The 53rd Cannes Film Festival took place from 14 to 25 May 2000. French filmmaker Luc Besson was the Jury President for the main competition. Virginie Ledoyen was the mistress of ceremonies. Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier won the Palme d'Or for the musical-drama film Dancer in the Dark.
The festival opened with Vatel by Roland Joffé, and closed with Stardom by Denys Arcand.
Juries
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
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 RodrÃÂgues (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
Short film competition
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 2000 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):
Short films
- A corps perdu by Isabelle Broué (France)
- CâÂÂest bien la société by Valérie Pavia (France)
- C'est pas si compliqué by Xavier De Choudens (France)
- Derailed - extract from PhÃ
Ânix 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 lâÂÂAmande 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
Main Competition
- 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
Independent Awards
Commission Supérieure Technique
Award of the Youth
International Critics' Week
Directors' Fortnight
- Kodak Short Film Award: Salam by Souad El-Bouhati
- Kodak Short Film Award - Special Mention: C'est pas si compliqué by Xavier De Choudens
- Gras Savoye Award: Le mur by Faouzi Bensaïdi
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