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Palestinian Film Barred from Oscar Competition
16 December 2002
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Divine Intervention, a Palestinian feature that won the International Critics Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in May, has been rejected by the selection committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for inclusion in the voting for next year's Best Foreign Language Film award. The committee said that its rules require that films be submitted by a country recognized by the Union Nations. Palestine is not. "Obviously, we are disappointed," Feda Abdelhadi Nasser of the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the U.N. told the London Sunday Observer. "What it comes down to is that the Palestinian people, in addition to the denial of other rights ... are now being denied the ability to compete in a competition that judges artistic and cultural expression."
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The Winners
27 May 2002
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The Cannes Film Festival Winners: Palme d'Or (Golden Palm): The Pianist, Roman Polanski, Poland-France; Grand Prize: The Man Without a Past, Aki Kaurismäki, Finland; Jury Prize: Divine Intervention, Elia Suleiman, Palestinian; Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, United States, Punch-Drunk Love; Im Kwon-taek, South Korea, Chihwaseon; Special 55th Anniversary Prize: Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore, United States; Best Actor: Olivier Gourmet, Belgium, The Son; Best Actress: Kati Outinen, Finland, The Man Without a Past; Best Screenplay: Sweet Sixteen, Paul Laverty, Britain; Golden Camera (first-time director): Bord de Mer, Julie Lopes-Curval, France; Best short film: Eso Utan, Peter Meszaros, Hungary.
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