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The 55th Festival de Cannes (Coverage of the 2002 Cannes Film Festival)

CANNES ROUND-UP - True story of Jew evading the Nazi death camps takes Palme d'Or [The Guardian UK] - Lynch jury hits wrong note [The Guardian UK] - Polanski's 'Pianist' Wins Palme d'Or / (includes reviews of many films) [LA Times] - Top Prize to Polanski at Cannes Festival [NY Times] - Cannes 2002 Winners Acquired [IndieWire] - Village Voice Round-up article by J Hoberman 1 - Village Voice Round-up article by J Hoberman 2 - Derek Malcolm selects the ten best films from this year's festival [The Guardian] - Mike D’Angelo writes sarcastic reviews about a lot of the films he saw [Panix.com] - LA Weekly Round-up article by Magnola Dargis - Kamera Round-up article

CANNES 55 PRIZE WINNERS JURY PRIZES Palme d'Or (Golden Palm): "The Pianist," directed by Roman Polanski Grand Prix (Grand Prize): "Mies Vailla Menneisyytta," (The Man without a Past), directed by Aki Kaurismaki Prix de la Mise en Scene (Best Director): [tie] Im kwon-Taek for "Chihwaseon" and Paul Thomas Anderson for "Punch-Drunk Love" Camera d'Or (Best first feature): "Bord de Mer" (Seaside), directed by Julie Lopes-Curval and a special mention to "Japon" directed by Carlos Reygadas Prix du Scenario (Best Screenplay Award): "Sweet Sixteen," written by Paul Laverty Prix du Jury (Jury Prize): "Intervention Divine," directed by Elia Suleiman 55th Anniversary Award (Special Jury Award): "Bowling for Columbine," directed by Michael Moore Prix d'interpretation feminine (Best Actress): Kati Outinen for "Mies Vailla Menneisyytta" (A Man Without a Past) Prix d'interpretation masculine (Best Actor): Olivier Gourmet for "Le Fils" FIPRESCI PRIZES FIPRESCI International Critics Prize: "Divine Intervention" from Palestinian director Elia Suleiman FIPRESCI Best Certain Regard Film: "Waiting for Happiness" from Mauritanian director Abderrahmane Sissako FIPRESCI  Best Directors Fortnight Film: "The Clay Bird (Matir Moina)" from Bangladeshi director Tareque Massud ECUMENICAL PRIZES Ecumenical Prize for Best Film: "The Man Without a Past" from Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki Ecumenical Runners-up: "The Son" from the Belgium brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, and "My Mother's Smile" from Italian director Marco Bellocchio. Critics Week Best Feature Film Prize: "Respiro" directed by Emanuele Crialese

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ARTICLES 5/15 - Los Angeles Times preview (Turan) 5/16 - Guardian Festival Preview - BBC - Bishops upset over Bellocchio's film 5/17 - Michael Moore interview [The Independent (UK)] - Bowling For Columbine article [BBC News] - Article on 24 Hour Party People [Film Festivals.com] - Daily Dispatch [IndieWire] - Mike Leigh says, “No, Never” to Hollywood [Yahoo] 5/18 - Israeli Film deals with Palestinians and Jews [Yahoo] - Doing the Cannes-can (on Woody Allen and Catherine Breillait) [The Age] - British film is an instant hit in Cannes for Mike Leigh [The Daily Telegraph] - Embracing the Auteurs at Cannes [NY Times (Mitchell)] - Mike Leigh and Michael Moore article [LA Times (Turan)] - Rare color Chaplin Footage unveiled [The Independent] 5/19 'Punch Drunk Love' and Adam Sandler [Yahoo] 5/20 - Paul Thomas Anderson and Punch-Drunk Love [LA Times] - Scorsese excites crowd / Atom Egoyan's new film [Yahoo] - Love and Separation Palestinian Style at Cannes [Yahoo] - First weekend report [The Times UK] - First weekend report [The Guardian] - Leading ladies turn the spotlight on Hollywood [The Age.com] - Daily Dispatch [IndieWire] 5/21 - Cannes Notebook: Worldly Violence and Confusion [NY Times (Scott)] - Weekend roundup [Irish Times] - Camera D’Or films reviews [IndieWire] - Brits Win Cannes Acclaim for Bravura Performances (Loach and Cronenberg film) [Yahoo] - Scorsese and Weinstein at Cannes [LA Times] - David Cronenberg Returns to Cannes 5/22 - First Week report [Village Voice] - Jack Nicholson Lets It All Hang Out in 'Schmidt' / Aki Kaurismaki [Yahoo] - Alexander Payne: An Eye for American Idiosyncrasy [LA Times] - Highlights and Lowlifes [The Guardian] - Cronenberg defends jury role / Egoyan sidesteps Turk controversy [Toronto Star] 5/23 - Noe's 'Irreversible' Leaves Cannes Critics Disgusted [Yahoo] (also Dardenne Brother's film.) [Yahoo] - Cannes is crazy about Adam Sandler and Ralph Fiennes goes mad for Cronenberg, finds our critic [Times UK] - Keeping The Faith At Directors Fortnight (reviews 14 films) [IndieWire] - Reviews of Un Certain Regard films [IndieWire] - Jack Nicholson acts his age [Toronto Star] 5/24 - Serious Issues by the Sea: Israeli and Palestinian films make politics an issue at the festival. [LA Times] - Brits, hits and the rest (Reviews of many films) [The Guardian] - 2002 Cannes Film Festival – Day Seven [Yahoo] - Palestinian Filmmaker Uses War Themes [Yahoo] - Follow that chicken: City of God, the first surprise hit of the Cannes festival [The Guardian] - Polanski Gets Personal with Polish Ghetto Drama [Yahoo] - Bollywood Fever Grips Cannes Film Festival - Dispatch from Cannes: Sokurov and Noe Shine [IndieWire] 5/25 - And they're off...A festival overview [The Guardian] - A welder with memory loss, a carpenter who takes after Christ, and a 96-minute tribute to Mother Russia in one single shot. [The Guardian] - Cannes VIPs Walk Out on 'Irreversible' Violence 5/26 - Roman Polanski Wins Palme d'Or at Cannes [Yahoo]

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