2000, Seen By...
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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][2]
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.[3]
Ten films were produced as a result of the project:
| Title | Director | Country | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Book of Life (1998)[4] | Hal Hartley | United States | |
| Frankfurt Millennium (1998)[5] | Romuald Karmakar | Germany | |
| The Hole (1998)[6] | Tsai Ming-liang | Taiwan | Entered into the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.[7] |
| La primera noche de mi vida (1998)[5] | Miguel Albaladejo | Spain | |
| Last Night (1998)[8] | Don McKellar | Canada | Winner of the Award of the Youth at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.[1] Winner of the Award of the Best Canadian First Feature Film at the 1998 Toronto International Film Festival.[9] |
| La Vie Sur Terre (1998)[10] | Abderrahmane Sissako | Mali | |
| Les Sanguinaires (1998)[3] | Laurent Cantet | France | |
| Midnight (1998)[11] | Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas | Brazil | 2000 Ariel Award for Best Latin-American Film.[12] |
| Tamas and Juli (1998)[5] | Ildikó Enyedi | Hungary | |
| The Wall (1998)[13] | Alain Berliner | Belgium |