Cannes Film Festival 2007

Here is the lineup for the 60th Cannes Film Festival

In Competition

"My Blueberry Nights," directed by Wong Kar-Wai opening film
"Auf Der Anderen Siete," directed by Fatih Akin
"Un Veille Maitresse," directed by Catherine Breillat
"No Country For Old Men," directed by Joel & Ethan Coen
"Zodiac," directed by David Fincher
"We Own The Night," directed by James Gray
"Les Chansons D'Amour," directed by Christophe Honore
"Mogari No Mori," directed by Naomi Kawase
"Breath," directed by Kim Ki Duk
"Promise Me This," directed by Emir Kusturica
"Secret Sunshine," directed by Lee Chang-dong
"4 Luni, 3 Saptamini Si 2 Zile," directed by Christian Mungiu
"Tehilim," directed by Raphael Nadjari
"Stellet Licht," directed by Carlos Reygadas
"Persepolis," directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
"Le Scaphandre et le Papillon," directed by Julian Schnabel
"Import Export," directed by Ulrich Seidl"
Alexandra," directed by Alexandre Sokourov
"Death Proof," directed by Quentin Tarantino
"The Man From London," directed by Bela Tarr
"Paranoid Park," directed by Gus Van Sant
"Izgnanie" (The Banishment), directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev

British director Stephen Frears will serve as the president of the Cannes competition jury and will be joined by actress Maggie Cheung from Hong Kong, actress Toni Collette from Australia, director and actress Maria de Medeiros from Portugal, director and actress Sarah Polley from Canada, director Marco Bellocchio from Italy, writer Orhan Pamuk from Turkey, director and actor Michel Piccoli from France, and director Abderramane Sissako from Mauritania.

Out of Competition

"Sicko," directed by Michael Moore
"Ocean's Thirteen," directed by Steven Soderbergh
"A Mighty Heart," directed by Michael Winterbottom

Midnight Screenings

"Boarding Gate," directed Olivier Assayas
"Go Go Tales," directed by Abel Ferrara"
U2 3D," directed by Catherine Owens and Mark Pellington

Special Screenings

"11th Hour," directed by Leila Conners Petersen and Nadia Conners
"The War," directed by Lynn Novick and Ken Burns"
"Retour en Normandie," directed by Nicolas Philibert"He Fengming," directed by Wang Bing

Un Certain Regard

"Le Reve de la Nuit d'Avant," directed by Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi
"Calle Santa Fe," directed by Carmen Castillo (first film)
"Munyurangabo," directed by Chung Lee Isaac (first film)
"Et Toi T'Es Sur Qui?" directed by Lola Doillon (first film)
"El Bano del Papa," directed by Enrique Fernandes and Cesar Charlone (first film)
"Bikur Hatizmoret," directedd by Eran Kolirin (first film)
"Mister Lonely," directed by Harmony Korine"
Magnus," directed by Kadri Kousaar (first film)
"Mang Shan," directed by Li Yang"Mio Fratello E Figlio Unico," directed by Daniele Luchetti
"California Dreamin' (Nesfarsit)," directed by Christian Nemescu (first film)
"La Soledad," directed by Jaime Rosales
"L'Avocat de la Terreur," directed by Barbet Schroeder
"Les Pieuvres," directed by Celine Sciamma (first film)
"Am Ende Kommen Touristen," directed by Robert Thalheim"Kuaile Gongchang," directed by Ekachai Uekrongtham

The Un Certain Regard jury includes head Pascale Ferran, along with Jasmine Trinca, Cristi Puiu, Kent Jones and Bian Qin and the Camera d'or jury for a film by a first time director will be headed by Pavel Longuine along with Julie Bertucelli, Clotilde Courau and Renato Berta.

