2000 Cannes Film Festival
The 53rd Cannes Film Festival started on 14 May and ran until 25 May 2000. French film director, screenwriter, and producer Luc Besson was the Jury President. The Palme d'Or went to the Danish film Dancer in the Dark by Lars von Trier.
The festival opened with Vatel, directed by Roland Joffé and closed with Stardom, directed by Denys Arcand. Virginie Ledoyen was the mistress of ceremonies.
poster featuring a still of Audrey Hepburn in Sabrina by Bud Fraker
Juries
Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2000 Official Selection:- Luc Besson Jury President
- Jonathan Demme
- Nicole Garcia
- Jeremy Irons
- Mario Martone
- Patrick Modiano
- Arundhati Roy
- Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
- Kristin Scott Thomas
- Barbara Sukowa
Un Certain Regard
- Jane Birkin
- Jan Schulz-Ojala
- José Maria Prado
- Marc Voinchet
- Marie-Noëlle Tranchant
- Noël Tinazzi
Cinéfondation and short films
- Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne President
- Abderrahmane Sissako
- Claire Denis
- Francesca Comencini
- Mira Sorvino
Camera d'Or
- Otar Iosseliani President
- Caroline VIe-Toussaint
- Céline Panzolini
- Eric Moulin
- Fabienne Bradfer
- Martial Knaebel
- Solveig Anspach
- Yorgos Arvanitis
Official selection
In competition - Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:- Bread and Roses by Ken Loach
- Chunhyangdyun by Kwon-taek Im
- Code inconnu: Récit incomplet de divers voyages by Michael Haneke
- Dancer in the Dark by Lars von Trier
- Esther Kahn by Arnaud Desplechin
- Estorvo by Ruy Guerra
- Fast Food Fast Women by Amos Kollek
- Gohatto by Nagisa Oshima
- Guizi lai le by Jiang Wen
- Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien by Dominik Moll
- In the Mood for Love by Wong Kar-wai
- Kippur by Amos Gitai
- Les destinées sentimentales by Olivier Assayas
- Nurse Betty by Neil LaBute
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? by Joel Coen
- Svadba by Pavel Lungin
- Sånger från andra våningen by Roy Andersson
- Takhté siah by Samira Makhmalbaf
- The Golden Bowl by James Ivory
- The Yards by James Gray
- Trolösa by Liv Ullmann
- Yi Yi by Edward Yang
- Yurîka by Shinji Aoyama
Un Certain Regard
- Mùa hè chiều thẳng đứng by Tran Anh Hung
- Abschied - Brechts letzter Sommer by Jan Schütte
- Así es la vida by Arturo Ripstein
- Capitães de Abril by Maria de Medeiros
- Djomeh by Hassan Yektapanah
- Eu tu eles by Andrucha Waddington
- Famous by Griffin Dunne
- I Dreamed of Africa by Hugh Hudson
- Jacky by Brat Ljatifi, Fow Pyng Hu
- La saison des hommes by Moufida Tlatli
- Le premier du nom by Sabine Franel
- Lista de Espera by Juan Carlos Tabío
- Lost Killers by Dito Tsintsadze
- Nichiyobi wa Owaranai by Yōichirō Takahashi
- Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors by Hong Sang-soo
- Preferisco il rumore del mare by Mimmo Calopresti
- Saint-Cyr by Patricia Mazuy
- The King Is Alive by Kristian Levring
- Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her by Rodrigo García
- Tierra del fuego by Miguel Littín
- Wild Blue, notes à quelques voix by Thierry Knauff
- Woman on Top by Fina Torres
Films out of competition
- A Conversation With Gregory Peck by Barbara Kopple
- April by Otar Iosseliani
- Cecil B. Demented by John Waters
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by Ang Lee
- Honest by David A. Stewart
- The Gleaners and I by Agnès Varda
- Mission to Mars by Brian De Palma
- Requiem for a Dream by Darren Aronofsky
- Stardom by Denys Arcand
- Under Suspicion by Stephen Hopkins
- Vatel by Roland Joffé
Cinéfondation
- Ascension by Malgoska Szumowska
- Course de nuit by Chuyên Bui Thac
- De janela pro cinema by Quia Rodrígues
- Dessert by Amit Sakomski
- Don't Miss the Killer by Anastas Haralampidis
- Five Feet High and Rising by Peter Sollett
- Indien by Pernille Fischer Christensen
- Kiss It Up to God by Caran Hartsfield
- Le vent souffle où il veut by Claire Doyon
- Leben 1, 2, 3 by Michael Schorr
- Nocturnal by Anna Viduleja
- Breathing Under Water by António Ferreira
- Shoot the Dog by Ariko Kimura
Short film competition
- 3 Minutes by Ana Luiza Azevedo
- Shadows by Raymond Red- Short Film Palme d'Or winner
- Des morceaux de ma femme by Frédéric Pelle
- Shut the Door by Jens Lien
- Mieux ou moins bien ? by Jocelyn Cammack
- S'Arretent by Anthony Mullins
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 39th International Critics' Week :Feature film competition
- Amores perros by Alejandro González Iñárritu
- Hidden Whisper by Vivian Chang
- Krampack by Cesc Gay
- De l'histoire ancienne by Orso Miret
- Good Housekeeping by Frank Novak
- Happy End by Jung Ji-woo
- Les Autres filles by Caroline Vignal
- Faux contact by Eric Jameux
- To Be Continued... by Linus Tunström
- The Hat by Michèle Cournoyer
- Les méduses by Delphine Gleize
- The Artist's Circle by Bruce Marchfelder
- Not I by Neil Jordan
- Le Dernier rêve by Emmanuel Jespers
Directors' Fortnight
- 27 Missing Kisses by Nana Djordjadze
- L’Affaire Marcorelle by Serge Le Péron
- La Captive by Chantal Akerman
- Cuba Feliz by Karim Dridi
- Billy Elliot by Stephen Daldry
- Bread and Tulips by Silvio Soldini
- La Chambre obscure by Marie-Christine Questerbert
- Downtown 81 by Edo Bertoglio
- En avant !
