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2007 Cannes Film Festival
The 60th Cannes Film Festival ran from 16 to 27 May 2007. The President of the Jury was British director Stephen Frears.[3] Twenty two films from twelve countries were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or. The awards were announced on 26 May. Romanian film 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, directed by Cristian Mungiu, was awarded with the Palme.[4][5]
Official poster of the 60th Cannes Film Festival.[1] | |
| Opening film | My Blueberry Nights |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Days of Darkness |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: 4 Months,3 Weeks and 2 Days |
| Hosted by | Diane Kruger |
| No. of films | 22 (In Competition)[2] 20 (Un Certain Regard) 9 (Out of Competition) 16 (Cinéfondation) 11 (Special Screenings) 11 (Short Films Competition) |
| Festival date | 16 May 2007 – 27 May 2007 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The festival Opening Film was My Blueberry Nights, directed by Wong Kar-wai,[6] while Days of Darkness, directed by Denys Arcand was the Closing Film.[7] German actress Diane Kruger was the mistress of ceremonies.[8]
The official poster of the 60th Cannes festival featured Pedro Almodóvar, Juliette Binoche, Jane Campion, Souleymane Cissé, Penélope Cruz, Gérard Depardieu, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis and Wong Kar-wai, all photographed by Alex Majoli.
Juries edit
Main Competition edit
The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2007 Official Selection:[10]
- Stephen Frears, British director - Jury President
- Marco Bellocchio, Italian director
- Maggie Cheung, Hong Kong actress
- Toni Collette, Australian actress
- Maria de Medeiros, Portuguese actress
- Orhan Pamuk, Turkish Nobel Prize laureate novelist
- Michel Piccoli, French actor
- Sarah Polley, Canadian actress and director
- Abderrahmane Sissako, Mauritanian filmmaker
Un Certain Regard edit
- Pascale Ferran, French director - Jury President
- Kent Jones, American writer
- Cristi Puiu, Romanian director
- Bian Qin
- Jasmine Trinca, Italian actress
Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition edit
- Jia Zhangke, Chinese director - Jury President
- Niki Karimi, Iranian actress and filmmaker
- J. M. G. Le Clézio, French writer
- Dominik Moll, German director
- Deborah Nadoolman, American costume designer
Caméra d'Or edit
- Pavel Lungin, Russian writer, director - Jury President
- Renato Berta, Swiss cinematographer
- Julie Bertuccelli, French director
- Clotilde Courau, French actress
Official Selection edit
In Competition edit
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[2]
Un Certain Regard edit
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[2]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Actrices | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | France | |
| And Along Come Tourists | Am Ende kommen Touristen | Robert Thalheim | Germany |
| The Band's Visit | ביקור התזמורת | Eran Kolirin | Israel, France, United States |
| Blind Mountain | 盲山 | Li Yang | China |
| California Dreamin' | California Dreamin' (nesfârșit) | Cristian Nemescu | Romania |
| Calle Santa Fe | Carmen Castillo | Chile | |
| Et toi, t'es sur qui? | Lola Doillon | France | |
| Flight of the Red Balloon | Le voyage du ballon rouge | Hou Hsiao-hsien | France, Taiwan |
| Magnus | Kadri Kõusaar | Estonia, United Kingdom | |
| My Brother Is an Only Child | Mio fratello è figlio unico | Daniele Luchetti | Italy |
| Mister Lonely | Harmony Korine | United Kingdom, France, Ireland, United States | |
| Munyurangabo | Lee Isaac Chung | Rwanda, United States | |
| Night Train | 夜車 | Diao Yinan | China |
