2007 Cannes Film Festival 2007 Cannes Film Festival The 60th Cannes Film Festival ran from 16 to 27 May 2007. The President of the Jury was British director Stephen Frears. Twenty two films from twelve countries were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or. The awards were announced on 26 May. "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days", directed by Cristian Mungiu won the Palme d'Or. The festival opened with "My Blueberry Nights", directed by Wong Kar-wai and closed with "Days of Darkness (L'Âge des ténèbres)" by Denys Arcand. Diane Kruger was the mistress of ceremonies. The official poster of the 60th Cannes festival
1947 Cannes Film Festival 1947 Cannes Film Festival The 2nd Cannes Film Festival was held from 12 to 25 September 1947. The new building that was meant to host the festival, the Palais du Festival, was still not ready, and the festival was held amid many technical and financial problems. In 1947, the entire jury of the Festival were French. Six awards were given to films of different categories. The following persons were selected as the jury for the feature and short films: The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix: The following short films competed for the Grand Prix du court métrage: