

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Tomorrow La Scala! ''Tomorrow La Scala!'' is a 2002 British comedy film directed by Francesca Joseph and starring Jessica Hynes. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. Plot An opera company puts on a production of Step ...

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Francesca Joseph Francesca is an Italian female given name, derived from the Latin male name ''Franciscus'' meaning 'the Frenchman' It is widely used in most Romance languages, including Italian, French and Catalan, and place of origin is Italy. It is derived from ...

* '' Waiting for Happiness'' (''Heremakono'') by

Abderrahmane Sissako Abderrahmane Sissako (born 13 October 1961) is a Mauritanian-born Malian film director and producer. His film '' Waiting for Happiness'' (''Heremakono'') was screened at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival official selection under Un Certain Regard, ...

Films out of competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: * ''

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Mani Shankar Mani Shankar is a Bollywood film director, holographic technology expert, writer and speaker. He is best known for introducing computer-generated imagery to India, and for designing the world's first holographic political campaign, which he ...

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* '' Ararat'' by

Atom Egoyan Atom Egoyan (; hy, Աթոմ Եղոյեան, translit=Atom Yeghoyan; born July 19, 1960) is a Canadian filmmaker. He was part of a loosely-affiliated group of filmmakers to emerge in the 1980s from Toronto known as the Toronto New Wave. Egoyan m ...

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Carlo Giuliani, Boy ''Carlo Giuliani, Boy'' ( it, Carlo Giuliani, ragazzo) is a 2002 Italian documentary film directed by Francesca Comencini. It was screened out of competition at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival The 55th Cannes Film Festival started on 15 May and ...

'' (''Carlo Giuliani, ragazzo'') by

Francesca Comencini Francesca Comencini (; born 19 August 1961) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. She attended the Lycée français Chateaubriand school with her sisters. She has directed 14 films since 1984. Her film '' Le parole di mio padre'' was s ...

* '' City of God'' (''Cidade de Deus'') by

Fernando Meirelles Fernando Ferreira Meirelles (; born 9 November 1955) is a Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for co-directing the film '' City of God'', released in 2002 in Brazil and in 2003 in the U.S. by Miramax Films, which ...

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Devdas ''Devdas'' ( bn, দেবদাস, transliterated as ''Debdās'') is a Bengali romance novel written by Sarat Chandra Chatterjee. The story pivots a tragic triangle linking Devdas, an archetypal lover in viraha (separation); Paro, his forbidden ...

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Sanjay Leela Bhansali Sanjay Leela Bhansali (; born 24 February 1963) is an Indian filmmaker, director, screenwriter, and music composer who is known for his work in Hindi cinema. He is the recipient of several awards, including four National Film Awards, ten Filmfar ...

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Brian De Palma Brian Russell De Palma (born September 11, 1940) is an American film director and screenwriter. With a career spanning over 50 years, he is best known for his work in the suspense, crime and psychological thriller genres. De Palma was a leading ...

* '' From the Other Side'' (''De l'autre côté'') by

Chantal Akerman Chantal Anne Akerman (; 6 June 19505 October 2015) was a Belgian film director, screenwriter, artist, and Film studies, film professor at the City College of New York. She is best known for films such as ''Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 108 ...

* '' Histoires de festival'' by

Gilles Jacob Gilles Jacob (born 22 June 1930) is a French film critic and essayist, who served as president of the Cannes Film Festival between 2001 and 2014. Life and career Born in Paris, the son of an entrepreneur, Jacob studied at the Lycée Louis-le- ...

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The Kid Stays in the Picture ''The Kid Stays in the Picture'' is a 1994 print autobiography by film producer Robert Evans. A film adaptation of the book was released in 2002. The title comes from a line attributed to studio head Darryl F. Zanuck, who was defending Evans a ...

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Brett Morgen Brett D. Morgen (born October 11, 1968) is an American documentary filmmaker. His directorial credits include ''The Kid Stays in the Picture'' (2002), ''Crossfire Hurricane'' (2012), '' Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck'' (2015), '' Jane'' (2017), and ...

