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Golden Satellite Nominations - Motion Pictures
December 18, 2000


Gladiator (10 nominations) and Traffic (9 nominations) lead the contenders for the fifth annual Golden Satellite Awards, to be presented by the International Press Academy on Jan. 14.

Best Actor: Michael Douglas, Wonder Boys

Best Actress: Julia Roberts, Erin Brockovich

Best Supporting Actor: Willem Dafoe, Shadow of the Vampire

Best Supporting Actress: Frances McDormand, Almost Famous and Wonder Boys

Best Director: Steven Soderbergh, Traffic and Erin Brockovich

Best Screenplay: You Can Count on Me

Best Foreign Film: Yi Yi

Animated Film: Chicken Run

Best Non Fiction Film: Dark Days

Best Cinematography: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Best Production Design: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Best Music Score: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

New Generation Award: Mark Ruffalo, You Can Count On Me

Special Citation: Charles Champlin

Career Achievement: cinematographer Conrad L. Hall

The group elected not to give its annual Douglas Edwards Award for the best independent/experimental film of the year.

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Special Award: Jules Dassin, director of Rififi, and to Rialto Pictures for Re-Releasing the Film.

Special Award: THE SHOOTING GALLERY, (NY Production Company), For Their Ingenious Distribution Pattern as well as their choice of films.

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Achievement In Foreign Film: Decalogue Series

Special Filmmaking Achievement: Kenneth Lonergan, You Can Count On Me
Special Recognition of Films that Reflect Freedom of Expression: A Time for Drunken Horses, Bamboozled, Before Night Falls, The Circle, Kadosh, Quills, Sound and Fury and The Visit.

Excellence In Filmmaking: American Psycho , Best In Show , Chuck & Buck , Girlfight , Hamlet , Nurse Betty , Requiem For A Dream , Shower , Snatch! , Two Family House

Best Documentary: The Life And Times Of Hank Greenberg
Best Animation: Chicken Run

Career Achievement: Ellen Burstyn

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Toronto International Film Festival 2000
September 17, 2000

The Festival began september 7 with Stardom by Denys Arcand, and ended september 16 with How To Kill Your Neighbor's Dog, by Michael Kalesniko.


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Venice Film Festival 2000
September 9, 2000

The president of the jury was Milos Forman. The Festival began august 30 with Space Cowboys and ended september 9 with Vengo, by Tony Gatlif.

THE GOLDEN LION: Dayereh (aka The Circle), Jafar Panahi
THE JURY GRAND PRIX: Before Night Falls, Julian Schnabel
BEST DIRECTOR: Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Uttara (aka The Wrestlers)
BEST SCREENPLAY: Claudio Fava, Monica Zappelli, Marco Tullio Giordana, I Cento Passi

Cannes 2000
May 20, 2000

The president of the jury was Luc Besson. The Festival began the 10 of May with Vatel and ended the 20 of May with Stardom, by Denys Arcand.

Feature Films
PALME D'OR — Dancer in the Dark, Lars Von Trier
GRAND PRIZE — Devils on the Doorstep, Jiang Wen
BEST ACTOR — Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, In the Mood for Love
BEST ACTRESS — Björk, Dancer in the Dark
BEST DIRECTOR — Edward Yang, Yi Yi
BEST SCREENPLAY — John C. Richards and James Flamberg, Nurse Betty
JURY PRIZE — Songs from the Second Floor, Roy Andersson

Berlin 2000
February 20, 2000

The president of the jury was Gong Li. The Festival began February 9 with The Million Dollar Hotel, directed by Wim Wenders and ended February 20 with Bossa Nova, directed by Bruno Barreto.

Golden Bear for Best Film: Magnolia, Paul Thomas Anderson
Jury Grand Prize (Silver Bear): The Road Home, Zhang Yimou
Best Director: Milos Forman, Man On The Moon
Best Actor: Denzel Washington, The Hurricane
Best Actress: Bibiana Beglau and Nadja Uhl, Die Stille Nach Dem Schuss
Silver Bear Jury Prize: The Million Dollar Hotel, Wim Wenders
The AGICOA Blue Angel Prize: Die Stille Nach Dem Schuss, Volker Schlöndorff
Alfred Bauer Prize for a debut film: Dokuritsu Shonen Gasshoudan, Akira Ogata
Outstanding Achievement: The cast of Paradiso: Sieben Tage Mit Sieben Frauen

Sundance 2000 (Dramatic Competition)
January 30, 2000

The 22nd annual Sundance Film Festival ran January 20 - 30, 2000, in Park City, Utah. The opening film for the festival was What's Cooking?, directed by Gurinder Chadha.

Grand Jury Prize: Girlfight and You Can Count On Me
Audience Award: Two Family House
World Cinema: Saving Grace
Directing Award: Karyn Kusama, Girlfight
Cinematography Award: Tom Krueger, Committed
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: Kenneth Lonergan, You Can Count On Me
Freedom of Expression Award: Dark Days
Jury Prize In Latin America Cinema: Herod's Law and No One Writes To The Colonel

Special Jury Awards
Outstanding Ensemble Performance: The cast of Songcatcher (Janet McTeer, Aidan Quinn, Pat Carroll, Jane Adams, Gregory Cook, Iris DeMen)
Outstanding Performance: Donal Logue, The Tao Of Steve