At the outset, there was this challenge: celebrate the anniversary of the Festival, without turning a nostalgic eye back over the past 60 years, so as to reaffirm our admiration and testify our confidence in the great filmmakers of the world. Filmmakers who have never creased to astonish and constantly reinvent the cinema.We have brought together 35 directors, from 5 different continents and 25 countries, all universally recognised. They have directed, in just 3 minutes each, their state of mind of the moment as inspired by the motion picture theatre, that magical venue of communion of film lovers the world over. The very nature of this project sparked them into being all the more surprising, funny, tender or sarcastic, as well as moving and provocative. This melting-pot of cultures, origins and talents inspired us to bestow of this feature film as its title, To Each His Own Cinema: 33 individual works for a collective celebration. |