2007 Cannes Film Festival Explained

2007 Cannes Film Festival
Host:Diane Kruger
Number:22 (In Competition)
20 (Un Certain Regard)
9 (Out of Competition)
16 (Cinéfondation)
11 (Special Screenings)
11 (Short Films Competition)
Opening:My Blueberry Nights
Closing:Days of Darkness
Location:Cannes, France
Awards:Palme d'Or


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The 60th Cannes Film Festival ran from 16 to 27 May 2007. The President of the Jury was British director Stephen Frears.[1] 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.[2] [3]

The festival Opening Film was My Blueberry Nights, directed by Wong Kar-wai,[4] while Days of Darkness, directed by Denys Arcand was the Closing Film.[5] German actress Diane Kruger was the mistress of ceremonies.[6]

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

Main Competition

The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2007 Official Selection:[7]

Un Certain Regard

Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition

Caméra d'Or

Official Selection

In Competition

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[8]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production Country
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 ziledata-sort-value="Mungiu" Cristian Mungiu Romania
AleksandraАлександраdata-sort-value="Sokurov" Russia
data-sort-value="Banishment" The Banishmentdata-sort-value="Izgnanie" Изгнаниеdata-sort-value="Zvyagintsev"
Breathdata-sort-value="Soom" 숨data-sort-value="Ki-duk" South Korea
Death Proofdata-sort-value="Tarantino" United States
data-sort-value="Diving Bell" The Diving Bell and the Butterflydata-sort-value="scaphandre" Le scaphandre et le papillondata-sort-value="Schnabel" France, United States
data-sort-value="Edge of" The Edge of HeavenAuf der anderen Seitedata-sort-value="Akın" Germany, Turkey
Import/Exportdata-sort-value="Seidl" Austria
data-sort-value="Last Mistress" The Last Mistressdata-sort-value="vieille" Une vieille maîtressedata-sort-value="Breillat" France, Italy
Love Songsdata-sort-value="chansons" Les chansons d'amourdata-sort-value="Honoré" France
data-sort-value="Man from London" The Man from Londondata-sort-value="londoni" A londoni férfidata-sort-value="Tarr" Béla TarrHungary, France, Germany
The Mourning Forestdata-sort-value="Mogari" 殯の森data-sort-value="Kawase" Japan
My Blueberry Nights (opening film)data-sort-value="Kar-wai" China, France, Hong Kong, United States
No Country for Old Mendata-sort-value="Coen" United States
Paranoid Parkdata-sort-value="Van Sant" United States, France
Persepolisdata-sort-value="Satrapi" France, Iran
Promise Me ThisЗаветdata-sort-value="Kusturica" Serbia
Secret Sunshinedata-sort-value="Milyang" 밀양data-sort-value="Chang-dong" South Korea
Silent LightStellet lichtdata-sort-value="Reygadas" Mexico, France, Netherlands, Germany
Tehilimdata-sort-value="Nadjari" Israel, France
We Own the Nightdata-sort-value="Gray" United States
Zodiacdata-sort-value="Fincher"

Un Certain Regard

The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
ActricesValeria Bruni TedeschiFrance
And Along Come TouristsAm Ende kommen TouristenRobert ThalheimGermany
The Band's Visitביקור התזמורתIsrael, France, United States
Blind Mountain盲山Li YangChina
California Dreamin'California Dreamin' (nesfârșit)Cristian NemescuRomania
Calle Santa Fe Carmen CastilloChile
Et toi, t'es sur qui?Lola DoillonFrance
Flight of the Red Balloon Le voyage du ballon rougeHou Hsiao-hsienFrance, Taiwan
MagnusKadri KõusaarEstonia, United Kingdom
My Brother Is an Only ChildMio fratello è figlio unicoItaly
Mister LonelyHarmony KorineUnited Kingdom, France, Ireland, United States
MunyurangaboLee Isaac ChungRwanda, United States
Night Train 夜車Diao YinanChina
Pleasure Factory快乐工厂Ekachai UekrongthamSingapore, Thailand
The Pope's Toilet El Baño del PapaEnrique Fernandez and César CharloneUruguay, Brazil, France
Solitary FragmentsLa soledadJaime RosalesSpain
A Stray GirlfriendUna novia erranteArgentina
Terror's AdvocateL'Avocat de la terreurBarbet SchroederFrance
Water LiliesNaissance des PieuvresCéline Sciamma
You, the LivingDu levandeRoy AnderssonSweden, France, Denmark, Germany, Norway

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:

Special Screenings

The following films were screened specially for the 60th Festival.

