The 54th Cannes Film Festival took place from 9 to 20 May 2001. Norwegian actress and director Liv Ullmann served as the Jury President of the main competition; she replaced American actress and filmmaker Jodie Foster, who had to step down due to scheduling conflicts with the film Panic Room. Italian filmmaker Nanni Moretti won the Palme d'Or for the drama film The Son's Room.
The festival opened with Moulin Rouge! by Baz Luhrmann, and closed with Savage Souls by Raúl Ruiz.
Juries Main competition Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress and director - Jury President Mimmo Calopresti, Italian filmmaker and actor Charlotte Gainsbourg, English-French actress and singer Terry Gilliam, British filmmaker and actor Mathieu Kassovitz, French actor and filmmaker Sandrine Kiberlain, French actress Philippe Labro, French director and author Julia Ormond, British actress Moufida Tlatli, Tunisian filmmaker and editor Edward Yang, Taiwanese filmmaker
Un Certain Regard Ariane Ascaride, French actress - Jury President Virginie Apiou, French film critic François-Guillaume Lorrain, French film critic Florence Malraux, French film critic Thomas Sotinel, French film critic
Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition Erick Zonca, French director - Jury President Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Italian-French actress and filmmaker Samira Makhmalbaf, Iranian filmmaker Rithy Panh, Cambodian filmmaker Lynne Ramsay, Scottish filmmaker
Camera d'Or Maria de Medeiros, Portuguese actress and director - Jury President Loïc Barbier, cinephile Stefano Della Casa, critic Sophie Denize, representative of the technical industries Franck Garbaz, critic Mercedes Goiz, critic Dominique Le Rigoleur, cinematographer Claire Simon, director
Official Selection In Competition The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or: English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryDesert Moon月の砂漠Shinji AoyamaJapanDistanceHirokazu Kore-edaI'm Going HomeJe rentre à la maison / Vou para CasaManoel de OliveiraFrance, PortugalIn Praise of LoveÉloge de l'amourJean-Luc GodardFrance, SwitzerlandKandaharقندهارMohsen MakhmalbafIranThe Man Who Wasn't ThereJoel CoenUnited StatesMillennium Mambo千禧曼波Hou Hsiao-hsienTaiwanMoulin Rouge! (opening film)Baz LuhrmannAustralia, United StatesMulholland DriveDavid LynchUnited States, FranceNo Man's LandНичија земљаDanis TanovićBosnia and Herzegovina, France, Slovenia, United Kingdom, BelgiumThe Officers' WardLa Chambre des officiersFrançois DupeyronFrancePau and His Brother Pau i el seu germàMarc RechaSpain, FranceThe Piano TeacherLa PianisteMichael HanekeFrance, Austria, GermanyThe PledgeSean PennUnited StatesThe Profession of ArmsIl mestiere delle armiErmanno OlmiItalyReplayLa répétitionCatherine CorsiniFrance, CanadaRoberto SuccoCédric KahnFranceShrekAndrew Adamson and Vicky JensonUnited StatesTaurusТелецAlexander SokurovRussiaThe Son's RoomLa stanza del figlioNanni MorettiItalyVa savoirJacques RivetteFranceWarm Water Under a Red Bridge赤い橋の下のぬるい水Shōhei ImamuraJapanWhat Time Is It There?你那邊幾點Tsai Ming-liangTaiwan
Un Certain Regard The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard: English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryThe Anniversary PartyJennifer Jason Leigh and Alan CummingUnited StatesAtanarjuat: The Fast RunnerᐊᑕᓈᕐᔪᐊᑦZacharias KunukCanadaBoyhood LovesAmour d'enfanceYves CaumonFranceCarrément à l'OuestJacques DoillonFranceThe ChimpМаймылAktan AbdykalykovKyrgyzstan, Russia, France, JapanClément Emmanuelle BercotFranceFreedom La libertadLisandro AlonsoArgentinaGet a LifeGanhar a VidaJoão CanijoPortugalH StoryNobuhiro SuwaJapanHijack StoriesOliver SchmitzSouth AfricaJust the Two of UsТы да я, да мы с тобойAlexander VeledinskyRussiaLan Yu藍宇Stanley KwanChinaLate Marriageחתונה מאוחרתDover KosashviliIsrael, FranceLovely RitaJessica HausnerAustriaMan Walking on Snow歩く、人Masahiro KobayashiJapanNo Such ThingSkrímsliHal HartleyUnited States, IcelandPattiyude Divasamപട്ടിയുടെ ദിവസംMurali NairIndiaPulse回路Kiyoshi KurosawaJapanThe RoadДорогаDarezhan OmirbaevKazakhstan, France, Japan'R XmasAbel FerraraUnited StatesStorytellingTodd SolondzTears of the Black Tigerฟ้าทะลายโจรWisit SasanatiengThailandTomorrowDomaniFrancesca ArchibugiItalyThe Words of My FatherLe parole di mio padreFrancesca Comencini