Nanette Burstein Nanette Burstein (born May 23, 1970) is an American film and television director. Burstein has produced, directed, and co-directed several documentaries including the Academy Award nominated and Sundance Special Jury Prize winning film ''On the R ...

* '' The Last Letter'' (''La dernière lettre'') by

Frederick Wiseman Frederick Wiseman (born January 1, 1930) is an American filmmaker, documentarian, and theater director. His work is "devoted primarily to exploring American institutions". He has been called "one of the most important and original filmmakers wor ...

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Murder by Numbers ''Murder by Numbers'' is a 2002 American psychological thriller film produced and directed by Barbet Schroeder and starring Sandra Bullock in the main role, Ben Chaplin, Ryan Gosling, and Michael Pitt. It is loosely based on the Leopold and Loeb c ...

'' by Barbet Schroeder * ''

Searching for Debra Winger ''Searching for Debra Winger'' is a 2002 American documentary film conceived and directed by Rosanna Arquette. The film presents an interview with actress Debra Winger about why she suddenly retired from the film industry at the height of her care ...

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Rosanna Arquette Rosanna Lisa Arquette (; born August 10, 1959) is an American actress. She was nominated for an Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie, Emmy Award for her performance in the TV film ''The Executioner's Song ( ...

* '' Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron'' by

Kelly Asbury Kelly Adam Asbury (January 15, 1960 – June 26, 2020) was an American animated film director, writer, voice actor, and illustrator. He was best known for directing animated films, including ''Shrek 2'', '' Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron'', '' ...

, Lorna Cook * '' Star Wars: Attack of the Clones'' by

George Lucas George Walton Lucas Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is an American filmmaker. Lucas is best known for creating the ''Star Wars'' and ''Indiana Jones'' franchises and founding Lucasfilm, LucasArts, Industrial Light & Magic and THX. He served as chairm ...

* '' To Be and to Have'' (''Être et avoir'') by

Nicolas Philibert Nicolas Philibert (; born 10 January 1951) is a French film director and actor. Biography Philibert's father was a film lecturer and he attended his talks in his youth. This encouraged him to embark on a film career. He started this with Ren� ...

* '' Women in the Mirror'' (''Kagami no onnatachi'') by

Yoshishige Yoshida , also known as Kijū Yoshida, was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Life and career Graduating from the University of Tokyo, where he studied French literature, Yoshida entered the Shōchiku studio in 1955 and worked as an assistant t ...

Cinéfondation

The following short films were selected for the competition of

: * ''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'' by

Eduardo Valente Eduardo is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the male given name Edward. Another version is Duarte. It may refer to: Association football * Eduardo Bonvallet, Chilean football player and sports commentator * Eduardo Carvalho, Portuguese footbal ...

(Brazil) * '' Questions d'un ouvrier mort'' by Aya Somech (Israel) * ''Request'' by Jinoh Park (South Korea) * '' Seule maman a les yeux bleus'' by 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 The Short Film Palme d'Or (french: Palme d'Or du court métrage) is the highest prize given to a short film at the Cannes Film Festival. Since the creation of the Cinéfondation La ''Cinéfondation'' is a foundation under the aegis of the Cannes ...

: * '' A Very Very Silent Film'' by

Manish Jha Manish Jha is an Indian film writer and director. known for film like '' Matrubhoomi.'' Early life and education Born in Dhamaura, in West Champaran district of Bihar, Jha grew up in Delhi where he had moved at an early age. He did his gradua ...

