Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami poses for photographers during a red carpet event at the Venice Film Festival August 28, 2008. "Shirin" movie by Kiarostami is shown out of competition at the Venice Film Festival.

Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami poses for photographers during a red carpet event at the Venice Film Festival August 28, 2008. "Shirin" movie by Kiarostami is shown out of competition at the Venice Film Festival.

(From L) German director Wim Wenders, Brazilian director Walter Salles, Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami and Japanese director Takeshi Kitano pose 20 May 2007 upon arriving at the Festival Palace in Cannes, southern France, for the screening of the collective film 'Chacun Son Cinema' (To Each His Own Cinema) at the 60th edition of the Cannes Film Festival. 35 directors, from 5 different continents and 25 countries, all universally recognised, have directed, in just 3 minutes each, their state of mind of the moment as inspired by the motion picture theatre. A lavish sprinkle of Hollywood stars and veteran film-makers, a dash of arthouse fare and new international discoveries -- the Cannes filmfest celebrates its 60th edition with a tried and true recipe for success

(From L) Japanese director Takeshi Kitano, Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami, German director Wim Wenders and Brazilian director Walter Salles pose 20 May 2007 upon arriving at the Festival Palace in Cannes, southern France, for the screening of the collective film 'Chacun Son Cinema' (To Each His Own Cinema) at the 60th edition of the Cannes Film Festival. 35 directors, from 5 different continents and 25 countries, all universally recognised, have directed, in just 3 minutes each, their state of mind of the moment as inspired by the motion picture theatre. A lavish sprinkle of Hollywood stars and veteran film-makers, a dash of arthouse fare and new international discoveries -- the Cannes filmfest celebrates its 60th edition with a tried and true recipe for success

From left, Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami, German director Wim Wenders, Japanese director Takeshi Kitano and Brazilian director Walter Salles arrive for the screening of the film "Chacun Son Cinema" ("To Each His Own Cinema"), at the 60th International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Sunday, May 20, 2007.

From left, Japanese director Takeshi Kitano, Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami, German director Wim Wenders and Brazilian director Walter Salles arrive for the screening of the film "Chacun Son Cinema" ("To Each His Own Cinema"), at the 60th International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Sunday, May 20, 2007.

German director Wim Wenders (L) gestures 20 May 2007 as he poses with (from L) Brazilian director Walter Salles, Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami and Japanese director Takeshi Kitano upon arriving at the Festival Palace in Cannes, southern France, for the screening of the collective film 'Chacun Son Cinema' (To Each His Own Cinema) at the 60th edition of the Cannes Film Festival. 35 directors, from 5 different continents and 25 countries, all universally recognised, have directed, in just 3 minutes each, their state of mind of the moment as inspired by the motion picture theatre. A lavish sprinkle of Hollywood stars and veteran film-makers, a dash of arthouse fare and new international discoveries -- the Cannes filmfest celebrates its 60th edition with a tried and true recipe for success

(From L) Japanese director Takeshi Kitano, Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami, German director Wim Wenders and Brazilian director Walter Salles pose 20 May 2007 upon arriving at the Festival Palace in Cannes, southern France, for the screening of the collective film 'Chacun Son Cinema' (To Each His Own Cinema) at the 60th edition of the Cannes Film Festival. 35 directors, from 5 different continents and 25 countries, all universally recognised, have directed, in just 3 minutes each, their state of mind of the moment as inspired by the motion picture theatre. A lavish sprinkle of Hollywood stars and veteran film-makers, a dash of arthouse fare and new international discoveries -- the Cannes filmfest celebrates its 60th edition with a tried and true recipe for success

(Front row, from L) Greek director Theo Angelopoulos, French director Roman Polanski, US director Ethan Coen, Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and US director Joel Coen, (second row, from L) Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira, Danish director Bille August, New Zealander director Jane Campion and Chilean director Raul Ruiz, (third row, from L) French director Olivier Assayas, French director Claude Lelouch, Chinese director Wong Kar-Wai and Israeli director Amos Gitai, (fourth row, from L) British director Ken Loach, French director Raymond Depardon, Chinese director Chen Kaige, Belgian director Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Belgian director Luc Dardenne, (fifth row, from L) Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Malaysian director Tsai Ming Liang, Japanese director Takeshi Kitano, Italian director Nanni Moretti, Brazilian director Walter Salles, US director Gus Van Sant, German director Wim Wenders and Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami (2ndR) pose 20 May 2007 on the red carpet at the Festival Palace in Cannes, southern France, prior to the screening of the collective film 'Chacun Son Cinema' (To Each His Own Cinema) at the 60th edition of the Cannes Film Festival. 35 directors, from 5 different continents and 25 countries, all universally recognised, have directed, in just 3 minutes each, their state of mind of the moment as inspired by the motion picture theatre. A lavish sprinkle of Hollywood stars and veteran film-makers, a dash of arthouse fare and new international discoveries -- the Cannes filmfest celebrates its 60th edition with a tried and true recipe for success

(From L) Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami, German director Wim Wenders, Japanese director Takeshi Kitano and Brazilian director Walter Salles pose 20 May 2007 upon arriving at the Festival Palace in Cannes, southern France, for the screening of the collective film 'Chacun Son Cinema' (To Each His Own Cinema) at the 60th edition of the Cannes Film Festival. 35 directors, from 5 different continents and 25 countries, all universally recognised, have directed, in just 3 minutes each, their state of mind of the moment as inspired by the motion picture theatre. A lavish sprinkle of Hollywood stars and veteran film-makers, a dash of arthouse fare and new international discoveries -- the Cannes filmfest celebrates its 60th edition with a tried and true recipe for success

(From L) Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami, Japanese director Takeshi Kitano, Brazilian director Walter Salles, German director Wim Wenders (back) pose 20 May 2007 upon arriving at the Festival Palace in Cannes, southern France, for the screening of the collective film 'Chacun Son Cinema' (To Each His Own Cinema) at the 60th edition of the Cannes Film Festival. 35 directors, from 5 different continents and 25 countries, all universally recognised, have directed, in just 3 minutes each, their state of mind of the moment as inspired by the motion picture theatre. A lavish sprinkle of Hollywood stars and veteran film-makers, a dash of arthouse fare and new international discoveries -- the Cannes filmfest celebrates its 60th edition with a tried and true recipe for success