Chacun Son Cinema

Few films can claim a roster of talent comparable to this one, which boasts contributions by 33 of the most acclaimed directors in world cinema, each responsible for three minutes of celluloid.Gilles Jacob, president of the Cannes Festival, devised the project as a “gift” to commemorate the festival’s 60th birthday, and recruited many Golden Palm winners in the directorial selection process.Simply put, Jacob asked each director to express, cinematically, his or her “state of mind of the moment as inspired by the motion picture theatre.” Featured filmmakers include Joel and Ethan Coen; Olivier Assayas; Atom Egoyan; Walter Salles; Lars von Trier; Nanni Moretti; Roman Polanski; Theo Angelopoulos; Chen Kaige; Andrei Konchalovsky; Ken Loach; Raoul Ruiz; Takeshi Kitano; Jean-Pierre Dardenne; Luc Dardenne; David Lynch; Gus Van Sant; Wim Wenders and more.

Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide

The theme that unifies them is, naturally, the love of cinema. The sheer diversity of the films proves that while the enthusiasm for cinema may be universal, each culture’s experience of it – not to mention each spectator’s – is wholly unique.

Noah Cowan, Toronto International Film Festival