* '' After Rain'' (''Esö után'') by Péter Mészáros * ''Daughter'' by Eduardo Rodríguez * ''Le chaperon noir'' by Yannis Yapanis * ''Retenir son souffle'' by Anthony Lucas * ''Speel Met Me'' by Esther Rots * ''Tai Tai'' by Nicholas Chin * ''Tango de l'oubli'' by Alexis Mital Toledo * '' The Stone of Folly'' by Jesse Rosensweet * ''Vol 404'' by Bruce Terris * ''Yoake a Chewing-Gum Story'' by Roland Zumbühl

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following films were screened for the 41st

International Critics' Week The International Critics' Week (french: Semaine de la Critique) was founded in 1962 and is organized by the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics. It was created following the showing of '' The Connection'' directed by Shirley Clarke which had been ...

(41e Semaine de la Critique): Feature film competition * ''

Respiro ''Respiro'' is a 2002 Italian- French film written and directed by Emanuele Crialese and released in English-language markets in 2003. The film stars Valeria Golino, Vincenzo Amato, and Francesco Casisa. In the Italian language, '' respiro'' me ...

'' by

Emanuele Crialese Emanuele Crialese (born 27 May 1965) is an Italian screenwriter and film director. He is a native of Rome and studied filmmaking in New York City. Biography Emanuele Crialese was born on July 26, 1965 in Rome to Sicilian parents. He studied filmm ...

(Italy) * '' Filles perdues, cheveux gras'' by

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(France) * '' Rana’s Wedding'' by

Hany Abu-Assad Hany Abu-Assad ( ar, هاني أبو أسعد; born 11 October 1961) is a Palestinian-Dutch film director. He has received two Academy Award nominations: in 2006 for his film ''Paradise Now'', and again in 2013 for his film ''Omar''. Early life ...

(Palestine) * '' Too Young To Die'' (''Jukeodo joha'') by

Park Jin-pyo Park Jin-pyo (born 1966) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He directed ''Too Young to Die'' (2002), ''You Are My Sunshine'' (2005), '' Voice of a Murderer'' (2007), '' Closer to Heaven'' (2009), and '' Love Forecast'' (2015). Car ...

(South Korea) * '' Les Fils de Marie'' by

Carole Laure Carole Laure O.C. (born August 5, 1948) is an actress and singer from Quebec, Canada. Career Throughout most of her career, Carole Laure primarily collaborated with Anglophone singer, songwriter, producer, and director Lewis Furey, whom she ...

(Canada - France) * '' Kabala'' by

Assane Kouyaté Assane Kouyaté (born 1954) is a Malian film director. Biography Assane Kouyaté was born in Bamako in 1954. In 1976 he got his degree in arts from the Ecole Normale Supérieure of Bamako, then went to the Moscow Institute of Cinema and Telev ...

(Mali/France) * '' Chicken Heart'' by Hiroshi Shimizu (Japan) Short film competition * ''Le Jour où je suis né'' by

Kunitoshi Manda is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and film critic. Biography Kunitoshi Manda was a student at Rikkyo University, where he took Shigehiko Hasumi's filmology class. Manda directed his first feature film, '' Unloved'', in 2001. It won the ...

(Japan) * ''Lettre au fils'' by Philippe Welsh (France) * ''Malcom'' by Baker Karim (Sweden) * ''

Meeting Evil ''Meeting Evil'' is a 2012 American mystery thriller film directed by Chris Fisher. It is based on the 1992 novel ''Meeting Evil'' by Thomas Berger. It stars Samuel L. Jackson and Luke Wilson. Plot John Felton, who lives in Orly County in an u ...

'' (''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 * ''

Intacto ''Intacto'' (English: ''Intact'') is a 2001 Spanish thriller film directed and co-written by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and starring Leonardo Sbaraglia, Eusebio Poncela, Mónica López, Antonio Dechent, and Max von Sydow. It was first released in S ...

'' by

Juan Carlos Fresnadillo Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (born 5 December 1967) is a Spanish film director, script writer, and producer. He directed '' Intacto'' and ''28 Weeks Later'', the sequel to Danny Boyle's ''28 Days Later''. His film ''Esposados'' was nominated for the Aca ...

