Lumière and Company
40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Jeff Alperi, Romane Bohringer, Bruno Ganz, Ticky Holgado, Alan Rickman, Liam Neeson, Stephen Rea, Sven Nykvist, Lena Olin, Pascal Duquenne, Nathalie Richard, Neil Jordan, Aidan Quinn
Crew: Lasse Hallström (Director), Vicente Aranda (Director), John Boorman (Director), Alain Corneau (Director), Raymond Depardon (Director)