Talk: | Friday 13.10 |
Following the screening, director Lubna Playoust of the film Room 999 will be participating in a conversation with other notable figures in the lobby in the Mezzanine
Talk: | Saturday 14.10 |
Following Saturday’s screening, the promising director Lubna Playoust and creator of this new, but undoubtedly historical masterpiece will be present to share her experiences in the making of the film, and hopefully let us in on some behind-the-scenes stories.
In 1982 Wim Wenders sat down in Room 666 with all the most renowned filmmakers present at the Cannes Film Festival. One after the other they would, alone with the camera inside the dimly lit hotel room, give their statement about the future of cinema. In 1982 TV was the tidal wave, now at the 2022 Cannes Festival, Wim Wenders, alone in Room 999, opens the fabulous remake. His fiery statement is followed by a fantastic lineup of fellow artists creating yet another document of our time: Audrey Diwan, Joachim Trier, David Cronenberg, Shannon Murphy, James Gray, Arnaud Desplechin, Lynne Ramsay, Asghar Farhadi, Nadav Lapid, Claire Denis, Davy Chou, Baz Luhrmann, Alice Winocour, Ayo Akingbade, Olivier Assayas, Paolo Sorrentino, Agnes Jaoui, Kirill Serebrennikov, Cristian Mungiu, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Albert Serra, Monia Chokri, Ninja Thyberg, Pietro Marcello, Rebecca Zlotowski, Ali Cherri, Ruben Ostlund, Clement Cogitore and Alice Rohrwacher.
Both films offer a fascinating glimpse into how the world and the status of film, cinema, and art have evolved. The fear remains the same, the problems have acquired new logos and masks, but there must be hope.
Let's fight for the survival of cinema and film as an art form together!
