2002 Cannes Film Festival


The 55th Cannes Film Festival started on 15 May and ran until 26 May 2002. The Palme d'Or went to the Polish-French-German-British co-produced film The Pianist directed by Roman Polanski.
The festival opened with Hollywood Ending, directed by Woody Allen and closed with And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen, directed by Claude Lelouch. Virginie Ledoyen was the mistress of ceremonies.
Director Woody Allen was also presented with the inaugural Honorary Palme d'Or given to a director who had achieved a notable body of work but who had never won a competitive Palme d'Or.
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Juries

Main competition

The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2002 Official Selection:
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 2002 Un Certain Regard:
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the Cinéfondation and short films competition:
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 2002 Camera d'Or:

In competition - Feature film

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:

International Critics' Week

The following films were screened for the 41st International Critics' Week :
Feature film competition
Short film competition
Special screenings
The following films were screened for the 2002 Directors' Fortnight :

Official awards

The following films and people received the 2002 Official selection awards:
Un Certain Regard
Cinéfondation
Golden Camera
Short Films
The inaugural Cannes Film Festival was to have been held in 1939, but was cancelled by the outbreak of the Second World War. The organizers of the 2002 festival assembled a jury of six members, including Dieter Kosslick and Alberto Barbera, to watch seven of the twelve features which had been entered in the 1939 competition, namely: Goodbye, Mr. Chips, La piste du nord, Lenin in 1918, The Four Feathers, The Wizard of Oz, Union Pacific, and Boefje. Union Pacific was retrospectively voted the winner of the 1939 Palme d'Or.

Independent awards

FIPRESCI Prizes
Ecumenical Jury
Award of the Youth
Awards in the frame of International Critics' Week
Awards in the frame of Directors' Fortnight
Association Prix François Chalais
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