| Pleasure Factory | 快乐工厂 | Ekachai Uekrongtham | Singapore, Thailand |
| The Pope's Toilet | El Baño del Papa | Enrique Fernandez and César Charlone | Uruguay, Brazil, France |
| Solitary Fragments | La soledad | Jaime Rosales | Spain |
| A Stray Girlfriend | Una novia errante | Ana Katz | Argentina |
| Terror's Advocate | L'Avocat de la terreur | Barbet Schroeder | France |
| Water Lilies | Naissance des Pieuvres | Céline Sciamma | |
| You, the Living | Du levande | Roy Andersson | Sweden, France, Denmark, Germany, Norway |
Out of Competition edit
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[2]
- Boarding Gate by Olivier Assayas (France)
- Days of Darkness (L'Âge des ténèbres) by Denys Arcand (Canada, France)
- Déficit by Gael García Bernal (Mexico)
- Expired by Cecilia Miniucchi (United States)
- Go Go Tales by Abel Ferrara (United States, Italy)
- Héros by Bruno Merle (France)
- A Mighty Heart by Michael Winterbottom (United States, United Kingdom)
- Ocean's Thirteen by Steven Soderbergh (United States)
- Sicko by Michael Moore (United States)
- To Each His Own Cinema (Chacun son cinéma) (various) (France)
- Triangle (Tie saam gok) by Ringo Lam, Johnny To, Tsui Hark (Hong Kong, China)
- U2 3D by Catherine Owens, Mark Pellington (United States)
Special Screenings edit
The following films were screened specially for the 60th Festival.[2]
- 11th Hour by Nadia Conners, Leila Conners Petersen (United States)
- Rebellion: the Litvinenko Case by Andrei Nekrasov (Russia)
- Boxes by Jane Birkin (France)
- Cartouches Gauloises by Mehdi Charef (France, Algeria)
- Cruising by William Friedkin (United States, Germany)
- Fengming, a Chinese Memoir (He Fengming) by Wang Bing (China)
- One Hundred Nails (Centochiodi) by Ermanno Olmi (Italy)
- Retour en Normandie by Nicolas Philibert (France)
- Roman de gare by Claude Lelouch (France)
- Ulzhan by Volker Schlöndorff (Germany)
- The War, by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick (United States)
- Young Yakuza by Jean-Pierre Limosin (France, United States, Japan)
Cinéfondation edit
The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:[2]
- A Reunion by Sung-Hoon Hong
- Aditi singh by Mickael Kummer
- Ahora todos parecen contentos by Gonzalo Tobal
- Berachel bitha haktana by Efrat Corem
- Chinese Whispers by Raka Dutta
- For the Love of God by Joe Tucker
- Goyta by Joanna Jurewicz
- Halbe Stunden by Nicolas Wackerbarth
- Minus by Pavle Vuckovic
- Mish'olim by Hagar Ben-Asher
- Neostorozhnost by Alexander Kugel
- Rondo by Marja Mikkonen
- Ru Dao by Tao Chen
- Saba by Thereza Menezes, Gregorio Graziosi
- Triple 8 Palace by Alexander Ku
- Vita di Giacomo by Luca Governatori
Short film Competition edit
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[2]
- 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 (Netherlands)
- The Oates' Valor by Tim Thaddeus Cahill United States)
- Resistance aux tremblements by Olivier Hems (France)
- Run by Mark Albiston (New Zealand)
- Gia to onoma tou spourgitiou by Kyros Papavassiliou (Cyprus)
- Ver Llover by Elisa Miller (Mexico)
Cannes Classics edit
Cannes Classics places the spotlight on documentaries about cinema[11] and restored masterworks from the past.[12]
Tributes[13]
- Hamlet by Laurence Olivier (1948)
- Kanał by Andrzej Wajda (1956)
- Richard III by Laurence Olivier (1955)
- Henry V by Laurence Olivier (1944)
Documentaries about Cinema
- Brando by Mimi Freedman & Leslie Greif (United States)
- Lindsay Anderson, Never Apologize by Mike Kaplan (United States)
- Maurice Pialat, L'amour existe by Anne-Marie Faux & Jean-Pierre Devillers (France)
- Pierre Rissient by Todd McCarthy (United States)
Restored prints
- Bound by Chastity Rules by Shin Sang-Ok (1962)
- Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed by Lotte Reiniger (1926)
- My Last Mistress (Donne-moi tes yeux) by Sacha Guitry (1943)
- Dracula by Terence Fisher (1958)
- Hondo by John Farrow (1953)
- La Bandera by Julien Duvivier (1935)
- Made In Jamaica by Jérôme Laperrousaz (2006)
- Mikey & Nicky by Elaine May (1976)
- Forest of the Hanged (Pădurea spânzuraților) by Liviu Ciulei (1964)
- Suspiria by Dario Argento (1977)
- Twelve Angry Men by Sidney Lumet (1957)
- Words for Battle by Humphrey Jennings (1941, short)
- Yo Yo (Yoyo) by Pierre Etaix (1965)
Parallel Sections edit
International Critics' Week edit
The following films were screened for the 46th International Critics' Week (46e Semaine de la Critique):[14]
Feature film competition
- À l'intérieur by Julien Maury, Alexandre Bustillo (France)
- El Asaltante by Pablo Fendrik (Argentina)
- Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers! (Funuke domo, kanashimi no ai wo misero) by Daihachi Yoshida (Japan)
- In Your Wake (Nos retrouvailles) by David Oelhoffen (France)
- Jellyfish (Meduzot) by Etgar Keret, Shira Geffen (Israel, France)
- The Milky Way (A via láctea) by Lina Chamie (Brazil)
- The Orphanage (El Orfanato) by Juan Antonio Bayona (Spain, Mexico)
- Párpados azules by Ernesto Contreras (Mexico)
- Voleurs de chevaux by Micha Wald (Belgium, France, Canada)
- XXY by Lucia Puenzo (Argentina, France, Spain)
Short Films Competition
- Um ramo by Juliana Rojas & Marco Dutra (Brazil)
- Madame Tutli-Putli by Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski (Canada)
- Saliva by Esmir Filho (Brazil)
- Rabbit Troubles by Dimitar Mitovski & Kamen Kalev (Bulgaria)
- Fog by Peter Salmon (New Zealand)
- La Route, la nuit by Marine Alice le Du (France)
- Both by Bass Bre’che (United Kingdom, Lebanon)
Special Screenings
- Héros by Bruno Merle (France) (opening film)
- Déficit by Gael García Bernal (Mexico) (La séance du Parrain)
- Malos hábitos by Simón Bross (Mexico) (La séance du Parrain)
- The Mosquito Problem and Other Stories by Andrey Paounov (Bulgaria, United States, Germany) (Documentary)
- Primrose Hill by Mikhaël Hers (France) (Short film)
- Situation Frank by Patrik Eklund (Sweden) (Short film)
- Chambre 616 by Frédéric Pelle (France) (Prix de la Critique)
- Expired by Cecilia Miniucchi (United States) (closing film)
Directors' Fortnight edit
The following films were screened for the 2007 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[15]
- Après lui by Gaël Morel (France)
- Avant que j'oublie by Jacques Nolot (France)
- Caramel by Nadine Labaki (Lebanon, France)
- Chop Shop by Ramin Bahrani (United States)
- Control by Anton Corbijn (Hungary)
- Dai Nipponjin by Hitoshi Matsumoto (Japan)
- Foster Child (John John) by Brillante Mendoza (Philippines)
- Her Name Is Sabine (Elle s'appelle Sabine) by Sandrine Bonnaire (France)
- Garage by Lenny Abrahamson (Ireland)
- L'état du monde by Chantal Akerman (Belgium), Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand), Vicente Ferraz (Brazil), Ayisha Abraham (India), Wang Bing (China), Pedro Costa (Portugal)
- Counterparts (L'un contre l'autre) by Jan Bonny (Germany)
- La France by Serge Bozon (France)
- La Question humaine by Nicolas Klotz (France)
- La Influencia by Pedro Aguilera (Mexico)
- Mutum by Sandra Kogut (Brazil, France)
- Ploy by Pen-ek Ratanaruang (Thailand)
- PVC-1 by Spiros Stathoulopoulos (Colombia)
- Savage Grace by Tom Kalin (United States, France, Spain)
- Smiley Face by Gregg Araki (United States, Germany)
- Tout est pardonné by Mia Hansen-Løve (France)
- Un homme perdu by Danielle Arbid (Lebanon, France)
- Yumurta by Semih Kaplanoglu (Turkey, Greece)
- Zoo by Robinson Devor (United States)
Tous Les Cinemas du Monde edit
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.[16][17]
India edit
The first two days of this program held during 19 May to 25 May 2007 featured special screening of Indian films; Saira (2005), Missed Call (2005), Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006), Dosar (2006), Veyil, (2006), Guru (2007), Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal (2007), and Dharm (2007).[18]
Lebanon edit
Debuting at the Director's Fortnight was Nadine Labaki's Caramel, a charming dramedy about five women who gather at a beauty salon and deal with their everyday problems with men, social expectation, sexuality, and tradition vs. modernizing times. Labaki not only directed and co-wrote the film but plays the lead as well. The rest of the cast is composed mostly of unprofessional actors, all of whom deliver very convincing performances and add a lot of color and depth to the film.[19][20] Reminiscent of a Pedro Almodóvar picture, Caramel is unique not just for its technical and creative sophistication but also for not tackling any of the religious, political, or war-related issues that have continued to plague its setting, Lebanon, til now. The film proved to be a sleeper at the festival and was distributed in well over 40 countries, becoming an international hit.[21]
Official Awards edit
In Competition edit
The following films and people received the 2007 Official selection awards:[22]
- Palme d'Or: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days by Cristian Mungiu
- Grand Prix: The Mourning Forest by Naomi Kawase
- Best Director: Julian Schnabel for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
- Best Screenplay : Fatih Akın for The Edge of Heaven
- Best Actress: Jeon Do-yeon in Secret Sunshine
- Best Actor: Konstantin Lavronenko in The Banishment
- Prix du Jury:
- 60th Anniversary Prize: Paranoid Park by Gus Van Sant
Un Certain Regard edit
- Prix Un Certain Regard: California Dreamin', by Cristian Nemescu[23]
- Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize: Actrices by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
- Heart Throb Jury Prize: The Band's Visit by Eran Kolirin
- Short Film Special Distinction: Run by Mark Albiston
Cinéfondation edit
- First Prize: Ahora todos parecen contentos by Gonzalo Tobal
- Second Prize: Ru Dao by Tao Chen
- Third Prize: Minus by Pavle Vuckovic
Caméra d'Or edit
- Jellyfish by Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen
- Special mention: Control by Anton Corbijn
Short Films Competition edit
- Short Film Palme d'Or: Ver Llover by Elisa Miller
- Special mention:
- Ah Ma by Anthony Chen
- Run by Mark Albiston
- Special mention:
Independent Awards edit
FIPRESCI Prizes edit
- 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days by Cristian Mungiu (In competition)[5][24]
- The Band's Visit by Eran Kolirin (Un Certain Regard)
- Her Name is Sabine by Sandrine Bonnaire
Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist edit
- Janusz Kamiński (cinematographer) for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury edit
International Critics' Week edit
- Canal+ Gran Prix for short film: Madame Tutli-Putli[5]
- Petit Rail d'Orpresented by "cinephile railwaymen": Madame Tutli-Putli[26]
CICAE Jury Cannes edit
Prix François Chalais edit
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Media edit
- INA: Climbing of the steps : protocol (commentary in French)
- INA: List of winners of the 2007 Cannes Festival (commentary in French)
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2007 Cannes Film Festival.
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- Official website Retrospective 2007 2019-02-11 at the Wayback Machine
- Cannes Film Festival Awards for 2007 at Internet Movie Database