Synopsis : In 1982, Wim Wenders asked 16 of his fellow directors to speak on the future of cinema, resulting in the film Room 666. Now, 40 years later, in Cannes, director Lubna Playoust asks a new generation of filmmakers the same question: is cinema a language about to get lost, an art about to die?
Festival History : Cannes, 2023
Director :
Lubna Playoust
Producer :
Nathanaël Karmitz, Elisha Karmitz, Rosalie Varda
DOP :
Marine Atlan
Editor :
Nicolàs Longinott
Cast :
Wim Wenders, Audrey Diwan, David Cronenberg, Joachim Trier, Shannon Murphy, James Gray, Arnaud Desplechin, Lynne Ramsey, Asghar Farhadi, Nadav Lapid, Claire Denis, Davy Chou, Buz Luhrmann, Alice Winocour, Ayo Akingbade, Olivier Assayas, Paolo Sorrentino,
Born in Italy, raised in Paris, Lubna Playoust is a French director and actress. In the initial days of her career she garnered a wide range of professional experiences in the fields art, fashion and marketing. Between 2016 and 2019 she trained filmmaking with Abbas Kiarostami in Cuba, and Lucrecia Martel in Barcelona. Both experiences have contributed immensly to the creation of her short films, including her notable debut film -Waltz For Three. She had a series of videos commissioned by Radio France, and actively involved in the proess of curating and anchoring of an AVOD streaming platform recently launched by mini major MK2.