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 ...

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, tw ...

. The festival opened with '' Hollywood Ending'', 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, writer, cinematographer, actor and producer. Lelouch grew up in an Algerian Jewish Family. He emerged as a prominent director in the 1960s. Lelouch gained critica ...

. Virginie Ledoyen 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 psych ...

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 * 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 Braz ...

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 The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Fest ...

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 many major accolades, incl ...

(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 (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 t ...

(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 ...

: * Géraldine Chaplin (actress) President * Bahman Ghobadi (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 (film), Marathon Man'' (1976), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting ...

(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 th ...

(director) * Romain Goupil (director)

Official selection

In competition - Feature film

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or: * ''

24 Hour Party People ''24 Hour Party People'' is a 2002 British biographical comedy-drama film about Manchester's popular music community from 1976 to 1992, and specifically about Factory Records. It was written by Frank Cottrell Boyce and directed by Michael Wint ...

'' by Michael Winterbottom * '' About Schmidt'' 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 D ...

* '' The Adversary'' (''L'Adversaire'') by

Nicole Garcia Nicole Garcia (born 22 April 1946) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter. Her film ''Charlie Says (2006 film), Charlie Says'' was entered into the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Her film ''Going Away'' was screened in the Special Prese ...

* ''

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'' 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 Des ...

* '' Bowling for Columbine'' 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 ' ...

* ''

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), ...

'' by Im Kwon-taek * '' Demonlover'' by

Olivier Assayas Olivier Assayas (born 25 January 1955) is a French film director, screenwriter and film critic. Assayas is known for his slow-burning period pieces, psychological thrillers, neo-noirs and French comedies. His work has become synonymous with th ...

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'' (''Yadon ilaheyya'') by Elia Suleiman * '' Irréversible'' 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 ...

* ''

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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 ...

* '' Marie-Jo and Her Two Lovers'' (''Marie-Jo et ses deux amours'') by Robert Guédiguian * ''

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 Kaur ...

'' (''Mies vailla menneisyyttä'') by

Aki Kaurismäki Aki Olavi Kaurismäki (; born 4 April 1957) is a Finnish film director and screenwriter. He is best known for the award-winning '' Drifting Clouds'' (1996), ''The Man Without a Past'' (2002), ''Le Havre'' (2011) and ''The Other Side of Hope'' (20 ...

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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 * '' The Pianist'' by

* ''

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'' (1996). He found critical and commercial success with ''Boogie Nights'' (1997) and received ...

* '' Russian Ark'' (''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 ...

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'' by

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 * '' 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 ...

* '' Unknown Pleasures'' (''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

: * ''

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 2002 ...

'' (''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 Persian ...

* '' Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress'' (''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 Abdu ...

'' (''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 * '' Carnages'' by Delphine Gleize * '' The Confession'' (''Itiraf'') by Zeki Demirkubuz * '' Cry Woman'' (''Ku Qi De Nü Ren'') by Liu Bingjian * '' Double Vision'' (''Shuang tong'') by Chen Kuo-fu * '' Fate'' (''Yazgi'') by Zeki Demirkubuz * '' 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 m ...

* '' Long Way Home'' by Peter Sollett * ''

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 mur ...

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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, '' ...

* ''

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 Iranian ( Kurdish/Persian) film directed by Bahman Ghobadi a ...

'' (''Avazhayé Sarzaminé Madariyam'') by Bahman Ghobadi * '' 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, Louvain-La-Neuve. At 24, she directed he ...

* '' Rachida'' by Yamina Bachir * ''

Seventeen Times Cecile Cassard ''Seventeen Times Cecile Cassard'' (french: 17 fois Cécile Cassard) is a 2002 French drama film directed by Christophe Honoré. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Béatrice Dalle as Cécil ...

'' (''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 af ...

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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 the ...

'' by

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 ...

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 wi ...

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'' (19 ...

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 u ...

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 Docu ...

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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 ...

'' by Ghassan Salhab * '' 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 ...

* '' Tomorrow La Scala!'' by Francesca Joseph * '' Waiting for Happiness'' (''Heremakono'') by Abderrahmane Sissako

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 d ...

* '' And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen'' by

* '' 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 ...

* '' Carlo Giuliani, Boy'' (''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 sc ...

* '' 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, whic ...

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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 forbidd ...

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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 ...

* ''

Femme Fatale A ''femme fatale'' ( or ; ), sometimes called a maneater or vamp, is a stock character of a mysterious, beautiful, and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers, often leading them into compromising, deadly traps. She is an archetype o ...

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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 professor at the City College of New York. She is best known for films such as ''Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles' ...

* '' 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- ...

* '' Hollywood Ending'' by

* '' The Kid Stays in the Picture'' by

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), an ...

, Nanette Burstein * ''

The Last Letter "The Last Letter" is a song written by country music singer Rex Griffin. Griffin wrote the song in 1937, after he was left by his wife. The song tells through a suicidal letter the feelings of an older man who is left by his young wife. The song ...

'' (''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 ...

