Cool DVD for those with region-free players or a region 2 player: Chacun Son Cinema, a series of 32 3-minute films directed by some of the world's premier auteurs to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival. Sadly, the 33rd short, "World Cinema," by the Coen Brothers, is not on the DVD. My copy arrived today, though sadly my region-free DVD player has died so I have to watch it on my computer. I hate region coding.

Here's a listing of the shorts and directors on the DVD (as seen over at Filmbrain):

OPEN-AIR CINEMA- Raymond Depardon

ONE FINE DAY- Takeshi Kitano

THREE MINUTES- Theo Angelopoulos

IN THE DARK- Andrei Konchalovsky

DIARY OF A SPECTATOR – Nanni Moretti

THE ELECTRIC PRINCESS HOUSE- Hou Hsiao-Hsien

DARKNESS- Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne

ANNA- Alejandro González Iñárritu

MOVIE NIGHT- Zhang Yimou

THE DYBBUK OF HAIFA- Amos Gitai

THE LADY BUG- Jane Campion

ARTAUD DOUBLE BILL –Atom Egoyan

THE FOUNDARY- Aki Kaurismäki

UPSURGE –Olivier Assayas

47 YEARS LATER- Youssef Chahine

IT’S A DREAM- Tsai Ming-Ling

OCCUPATIONS- Lars Von Trier

THE GIFT- Raul Ruiz

THE CINEMA AROUND THE CORNER- Claude Lelouch

FIRST KISS- Gus Van Sant

CINEMA EROTIQUE- Roman Polanski

NO TRANSLATION NEEDED- Michael Cimino

AT THE SUICIDE OF THE LAST JEW IN THE WORLD IN THE LAST CINEMA IN

THE WORLD David Cronenberg

I TRAVELLED 9000 KM TO GIVE IT TO YOU –Wong Kar Wai

WHERE IS MY ROMEO? –Abbas Kiarostami

THE LAST DATING SHOW- Billie August

IRTEBAK – Elia Suleiman

SOLE MEETING –Manoel De Oliveira

5.557 MILES FROM CANNES

WAR IN PEACE –Wim Wenders

ZHANXIOU VILLAGE- Chen Kaige

HAPPY ENDING- Ken Loach

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