To Each His Own Cinema

To Each His Own Cinema
DVD cover of To Each His Own Cinema
Produced by	Gilles Jacob
Release dates	20 May 2007
Running time	119 minutes
Country	France

To Each His Own Cinema (French: Chacun son cinéma : une déclaration d'amour au grand écran) is a 2007 French anthology film commissioned for the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival. The film is a collection of 34 short films, each 3 minutes in length, by 36 acclaimed directors. Representing five continents and 25 countries, the filmmakers were invited to express "their state of mind of the moment as inspired by the motion picture theatre".^[1]

The film's subtitle reads "a declaration of love to the big screen".

Distribution

Premiere

To Each His Own Cinema premiered at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival on 20 May and was televised on the same night in France on Canal+.^[2] David Lynch's contribution, Absurda, was not ready in time and was instead shown before Wong Kar-wai's My Blueberry Nights on the festival's opening night.^[3]

DVD release

Two DVD versions of the film are available, both Region 2: one released by StudioCanal on 25 May 2007,^[2][4] the other released by Pyramide Distribution on 31 October 2007.^[5] World Cinema by Joel and Ethan Coen is not included on the StudioCanal DVD^[6] nor listed on the Pyramide DVD. David Lynch's Absurda is also not present on the StudioCanal DVD.

Short films

Raymond Depardon – Cinéma d'été (Open-Air Cinema) Takeshi Kitano – One Fine Day Theo Angelopoulos – Trois minutes (Three Minutes) Andrei Konchalovsky – Dans le noir (In the Dark) Nanni Moretti – Diario di uno spettatore (Diary of a Moviegoer) Hou Hsiao-Hsien – The Electric Princess Picture House Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne – Dans l'obscurité (Darkness) Joel and Ethan Coen – World Cinema Alejandro González Iñárritu – Anna Zhang Yimou – En regardant le film (Movie Night) Amos Gitai – Le Dibbouk de Haifa (The Dybbuk of Haifa) Jane Campion – The Lady Bug Atom Egoyan – Artaud Double Bill Aki Kaurismäki – La Fonderie (The Foundry) Olivier Assayas – Recrudescence (Upsurge) Youssef Chahine – 47 ans après (47 Years Later) Tsai Ming-liang – It's a Dream Lars von Trier – Occupations

Raoul Ruiz – Le Don (The Gift) Claude Lelouch – Cinéma de boulevard (The Cinema Around the Corner) Gus Van Sant – First Kiss Roman Polanski – Cinéma érotique Michael Cimino – No Translation Needed David Cronenberg – At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World Wong Kar-wai – I Travelled 9000 km To Give It To You Abbas Kiarostami – Where Is My Romeo? Bille August – The Last Dating Show Elia Suleiman – Irtebak (Awkward) Manoel de Oliveira – Rencontre unique (Sole Meeting) Walter Salles – À 8 944 km de Cannes (5,557 Miles From Cannes) Wim Wenders – War in Peace Chen Kaige – Zhanxiou Village Ken Loach – Happy Ending David Lynch – Absurda

References

1. Jacob, Gilles. "To Each His Own Cinema, The 60th Anniversary Film of the Festival de Cannes". Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved 2007-12-28.
2. McCarthy, Todd (20 May 2007). "To Each His Own Cinema". Variety. Retrieved 2007-12-28.
3. James, Alison; Gray, Timothy M. (16 May 2007). "Cannes rolls out red carpet". Variety. Retrieved 2007-12-30.
4. "Chacun son cinéma – DVD – StudioCanal" (in French). StudioCanal. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
5. "Chacun son cinéma" (in French). allocine.fr. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
6. Thompson, Anne (31 May 2007). "Chacun Son Cinema". Thompson on Hollywood. Variety. Retrieved 2008-01-01.

External links

• To Each His Own Cinema at the Internet Movie Database
• To Each His Own Cinema at AllMovie