* '' Murder by Numbers'' by

Barbet Schroeder Barbet Schroeder (born 26 August 1941) is an Iranian-born Swiss film director and producer who started his career in French cinema in the 1960s, working with directors such as Jean-Luc Godard and Jacques Rivette. Since the late 1980s, he has dire ...

* '' Searching for Debra Winger'' by Rosanna Arquette * '' 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 c ...

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To Be and to Have ''To Be and To Have'' (french: Être et avoir; also the UK title) is a 2002 French documentary film directed by Nicolas Philibert about a small rural school. It was screened as an "Out of Competition" film at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival and ach ...

'' (''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 René ...

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Women in the Mirror ''Women in the Mirror'' ( ja, 鏡の女たち, translit. Kagami no onnatachi) is a 2002 Japanese drama film directed by Yoshishige Yoshida. It was screened out of competition at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Mariko Okada - Ai Kawa ...

'' (''Kagami no onnatachi'') by Yoshishige Yoshida

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 (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

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(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 ...

: * ''

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'' by Manish Jha * ''

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'' (''Esö után'') by Péter Mészáros * ''Daughter'' by Eduardo Rodríguez * ''Le chaperon noir'' by Yannis Yapanis * ''Retenir son souffle'' by

Anthony Lucas Anthony Lucas may refer to: * Anthony Francis Lucas Anthony Francis Lucas (born Antun Lučić; September 9, 1855 – September 2, 1921) was a Croatian-born American oil explorer. With Pattillo Higgins he organized the drilling of an oil well near ...

* ''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'' mea ...

'' by Emanuele Crialese (Italy) * '' Filles perdues, cheveux gras'' by Claude Duty (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). Care ...

(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 Televi ...

(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 G ...

(Japan) * ''Lettre au fils'' by Philippe Welsh (France) * ''Malcom'' by Baker Karim (Sweden) * '' Meeting Evil'' (''Möte med ondskan'') by

Reza Parsa Reza Parsa is a Swedish film director. At the age of 22, he was admitted to the 4-year directing program at the National Film School of Denmark (1991–95) and directed the most award-winning (11 awards) graduation film, ''Never (Gränsen)'', ...

(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 i ...

'' 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 Ac ...

(Spain) (opening film) * ''

More More or Mores may refer to: Computing * MORE (application), outline software for Mac OS * more (command), a shell command * MORE protocol, a routing protocol * Missouri Research and Education Network Music Albums * ''More!'' (album), by Booka ...

'' by

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

(Quinzaine des Réalizateurs): * '' Abouna'' by

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (; ar, محمد الصالح هارون) was born in 1961 in Abéché, Chad. He is a film director from Chad. He left Chad during the civil wars of the 1980s. Haroun is the first Chadian full-length film director. He both wri ...

(Chad, France) * ''

Angela Angela may refer to: Places * Angela, Montana * Angela Lake, in Volusia County, Florida * Lake Angela, in Lyon Township, Oakland County, Michigan * Lake Angela, the reservoir impounded by the source dam of the South Yuba River Fiction * An ...

'' by Roberta Torre (Italy) * ''

Apartment 5C An apartment (American English), or flat (British English, Indian English, South African English), is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies part of a building, generally on a single story. There are man ...

'' by

Raphaël Nadjari Raphaël Nadjari ( he, רפאל נדג'ארי; born 1971) is a French-Israeli writer and director for film and television. In 1993, Nadjari started working for French television as a writer and director. In 1997, he wrote the television screenpla ...

(France, Israel, United States) * '' Blue Gate Crossing'' by Chih-yen Yee (Taiwan, France) * '' Bord de mer'' by Julie Lopes-Curval (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 l ...

(Hungary) * '' Japón'' by

Carlos Reygadas Carlos Reygadas Castillo (; born October 10, 1971) is a Mexican filmmaker. Influenced by existentialist art and philosophy, Reygadas' movies feature spiritual journeys into the inner worlds of his main characters, through which themes of love, ...

(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 ...

'' (''The Clay Bird'') by Tareque Masud (France, Bangladesh) * ''

Laurel Canyon Laurel Canyon is a mountainous neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills region of the Santa Monica Mountains, within the Hollywood Hills West district of Los Angeles, California. The main thoroughfare of Laurel Canyon Boulevard connects the neighb ...

'' by Lisa Cholodenko (United States) * ''

Morvern Callar ''Morvern Callar'' is a 1995 experimental novel by Scottish author Alan Warner. Published as his first novel, its first-person narrative—written in a Scottish dialect—explores the life and interests of the titular character following the sud ...

'' 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 ''Monrak Transistor'' ( Thai: มนต์รักทรานซิสเตอร์, English: ''Transistor Love Story'') is a 2001 Thai film directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang. Blending several genres, including comedy, romance, musical and c ...

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

Occident The Occident is a term for the West, traditionally comprising anything that belongs to the Western world. It is the antonym of ''Orient'', the Eastern world. In English, it has largely fallen into disuse. The term ''occidental'' is often used to ...