Cinéfondation

The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:

Short film Competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:

Cannes Classics

Cannes Classics places the spotlight on documentaries about cinema[9] and restored masterworks from the past.[10] Tributes[11]

Documentaries about Cinema

Restored prints

Parallel Sections

International Critics' Week

The following films were screened for the 46th International Critics' Week (46e Semaine de la Critique):[12]

Feature film competition

Short Films Competition

Special Screenings

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 2007 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[13]

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.[14] [15]

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).[16]

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.[17] [18] 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.[19]

Official Awards

In Competition

The following films and people received the 2007 Official selection awards:[20]

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days by Cristian Mungiu

The Mourning Forest by Naomi Kawase

Julian Schnabel for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Jeon Do-yeon in Secret Sunshine

Konstantin Lavronenko in The Banishment

Un Certain Regard

California Dreamin', by Cristian Nemescu[21]

Cinéfondation

Ahora todos parecen contentos by Gonzalo Tobal

Caméra d'Or

Short Films Competition

Ver Llover by Elisa Miller

Independent Awards

International Critics' Week

CICAE Jury Cannes

Media

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Cannes 2007 Gears Up For Premiere of New Wong Kar-Wai Film. AMC. 6 June 2020. 3 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200903220350/https://www.amc.com/talk/2007/05/cannes-2007-gea-1. dead.
  2. Web site: 60ème Festival International du Film – Cannes. cinema-francais.fr. fr. 28 June 2017.
  3. Web site: Cannes 2007 / Palmarés. cannes-fest.com. fr. 28 June 2017.
  4. News: At Cannes, Blueberry Nights and Romanian Days . The New York Times . A. O. . Scott . 18 May 2007 . 26 May 2017.
  5. News: Quebec filmmaker Arcand closes Cannes on comedic note . CBC News . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131215113841/http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/quebec-filmmaker-arcand-closes-cannes-on-comedic-note-1.672613 . 15 December 2013 . dmy.
  6. News: Diane Kruger, Master of Ceremonies for the 60th Festival de Cannes . festival-cannes.fr . 14 December 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131224110203/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/article/49781.html . 24 December 2013 . dmy.
  7. Web site: All Juries 2007 . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092218/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/2007/allJury.html . 4 March 2016 . dmy.
  8. News: Official Selection 2007: All the Selection . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131030185655/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/2007/allSelections.html . 30 October 2013 . dmy.
  9. Web site: Cannes Classics — Documentaries about Cinema . festival-cannes.com . 25 July 2017 .
  10. Web site: Cannes Classics — Restored prints . festival-cannes.com . 25 July 2017 .
  11. Web site: Cannes Classics — Tribute . festival-cannes.com . 25 July 2017 . 26 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190126001114/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/69-editions/retrospective/2007/selection/cannes-classics/2007-tribute . dead .
  12. Web site: 46e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique – 2007 . archives.semainedelacritique.com . 28 June 2017.
  13. Web site: Quinzaine 2007 . quinzaine-realisateurs.com . 28 June 2017 . 26 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161026035802/http://www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com/qz_an/2007/ . live .
  14. Web site: Preview: Acceptance in Cannes bestows prestige and honour . monstersandcritics.com . 15 May 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120930195151/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/movies/features/article_1304644.php/Preview_Acceptance_in_Cannes_bestows_prestige_and_honour . 30 September 2012 . dmy.
  15. https://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=cannes2007&jump=features&id=2542&articleid=VR1117965596 Cannes, India celebrate 60 years (needs subscription)
  16. News: The Sun Rises on the East . Anil . Sinanan . timesonline.co.uk . The Times . 24 May 2007 . London . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080708215833/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/cannes/article1830602.ece . 8 July 2008 . dmy.
  17. News: A. O. . Scott . A Haircut, With an Affair and Highlights of Support . nytimes . 1 February 2008 . 26 May 2017.
  18. News: Film Review . Mary Ann . Brussat . spiritualityandpractice . 26 May 2017.
  19. News: Nadine Labaki Interview . viewlondon.co.uk . 26 May 2017.
  20. Web site: Awards 2007: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222070149/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/2007/allAward.html . 22 February 2014 . dmy.
  21. Web site: Awards 2007: Un Certain Regard . festival-cannes.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181531/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/2007/awardUnCertainRegard.html . 3 March 2016 . dmy.
  22. Web site: FIPRESCI Awards 2007. fipresci.org. 25 June 2017.
  23. Web site: Jury Œcuménique Palmarés 2007. cannes.juryoecumenique.org. 26 June 2017.
  24. Web site: Cinephile railwaymen. thestar.com. 26 May 2007 . 22 July 2017.
  25. Web site: Association Prix François Chalais Cannes 2007. francois-chalais.fr. 28 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170920155642/http://www.francois-chalais.fr/laureats-cannes/cannes-2007. 20 September 2017. dead.

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