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Cannes Film Festival

56th edition

  • May 25, 2003
  • France

The 56th Cannes Film Festival took place from 14 to 25 May 2003. French opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor and producer Patrice Chéreau was the President of the Jury for the main competition. Monica Bellucci hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.

Main Competition

All winners
Award Movie People
Palme d'Or Elephant Gus Van Sant
Grand Prix Distant Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Jury Prize At Five in the Afternoon Samira Makhmalbaf
Best Director Elephant Gus Van Sant
Best Actress in a Leading Role The Barbarian Invasions Marie-Josée Croze
Best Actor in a Leading Role Distant Muzaffer Özdemir, Emin Toprak
Best Screenplay The Barbarian Invasions Denys Arcand
FIPRESCI Prize Father and Son Alexander Sokurov

Un Certain Regard

All winners

Un Certain Regard ("A Certain Glance") is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the salle Debussy, parallel to the competition for the Palme d'Or. This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob.

Award Movie People
Un Certain Regard Prize The Best of Youth Marco Tullio Giordana
Jury Prize Crimson Gold Jafar Panahi
Premier Regard Award A Thousand Months Faouzi Bensaïdi
FIPRESCI Prize American Splendor Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini

Caméra d'Or

All winners

The Caméra d'Or ("Golden Camera") is an award of the Cannes Film Festival for the best first feature film presented in one of the Cannes selections (Official Selection, Directors' Fortnight or Critics' Week).

Award Movie People
Grand Prix Reconstruction Christoffer Boe
Special Mention Osama Siddiq Barmak

Honorary Palme d'Or

All winners

Since 2002 the festival began to award a non-competitive Honorary Palme d'Or to directors or actors who had achieved a notable body of work but who had never won a competitive Palme d'Or.

Award Movie People
Honorary Award — Jeanne Moreau

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