2007 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL


The 60th Annual '2007 Cannes Film Festival' ran from May 16 to 27, 2007. Wong Kar Wai's ''My Blueberry Nights'' opened the festival, and Denys Arcand's ''The Age of Ignorance'' closed (Wong was the 2006 Cannes Film Festival's Jury president). The President of the Official Jury was British director Stephen Frears.

Contents
Feature film competition
Festival line-up
Films in competition
Out of competition gala screenings
Midnight screenings
Un certain regard
Special screenings
60th anniversary tributes
Cannes Classics — Documentaries on Cinema
Competition shorts
Juries
International competition
Un certain regard
Camera d'or
Cinefaoundation and short films
Additional film programs
Tous Les Cinemas du Monde
India
Winners
Footnotes
External links

Feature film competition


Festival line-up

'Opener'

★ ''My Blueberry Nights,'' by Wong Kar Wai (Hong Kong-France-China)
'Closer'

★ ''The Age of Ignorance,'' by Denys Arcand (Canada)
Films in competition


★ ''4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days,'' by Cristian Mungiu (Romania) - Won Palme D'Or

★ ''Alexandra'', by Alexander Sokurov (Russia)

★ ''Auf der anderen Seite des Lebens,'' by Fatih Akın (Germany-Turkey)

★ ''The Banishment,'' by Andrey Zvyagintsev (Russia-Belgium)

★ ''Breath,'' by Kim Ki-duk (South Korea)

★ ''Les Chansons d'amour,'' by Christophe Honore (France)

★ ''Death Proof,'' by Quentin Tarantino (United States)

★ ''The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,'' by Julian Schnabel (France) - Won Best Director

★ ''Import/Export,'' by Ulrich Seidl (Austria)

★ ''The Man From London,'' by Bela Tarr (Germany-France-U.K.-Hungary)

★ ''Mogari No Mori,'' by Naomi Kawase (Japan) - Won Grand Prix

★ ''No Country For Old Men,'' by The Coen Brothers (United States)

★ ''Paranoid Park,'' by Gus Van Sant (France-United States)

★ ''Persepolis,'' by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud (Iran/France) - Shared Jury Prize

★ ''Promise Me This,'' by Emir Kusturica (France-Serbia)

★ ''Secret Sunshine,'' by Lee Chang-dong (South Korea)

★ ''Silent Light,'' by Carlos Reygadas (Mexico-France-Netherlands)

★ ''Tehilim,'' by Raphael Nadjari (France)

★ ''Une Vieille Maitresse,'' by Catherine Breillat (France)

★ ''We Own the Night,'' by James Gray (United States)

★ ''Zodiac,'' by David Fincher (United States)
Out of competition gala screenings


★ ''Boarding Gate,'' directed by Olivier Assayas

★ ''Go Go Tales,'' directed by Abel Ferrara

★ ''Days of Darkness (The Age of Ignorence),'' directed by Denys Arcand

★ ''Triangle,'' by Johnnie To , Tsui Hark and Ringo Lam

★ ''U2 3D,'' directed by Catherine Owens and Mark Pellington

★ ''A Mighty Heart,'' by Michael Winterbottom (United States)

★ ''Ocean's Thirteen,'' by Steven Soderbergh (United States)

★ ''Sicko,'' by Michael Moore (United States)
Midnight screenings


★ ''Boarding Gate,'' by Olivier Assayas (France)

★ ''Go Go Tales,'' by Abel Ferrara (United States)

★ ''U2 3D,'' by Catherine Owens and Mark Pellington (United States)
Un certain regard


★ ''Am ende kommen touristen,'' by Robert Thalheim (Germany)

★ ''L'Avocat de la terreur,'' by Barbet Schroeder (France)

★ ''El Bano del papa,'' by Enrique Fernandez and Cesar Charlone (Uruguay)

★ ''Bikur Hatizmoret,'' by Eran Kolirin (Israel)

★ ''California Dreamin','' by Cristian Nemescu (Romania)

★ ''Calle Santa Fe,'' by Carmen Castillo (Chile)

★ ''Et toi, t'es sur qui?,'' by Lola Doillon (France)

★ ''Kuaile Gongchang,'' by Ekachai Uekrongtham (Thailand)

★ ''Magnus,'' by Kadri Kõusaar (Estonia-United Kingdom)

★ ''Blind Mountain,'' by Li Yang (China)

★ ''Mio fratello é figlio unico,'' by Daniele Luchetti (Italy)

★ ''Mister Lonely,'' by Harmony Korine (United States)

★ ''Munyurangabo,'' by Lee Isaac Chung (United States)

★ ''Night Train,'' by Diao Yi'nan (China)

★ ''Les Pieuvres,'' by Celine Sciamma (France)

★ ''Le Reve de la nuit d'avant,'' by Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi (France)

★ ''La Soledad,'' by Jaime Rosales (Spain)
Special screenings


★ ''11th Hour,'' by Leila Conners Petersen and Nadia Conners (United States)

★ ''He Fengming,'' by Wang Bing (China)

★ ''Retour en Normandie,'' by Nicolas Philibert (France)

★ ''The War,'' by Ken Burns (United States)

★ ''Imagination,'' by Eric Leiser (United States)
60th anniversary tributes


★ ''Boxes,'' by Jane Birkin (France)

★ ''One Hundred Nails,'' by Ermanno Olmi (Italy)

