2003 Cannes Film Festival

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==

, Jury President 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 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 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 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 Award === • S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine by Rithy Panh ==References==

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