2003 Cannes Film Festival

Juries

The following people were appointed as the Jury for the various sections below:

Main competition

• Patrice Chéreau, French filmmaker, actor and producer - Jury President
• Erri De Luca, Italian poet
• Jiang Wen, Chinese actor, screenwriter and director
• Aishwarya Rai, Indian actress
• Jean Rochefort, French actor
• Meg Ryan, American actress
• Steven Soderbergh, American filmmaker
• Danis Tanović, Bosnian filmmaker
• Karin Viard, French actress

''Un Certain Regard''

• Abderrahmane Sissako, Mauritanian filmmaker - Jury President
• Jannike Ahlund
• Geoff Andrew, British writer
• Alexis Campion
• Christine Masson
• Pierre Todeschini

''Cinéfondation'' and Short Films Competition

• Emir Kusturica, Serbian filmmaker - Jury President
• Mary Lea Bandy, American director of Patrimoine Au Moma
• Zabou Breitman, French actress, director
• Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Lithuanian actress
• Michel Ocelot, French director

''Camera d'Or''

• Wim Wenders, German filmmaker - Jury President
• Laurent Aknin, French critic
• Alain Champetier, French Representative of the technical industries
• Géraldine d'Haen, French secretary of the jury
• Gian Luca Farinelli, Italian cinephile
• Agnès Godard, French cinematographer
• Claude Makovski, French cinephile
• Bernard Uhlmann, Swizz cinephile
• Christian Vincent, French director

Official selection

In Competition

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

''Un Certain Regard''

The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:

Out of Competition

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

''Cinéfondation''

The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:

• 19 At 11 by Michael Schwartz
• Am See by Ulrike von Ribbeck
• Bezi zeko bezi by Pavle Vučković
• Dremano oko by Vladimir Perisic
• Fish Never Sleep by Gaëlle Denis
• Five Deep Breaths by Seith Mann
• Free Loaders by Haim Tabakman
• Historia del desierto (short) by Celia Galan Julve
• Hitokoroshi no ana by Ikeda Chihiro
• Le pacte by Heidi Maria Faisst
• Like Twenty Impossibles by Annemarie Jacir
• Mechanika by David Sukup
• Rebeca a esas alturas by Luciana Jauffred Gorostiza
• Stuck by Jeremy Roberts
• The Box Man by Nirvan Mullick
• The Water Fight by Norah McGettigan
• TV City by Alejandra Tomei, Alberto Couceiro
• Empty for Love by Vimukthi Jayasundara
• Wonderful Day by Hyun-Pil Kim
• Zero by Carolina Rivas

Short film competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:

• Cracker Bag by Glendyn Ivin
• L'enfant promis by Marsa Makris
• Fast Film by Virgil Widrich
• La fenêtre ouverte by Philippe Barcinski
• L'homme le plus beau du monde by Alicia Duffy
• L'homme sans tête by Juan Solanas
• Je germe by Esther Rots
• Mon frère aveugle by Sophie Goodhart
• Neige au mois de Novembre by Karolina Jonsson

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following films were screened for the 42nd International Critics' Week (42e Semaine de la Critique):

Feature film competition

• 20H17, Rue Darling by Bernard Edmond (Canada)
• Deux Fereshté (Two Angels) by Mamad Haghighat (Iran)
• Elle est des nôtres by Siegrid Alnoy (France)
• Entre ciclones by Enrique Colina (Cuba)
• Milwaukee, Minnesota by Allan Mindel (United States)
• Reconstruction by Christoffer Boe (Denmark)
• Since Otar Left (Depuis qu'Otar est parti...) by Julie Bertuccelli (France, Belgium, Georgia) Short film competition
• Belarra by Koldo Almandoz (Spain)
• Derrière les fagots by Ron Dyens (France)
• Love Is the Law by Eivind Tolas (Norway)
• Maste by Erik Rosenlund (Sweden)
• La Petite Fille by Licia Eminenti (France)
• The Truth About the Head by Dale Heslip (Canada)
• Turangawaewae by Peter Burger (New Zealand) Special screenings
• Off the map by Campbell Scott (United States) (opening film)
• Camarades by Marin Karmitz (France) (La séance du Parrain)
• Condor : les axes du mal by Rodrigo Vasque (France) (Documentary)
• Araki – The Killing of a Japanese Photographer by Anders Morgenthaller (Denmark) (Short film)
• Good Night by Chun Sun-Young (South Korea) (Short film)
• Nosferatu Tango by Zoltán Horváth (Switzerland, France) (Short film)
• B.B. & Il Cormorano by Edoardo Gabbriellini (Italy) (closing film)

Directors' Fortnight

Apart from 16 short films, the following feature films were screened for the 2003 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):

