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.
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.
Ten films were produced as a result of the project:
| Title | Director | Country | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Book of Life (1998) | Hal Hartley | United States | |
| Frankfurt Millennium (1998) | Romuald Karmakar | Germany | |
| The Hole (1998) | Tsai Ming-liang | Taiwan | Entered into the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. |
| La primera noche de mi vida (1998) | Miguel Albaladejo | Spain | |
| Last Night (1998) | Don McKellar | Canada | Winner of the Award of the Youth at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. |
| La Vie Sur Terre (1998) | Abderrahmane Sissako | Mali | |
| Les Sanguinaires (1998) | Laurent Cantet | France | |
| Midnight (1998) | Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas | Brazil | 2000 Ariel Award for Best Latin-American Film. |
| Tamas and Juli (1998) | Ildikó Enyedi | Hungary | |
| The Wall (1998) | Alain Berliner | Belgium |
References
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- ^ Martin O'Shaughnessy, Laurent Cantet, Oxford University Press, p. 4.
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