 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 (Main Competition) |
| Festival date | 16 May 2007 (2007-05-16) – 27 May 2007 (2007-05-27) |
| Website | festival-cannes |
| Cannes Film Festival | |
The60thCannes Film Festival was held from 16 to 27 May 2007. British filmmakerStephen Frears served as jury president for the main competition.[2] Romanian filmmakerCristian Mungiu won thePalme d'Or for the drama film4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days.[3][4]
The official poster featuredPedro Almodóvar,Juliette Binoche,Jane Campion,Souleymane Cissé,Penélope Cruz,Gérard Depardieu,Samuel L. Jackson,Bruce Willis andWong Kar-wai, all photographed byAlex Majoli, as a commemoration of the 60th festival edition.
The festival opened withMy Blueberry Nights byWong Kar-wai,[5] and closed withDays of Darkness byDenys Arcand.[6] German actressDiane Kruger was the mistress of ceremonies.[7]
The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2007 Official Selection:[9]
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[10]
The following films were selected for the competition ofUn Certain Regard:[10]
| 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 andCésar 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 |
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[10]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boarding Gate | Olivier Assayas | France, Luxembourg | |
| Days of Darkness(closing film) | L'Âge des ténèbres | Denys Arcand | Canada, France |
| Déficit | Gael García Bernal | Mexico | |
| Expired | Cecilia Miniucchi | United States | |
| Go Go Tales | Abel Ferrara | United States, Italy | |
| Héros | Bruno Merle | France | |
| A Mighty Heart | Michael Winterbottom | United States, United Kingdom | |
| Ocean's Thirteen | Steven Soderbergh | United States | |
| Sicko | Michael Moore | ||
| To Each His Own Cinema | Chacun son cinéma: une déclaration d'amour au grand écran | Various directors[a] | France |
| Triangle | 铁三角 | Ringo Lam,Johnny To andTsui Hark | Hong Kong, China |
| U2 3D | Catherine Owens andMark Pellington | United States | |
The following films were screened specially for the 60th Festival.[10]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11th Hour | Nadia Conners and Leila Conners Petersen | United States | |
| Boxes | Les Boites | Jane Birkin | France |
| Crossed Tracks | Roman de Gare | Claude Lelouch | |
| Cruising (1980) | William Friedkin | United States, West Germany | |
| Fengming, a Chinese Memoir | 和鳳鳴 | Wang Bing | China, Hong Kog, Belgium |
| One Hundred Nails | Centochiodi | Ermanno Olmi | Italy |
| Rebellion: The Litvinenko Case | Бунт: Де́ло Литвине́нко | Andrei Nekrasov | Russia |
| Retour en Normandie | Nicolas Philibert | France | |
| Summer of '62 | Cartouches gauloises | Mehdi Charef | |
| Ulzhan | Volker Schlöndorff | France, Germany, Kazakhstan | |
| The War(7 episodes) | Ken Burns andLynn Novick | United States | |
| Young Yakuza | Jean-Pierre Limosin | France, United States, Japan | |
The following short films were selected for the competition ofCinéfondation:[10]
The following short films competed for theShort Film Palme d'Or:[10]
Cannes Classics places the spotlight on documentaries about cinema[11] and restored masterworks from the past.[12]
Tributes[13]
Documentaries about Cinema
Restored prints
The following films were screened for the 46thInternational Critics' Week (46e Semaine de la Critique):[14]
Feature film competition
Short Films Competition
Special Screenings
The following films were screened for the 2007Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[15]
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, andColombia.[16][17]
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), andDharm (2007).[18]
Debuting at the Director's Fortnight wasNadine Labaki'sCaramel, 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 aPedro 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]
The following films and people received the 2007 Official selection awards:[22]