★ ''Roman de gare,'' by Claude Lelouch (France)

★ ''Ulzhan,'' by Volker Schlondorff (Germany)
Cannes Classics — Documentaries on Cinema


★ ''Brando,'' by Mimi Freedman and Leslie Greif (United States)

★ ''Lindsay Anderson, Never Apologize,'' by Mike Kaplan (United States)

★ ''Maurice pialat l'amour existe,'' by Anne-Marie Faux and Jean-Pierre Devillers (France)

★ ''Pierre Rissient,'' by Todd McCarthy (United States)
Competition shorts


★ ''Ah Ma,'' by Anthony Chen (Singapore)

★ ''Ark,'' by Grzegorz Jonkajtys (Poland)

★ ''The Last 15,'' by Antonio Campos (United States)

★ ''Looking Glass,'' by Erik Rosenlund (Sweden)

★ ''My Dear Rosseta,'' by Yang Hae-hoon (South Korea)

★ ''My Sister,'' by Marco Van Geffen (The Netherlands)

★ ''The Oates' Valor,'' by Tim Thaddeus Cahill (United States)

★ ''Resistance aux tremblements,'' by Olivier Hems (France)

★ ''Run,'' by Mark Albiston (New Zealand)

★ ''To onoma tou spourgitiou,'' by Kyros Papavassiliou (Cyprus)

★ ''Ver Llover,'' by Elisa Miller (Mexico)

Juries


International competition


Stephen Frears, British director (president)

Marco Bellocchio, Italian director

Maggie Cheung, Hong Kong actress

Toni Collette, Australian actress

Maria de Medeiros, Portuguese actress

Orhan Pamuk, Turkish novelist

Michel Piccoli, French actor

Sarah Polley, Canadian actress

Abderrahmane Sissako, Mauritanian director
Un certain regard


Pascale Ferran, French director (president)

Kent Jones, American writer

Cristi Puiu, Romanian director

Bian Qin

Jasmine Trinca, Italian actress
Camera d'or


Pavel Lounguine, Russian writer, director (president)

Renato Berta, Swiss cinematographer

Julie Bertucelli, French director

Clotilde Courau, French actress
Cinefaoundation and short films


Jia Zhangke, Chinese director (president)

Niki Karimi, Iranian actress, filmmaker

Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, French writer

Dominik Moll, German director

Deborah Nadoolman, American costume designer

Additional film programs


Tous Les Cinemas du Monde

''Tous Les Cinemas du Monde'' (World Cinema) began in 2005 to showcase films from a variety of different countries. From 19 May to 25 May, 2007, films were screened from India, Lebanon, Poland, Kenya, Guinea, Angola, Slovenia, and Colombia. [1]
India

The first two days of this program were devoted entirely to the cinema of India and included films in a number of different languages. The Hindi film, ''Lage Raho Munna Bhai,'' which screened on May 19 (with Bollywood superstar, Sanjay Dutt, as a Mumbai underworld don, who begins to see the spirit of Mahatma Gandhi), was particularly well received. [2], [3] In addition, the Hindi film, ''Guru,'' (starring Bollywood actors Abhishek Bachchan, Madhavan and Aishwarya Rai and loosely based on the life of Dhirubhai Ambani; Bachchan also made a cameo appearance in ''Lage Raho Munna Bhai'') was also a "critical success". [4]Other films included the Hindi film ''Dharm,'' the Malayalam film ''Saira'', ''Missed Call'', the Tamil film ''Veyil,'' and the Bengali film ''Dosar.'' [4]Another Tamil language Indian film, ''Mozhi'' was shown in the the non-prize category at a later date.

Winners



Palme d'Or (Won by Cristian Mungiu for ''4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days'')

Grand Prix (Won by Naomi Kawase for ''Mogari no Mori'')

★ Prix du 60ème anniversaire (Won by Gus Van Sant for ''Paranoid Park'')

Prix de la mise en scène (Won by Julian Schnabel director of ''The Diving Bell and the Butterfly'')

Prix du Jury (Won ex-æquo by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud for ''Persepolis'' and Carlos Reygadas for ''Silent Light'')

Prix du scénario (Won by Fatih Akın for ''Auf der anderen Seite des Lebens'')

★ Prix d'interprétation féminine du Festival de Cannes (Won by Jeon Do-yeon in ''Secret Sunshine'') avec l'hommage d'Alain Delon pour le 25ème anniversaire de décès de Romy Schneider.

★ Prix d'interprétation masculine du Festival de Cannes (Won by Konstantin Lavronenko in ''The Banishment'')

Prix un certain regard (Won by Cristian Nemescu for ''California Dreaming (film)'')

Camera d'Or (Won by Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen for ''Les Méduses'')

★ Le Grand Prix Canal + du meilleur court-métrage for ''Madame Tutli-Putli''

★ Petit Rail d'Or (presented by "cinephile railwaymen"[1]) for ''Madame Tutli-Putli''

Footnotes



1. Tous Les Cinemas Du Monde
2. Lage Raho ... is hot at Cannes Rajeev Masand
3. 'Lage Raho Munnabhai' stuns Cannes Taran Adarsh
4. The Sun Rises on the East Anil Sinanan
5. The Sun Rises on the East Anil Sinanan


External links



Offical Cannes Festival Site (in English)

2007 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL LINE-UP from Film Threat online

Cannes Film Festival 2007 Coverage

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