3. Monsoon Wedding, Mira NairVOLKSWAGEN DISCOVERY AWARD: Chicken Rice War, CheeK
FIPRESCI Award: Inch'Allah Dimanche, Yamina Benguigui
Best Canadian Feature: Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner), Zacharias Kunuk
Best Canadian First Feature: Inertia, Sean Garrity
Venice International Film Festival Winners
September 8, 2001
The 58th annual Venice International Film Festival ran August 29 - September 8, 2001.
The opening film for the festival was Dust, directed by Milcho Manchevski.
Nanni Moretti was president of the jury.
Golden Lion : Monsoon Wedding, Mira Nair
Grand Jury Prize : Dog Days (Hundstage), Ulrich Seidl
Best Director : Babak Payami for Secret Ballot (Raye Makhfi)
Best Actor : Luigi Lo Casto in Light Of My Eyes (Luce Dei Miei Occhi)
Best Actress : Sandra Ceccarelli in Light Of My Eyes (Luce Dei Miei Occhi)
Best Screenplay : Alfonso Cuaron for Y Tu Mama Tambien
Marcello Mastroianni Prize : Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna in Y Tu Mama Tambien
Cinema Of The Present Golden Lion : Time Out (L’Emploi Du Temps), Laurent Cantet
Cinema of the Present Grand Jury Prize (shared) : Deep Breath (Le Souffle) (Damien Odoul) and Seafood (Haixian) (Zhu Wen)
FIPRESCI – main competition films : Wild Innocence (Sauvage Innocence), Philippe Garrel
FIPRESCI - Cinema Of The Present : Deep Breath (Le Souffle), Damien Odoul
Cannes International Film Festival Winners
May 20, 2001
The 54th annual Cannes International Film Festival ran May 9 - 20, 2001.
The opening film for the festival was Moulin Rouge, directed by Baz Luhrman. The closing film for the festival was Les Ames Fortes, directed by Raoul Ruiz.
Liv Ullman was president of the jury.
Palme d'Or - The Son's Room, Nanni Moretti
Grand Prize - The Piano Teacher, Michael Haneke
Best Director (shared) - Joel Coen, The Man Who Wasn't There and David Lynch, Mulholland Drive.
Best Actor - Benoit Magimel for The Piano Teacher.
Best Actress - Isabelle Huppert for The Piano Teacher.
Best Screenplay - Danis Tanovic, No Man's Land
Camera d'Or - Atanarjuat The Fast Runner, Zacharias Kunuk
Jury Technical Award - Du Tuu-Chih for sound on Millennium Mumbo and What Time is it Over There?
Berlin International Film Festival Winners
February 18, 2001
The 51st annual Berlin International Film Festival ran February 7 - 18, 2001.
The opening film for the festival was Enemy At The Gates, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. The closing film for the festival was 2001: A Space Odyssey, directed by Stanley Kubrick.
Bill Mechanic was president of the jury.
Golden Bear: Intimacy, Patrice Chereau
Silver Bear, Grand Jury Prize: Beijing Bicycle, Wang Xiaoshuai
Best Director: Lin Cheng-Sheng, Betelnut Beauty
Best Actor: Benicio Del Toro, Traffic
Best Actress: Kerry Fox, Intimacy
Silver Bear: Italian For Beginners, Lone Scherfig
The Blue Angel for Best European Film: Intimacy, Patrice Chereau
Individual Achievement: Cinematographer, Raul Perez Cubero (You're The One)
The Alfred-Bauer Prize for a First Film: La Cienaga, Lucrecia Martel
Sundance Film Festival Winners
January 28, 2001
The 23rd annual Sundance Film Festival ran January 18 - 28, 2000, in Park City, Utah.
The opening film for the festival was My First Mister, directed by Christine Lahti.
The Dramatic Competition jurors for 2001 were Darren Aronofsky, Joan Chen, Kasi Lemmons, Bingham Ray, and Gavin Smith.
Grand Jury Prize: The Believer
Best Director: John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: Christopher Nolan, Memento
Special Jury Prize: Tom Wilkinson and Sissy Spacek for their acting performances in In the Bedroom
Best Cinematographer: Giles Nuttgens, The Deep End
Freedom of Expression Award: Tom Shepard, Scout's Honor
Audience Award: Hedwig And The Angry Inch, by John Cameron Mitchell
World Cinema Audience Prize: The Road Home, by Zhang Yimou