(Spain) (opening film) * ''

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'' by Barbet Schroeder (Luxembourg) (La séance du Parrain) * ''Bella Ciao'' by Roberto Torelli, Marco Giusti (Italy) (Documentary) * ''Intimisto'' by Licia Eminenti (France) (Prix de la Critique) * ''Anxiety'' by

Christoffer Boe Christoffer Boe (born 1974) is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He is an established and well-known not only in Denmark, but all through the world. Among his international awards there are FIPRESCI Director of the Year at San Sebastián ...

(Denmark) (Prix de la Critique) * ''Da Zero a Dieci'' (''From Zero to Ten'') by

Luciano Ligabue Luciano Riccardo Ligabue (born 13 March 1960), commonly known as Ligabue or Liga, is an Italian singer-songwriter, film director and writer. Biography Ligabue was born in Correggio, in the province of Reggio Emilia (Emilia-Romagna egl, Emig ...

(Italy) (closing film)

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 2002

Directors' Fortnight The Directors' Fortnight (french: Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) is an independent selection of the Cannes Film Festival. It was started in 1969 by the French Directors Guild after the events of May 1968 resulted in cancellation of the Cannes festiv ...

(Quinzaine des Réalizateurs): * '' Abouna'' by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (Chad, France) * '' Angela'' by

Roberta Torre Roberta Torre (born 21 September 1962) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. In 1997 she won the Nastro d'argento for best new director with her first film, ''Tano da morire'' ("To Die for Tano"). The film entered the 54th Venice Interna ...

(Italy) * '' Apartment 5C'' by Raphaël Nadjari (France, Israel, United States) * ''

Blue Gate Crossing ''Blue Gate Crossing'' () is a 2002 Taiwanese film by writer-director Yee Chin-yen. It was nominated for ''Best Asian Film'' at the 23rd Hong Kong Film Awards held in 2004. Cast * Chen Bolin as Zhang Shihao * Gwei Lun-mei as Meng Kerou * Yolin ...

'' by Chih-yen Yee (Taiwan, France) * '' Bord de mer'' by

Julie Lopes-Curval Julie Lopes-Curval is a French film director, screenwriter, theatre director, and playwright. Her directorial debut '' Seaside'' was showcased in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Caméra d'Or T ...

(France) * '' The Embalmer'' (''L'imbalsamatore'') by

Matteo Garrone Matteo Garrone (born 15 October 1968) is an Italian filmmaker. Born in Rome, the son of a theatre critic, Nico Garrone and a photographer, in 1996 Garrone won the ''Sacher d'Oro'', an award sponsored by Nanni Moretti, with the short film ''Silho ...

(Italy) * '' Ingmar Bergman: Intermezzo'' (doc.) by Gunnar Bergdahl (Sweden) * '' István Bibó, fragments'' by

Péter Forgács Péter Forgács (born 1950) is a media artist and independent filmmaker based in Budapest, Hungary. He is best known for his "Private Hungary" series of award winning films based on home movies from the 1930s and 1960s, which document ordinary li ...

(Hungary) * ''

Japón ''Japón'' ( en, Japan) is a 2002 film by the Mexican director Carlos Reygadas. It was Reygadas' debut feature, which was shot on anamorphic 16-millimeter film in a 2.88:1 screen aspect ratio. Plot summary The film follows a man going through ...

'' by Carlos Reygadas (Mexico, Spain, Germany) * ''

Matir Moina ''Matir Moina'' ( bn, মাটির ময়না; also known in English as ''The Clay Bird'') is a 2002 Bengali War-drama film was written and directed by Tareque Masud. It was his debut feature film. Based on Tareque's story the screenplay w ...

'' (''The Clay Bird'') by

Tareque Masud Tareque Masud (6 December 1956 – 13 August 2011) was a Bangladeshi independent film director, film producer, screenwriter and lyricist. He first found success with the films ''Muktir Gaan'' (1995) and ''Matir Moina'' (2002), for which he won thr ...

