2000, Seen By... () was a 1998 international film project initiated by the French company Haut et Court to produce films depicting the approaching turn of the millennium seen from the perspectives of 10 different countries.Yoram Allon, Del Cullen, Hannah Patterson, Contemporary North American Film Directors: A Wallflower Critical Guide, Wallflower Press, 2002, p. 367.
The idea was conceived by producers Caroline Benjo and Carole Scotta, who took the idea to Pierre Chevalier of the French-German TV station Arte. They envisioned each film to be one hour long, made for the cost of four to five million francs, by promising directors.Martin O'Shaughnessy, Laurent Cantet, Oxford University Press, p. 4.
Ten films were produced as a result of the project:
Title Director Country Notes The Book of Life (1998) Hal Hartley United States Frankfurt Millennium (1998) Romuald Karmakar Germany The Hole (1998)"The Hole," Haut et Court, URL accessed 15 August 2016. Tsai Ming-liang Taiwan Entered into the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. La primera noche de mi vida (1998) Miguel Albaladejo Spain Last Night (1998) Don McKellar Canada Winner of the Award of the Youth at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. Winner of the Award of the Best Canadian First Feature Film at the 1998 Toronto International Film Festival. La Vie Sur Terre (1998) Abderrahmane Sissako Mali Les Sanguinaires (1998) Laurent Cantet France Midnight (1998) Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas Brazil 2000 Ariel Award for Best Latin-American Film. Tamas and Juli (1998) Ildikó Enyedi Hungary The Wall (1998) Alain Berliner Belgium
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