• Bright Leaves (doc.) by Ross McElwee (United States, United Kingdom)
• Carême by José Álvaro Morais (Portugal)
• La chose publique by Mathieu Amalric (France)
• Cry No More (Les Yeux secs) by Narjiss Nejjar (France, Morocco)
• Deep Breath by Parviz Shahbazi (Iran)
• Feathers in My Head (Des plumes dans la tête) by Thomas De Thier (Belgium, France)
• Gozu by Takashi Miike (Japan)
• The Hours of the Day (Las horas del día) by Jaime Rosales (Spain)
• Interstella 5555 by Kazuhisa Takenouchi (Japan, France)
• L'Isola by Costanza Quatriglio (Italy)
• James' Journey to Jerusalem by Ra'anan Alexandrowicz (Israel)
• Kitchen Stories (Salmer fra Kjøkkenet) by Bent Hamer (United States, Norway)
• Kleine Freiheit by Yüksel Yavuz (Germany)
• Les Lionceaux by Claire Doyon (France)
• Love Film (Filme de amor) by Júlio Bressane (Brazil)
• Mike Brant – Laisse moi t'aimer (doc.) by Erez Laufer (France, Israel)
• Le Monde vivant by Eugène Green (France, Belgium)
• The Mother by Roger Michell (United Kingdom)
• Naked Childhood (L'enfance nue) by Maurice Pialat (France)
• Niki and Flo (Niki Ardelean, colonel în rezerva) by Lucian Pintilie (Romania, France)
• No pasarán, album souvenir (doc.) by Henri-François Imbert (France)
• No Rest for the Brave (Pas de repos pour les braves) by Alain Guiraudie (France, Austria)
• Osama by Siddiq Barmak (Afghanistan, Netherlands, Japan, Ireland, Iran)
• Saltimbank by Jean-Claude Biette (France)
• Seducing Doctor Lewis (La grande séduction) by Jean-François Pouliot (Canada)
• The Forest (Le Silence de la forêt) by Bassek ba Kobhio, Didier Ouénangaré (Cameroon, France)
• Sansa by Siegfried (Spain, France)
• Les Terres de l'ogre by Sami Kafati (Honduras, France)
• Watermark by Georgina Willis (Australia)
• The Woman Who Believed She Was President of the United States (A Mulher que Acreditava ser Presidente dos Estados Unidos da América) by João Botelho (Portugal)
• Im Anfang war der Blick by Bady Minck (Austria/Luxembourg)

Official Awards

In Competition

The following films and people received the 2003 Official selection awards:

• Palme d'Or: Elephant by Gus Van Sant
• Grand Prix: Uzak by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
• Best Director: Elephant by Gus Van Sant
• Best Screenplay: The Barbarian Invasions by Denys Arcand
• Best Actress: Marie-Josée Croze for The Barbarian Invasions
• Best Actor: Muzaffer Özdemir and Emin Toprak for Uzak
• Jury Prize: At Five in the Afternoon by Samira Makhmalbaf

Un Certain Regard

• Un Certain Regard Award: The Best of Youth by Marco Tullio Giordana
• Le Premier Regard Award: A Thousand Months by Faouzi Bensaïdi
• Un Certain Regard Jury Prize: Crimson Gold by Jafar Panahi

''Cinéfondation''

• First Prize: Run Rabbit Run by Pavle Vučković
• Second Prize: Historia del desierto by Celia Galan Julve
• Third Prize:
  • TV City by Alejandra Tomei and Alberto Couceiro
  • Rebeca a esas alturas by Luciana Jauffred Gorostiza

''[[Caméra d'Or]]''

• Reconstruction by Christoffer Boe
  • Special Mention: Osama by Siddiq Barmak

Short Films Competition

• Short Film Palme d'Or: Cracker Bag by Glendyn Ivin
• Short Film Jury Prize: L'homme sans tête by Juan Solanas

Independent Awards

[[FIPRESCI|FIPRESCI Prizes]]

• The Hours of the Day by Jaime Rosales (Director's Fortnight)
• Father and Son by Alexander Sokurov (In competition)
• American Splendor by Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini (Un Certain Regard)

[[Vulcan Award|Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist]]

• Tom Stern for cinematography in Mystic River

[[Prize of the Ecumenical Jury]]

• At Five in the Afternoon by Samira Makhmalbaf

Award of the Youth

• A Thousand Months by Faouzi Bensaïdi

Critics' Week

• International Critics' Week Grand Prix: Since Otar Left by Julie Bertuccelli
• Prix de la (Toute) Jeune Critique: Milwaukee, Minnesota by Allan Mindel
• Canal+ Award: Love Is the Law by Eivind Tolas
• Kodak Short Film Award: The Truth About the Head by Dale Heslip
• Young Critics Award – Best Short: The Truth About the Head by Dale Heslip
• Young Critics Award – Best Feature: Milwaukee, Minnesota by Allan Mindel
• Grand Golden Rail: Since Otar Left by Julie Bertuccelli
• Small Golden Rail: Love Is the Law by Eivind Tolas

Honorary Golden Palm

• Jeanne Moreau

Cinema Prize of the French National Education System

• Elephant by Gus Van Sant

Golden Coach

• Mystic River by Clint Eastwood

AFCAE Award

• Osama by Siddiq Barmak

[[François Chalais Prize|François Chalais Award]]

• S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine by Rithy Panh

References

Media

• INA: Opening of the 2003 Festival (commentary in French)
• INA: List of winners of the 2003 Festival and reactions (commentary in French)

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