Editor

Marie-Pierre Macias,
director of the independent sidebar in existence since 1968, announced the selection
of films for the 33rd edition today in Paris. They were 13 who during one month
sifted through the 900 features and 500 shorts submitted. Of the 21 feature
films, 18 are world premieres and 11 are first films in competition for the
Camera d'Or. Thirteen countries are represented with the US and France screening
the most number of films. From the US, the films of two actors turned directors
- Ethan Hawke and Arliss Howard - were selected, while Amos Kollek's Queenie
in Love will be the Directors Fortnight closing film. The rest of the Americas
is decidedly absent, but Europe and Eastern Europe are well represented with
five films from France including the opening film Martha...Martha by
Sandrine Veysset. A first for the Cannes Festival, the Directors Fortnight is
screening a film from Albania, Slogans by Gjergj Xhuvani.

Feature Films

BIG BAD LOVE,
Arliss Howard (US)

BOLI SHAONU (Glass
Tears), Lai Miu-suet (Hong Kong)

CECI EST MON CORPS,
Rodolphe Marconi (France)

CHELSEA WALLS,
Ethan Hawke (US)

THE DEEP END (Bleu
profond), Scott McGehee and David Siegel (US)

FATMA, Khaled Ghorbal
(Tunisia/ France)

HUSH!, Hashiguchi
Ryosuke (Japan)

JEUNESSE DOREE,
Zaïda Ghorab-Volta (France)

MADE IN THE USA,
Sólveig Anspach and Cindy Babski (France / Belgium)

MARFA SI BANII
(Le Matos et la Thune), Cristi Puiu (Romania)

MARTHA… MARTHA,
Sandrine Veysset (France) - Opening Film

MESTO NA ZEMLE
(Un endroit sur terre), Arthur Aristakisjan (Russia)

MING DAI AHUI ZHU
(Mirror Image), Hsiao Ya-chuan (Taiwan)

I NOSTRI ANNI (The
Years of Our Lives), Daniele Gaglianone (Italy)

OPERAI, CONTADINI
(Ouvriers, Paysans), Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub (Italy / France)

L’ORPHELIN D’ANYANG
(The Orphan of Anyang), Wang Chao (China)

PAULINE & PAULETTE,
Lieven Debrauwer (Belgium / France / Netherlands)

QUEENIE IN LOVE,
Amos Kollek (France / US) - Closing Film

RAIN (Pluie),
Christine Jeffs (New Zealand)

SLOGANS, Gjergj
Xhuvani (France / Albania)

LA TRAVERSEE (The
Crossing), Sébastien Lifshitz (France)

Short and Medium
Length Films

BINTOU, Fanta Régina
Nacro (France / Zimbabwe / Burkina Faso)

CE VIEUX REVE QUI
BOUGE, Alain Guiraudie (France)

HAUTES HERBES,
Mathieu Gérault (France)

HK, Xavier de
Choudens (France)

ON S’EMBRASSE
? Pierre Olivier (France)

LES PLEUREUSES
(As Mulheres Choradeiras) Jorane Castro (France / Brazil)

SHON, Julien Sallé
(France)

LE SYSTÈME ZSYGMONDY,
Luc Moullet (France)

CYBER PALESTINE,
Elia Suleiman (Palestine)

ECCE HOMO, Mirjam
Kubescha (Germany)

THE HEART OF THE
WORLD, Guy Maddin (Canada)

JE T’AIME JOHN
WAYNE, Toby MacDonald (UK)

CENTRAL, Dominique
Gonzalez-Foerster (France)

RIYO, Dominique
Gonzalez-Foerster (France)

LA TRACE DE MOLOKTCHON
(The Trace of Moloktchon), Louis Jammes (France)

Cannes
2001