In 1982, Wim Wenders asked 16 of his fellow directors to speak on the future of cinema, resulting in the film Room 999. Now, 40 years later, in Cannes, director Lubna Playoust asks a new generation of filmmakers, including Kleber Mendonça Filho, the same question: is cinema a language about to get lost, an art about to die? Screened at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.
Lubna Playoust
Actress and director born in Italy and raised in Paris. Has professional experience in different fields, including art, fashion and marketing, which all fed her fierce passion for all aspects of the cinema. She trained filmmaking with Abbas Kiarostami in Cuba and with Lucrecia Martel in Barcelona. She has directed the short films Valse à Trois (2014), Zulia (2016) and Où Vont les Canards en Hiver (2019). Room 999 is her first feature film.
