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
Cannes Film Festival origins may be attributed in part to the French desire to compete with the Venice Film Festival, which at the time was shocking the democratic world by its fascist bias. The first festival was planned for 1939, Cannes was selected as the location for it, but the funding and organization were too slow and finally the beginning of World War II put an end to this plan. On 20 September 1946, twenty-one countries presented their films at the First Cannes International Film Festival, which took place at the former Casino of Cannes. In 1947, amid serious problems of efficiency, the