23rd Festival des 3 Continents, November 20 to 27, 2001

Official selection fiction
"Regards pluriels"
Tribute to Katy Jurado
Tribute to Nour el Chérif
Hong-Kong sword films
2 Malaysian directors
Kazakh Old and "Nouvelle vague" and
Kirghize Cinema

2001 Prizes

OFFICIAL SELECTION - FILMS IN COMPETITION

Saturday - Juan Villegas - Argentina.
Conjugation - Emily Tang - China.
Seafood - Zhu Wen - China.
A Cab for Three - Orlando Lübbert - Chile.
Calmness - Jayaraj - India.
Dekha - Goutam Ghose - India.
Delbaran - Abdolfaz Jalili - Iran.
Harmful Insect - Akihiko Shiota - Japan.
The Wind Horse - Daoud Aoulad Syad - Morocco.
Human Comedy - Hung Hung - Taiwan.

OUT OF COMPETITION

Secret Ballot - Babak Payami - Iran
The road - Darejan Omirbaev - Kazakhstan
Maimil - Aktan Abdikalikov - Kirghisthan
This is my Moon - Hasoka Andagama - Sri Lanka
Fatma - Khaled Ghorbal - Tunisia

TRIBUTE TO LINO BROCKA

Insiang - Lino Brocka - Philippines - 1977

"REGARDS PLURIELS"

Temporary Registration - Gahité Fofana - Guinea
Too Much, Too Love - Ernesto Rimoch - Mexique
Thirst - Saad Shraibi - Morocco
Rage - Newton I. Aduaka - Nigeria

TRIBUTE TO KATY JURADO - Mexico

Pito Perez's Useless Life - Miguel Contrera Torres - 1943
Us Poor - Ismael Rodriguez - 1947
There is room for Both of us - Alejandro Galindo - 1948
The bullfighter and the lady - Budd Boetticher - 1951
Highnoon - Fred Zinnemann - 1952
Charity - Jorge Fons - 1972
Los albaniles - Jorge Fons - 1976

DIRECTORS FROM KAZAKHSTAN AND KIRGHIZISTAN

Kazakhstan
A Mother's Epic - Aleksandr Karpov - 1963
Footsteps Disappear on the Horizon - Majit Begaline - 1965
The Land of our Fathers- Chaken Aïmanov - 1967
A Troubled Morning - Abdulla Karsakbaiev - 19
My Sister Lucy - Ermek Shinarbaev - 1985
Last Stop - Serik Aprymov - 1989
A Small Fish In Love - Abaï Karpikov - 1989
Kardiogramma - Darejan Omirbaev - 1995
Last Holidays - Amir Karakulov - 1996 .
The road - Darejan Omirbaev - 2001

Kirghizistan
Tough Crossing - Melis Ouboukeev - 1964
The Mother's Field - Guennadi Bazarov - 1968
Gunshot at the Karach pass - Bolot Chamchaiev - 1968
By the Old Mill - Ossenjan Ibraguimov - 1972
The Fierce One - Tolomouch Okeev - 1973
The Tenant - Bekzhan Aitkulouiev -
Where Is Your Home, Snail ? - Aktan Abdukhalikov - 1992.
Maimil - Abdykalikov - 2001

TRIBUTE TO NOUR EL CHERIF - Egypt

The Mirage - 1970 - Anwar Al-Chennawi
My Wife and the Dog - 1971 - Said Marzouk
Shams - 1980 - Mohamed Khan
Memory - 1982 - Youssef Chahine
Shame - 1982 - Ali Abdul Khalek
Days of Anger - 1989 - Mounir Rady
The Gloomy Night- Atef El Tayeb
The Lovers - 1999 - Nour el Sherif.

WU XIA PIAN, THE HONG-KONG SWORD FILM

The Magnificent Trio - Chang Cheh - 1966
Dragon Gate Inn - King Hu - 1967
The New One Armed Swordsman - Chang Cheh - 1967
Golden Swallow - Chang Cheh 1968
Mad, Mad, Mad Sword - Wang Tianlin - 1969
Cold Blade - Chu Yuan - 1970
The Sword - Patrick Tam - 1972
The Butterfly Murders - Tsui Hark - 1979
The Enigmatic Case - Du Qifeng - 1980
Romance Of Book And Sword - Ann Hui - 1987
The Blade - Tsui Hark - 1996.

DISCOVERING MALAYSIAN CINEMA

Bukak Api / Open Fire - Osman Ali
Kaki Bakar / The Arsonist- U-Wei Bin HajiSaari

PRIZES 2001

The International Jury of the 23rd Festival des 3 Continents composed of :

Juan Bunuel, director (France) - President of the jury
Damien Odoul, director (France)
Candice Hugo, actress (Italy)
Sarah Pratt, actress (USA)
Philippe Katerine, singer (France)
Thomas Stenderup, producer, Danemark has awarded :

Golden Montgolfier : "Delbaran" by Abolfazl Jalili (Iran)

Silver Montgolfier : "Dekha" by Goutam Ghose (India)

Special Jury Award : "Harmfull Insects" by Akihiko Shiota (Japan)

Best directing award, tribute to Jacques Demy : "Seafood" by Zhu Wen (China)

Jury Mention for best photography : "Calmness" by Jayaraj (India)

Best actress : Aoi Miyazaki for the film "Harmfull Insect" by Akihiko Shiota (Japan)

Best actor ex-aequo : Cheng Taisheng in "Seafood" by Zhu Wen (Hong-Kong) and Mohamed Majd in "The Wind Horse" by Daoud Aoulad Syad (Maroco)

Young Audience Award : "The Wind Horse" by Daoud Aoulad Syad (Maroco)

Audience Award : "Human Comedy" by Hung Hung (Taiwan)