Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmakers to produce short pieces exploring the multifarious facets of cinema and their perspective on the state of their chosen artform in the early 21st century.

Factory workers on lunch break sit down to enjoy a Lumiére silent film of workers on lunch break.

A father (Bradley Walsh) and son argue about the screenings at a multiplex, ultimately deciding to go watch football instead.

A Texas cowboy goes to a movie-theater where he can't decide what non-American movie to watch and asks a ticket seller to suggest him a decent one.

Small children rig up a projector to watch a Charlie Chaplin film, only to be scared off by a nosy adult.

A young projectionist falls in love with a girl in a film

Von Trier plays himself, berating and violently hammering a loudmouthed businessman (Jacques Frantz) to death during the premiere of Manderlay.

A blind man (Michael Lonsdale) tells his niece about the time he screened Casablanca to a rural village.

A thief with an ambiguous relationship to a young woman (Deniz Gamze Ergüven) steals her purse during a screening.

A woman confesses her love to a fellow filmgoer who doesn’t reciprocate.

Iñárritu's contribution to "Chacun son cinema"

A young Chahine (Karim Kassem) and his lead actress (Yosra El Lozy) commiserate over the critical failure of their movie at Cannes.

A memoir of how the movie Top Hat impacted the director's family throughout the years.

An older gentleman deals with an incompetent projectionist

A silent film depicting a meeting between Nikita Khrushchev (Michel Piccoli) and Pope John XXIII (Duarte d'Almeida) is screened.

The inhabitants of a Congo village watch and discuss Black Hawk Down.

An aged cinema owner (Ela Sanko) attempts to watch 8½, while sex-crazed youths make out behind her.

Commissioned for the sixtieth anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival.

A young boy is enchanted by the arrival of a travelling movie show in his village.

A man (Lee Kang-sheng) remembers bonding with his family and the small audience at a theatre in Kuala Lumpur.