2007 Cannes Film Festival
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The 60th Cannes Film Festival was held from 16 to 27 May 2007. British filmmaker Stephen Frears served as jury president for the main competition.[2] Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu won the Palme d'Or for the drama film 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days.[3][4]
Official poster by Alex Majoli[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 – 27 May 2007 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The official poster 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, as a commemoration of the 60th festival edition.
The festival opened with My Blueberry Nights by Wong Kar-wai,[5] and closed with Days of Darkness by Denys Arcand.[6] German actress Diane Kruger was the mistress of ceremonies.[7]
Juries
Main Competition
- Stephen Frears, British director - Jury President[9]
- 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
- Pascale Ferran, French director - Jury President
- Kent Jones, American writer
- Cristi Puiu, Romanian director
- Bian Qin, Chinese writer
- Jasmine Trinca, Italian actress
Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition
- 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
- Pavel Lungin, Russian writer, director - Jury President
- Renato Berta, Swiss cinematographer
- Julie Bertuccelli, French director
- Clotilde Courau, French actress
Official Selection
In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[10]
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un 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' (endless) | 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
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 |
| Go Go Tales | Abel Ferrara | United States, Italy | |
| 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 and Tsui Hark | Hong Kong, China |
| U2 3D | Catherine Owens and Mark Pellington | United States | |
Special Screenings
The following films were selected to receive a Special Screening.[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 and Lynn Novick | United States | |
| Young Yakuza | Jean-Pierre Limosin | France, United States, Japan | |
Cinéfondation
The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:[10]
- 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
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[10]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ah Ma | 阿嬤 | Anthony Chen | Singapore |
| Ark | Grzegorz Jonkajtys | Poland | |
| In the Name of the Sparrow | Gia to onoma tou spourgitiou | Kyros Papavassiliou | Cyprus, Greece |
| The Last 15 | Antonio Campos | United States | |
| Looking Glass | Spegelbarn | Erik Rosenlund | Sweden |
| My Dear Rosseta | Hae-hoon Yang | South Korea | |
| My Sister | Het zusje | Marco van Geffen | Netherlands |
| The Oates' Valor | Tim Thaddeus Cahill | United States | |
| Run | Mark Albiston | New Zealand | |
| Shock Resistant | Resistance aux tremblements | Olivier Hems | France |
| Ver Llover | Elisa Miller | Mexico | |
Cannes Classics
The section places the spotlight on restored prints from renowned filmmakers, alongside a selection of documentaries about cinema. The following film were selected to be screened:[11][12][13]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restored prints | |||
| The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) | Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed | Lotte Reiniger | Weimar Germany |
| La Bandera (1935) | Julien Duvivier | France | |
| Dracula (1958) | Terence Fisher | United Kingdom | |
| Forest of the Hanged (1964) | Pădurea Spânzuraților | Liviu Ciulei | Romania |
| Hondo (1953) | John Farrow | United States | |
| Made In Jamaica (2006) | Jérôme Laperrousaz | France, United States | |
| The Memorial Gate for Virtuous Women (1962) | 열녀문 | Shin Sang-Ok | South Korea |
| Mikey and Nicky (1976) | Elaine May | United States | |
| My Last Mistress (1943) | Donne-moi tes yeux | Sacha Guitry | France |
| Suspiria (1977) | Dario Argento | Italy | |
| Twelve Angry Men (1957) | Sidney Lumet | United States | |
| Words for Battle (short) (1941) | Humphrey Jennings | United Kingdom | |
| Yo Yo (1965) | Yoyo | Pierre Etaix | France |
| Tributes | |||
| Hamlet (1948) | Laurence Olivier | United Kingdom | |
| Kanał (1956) | Andrzej Wajda | Poland | |
| Richard III (1955) | Laurence Olivier | United Kingdom | |
| Henry V (1944) | |||
| Documentaries about Cinema | |||
| Brando | Mimi Freedman and Leslie Greif | United States | |
