2001 Shanghai International Film Festival

The 5th Shanghai International Film Festival was film festival held between June 9 and June 17, 2001. 164 films were screened including 46 from China. 14 films were entered into the Golden Cup competition, with Antitrust from the United States winning the grand prize.

The Festival utilized 9 theaters, which held 479 screenings to an aggregate audience of 170,000.

This marked the last time the Shanghai International Film Festival was held on a biannual basis. Beginning with 2001, the festival was held on an annual basis.

Jury

  • Zhu Yongde, Chairman of China Film Producers Association (China) (Jury president)
  • Eberhard Junkersdorf, film producer (Germany)
  • Alan Parker, director (United Kingdom)
  • Andrzej Zulawski, director (Poland)
  • Gleb Panfilov, director (Russia)
  • Lee Chang-Dong, director (South Korea)
  • Pan Hong, actress (China)

In competition

Title Director Country
The Adopted Gul Bahar Singh India
Antitrust Peter Howitt United States of America
Bo Ba Bu Ali Khamraev Uzbekistan
The Closet Francis Veber France
The Full Moon Chen Li People's Republic of China
Ikíngut Gísli Snær Erlingsson Iceland
The Legend of Bagger Vance Robert Redford United States
Money is Not Everything Juliusz Machulski Poland
The Purple Sunset Feng Xiaoning People's Republic of China
Risotto Amedeo Fago Italy
Still Waters Eldar Ryazanov Russia
Tainah, an Amazon Adventure Tania Lamarca Brazil

Awards

Golden Goblet

  • Best Film- Antitrust (USA)
  • Best Director- Peter Howitt (for Antitrust) (USA)
  • Best Actor- Daniel Auteuil for The Closet (France)
  • Best Actress-
    • Peng Yu for The Full Moon (China)
    • Stanilawa Celinska for Money is not Everything (Poland)
  • Best Music- Clande Samard (Bo Ba Bu) (Uzbekistan)
  • Best Technology- Michale Ballhans (The Legend of Bagger Vance) (USA)

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