Short Films in Competition

"Run," directed by Mark Alston (New Zealand)
"The Oate's Valor," directed by Tim Thaddeus Cahill (United States)
"The Last 15," directed by Antonio Campos (United States)
"Ah Ma" (Grandma), directed by Anthony Chen (Singapore)"
Resistance Aux Tremblements," directed by Olivier Hems (France)
"Ark," directed by Grzegorz Jonkajtys (Poland)
"Ver Llover," directed by Elisa Miller (Mexico)
"To Onoma Tou Spourgitiou," directed by Kyros Papavassiliou (Cypress)
"Spegelbarn" (Looking Glass), directed by Erik Rosenlund (Sweden)
"Het Zusje" (My Sister), directed by Marco Van Geffen (The Netherlands)
"My Dear Rosseta," directed by Yang Hae-hoon (South Korea)
La Cinefondation"Aditi Singh," directed by Mickael Kummer (Le Fresnoy, France)
"Ahora Todos Parecen Contentos," directed by Gonzalo Tobal (Universidad del Cine, Argentina)
"Your Younger Daughter Rachel," directed by Efrat Corem (Sapir Academic College, Israel)
"Chinese Whispers," directed by Raka Dutta (Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute, India)
"For the Love of God," directed by Joseph Tucker (NFTS, U.K.)
"Goyta," directed by Joanna Jurewicz (NYU, U.S.)
"Hable Stunden," directed by Nicolas Wackerbarth (DFFB, Germany)
"Minus," directed by Pavle Vuckovic (Fakultet Dramskih Umetnosti, Serbia)
"Pathways," directed by Hagar Ben-Asher (Minshar School, Israel)
"Imprudence," directed by Alexander Kugel (VGIK, Russia)
"A Reunion," directed by Hong Sung-hoon (KAFA, South Korea)
"Rondo," directed by Marja Mikkonen (Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Finland)
"Way Out," directed by Chen Tao (Beijing Film Academy, China)
"Saba," directed by Therezaa Menezes and Gregorio Graziosi (FAAP University, Brazil)
"Triple 8 Palace," directed by Alexander Ku (NYU, U.S.)
"Vita Di Giacomo," directed by Luca Governatori (La femis, France)

Directors' Fortnight

Feature films

"Apres lui," directed by Gael Morel
"Avant que j'oublie," directed by Jacques Nolot
"Caramel," directed by Nadine Labaki
"Chop Shop U.S.A.," directed by Ramin Bahrani
"Control," directed by Anton Corbijn
"Dai Nipponjin," directed by Hitoshi Matumoto
"Elle s'appelle Sabine," directed by Sandrine Bonnaire
"Estado do mundo," directed by Chantal Akerman, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Vicente Ferraz, Ayisha Abraham, Bing Wang, Pedro Costa
"Foster Child," directed by Brillante Mendoza
"La France," directed by Serge Bozon
"Garage," directed by Lenny Abrahamson
"Gegenueber" (Counterparts), directed by Jan Bonny
"La Influencia," directed by Pedro Aguilera
"Mutum," directed by Sandra Kogut
"Ploy," directed by Pen-ek Ratanaruang
"PVC-1," directed by Spiros Stathoulopoulos
"La Question humaine," directed by Nicolas Klotz
"Savage Grace," directed by Tom Kalin
"Smiley Face," directed by Gregg Araki
"Tout est pardonne," directed by Mia Hansen-Love
"Un homme perdu" (A Lost Man), directed by Danielle Arbid
"Yumurta (Oeuf/Egg)," directed by Semih Kaplanoglu"
Zoo," directed by Robinson Devor

Short films

"Avant Petalos Grillados"," directed by Velasco Broca
"Le Ballon rouge" (Red Balloon), directed by Albert Lamorisse
"Candy Boy," directed by Pascal-Alex Vincent
"China, China," directed by Joao Pedro Rodrigues, Joao Rui Guerra Da Mata
"Crin Blanc," directed by Albert Lamorisse
"Entracte," directed by Yann Gonzalez
"Hoguera (Bonfire)," directed by Andres Baiz"
Meme pas mort," directed by Claudine Natkin
"Mota shel shula (La Mort de Shoula)," directed by Asaf Korman
"Silencio," directed by F.J Ossang
"superDONG," directed by Yue Weng Pok
"Tel pere, telle fille," directed by Sylvie Ballot

Special screening

"Cruising," directed by William Friedkin

I will be reading the various commentaries from attendees of the festival and posting news on the blog as it becomes available.