Century of Cinema

UK, Stephen Frears

Germany, Edgar Reitz

USA, Martin Scorsese

At a lakeside hotel, Michel Piccoli discusses the centennial of cinema with Jean-Luc Godard. Godard asks why should cinema's birthday be celebrated when the history of film is a forgotten subject. Through the remainder of his hotel stay, Piccoli tests Godard's hypothesis.

Poland, Pawel Lozinski

Nagisa Oshima explores the first century of Japanese cinema.

New Zealand, Sam Neill

Ireland, Donald Taylor Black

Scandinavia, Stig Bjorkman

Brazil, Nelson Pereira dos Santos

Korea, Sun-Woo Jang

Russia, Sergey Selyanov

India, Mrinal Sen

Africa, Jean-Pierre Bekolo

China, Stanley Kwan

Australia, George Miller