'' by

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'' by Shane Meadows (United Kingdom, Germany) * '' Only the Strong Survive'' (doc.) by D.A. Pennebaker,

Chris Hegedus Chris Hegedus (born April 23, 1952) is an American documentary filmmaker. She and her husband, filmmaker D. A. Pennebaker, founded the company Pennebaker Hegedus Films. Hegedus was nominated for an Academy Award for ''The War Room'', a behind-t ...

(United States) * '' Un oso rojo'' by Israel Adrián Caetano (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 avant-garde theatre and cinema. He die ...

(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 than ...

(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 o ...

'' 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 ...

(France) * '' Two'' (''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 cin ...

(France, Germany) * '' Une pure coïncidence'' by Romain Goupil (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 (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 sma ...

'' by

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 Peter Tscherkassky (born October 3, 1958) is an Austrian avant-garde filmmaker who works primarily with found footage. All of his work is done with film and heavily edited in the darkroom, rather than relying on recent advances in digital film. ...

(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 Vincent Dieutre (born 25 November 1960 in Le Petit-Quevilly) is a French film director and screenwriter.

(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 (United Kingdom) * ''Muno'' by

Bouli Lanners Philippe "Bouli" Lanners (born 20 May 1965) is a Belgian actor, author and film director. His film '' The Giants'' was nominated for twelve Magritte Awards, winning five, including Best Film and Best Director. Biography Lanners was born on 20 ...

(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 app ...

(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

Grand Prix Grand Prix ( , meaning ''Grand Prize''; plural Grands Prix), is a name sometimes used for competitions or sport events, alluding to the winner receiving a prize, trophy or honour Grand Prix or grand prix may refer to: Arts and entertainment ...

: ''

'' (''Mies vailla menneisyyttä'') by

* Best Director: ** Im Kwon-taek for ''

'' **

for ''

'' *

Best Screenplay Best or The Best may refer to: People * Best (surname), people with the surname Best * Best (footballer, born 1968), retired Portuguese footballer Companies and organizations * Best & Co., an 1879–1971 clothing chain * Best Lock Corporation, ...

: '' 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: Kati Outinen for ''

'' (''Mies vailla menneisyyttä'') *

Best Actor Best Actor is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actors in a film, television series, television film or play. The term most often refers to the ...

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 Promess ...

for '' The Son'' (''Le Fils'') * Jury Prize: ''

'' (''Yadon ilaheyya'') by Elia Suleiman *Honorary Golden Palm:

*55th Anniversary Prize: '' Bowling for Columbine'' by

Un Certain Regard *

Award: ''

'' (''Sud sanaeha'') by

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 *

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 The Directors' Fortnight (french: Quinzaine des ...

: '' Seaside'' (''Bord de mer'') by Julie Lopes-Curval *Caméra d'Or - Special Mention: '' Japón'' by

Short Films *

: ''

'' (''Esö után'') by Péter Mészáros *Short Film Jury Prize: ''A Very Very Silent Film'' by Manish Jha & ''The Stone of Folly'' by Jesse Rosensweet

1939 Palme d'Or

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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 h ...

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

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'', '' Lenin in 1918'', '' The Four Feathers'', '' The Wizard of Oz'', ''

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'', and ''

Boefje '' Boefje'' (, "rascal") is a 1939 Dutch children's comedic melodrama directed by Detlef Sierck. The film is based on a classic 1903 Dutch children's book of the same name, written by journalist Marie Joseph Brusse. Plot summary Jan Grovers and ...

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

Independent awards

FIPRESCI Prizes * '' The Clay Bird'' (''Matir Moina'') by Tareque Masud (Directors' Fortnight) * ''

'' (''Yadon ilaheyya'') by Elia Suleiman (In competition) * '' Waiting for Happiness'' (''Heremakono'') by Abderrahmane Sissako (Un Certain Regard) Ecumenical Jury * Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: ''

'' (''Mies vailla menneisyyttä'') by

* Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention: **''

'' (''L'ora di religione (Il sorriso di mia madre)'') by Marco Bellocchio **'' The Son'' (''Le Fils'') by Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenner Award of the Youth *Foreign Film: ''

'' by

*French Film: '' Carnages'' by Delphine Gleize Awards in the frame of International Critics' Week *International Critics' Week Grand Prize: ''

'' by Emanuele Crialese *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 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 Alejandro is the Spanish form of the name Alexander. Alejandro has multiple variations in different languages, including Aleksander (Czech, Polish), Alexandre ( French), Alexandros (Greek), Alsander (Irish), Alessandro (Italian), Aleksandr (Rus ...

*Canal+ Award: '' From Mesmer, with Love or Tea for Two'' (''De Mesmer, con amor o Té para dos'') by Salvador Aguirre,

*Young Critics Award - Best Short: '' Meeting Evil'' (''Möte med ondskan'') by

*Young Critics Award - Best Feature: ''

'' by Emanuele Crialese *Kodak Short Film Award: '' From Mesmer, with Love or Tea for Two'' (''De Mesmer, con amor o Té para dos'') by Salvador Aguirre,

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

'' by

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

Association Prix François Chalais * François Chalais Award: ''

'' (''Gomgashtei dar Aragh'') by Bahman Ghobadi File:Sharon Stone 2002.jpg,

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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