France, May 19 -- American director Richard Linklater's Nouvelle Vague and Sylvain Chomet's Marcel et Monsieur Pagnol - both ofwhich premiered at the Cannes Film Festival at the weekend - prove that the art of making cinema is an endless source of inspiration.

With Nouvelle Vague, in the main competition at Cannes, Linklater pays homage to his idol, French director Jean-Luc Godard, by re-enacting the making of his iconic debut, 1959'sBreathless.

Also celebrating a French cultural icon, director Sylvain Chomet - of The Triplets of Belleville and The Illusionist fame - lovingly brings the life and work of Marcel Pagnolto the screen in animation form, with A Magnificent Life.

Both films look back atpivotal moments in movie-making history ...