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. Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu won the Palme d'Or for the drama film 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days.
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, and closed with Days of Darkness by Denys Arcand. German actress Diane Kruger was the mistress of ceremonies.
Juries
Main Competition
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:
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:
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:
- A Reunion by Sung-Hoon Hong
- Aditi singh by Mickael Kummer
- Ahora todos parecen contentos by Gonzalo Tobal
- ' 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:
Cannes Classics
Cannes Classics places the spotlight on documentaries about cinema and restored masterworks from the past.
Parallel Sections
International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 46th International Critics' Week (46e Semaine de la Critique):
Feature film competition
- àl'intérieur by Julien Maury, Alexandre Bustillo (France)
- El Asaltante by Pablo Fendrik (Argentina)
- Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers! (Funuke domo, kanashimi no ai wo misero) by Daihachi Yoshida (Japan)
- In Your Wake (Nos retrouvailles) by David Oelhoffen (France)
- Jellyfish (Meduzot) by Etgar Keret, Shira Geffen (Israel, France)
- The Milky Way (A via láctea) by Lina Chamie (Brazil)
- The Orphanage (El Orfanato) by Juan Antonio Bayona (Spain, Mexico)
- Párpados azules by Ernesto Contreras (Mexico)
- Voleurs de chevaux by Micha Wald (Belgium, France, Canada)
- XXY by Lucia Puenzo (Argentina, France, Spain)
Short Films Competition
Special Screenings
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 2007 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):
- 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.
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).
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. 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.
Official Awards
In Competition
The following films and people received the 2007 Official selection awards:
Un Certain Regard
Cinéfondation
- First Prize: Ahora todos parecen contentos by Gonzalo Tobal
- Second Prize: Ru Dao by Tao Chen
- Third Prize: Minus by Pavle Vuckovic
Short Films Competition
Independent Awards
International Critics' Week
CICAE Jury Cannes
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