| Lindsay Anderson, Never Apologize | Mike Kaplan | United States | |
| Maurice Pialat, L'amour existe | Anne-Marie Faux and Jean-Pierre Devillers | France | |
| Pierre Rissient | Todd McCarthy | United States | |
Parallel Sections
International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 46th International Critics' Week (46e Semaine de la Critique):[14]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| In competition | |||
| Blue Eyelids | Párpados azules | Ernesto Contreras | Mexico |
| Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers! | 腑抜けども、悲しみの愛を見せろ | Daihachi Yoshida | Japan |
| Inside | À l'intérieur | Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo | France |
| In the Arms of My Enemy | Voleurs de chevaux | Micha Wald | Belgium, France, Canada |
| In Your Wake | Nos retrouvailles | David Oelhoffen | France |
| Jellyfish | מדוזות | Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen | Israel, France |
| The Milky Way | A Via Láctea | Lina Chamie | Brazil |
| The Mugger | El Asaltante | Pablo Fendrik | Argentina |
| The Orphanage | El Orfanato | J. A. Bayona | Spain, Mexico |
| XXY | Lucia Puenzo | Argentina, France, Spain | |
| Special Screenings | |||
| Bad Habits | Malos hábitos | Simón Bross | Mexico |
| Chambre 616 | Frédéric Pelle | France | |
| Déficit | Gael García Bernal | Mexico | |
| Expired (closing film) | Cecilia Miniucchi | United States | |
| Héros (opening film) | Bruno Merle | France | |
| The Mosquito Problem and Other Stories | Проблемът с комарите и други истории | Andrey Paounov | Bulgaria, United States, Germany |
| Short Films Competition | |||
| Both | Bass Bre'che | United Kingdom, Lebanon | |
| Fog | Peter Salmon | New Zealand | |
| Madame Tutli-Putli | Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski | Canada | |
| Rabbit Troubles | Лошият заек | Dimitar Mitovski and Kamen Kalev | Bulgaria |
| La Route, la nuit | Marine Alice le Du | France | |
| Saliva | Esmir Filho | Brazil | |
| A Stem | Um ramo | Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra | Brazil |
| Special Screenings - Short Films | |||
| Primrose Hill | Mikhaël Hers | France | |
| Situation Frank | Patrik Eklund | Sweden | |
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 2007 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[15]
- After Him (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
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
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
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
In Competition
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 Akin for The Edge of Heaven
- Best Actress: Jeon Do-yeon in Secret Sunshine
- Best Actor: Konstantin Lavronenko in The Banishment
- Jury Prize:
- 60th Anniversary Prize: Paranoid Park by Gus Van Sant
Un Certain Regard
- Prix Un Certain Regard: California Dreamin', by Cristian Nemescu[23]
- Special Jury Prize: Actrices by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
- Heart Throb Jury Prize: The Band's Visit by Eran Kolirin
Cinéfondation
- 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
- Jellyfish by Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen
- Special mention: Control by Anton Corbijn
Short Films Competition
- 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
FIPRESCI Prizes
- 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days by Cristian Mungiu (In competition)[4][24]
- The Band's Visit by Eran Kolirin (Un Certain Regard)
- Her Name is Sabine by Sandrine Bonnaire (first film, parallel sections)
Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist
- Janusz Kamiński (cinematographer) for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
International Critics' Week
- Canal+ Gran Prix for short film: Madame Tutli-Putli[4]
- Petit Rail d'Orpresented by "cinephile railwaymen": Madame Tutli-Putli[26]
CICAE Jury Cannes
Prix François Chalais
Notes
- Raymond Depardon, Takeshi Kitano, Theo Angelopoulos, Andrei Konchalovsky, Nanni Moretti, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Joel and Ethan Coen, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Zhang Yimou, Amos Gitai, Jane Campion, Atom Egoyan, Aki Kaurismäki, Olivier Assayas, Youssef Chahine, Tsai Ming-liang, Lars von Trier, Raoul Ruiz, Claude Lelouch, Gus Van Sant, Roman Polanski, Michael Cimino, David Cronenberg, Wong Kar-wai, Abbas Kiarostami, Bille August, Elia Suleiman, Manoel de Oliveira, Walter Salles, Wim Wenders, Chen Kaige, Ken Loach, David Lynch
