Cannes Film Festival 2007
Feature films Jury
Stephen FREARS, Presidentn (Director – Great Britain)
Maggie CHEUNG (Actress – Hong Kong)
Toni COLLETTE (Actress – Australia)
Maria DE MEDEIROS (Actress, Director – Portugal)
Sarah POLLEY (Actress, Director – Canada)
Marco BELLOCCHIO (Director – Italy)
Orhan PAMUK (Writer– Turkey)
Michel PICCOLI (Actor, Director – France)
Abderrahmane SISSAKO (Director – Mauritania)
Cinéfondation and short films Jury
JIA Zhang ke, Presidentn(Director – China)
Niki KARIMI (Actress – Iran)
Deborah NADOOLMAN LANDIS (Costume designer – USA)
J.M.G. LE CLEZIO (Writer – France)
Dominik MOLL (Director – France)
THE COMPETITION
Opening film:
WONG Kar Wai MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS 1h51
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Fatih AKIN AUF DER ANDEREN SEITE 2h02
Catherine BREILLAT UNE VIEILLE MAÎTRESSE 1h50
Joel & Ethan COEN NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN 2h02
David FINCHER ZODIAC 2h36
James GRAY WE OWN THE NIGHT 1h45
Christophe HONORÉ LES CHANSONS D’AMOUR 1h40
Naomi KAWASE MOGARI NO MORI (The Mourning Forest) 1h37
KIM Ki-duk BREATH 1h20
Emir KUSTURICA PROMISE ME THIS 2h10
LEE Chang-dong SECRET SUNSHINE 2h30
Cristian MUNGIU 4 LUNI, 3 SAPTAMINI SI 2 ZILE 1h53
(4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days)
Raphaël NADJARI TEHILIM 1h45
Carlos REYGADAS STELLET LICHT 2h22
Marjane SATRAPI, PERSEPOLIS 1st Film 1h30
Vincent PARONNAUD
Julian SCHNABEL LE SCAPHANDRE ET LE PAPILLON 1h52
Ulrich SEIDL IMPORT EXPORT 2h16
Alexander SOKOUROV ALEXANDRA 1h32
Quentin TARANTINO DEATH PROOF 1h56
Béla TARR THE MAN FROM LONDON 2h12
Gus VAN SANT PARANOID PARK 1h25
Andrey ZVYAGINTSEV IZGNANIE (The Banishment) 2h30
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Closing film:
Denys ARCAND L’ÂGE DES TÉNÈBRES (Out of Competition) 1h51
Martin Scorsese, with several other directors, will announce during the Festival de Cannes the launch of the World Cinema Foundation, devoted to the preservation and restoration of the masterpieces of world cinema.
Martin Scorsese will give an outstanding Cinema Masterclass for the 60th Festival: following Oliver Stone, Nanni Moretti and Sydney Pollack, he will evoke his work as a director and his passion for the cinema.
On Sunday May 27th, during the closing ceremony, he will present the Caméra d'or prize to the director of the best first film shown at the Festival de Cannes.
Winner of the Palme d'or in 1976 with Taxi Driver and President of the Jury in 1998, this year Martin Scorsese won Best Director and Best Film Oscars for The Departed (Les Infiltrés).
Stephen Frears has just accepted the presidency of the jury of the 60th Festival de Cannes, which will take place between May 16-27.
Revealed in 1985 with My Beautiful Laundrette, Stephen Frears presented his award-winning Prick up Your Ears in 1987 in the Official Selection at the Festival de Cannes.
In 1988, Dangerous Liaisons won him international fame. He has alternated since, with equal joy, between great genre films (Accidental Hero, The Grifters) and more intimist or engaged subjects (The Snapper, High Fidelity, Dirty Pretty Things).
Stephen Frears' latest film, The Queen, has proven his greatest success ever in Great Britain.
Stephen Frears declares upon this occasion:
"Of course, it's an honour but it's also a treat, to be able to watch terrific films from all over the world in such heady surroundings. God Save Cannes! (as well as the Queen). "
Gilles Jacob, President of the Festival de Cannes responds in turn:
"I am particularly delighted that Stephen Frears accepted my proposal this year. We thus pay tribute to this great, inspired filmmaker, endowed with freedom of mind and love of making films. The 60th Festival will henceforth take place under a lucky star, that of intelligence, wit and a dash of impertinence."