2002 Cannes Film Festival

The 2002 Cannes Film Festival started on May 15 and ran until May 26. The Palme d'Or went to the Polish-French-German-British co-produced film "The Pianist" directed by Roman Polanski.

Feature film competition

Jury

* David Lynch (Président)
* Sharon Stone
* Michelle Yeoh
* Christine Hakim
* Régis Wargnier
* Bille August
* Raoul Ruiz
* Claude Miller
* Walter Salles

Films in Competition

* "Punch-Drunk Love", directed by Paul Thomas Anderson (USA)
* "L'ora di religione" ("My Mother's Smile"), directed by Marco Bellocchio (Italy).
* "Spider", directed by David Cronenberg (Canada).
* "Le Fils" ("The Son"), directed by Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne (Belgium).
* "Kedma", directed by Amos Gitai (Israel).
* "Chi-hwa-seon" ("Painted Fire" or "Strokes of Fire"), directed by Im Kwon-taek (South Korea).
* "Ren Xiao Yao" ("Unknown Pleasures"), directed by Jia Zhangke (China).
* "Mies vailla menneisyyttä" ("The Man Without a Past"), directed by Aki Kaurismäki (Finland).
* "All or Nothing", directed by Mike Leigh (United Kingdom).
* "Sweet Sixteen", directed by Ken Loach (United Kingdom).
* "Ten", directed by Abbas Kiarostami (Iran).
* "O principio da incertezà", directed by Manoel de Oliveira (Portugal).
* "The Pianist", directed by Roman Polanski.
* "Russian Ark", directed by Alexander Sokurov (Russia).
* "Divine Intervention", directed by Elia Suleiman (Palestine).
* "24 Hour Party People", directed by Michael Winterbottom (United Kingdom).
* "Bowling for Columbine", directed by Michael Moore (USA).
* "About Schmidt", directed by Alexander Payne (USA).
* "L'Adversaire", directed by Nicole Garcia (France).
* "Marie-Jo et ses deux amours", directed by Robert Guédiguian (France).
* "Demonlover", directed by Olivier Assayas (France).
* "Irréversible", directed by Gaspar Noé (France).