Out of Competition The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryABC AfricaAbbas KiarostamiIranApocalypse Now ReduxFrancis Ford CoppolaUnited StatesAvalon アヴァロンMamoru OshiiJapan, PolandThe Center of the WorldWayne WangUnited StatesCQRoman CoppolaUnited States, Luxembourg, France, ItalyHuman NatureMichel GondryUnited States, FranceMy Voyage to ItalyIl mio viaggio in ItaliaMartin ScorseseUnited States, ItalySavage Souls (closing film)Les âmes fortesRaúl RuizFrance, Belgium, SwitzerlandSobibor, October 14, 1943, 4 p.m.Sobibór, 14 octobre 1943, 16 heuresClaude LanzmannFranceTrouble Every DayClaire DenisFrance, Germany, Japan
Cinéfondation The following films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:
Antiromantika by Nariman Turebayev Bucarest - Vienne 8: 15 by Cătălin Mitulescu Crow Stone by Alicia Duffy Dai Bi by Chao Yang Fuldmane Vanvid by Anders Worm I Can Fly To You But You... by Young-Nam Kim J'espère, J'attends by Ewa Banaszkiewicz L'age Tendre by Eric Forestier La Cire, Ça Fait Mal by Maya Dreifuss Le Jour Où Toshi Est Né by Hikaru Yoshikawa Les Yeux Devorants by Syllas Tzoumerkas Martin Quatre Ans by Ben Hackworth Monsieur William, Les Traces D'une Vie Possible by Denis Gaubert Portrait by Sergei Luchishin Premiere Experience De Mort by Aida Begić Reparation by Jens Jonsson Svetlo by David Sukup Telecommande by Ethan Tobman Un Veau Pleurait, La Nuit by John Shank Zero Deficit by Ruth Mader
Short Films Competition The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
Bean Cake by David Greenspan Chicken by Barry Dignam Bird in the Wire by Phillip Donnellon La Famille Sacree by Dong-Il Shin Daddy's Girl by Irvine Allan The Reel Truth by Tim Hamilton Just Little Birds (Les petits oiseaux) by Fred Louf Natural Glasses (Naturlige Briller) by Jens Lien Music For One Apartment And Six Drummers by Johannes Stjärne Nilsson and Ola Simonsson Paulette by Louise-Marie Colon Pizza Passionata by Kari Juusonen
Parallel sections International Critics' Week The following films were screened for the 40th International Critics' Week (40e Semaine de la Critique):
Feature film competition
Under the Moonlight (Zir-e Noor-e Maah) by Seyyed Reza Mir-Karimi (Iran) Unloved by Kunitoshi Manda (Japan) Bolivia by Adrián Caetano (Argentina) The Woman Who Drinks (La Femme qui boit) by Bernard Émond (Canada) The Pornographer (Le Pornographe) by Bertrand Bonello (France, Canada) Almost Blue by Alex Infascelli (Italy) Ephemeral Town (Efimeri poli) by Giorgos Zafiris (Greece)
Short film competition
Le Dos au mur by Bruno Collet (France) Eat by Bill Plympton (United States) Forklift Driver Klaus – The First Day on the Job (Staplerfahrer Klaus - Der erste Arbeitstag) by Jörg Wagner and Stefan Prehn (Germany) Field by Duane Hopkins (United Kingdom) L'Enfant de la haute mer by L. Gabrielli, P. Marteel, M. Renoux and M. Tourret (France) Stranger and Native (Biganeh va boumi) by Ali Mohammad Ghasem (Iran) Noche de Bodas by Carlos Cuarón (Mexico)
Special screenings
The Black Beach (La plage noire) by Michel Piccoli (France) (opening film) Kes by Ken Loach (United Kingdom) (La séance du Parrain) Souffle by Muriel Coulin (France) (17 min.) (Prix de la Critique) True Love Waits (Taivas Tiella) by Johanna Vuoksenmaa (Finland) (34 min.) (Prix de la Critique) Clouds: Letters to My Son (Nuages: Lettres à mon fils) by Marion Hänsel (Belgium) (closing film)
Directors' Fortnight The following films were screened for the 2001 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):
