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 |
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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 |