2000, Seen By...

2000, Seen By... (French: 2000 vu par...) was a 1998 international film project initiated by the French company Haut et Court to produce films depicting the approaching turn of the millennium seen from the perspectives of 10 different countries.[1]

The idea was conceived by producers Caroline Benjo and Carole Scotta, who took the idea to Pierre Chevalier of the French-German TV station Arte. They envisioned each film to be one hour long, made for the cost of four to five million francs, by promising directors.[2]

Ten films were produced as a result of the project:

Title Director Country Notes
The Book of Life (1998)[3] Hal Hartley United States
Frankfurt Millennium (1998)[4] Romuald Karmakar Germany
The Hole (1998)[5] Tsai Ming-liang Taiwan Entered into the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.[6]
La primera noche de mi vida (1998)[4] Miguel Albaladejo Spain
Last Night (1998)[7] Don McKellar Canada Winner of the Award of the Youth at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
La Vie Sur Terre (1998)[8] Abderrahmane Sissako Mali
Les Sanguinaires (1998)[2] Laurent Cantet France
Midnight (1998)[9] Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas Brazil 2000 Ariel Award for Best Latin-American Film.[10]
Tamas and Juli (1998)[4] Ildikó Enyedi Hungary
The Wall (1998)[11] Alain Berliner Belgium
  1. ^ a b Yoram Allon, Del Cullen, Hannah Patterson, Contemporary North American Film Directors: A Wallflower Critical Guide, Wallflower Press, 2002, p. 367.
  2. ^ a b Martin O'Shaughnessy, Laurent Cantet, Oxford University Press, p. 4.
  3. ^ Cole, Susan G.; Sumi, Glenn; Wilner, Norman; Semley, John (31 December 2013). "TOP 25 TORONTO FILMS". Now. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  4. ^ a b c Creutz, Norbert (4 December 1998). "Dix cinéastes de quatre continents imaginent le jour de l'an 2000". Le Temps.
  5. ^ "The Hole," Haut et Court, URL accessed 15 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Hole". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-09-29.
  7. ^ Swedko, Pam (3 November 1997). "On set with Don McKeller's Last Night". Playback. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  8. ^ "La Vie Sur Terre". Haut et Court. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  9. ^ Barbosa, Rafhael (December 29, 2007). "Meu tempo é hoje". Gazeta de Alagoas (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on May 29, 2014. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  10. ^ "Ariel > Ganadores y nominados > Walter Salles" (in Spanish). Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas. Archived from the original on 2014-05-29. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  11. ^ "Le Mur". Haut et Court. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.