The Daily 2007

One of the events opening this 60th Cannes Film Festival was a forum concerning the cinema of tomorrow. The discussion centered on the issues faced by cinema in the coming decade, as digital technologies become increasingly prevalent. Professionals from the worlds of film and new media, journalists, and sociologists thus came...

Flanked by Norah Jones and Jude Law, the two leading actors in My Blueberry Nights, Chinese director Wong Kar Wai was the first to tread the red carpet at this 60th Cannes International Film Festival. Photo Copyright AFP

The Jury of the 60th anniversary Cannes Film Festival was assembled today for its opening press conference. Jury President Stephen Frears was able to impart his impressions and intentions to journalists with the members of his jury at his side: Maria de Medeiros, Toni Collette, Sarah Polley, Maggie Cheung, Marco Bellocchio,...

Wong Kar Wai gave the first director's press conference of this 60th Cannes International Film Festival, answering journalists' questions about My Blueberry Nights, the first film screened in the Competition. The Chinese director met the press with leading actors, Norah Jones and Jude Law. Wong Kar Wai on his...

The 60th edition of the Cannes Festival was officially declared open this Wednesday evening, followed by the screening of My Blueberry Nights in the presence of director Wong Kar Wai, and actors Norah Jones and Jude Law. Many stars walked up the red carpet, including Aishwarya Rai, who will preside over the Celebration of...

Today, the following actors are present in Cannes: Claudine Auger, Maurice Barthélémy, Juliette Binoche, Anna Maria Cecilia Bonnevie, Patrick Braoudé, Kelly Brook, Sergio Castellitto, Minnie Driver, Faye Dunaway, Sara Forestier, Louis Garrel, Hippolyte Girardot, Judith Godrèche, Liz Hurley, Vlad...

With the presentation of My Blueberry Nights as the opening film of the 60th Cannes Film Festival, director Wong Kar Wai, who was President of the Jury last year, has the honor of launching the Competition. Winner of the Best Director Prize in 1997 for Happy Together, and after having returned to Cannes with In The Mood For...