2003 Cannes Film Festival

The 56th Cannes Film Festival started on 14 May and ran until 25 May 2003. French opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor and producer Patrice Chéreau was the President of the Jury. The Palme d'Or went to the American film Elephant by Gus Van Sant based on the Columbine High School massacre.[4][5][6][7]

2003 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 56th Cannes Film Festival featuring an original illustration by Jenny Holzer.[1]
Opening filmFanfan la Tulipe
Closing filmCharlie: The Life and Art
of Charles Chaplin
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsPalme d'Or (Elephant)[2]
Hosted byMonica Bellucci
No. of films20 (En Competition)[3]
19 (Un Certain Regard)
19 (Out of Competition)
20 (Cinéfondation)
9 (Short Film)
Festival date14 May 2003 (2003-05-14) – 25 May 2003 (2003-05-25)
Websitefestival-cannes.com/en

The festival opened with Fanfan la Tulipe, directed by Gérard Krawczyk and closed with Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin, directed by Richard Schickel.[8] Monica Bellucci was the mistress of ceremonies.[9]

2003 Un Certain Regard poster, adapted from an original illustration by Oswaldo Vigas.[10]

Juries
Patrice Chéreau, Jury President
Abderrahmane Sissako Un Cretain Regard Jury President

Main competition

The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2003 Official Selection:[11]

Un Certain Regard

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 2003 Un Certain Regard:

Cinéfondation and short films

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the Cinéfondation and short films competition:

Camera d'Or

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 2003 Camera d'Or:

  • Wim Wenders (director) (Germany)
  • Agnès Godard (cinematographer) (France)
  • Alain Champetier (Representative of the technical industries) (France)
  • Bernard Uhlmann (cinephile) (Switzerland)
  • Christian Vincent (director) (France)
  • Claude Makovski (cinephile) (France)
  • Géraldine d'Haen (secretary of the jury) (France)
  • Gian Luca Farinelli (cinephile) (Italy)
  • Laurent Aknin (critic) (France)

Official selection

In competition - Feature film

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3]

Un Certain Regard

The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[3]

Films out of competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]

Cinéfondation

The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:[3]

  • 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:[3]

  • 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):[12]

Feature film competition

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):[13]

Awards
Gus Van Sant, Palme d'Or winner
Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Gran Prix winner

Official awards

The following films and people received the 2003 Official selection awards:[2][4][5]

Un Certain Regard

Cinéfondation

  • First Prize: Run Rabbit Run (Beži zeko beži) 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

Golden Camera

Short films

Independent awards

FIPRESCI Prizes[14]

Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist

Ecumenical Jury[15]

Award of the Youth[16]

Awards in the frame of International Critics' Week[5][16]

  • International Critics' Week Grand Prix: Since Otar Left (Depuis qu'Otar est parti...) 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 (Depuis qu'Otar est parti...) by Julie Bertuccelli
  • Small Golden Rail: Love Is the Law by Eivind Tolas

Other awards

Association Prix François Chalais

References
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  2. "Awards 2003: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014.
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  11. "All Juries 2003". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  12. "42e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 2003". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
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