- Faites comme si je n’étais pas là by Olivier Jahan
- Film noir by Masahiro Kobayashi
- Girlfight by Karyn Kusama
- Grüezi wohl Frau Stirnimaa by Sonja Wyss
- Jocelyne by Valérie Mréjen
- Le Secret by Virginie Wagon
- Lumumba by Raoul Peck
- Mallboy by Vincent Giarrusso
- No Place to Go by Oskar Roehler
- Peppermint Candy by Lee Chang-dong
- Petite Chérie by Anne Villacèque
- Purely Belter by Mark Herman
- Shadow of the Vampire by E. Elias Merhige
- Some Voices by Simon Cellan Jones
- The Three Madeleines by Guylaine Dionne
- A Time for Drunken Horses by Bahman Ghobadi
- Tout va bien, on s’en va by Claude Mouriéras
- Werckmeister Harmoniak by Béla Tarr
- A corps perdu by Isabelle Broué
- C’est bien la société by Valérie Pavia
- C'est pas si compliqué by Xavier De Choudens
- Derailed - extract from Phœnix Tape by Christoph Girardet, Matthias Müller
- Des larmes de sang by Valérie Mréjen
- Elisabeth by Valérie Mréjen
- Ferment by Tim Macmillan
- Flying Boys by Didier Seynave
- Furniture Poetry by Paul Bush
- Ghost by Steve Hawley
- Grüezi Wohl Fraü Stirnimaa… or Malou möter Ingmar Bergman och Erland Josephson by Sonja Wyss
- Head Stand by Lisa Robinson
- In Absentia by The Brothers Quay
- Jocelyne by Valérie Mréjen
- La Brèche de Roland by Arnaud & Jean-Marie Larrieu
- La Poire by Valérie Mréjen
- La Pomme, la Figue et l’Amande by Joël Brisse
- La Vie heureuse by Valérie Pavia
- Le mur by Faouzi Bensaïdi
- Les Oiseaux en cage ne peuvent pas voler by Luis Briceño
- Look at Me by Peter Stel
- Love is All by Oliver Harrison
- L'Epouvantail or Pugalo by Alexander Kott
- Collision Course by Roberval Duarte
- Rue Francis by François Vogel
- Salam by Souad El-Bouhati
- Still Life by Pekka Sassi
- The Morphology of Desire by Robert Arnold
Awards
Official awards
The following films and people received the 2000 Official selection awards:In Competition
- Palme d'Or: Dancer in the Dark by Lars von Trier
- Grand Prix: Devils on the Doorstep by Jiang Wen
- Best Director: Edward Yang for Yi Yi
- Best Screenplay: Nurse Betty by James Flamberg, John C. Richards
- Best Actress: Björk for Dancer in the Dark
- Best Actor: Tony Leung Chiu Wai for Fa yeung nin wa
- Jury Prize:
- * Songs from the Second Floor by Roy Andersson
- * Blackboards by Samira Makhmalbaf
- Un Certain Regard Award: Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her by Rodrigo Garcia
- Un Certain Regard - Special Mention: Me You Them by Andrucha Waddington
- First Prize: Five Feet High and Rising by Peter Sollett
- Second Prize: Dessert by Amit Sakomski & Kiss It Up to God by Caran Hartsfield
- Third Prize: Course de nuit by Chuyên Bui Thac & Indien by Pernille Fischer Christensen
- Caméra d'Or:
- * Djomeh by Hassan Yektapanah
- * A Time for Drunken Horses by Bahman Ghobadi
- Short Film Palme d'Or: Shadows by Raymond Red
Independent awards
- Eureka by Shinji Aoyama
- A Time for Drunken Horses by Bahman Ghobadi
- Technical Grand Prize: Christopher Doyle & Mark Lee Ping Bin , William Chang in In the Mood for Love
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Eureka by Shinji Aoyama
- Foreign Film: Girlfight by Karyn Kusama
- French Film: Saint-Cyr by Patricia Mazuy
- Special Award: Krámpack by Cesc Gay
- Canal+ Award: To Be Continued... by Linus Tunström
- Young Critics Award - Best Short: Faux contact by Eric Jameux
- Young Critics Award - Best Feature: Amores perros by Alejandro González Iñárritu
- Kodak Short Film Award: Salam by Souad El-Bouhati
- Kodak Short Film Award - Special Mention C'est pas si compliqué by Xavier De Choudens
- Gras Savoye Award: Le mur by Faouzi Bensaïdi
- François Chalais Award: