2000 Cannes Film Festival

Main competition • Luc Besson, French filmmaker - Jury President • Jonathan Demme, American filmmaker • Nicole Garcia, French actress • Jeremy Irons, British actor • Mario Martone, Italian filmmaker • Patrick Modiano, French novelist • Arundhati Roy, Indian author • Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Spanish actress • Barbara Sukowa, German actress • Kristin Scott Thomas, British actress Un Certain Regard • Jane Birkin, British-French actress • Jan Schulz-Ojala • José Maria Prado, Director of the Filmoteca Española • Marie-Noëlle Tranchant, critic • Noël Tinazzi, critic • Marc Voinchet, critic Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition • Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Belgian filmmaker - Jury Co-president • Luc Dardenne, Belgian filmmaker - Jury Co-president • Francesca Comencini, Italian filmmaker • Claire Denis, French filmmaker • Abderrahmane Sissako, Mauritanian filmmaker • Mira Sorvino, American actress ''Camera d'Or'' • Otar Iosseliani, Georgian filmmaker - Jury President • Sólveig Anspach, Icelandic-French director • Yorgos Arvanitis, Greek cinematographer • Fabienne Bradfer, French critic • Martial Knaebel, German critic • Eric Moulin, French representative of the technical industries • Céline Panzolini, French cinephile • Caroline Vie-Toussaint, French journalist ==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 films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation: • Ascension by Malgoska Szumowska (Poland) • Course de nuit by Chuyên Bui Thac (Vietnam) • De janela pro cinema by Quia Rodrígues (Brazil) • Dessert by (''Kinu'ach'') Amit Sakomski (Israel) • ''Don't Miss the Killer'' () by Anastas Haralampidis (Greece) • Five Feet High and Rising by Peter Sollett (United States) • Indien by Pernille Fischer Christensen (Denmark) • Kiss It Up to God by Caran Hartsfield (United States) • Le vent souffle où il veut by Claire Doyon (France) • Leben 1, 2, 3 by (Germany) • Nocturnal by Anna Viduleja (Latvia) • Breathing Under Water (''Respirar (Debaixo d'água)'') by António Ferreira (Portugal) • Shoot the Dog by Ariko Kimura (Japan) Short Film Competition The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or: • 3 Minutes by Ana Luiza Azevedo • Shadows (Anino) by Raymond Red- Short Film Palme d'Or winner • Des morceaux de ma femme by Frédéric Pelle • Shut the Door () by Jens Lien • Mieux ou moins bien ? (Better or Worse) by Jocelyn Cammack • Stop by Anthony Mullins ==Parallel sections==

