Lumière & 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.

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  Romane Bohringer

  (segment "Claude Miller")
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  Bruno Ganz

  Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
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  Ticky Holgado

  (segment "Claude Lelouch")
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  Alan Rickman

  (segment "John Boorman")
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  Liam Neeson

  (segment "John Boorman")
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  Stephen Rea

  (segment "John Boorman")
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  Sven Nykvist

  (segment "Liv Ullman")
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  Lena Olin

  (segment "Lasse Hallström")
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  Pascal Duquenne

  (segment "Jaco Van Dormael")
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  Nathalie Richard

  Ninon (segment "Jacques Rivette")