In 2007, Cannes is travelling back in time with a series of classic screenings. Polish director Andrzej Wajda will preside over Cannes Classics 2007 and present a restored copy of Kanal, winner of the Special Jury Prize in Cannes 50 years ago. A "John Wayne Centenary" will celebrate the actor with screenings of Hondo and Rio Bravo.
The opening film in 2007 will be Chinese filmmaker Wong Kar Wai's My Blueberry Nights, starring Jude Law, Ed Harris, Natalie Portman and singer Norah Jones in a story about a woman travelling across America.