(France, Bangladesh) * ''

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Lisa Cholodenko Lisa Cholodenko (born June 5, 1964) is an American screenwriter and director. Cholodenko wrote and directed the films ''High Art'' (1998), ''Laurel Canyon (film), Laurel Canyon'' (2002), and ''The Kids Are All Right (film), The Kids Are All Right ...

(United States) * '' Morvern Callar'' by

Lynne Ramsay Lynne Ramsay (born 5 December 1969) is a Scottish film director, writer, producer, and cinematographer best known for the feature films '' Ratcatcher'' (1999), ''Morvern Callar'' (2002), '' We Need to Talk About Kevin'' (2011), and '' You Were N ...

(United Kingdom) * '' Monrak Transistor'' by Pen-ek Ratanaruang (Thailand) * '' Nada+'' by Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti (Cuba, France, Spain, Italy) * ''

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Cristian Mungiu Cristian Mungiu (; born 27 April 1968) is a Romanian filmmaker. He won the Palme d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival for his film ''4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days'', which he wrote and directed. He has also won the awards for Best Screenplay an ...

(Romania) * ''

Once Upon a Time in the Midlands ''Once Upon a Time in the Midlands'' is a 2002 British romantic comedy film directed by Shane Meadows, and co-written with Paul Fraser. The film stars Robert Carlyle, Rhys Ifans, Kathy Burke, Ricky Tomlinson, Shirley Henderson and Andrew Shi ...

'' by

Shane Meadows Shane Meadows (born 26 December 1972) is an English director, screenwriter and actor, known for his work in independent film, most notably the cult film '' This Is England'' (2006) and its three sequels (2010–2015). Meadows' other films i ...

(United Kingdom, Germany) * '' Only the Strong Survive'' (doc.) by

D.A. Pennebaker Donn Alan Pennebaker (; July 15, 1925 – August 1, 2019) was an American documentary filmmaker and one of the pioneers of direct cinema. Performing arts and politics were his primary subjects. In 2013, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc ...

, Chris Hegedus (United States) * '' Un oso rojo'' by

Israel Adrián Caetano Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

(Argentina, France, Spain) * '' Otello di Carmelo Bene'' by

Carmelo Bene Carmelo Pompilio Realino Antonio Bene, known as Carmelo Bene (1 September 1937 – 16 March 2002), was an Italian actor, poet, film director and screenwriter. He was an important exponent of the Italian experimental theatre, avant-garde thea ...

(Italy) * '' Le pays du chien qui chante'' by

Yann Dedet Yann Dedet (born 25 January 1946) is a French film editor and actor. Dedet has been working in film editing since the early 1970s. He often worked for film directors François Truffaut, Maurice Pialat and Nicole Garcia. His work includes more th ...

(France) * ''

Sex Is Comedy ''Sex Is Comedy'' is a 2002 comedy-drama film written and directed by Catherine Breillat. It revolves around a director ( Anne Parillaud) and her troubles filming an intimate sex scene between two actors who cannot tolerate each other. Based ...

'' by

Catherine Breillat Catherine Breillat (; born 13 July 1948) is a French filmmaker, novelist and professor of auteur cinema at the European Graduate School. In the film business for over 40 years, Catherine Breillat chooses to normalize previously taboo subjects in ...

(France) * ''

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'' (''Deux'') by

Werner Schroeter Werner Schroeter (7 April 1945 – 12 April 2010) was a German film director, screenwriter, and opera director known for his stylistic excess. Schroeter was cited by Rainer Werner Fassbinder as an influence both on his own work and on German cine ...

(France, Germany) * '' Une pure coïncidence'' by

(France) * ''

Welcome to Collinwood ''Welcome to Collinwood'' is a 2002 American caper comedy film written and directed by Anthony and Joe Russo and starring William H. Macy, Isaiah Washington, Sam Rockwell, Michael Jeter (in his last movie, during his lifetime), Luis Guzmán, Pa ...