International Critics' Week The following films were screened for the 39th International Critics' Week (39e Semaine de la Critique): Feature film competition • Amores perros by Alejandro González Iñárritu (Mexico) • Hidden Whisper by Vivian Chang (Taiwan) • Krampack by Cesc Gay (Spain) • ''De l'histoire ancienne'' by Orso Miret (France) • Good Housekeeping by Frank Novak (United States) • Happy End by Jung Ji-woo (South Korea) • Les Autres filles by Caroline Vignal (France) Short film competition • Faux contact by Eric Jameux (France) • To Be Continued... by Linus Tunström (Sweden) • The Hat (Le Chapeau) by Michèle Cournoyer (Canada) • Les méduses by Delphine Gleize (France) • ''The Artist's Circle'' by Bruce Marchfelder (Canada) • Not I by Neil Jordan (Ireland, United Kingdom) • Le Dernier rêve by Emmanuel Jespers (Belgium) Directors' Fortnight The following films were screened for the 2000 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs): • 27 Missing Kisses by Nana Djordjadze • ''L'Affaire Marcorelle'' by Serge Le Péron • La Captive by Chantal Akerman • Cuba Feliz by Karim Dridi • Billy Elliot (Dancer) by Stephen Daldry • Bread and Tulips (Pane e tulipani) by Silvio Soldini • La Chambre obscure by Marie-Christine Questerbert • Downtown 81 by Edo Bertoglio • En avant ! (director not stated, 60 min.) • Faites comme si je n’étais pas là by Olivier Jahan • Film noir (Koroshi) by Masahiro Kobayashi • Girlfight by Karyn Kusama • Grüezi wohl Frau Stirnimaa by Sonja Wyss • Jocelyne by Valérie Mréjen • Le Secret by Virginie Wagon • Lumumba by Raoul Peck • Mallboy by Vincent Giarrusso • No Place to Go (Die Unberührbare) by Oskar Roehler • Peppermint Candy by Lee Chang-dong • Petite Chérie by Anne Villacèque • Purely Belter by Mark Herman • Shadow of the Vampire by E. Elias Merhige • Some Voices by Simon Cellan Jones • The Three Madeleines (Les fantômes des Trois Madeleine) by Guylaine Dionne • A Time for Drunken Horses (Zamani barayé masti asbha) by Bahman Ghobadi • Tout va bien, on s’en va by Claude Mouriéras • Werckmeister Harmoniak by Béla Tarr :Short films • A corps perdu by Isabelle Broué (France) • C’est bien la société by Valérie Pavia (France) • ''C'est pas si compliqué'' by Xavier De Choudens (France) • Derailed - extract from Phœnix Tape by Christoph Girardet, Matthias Müller (Germany) • Des larmes de sang by Valérie Mréjen (France) • Elisabeth by Valérie Mréjen (France) • Ferment by Tim Macmillan (Great Britain) • Flying Boys by Didier Seynave (Belgium) • Furniture Poetry (and Other Rhymes for the Camera) by Paul Bush (Great Britain) • Ghost by Steve Hawley (Great Britain) • Grüezi Wohl Fraü Stirnimaa... or Malou möter Ingmar Bergman och Erland Josephson by Sonja Wyss (Switzerland - Netherlands) • Head Stand by Lisa Robinson (United States) • In Absentia by Brothers Quay (Great Britain) • Jocelyne by Valérie Mréjen (France) • La Brèche de Roland by Arnaud & Jean-Marie Larrieu • La Poire by Valérie Mréjen (France) • La Pomme, la Figue et l’Amande by Joël Brisse • La Vie heureuse by Valérie Pavia (France) • Le mur by Faouzi Bensaïdi (France) • Les Oiseaux en cage ne peuvent pas voler by Luis Briceño (France) • Look at Me by Peter Stel (Netherlands) • Love is All by Oliver Harrison (Great Britain) • ''L'Epouvantail or Pugalo'' by Alexander Kott (Russia) • Collision Course by Roberval Duarte (Brazil) • Rue Francis by François Vogel (France) • Salam by Souad El-Bouhati (France) • Still Life by Pekka Sassi (Finland) • The Morphology of Desire by Robert Arnold (United States) ==Official Awards==

, winner of the Palme d'Or at the event , Gran Prix winner Main Competition • ''Palme d'Or: Dancer in the Dark'' by Lars von Trier • Grand Prix: Devils on the Doorstep by Jiang Wen • Best Director: Edward Yang for Yi Yi • Best Screenplay: Nurse Betty by James Flamberg and John C. Richards • Best Actress: Björk for Dancer in the Dark • Best Actor: Tony Leung Chiu-wai for In the Mood for Love • Jury Prize: • Songs from the Second Floor by Roy Andersson • Blackboards by Samira Makhmalbaf === Un Certain Regard === • Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her by Rodrigo Garcia • Special Mention: Me You Them by Andrucha Waddington === Cinéfondation === • First Prize: Five Feet High and Rising by Peter Sollett • Second Prize: • Dessert by Amit Sakomski • Kiss It Up to God by Caran Hartsfield • Third Prize: • Course de nuit by Chuyên Bui Thac • Indien by Pernille Fischer Christensen === ''Caméra d'Or'' === • Djomeh by Hassan Yektapanah • A Time for Drunken Horses by Bahman Ghobadi === Short Film Palme d'Or === • Shadows by Raymond Red == Independent Awards ==

=== FIPRESCI Prizes === • Eureka by Shinji Aoyama (In competition) • A Time for Drunken Horses by Bahman Ghobadi (Directors' Fortnight) Commission Supérieure Technique • Technical Grand Prize: Christopher Doyle & Mark Lee Ping Bin (cinematography) and William Chang (editing) for In the Mood for Love === Prize of the Ecumenical Jury === • Eureka by Shinji Aoyama Award of the Youth • Foreign Film: Girlfight by Karyn Kusama • Young Critics Award - Best Short: Faux contact by Eric Jameux • Young Critics Award - Best Feature: Amores perros by Alejandro González Iñárritu Directors' Fortnight • Kodak Short Film Award: Salam by Souad El-Bouhati ==References==

• INA: Opening of the 2000 Festival (commentary in French) • INA: List of winners of the 2000 festival and interviews (commentary in French) ==External links==