Props to le directeur général du Festival d'Aix, Bernard Foccroulle: his Aix En Provence festival has hired Abbas Kiarostami as director for Così Fan Tutte this coming july (in a co-production with ENO): the humanist maestro of cinema (and awesome photographer) has told France presse news agency that "at the first meeting I said no, that I was not worthy. But then Bernard has convinced me... it's an immense pleasure".