'' by Joseph and Anthony Russo (United States) :Short films * ''A-20'' by Geoff Hughes, Brad Warren (United States) * ''Après l’enfance'' by

Thomas Lilti Thomas Lilti (born 30 May 1976) is a French family doctor, screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his three movies series about the medical field: “Hippocrate” (Hippocrates: Diary of a French Doctor) in 2014, “Médecin de Cam ...

(France) * ''Bang Nhau… Egaux'' by Stéfan Sao Nélet (France) * ''Bob the slob'' by Nate Theis (United States) * ''

Bus 44 ''Bus 44'' () is a Venice and Sundance Film Festival award-winning short film written and directed by Chinese-American filmmaker Dayyan Eng in 2001, starring Chinese actress Gong Beibi and Wu Chao. ''Bus 44'' takes place on the outskirts of a smal ...

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Dayyan Eng Dayyan Eng, known as Wu Shixian in China (), born in Taiwan in 1975, is a Chinese-American filmmaker of Chinese, English, and Persian ancestry, who grew up in three continents. He studied film arts at the University of Washington and transferred t ...

(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'' by

Michale Boganim Michale Boganim is a French-Israeli screenwriter and film director.Berlin Film Festival (2005)Filmarchive: ''Odessa Odessa'' p. 4. Retrieved 9 July 2016 Retrieved 8 July 2016 . Her feature-length films include '' La Terre outragée'' (2011) or ' ...

(France, United Kingdom) * ''Mexicano'' by

Toby McDonald Tobias F. "Toby" McDonald, (born c. 1949) is a Canadian curler, curling coach and lawyer from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. At the national level, he won the 1976 Macdonald Brier, as a member of the first ever team from Newfoundlan ...

(United Kingdom) * ''Muno'' by Bouli Lanners (Belgium) * ''Next Door'' by

Jeff Rich Jeffrey Dennis Rich (born 8 June 1953) is an English rock drummer, best known for playing with Status Quo between 1985 and 2000. Early life Born in Hackney, London, Rich attended Upton House Comprehensive School, and whilst there he a ...

(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)

Awards

Roman Polanski at Cannes in 2013 cropped and brightened

Official awards

The following films and people received the 2002 Official selection awards: *

: '' The Pianist'' by

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: ''

'' (''Mies vailla menneisyyttä'') by Aki Kaurismäki *

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: **

for ''

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for ''

'' * Best Screenplay: '' Sweet Sixteen'' by

Paul Laverty Paul Laverty (born 1957) is a screenwriter and lawyer best known for his screenplays for films directed by Ken Loach. Birth and early career Paul Laverty was born in Calcutta, West Bengal, to an Irish mother and Scottish father. He was educat ...

Best Actress Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress aw ...

Kati Outinen Anna Katriina "Kati" Outinen (born 17 August 1961) is a Finnish actress who has often played leading female roles in Aki Kaurismäki's films. Outinen was born in Helsinki. Having studied under Jouko Turkka during his "reign" of drama studies i ...

for ''

'' (''Mies vailla menneisyyttä'') * Best Actor:

Olivier Gourmet Olivier Gourmet (born 22 July 1963) is a Belgian actor. Gourmet was born in Namur. He won the Best Actor award at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival for his role in '' Le Fils'' by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. He also appeared in ''La Promesse ...

for '' The Son'' (''Le Fils'') *

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: ''

'' (''Yadon ilaheyya'') by

*Honorary Golden Palm:

*55th Anniversary Prize: ''

'' by

Un Certain Regard *

Award: ''

'' (''Sud sanaeha'') by

Cinéfondation * First Prize: '' Um Sol Alaranjado'' by

* Second Prize: '' Seule maman a les yeux bleus'' by Eric Forestier * Third Prize: '' Questions d'un ouvrier mort'' by Aya Somech Golden Camera *

Caméra d'Or The Caméra d'Or ("''Golden Camera''") is an award of the Cannes Film Festival for the best first feature film presented in one of the Cannes' selections (Official Selection, Directors' Fortnight or International Critics' Week The International ...

