The 55th Cannes Film Festival started on 15 May and ran until 26 May 2002. The Palme d'Or went to the Polish-French-German-British co-produced film The Pianist directed by Roman Polanski. The festival opened with Hollywood Ending, directed by Woody Allen and closed with And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen, directed by Claude Lelouch. Virginie Ledoyen was the mistress of ceremonies. Director Woody Allen was also presented with the inaugural Honorary Palme d'Or given to a director who had achieved a notable body of work but who had never won a competitive Palme d'Or. Juries Main competition The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2002 Official Selection: David Lynch, Jury President Sharon Stone Michelle Yeoh Christine Hakim Régis Wargnier Bille August Raúl Ruiz Claude Miller Walter Salles Un Certain Regard The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 2002 Un Certain Regard: Anne Fontaine (director) President David Tran (critic) Fabienne Bradfer (critic) Fabrice Pliskin (critic) Jean-Sébastien Chauvin (critic) Louis Guichard (critic) Pierre Vavasseur (critic) Cinéfondation and short films The following people were appointed as the Jury of the Cinéfondation and short films competition: Martin Scorsese (director) President Abbas Kiarostami (director) Jan Schutte (director) Judith Godrèche (actress) Tilda Swinton (actress) Camera d'Or The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 2002 Camera d'Or: Géraldine Chaplin (actress) President Bahman Ghobadi (director) Marthe Keller (actress) Murali Nair (director) Romain Goupil (director) Official selection In competition - Feature film The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or: 24 Hour Party People by Michael Winterbottom About Schmidt by Alexander Payne The Adversary (L'Adversaire) by Nicole Garcia All or Nothing by Mike Leigh Bowling for Columbine by Michael Moore Chi-hwa-seon by Im Kwon-taek Demonlover by Olivier Assayas Divine Intervention (Yadon ilaheyya) by Elia Suleiman Irréversible by Gaspar Noé Kedma by Amos Gitai Marie-Jo and Her Two Lovers (Marie-Jo et ses deux amours) by Robert Guédiguian The Man Without a Past (Mies vailla menneisyyttä) by Aki Kaurismäki My Mother's Smile (L'ora di religione) by Marco Bellocchio The Pianist by Roman Polanski Punch-Drunk Love by Paul Thomas Anderson Russian Ark (Russkiy kovcheg) by Alexander Sokurov The Son (Le Fils) by Dardenne brothers Spider by David Cronenberg Sweet Sixteen by Ken Loach Ten by Abbas Kiarostami The Uncertainty Principle (O Princípio da Incerteza) by Manoel de Oliveira Unknown Pleasures (Ren Xiao Yao) by Jia Zhangke Un Certain Regard The