40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes.

• Cinétévé
• La Sept-Arte
• Jeff Alperi
• Romane Bohringer
• Bruno Ganz
• Ticky Holgado
• Alan Rickman
• Liam Neeson
• Stephen Rea
• Sven Nykvist