Big Bad Love by Arliss Howard Bintou by Fanta Régina Nacro (31 min.) Boli shaonu by Lai Miu-suet That Old Dream That Moves (Ce vieux rêve qui bouge) by Alain Guiraudie (50 min.) Ceci est mon corps by Rodolphe Marconi Central by Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster (10 min.) Chelsea Walls by Ethan Hawke Cyber Palestine by Elia Suleiman (16 min.) Ecce homo by Mirjam Kubescha (50 min.) Fatma by Khaled Ghorbal Hautes Herbes by Mathieu Gérault (26 min.) HK by Xavier de Choudens (14 min.) Hush! by Ryosuke Hashiguchi I nostri anni by Daniele Gaglianone Je t'aime John Wayne by Toby MacDonald (10 min.) Jeunesse dorée by Zaïda Ghorab-Volta The Orphan of Anyang (Ānyáng de gūér) by Wang Chao La Trace de Moloktchon by Louis Jammes The Crossing (La Traversée) by Sébastien Lifshitz Le Système Zsygmondy by Luc Moullet (18 min.) Les Pleureuses by Jorane Castro (15 min.) Made in the USA by Cindy Babski and Sólveig Anspach Stuff and Dough (Marfa si Banii) by Cristi Puiu Martha... Martha by Sandrine Veysset A Place on Earth by Artur Aristakisyan Ming dai ahui zhu by Hsiao Ya-chuan On s'embrasse? by Pierre Olivier (6 min.) Operai, contadini by Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub Pauline et Paulette by Lieven Debrauwer Queenie in Love by Amos Kollek Rain by Christine Jeffs Riyo by Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster (10 min.) Shon by Julien Sallé (15 min.) Slogans by Gjergj Xhuvani The Deep End by David Siegel and Scott McGehee The Heart of the World by Guy Maddin (5 min.)
Official Awards
Main Competition Palme d'Or: The Son's Room by Nanni Moretti Grand Prix: The Piano Teacher by Michael Haneke Best Director: David Lynch for Mulholland Dr. Joel Coen for The Man Who Wasn't There Best Screenplay: No Man's Land by Danis Tanović Best Actress: Isabelle Huppert for The Piano Teacher Best Actor: Benoît Magimel for The Piano Teacher
Un Certain Regard Boyhood Loves by Yves Caumon
Cinéfondation First Prize: Portrait by Sergei Luchishin Second Prize: Reparation by Jens Jonsson Third Prize: Dai Bi by Chao Yang Crow Stone by Alicia Duffy
Caméra d'Or Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner by Zacharias Kunuk
Short Film Palme d'Or Bean Cake by David Greenspan Short Film Jury Prize: Daddy's Girl by Irvine Allan Pizza Passionata by Kari Juusonen
Independent Awards
FIPRESCI Prizes The Son's Room by Nanni Moretti (In competition) The Pornographer by Bertrand Bonello (International Critics Week) Pulse by Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Un Certain Regard) Martha... Martha by Sandrine Veysset (Director's Fortnight)
Commission Supérieure Technique Technical Grand Prize: Tu Duu-chih (Sound department) in What Time Is It There? and Millennium Mambo
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury Kandahar by Mohsen Makhmalbaf Special Mention: Pauline and Paulette by Lieven Debrauwer
Award of the Youth French Film: Clément by Emmanuelle Bercot Foreign Film: Slogans by Gjergj Xhuvani
International Critics' Week Grand Prix Primagaz: Under the Moonlight by Seyyed Reza Mir-Karimi Future talent Award: Unloved by Kunitoshi Manda Prix Grand Rail d'Or: Unloved by Kunitoshi Manda Prix Petit Rail d'Or: Le dos au mur by Bruno Collet Canal+ Award: Eat by Bill Plympton Young Critics Award - Best Short: Le dos au mur by Bruno Collet Young Critics Award - Best Feature: Bolivia by Adrián Caetano
Directors' Fortnight Media Award 2001 of the European Union: Une liaison pornographique by Frédéric Fonteyne SACD Award: On s'embrasse? by Pierre Olivier Gras Savoye Award: HK by Xavier De Choudens Kodak Short Film Award: Bintou by Fanta Régina Nacro Kodak Short Film Award - Special Mention: Le système Zsygmondy by Luc Moullet
François Chalais Award Made in the USA by Sólveig Anspach References
Media INA: The steps for the opening of the 2001 Festival (commentary in French) INA: List of winners of the 2001 Festival (commentary in French)
External links
2001 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive) Official website Retrospective 2001