: '' Seaside'' (''Bord de mer'') by

*Caméra d'Or - Special Mention: ''

'' by Carlos Reygadas Short Films *

: '' After Rain'' (''Esö után'') by Péter Mészáros *Short Film Jury Prize: ''A Very Very Silent Film'' by

& ''The Stone of Folly'' by Jesse Rosensweet

1939 Palme d'Or

The inaugural Cannes Film Festival was to have been held in 1939, but was cancelled by the

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. The organizers of the 2002 festival assembled a jury of six members, including

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and

Alberto Barbera The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...

, to watch seven of the twelve features which had been entered in the 1939 competition, namely: ''

Goodbye, Mr. Chips ''Goodbye, Mr. Chips'' is a novella about the life of a school teacher, Mr. Chipping, written by English writer James Hilton and first published by Hodder & Stoughton in October 1934. It has been adapted into two feature films and two televi ...

'', ''

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'', ''

Lenin in 1918 ''Lenin in 1918'' (russian: Ленин в 1918 году, ''Lenin v 1918 godu'') is a Soviet biographical drama film released in 1939. It gives the background of the Russian Civil War after the October Revolution. The film was directed by Mikhai ...

'', ''

The Four Feathers ''The Four Feathers'' is a 1902 adventure novel by British writer A. E. W. Mason that has inspired many films of the same title. In December 1901, ''Cornhill Magazine'' announced the title as one of two new serial stories to be published in t ...

'', '' The Wizard of Oz'', ''

Union Pacific The Union Pacific Railroad , legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and often called simply Union Pacific, is a freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Paci ...

'', and '' Boefje''. ''Union Pacific'' was retrospectively voted the winner of the 1939 Palme d'Or.

Independent awards

FIPRESCI Prizes * ''

The Clay Bird ''Matir Moina'' ( bn, মাটির ময়না; also known in English as ''The Clay Bird'') is a 2002 Cinema of Bangladesh, Bengali War film, War-Drama (modern genre), drama film was written and directed by Tareque Masud. It was his debut f ...

'' (''Matir Moina'') by

(Directors' Fortnight) * ''

'' (''Yadon ilaheyya'') by

(In competition) * '' Waiting for Happiness'' (''Heremakono'') by

(Un Certain Regard) Ecumenical Jury *

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury The Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (french: Prix du Jury Œcuménique) is an independent film award for feature length films shown at major international film festivals since 1973. The award was created by Christian film makers, film critics and ot ...

: ''

'' (''Mies vailla menneisyyttä'') by Aki Kaurismäki * Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention: **''

'' (''L'ora di religione (Il sorriso di mia madre)'') by

**'' The Son'' (''Le Fils'') by Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenner Award of the Youth *Foreign Film: '' Morvern Callar'' by

*French Film: '' Carnages'' by

Awards in the frame of International Critics' Week *International Critics' Week Grand Prize: ''

'' by

*Grand Golden Rail: ''

Hypnotized and Hysterical (Hairstylist Wanted) ''Hypnotized and Hysterical (Hairstylist Wanted)'' (original title: ''Filles perdues, cheveux gras'' English: ''Lost Girls, Greasy Hair'') is a 2002 French musical comedy-drama film about the crossing paths of three lost young women. It was direc ...

'' (''Filles perdues, cheveux gras'') by

*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 *Young Critics Award - Best Short: ''

'' (''Möte med ondskan'') by Reza Parsa *Young Critics Award - Best Feature: ''

'' by

*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 Awards in the frame of Directors' Fortnight *C.I.C.A.E. Award: '' Morvern Callar'' by

*Gras Savoye Award: '' Mémoires incertaines'' by

Association Prix François Chalais * François Chalais Award: ''

'' (''Gomgashtei dar Aragh'') by

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References

Media

INA: Woody Allen opens the 2002 Festival
(commentary in French)

(commentary in French)

External links

(web.archive)
Official website Retrospective 2002

2002 Cannes 2002 Awards
at Internet Movie Database {{Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival