On this day in movie history - Flow (2024):

Flow

directed by Gints Zilbalodis,

written by Gints Zilbalodis, Matiss Kaza and Ron Dyens,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 22, 2024.
Music by Gints Zilbalodis and Rihards Zaļupe.

Awards:

The Golden Globe (2025).

The Oscar for Best Animated Feature at the 97th Academy Awards (2025).

On this day in movie history - Skinjob (2017):

Skinjob

directed and written by Steve Simmons,

released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 22, 2017.
Animated short based on Blade Runner (1982).

On this day in movie history - The Little Prince (2015):

The Little Prince

directed by Mark Osborne,

written by Irena Brignull and Bob Persichetti,

based on the novel Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 22, 2015.
Music by Richard Harvey and Hans Zimmer.

“One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eye.”

– Antoine De Saint–Exupéry.

Cast:

Jeff Bridges, Mackenzie Foy, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Riley Osborne, James Franco, Bud Cort, Benicio Del Toro, Ricky Gervais, Albert Brooks, Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti, Jeffy Branion, Jacquie Barnbrook, Marcel Bridges, André Dussollier, Florence Foresti, Vincent Cassel, Guillaume Gallienne, Laurent Lafitte, Vincent Lindon, Guillaume Canet, Pascal Légitimus, Achille Orsoni, Clara Poincaré, Andrea Santamaría, Bernard Tiphaine, Veronica J. Valentini.

On this day in music history:

Livin’ on Love by Deborah Coleman (2001)

Strength & Serenity - Flute & Piano by Greg Maroney & Sherry Finzer (2020)

Livin’ on Love

Album by Deborah Coleman,

released May 22, 2001.

Track list: Livin’ On Love; You’re With Me; Light Of Day; Memory Lane; Crazy; Bending Like A Willow Tree; Happy When You’re Unhappy; Don’t Talk In My Sleep; Heaven’s Got The Blues; Torn In Two; Deserted Highway.

Strength & Serenity - Flute & Piano

Album by Greg Maroney and Sherry Finzer,

released May 22, 2020.

Track list: Sleeping Fields; Plum Trees; Softly Rise; Gossamer Dream; Greeting the Spirit; Diaphanous Dawn; Golden Serenity; Ever Elusive; Distant Glow.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1993)

Star Trek: Voyager (1995)

Star Trek: Enterprise (2002)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 6. Episode 24.

Episode entitled: Second Chances.

Released May 22, 1993.

Directed by LeVar Burton.

Written by René Echevarria, Michael A. Medlock, Brannon Braga, Naren Shankar.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Mae C. Jemison, Michael Braveheart, Cameron, Tracee Cocco, John Copage, Debbie David, Hal Donahue, Goldie Gareza, Kerry Hoyt, Arvo Katajisto, Richard Sarstedt, Geo Talegon.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 1. Episode 15.

Episode entitled: Learning Curve.

Released May 22, 1995.

Directed by David Livingston.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Ronald Wilkerson, Jean Louise Matthias, Kenneth Biller.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Armand Schultz, Derek McGrath, Kenny Morrison, Catherine MacNeal, Thomas Dekker, Lindsey Haun, Majel Barrett, David Keith Anderson, Johnetta Anderson, Derek Anthony, Jasmin Bischoff, James Delano, Christine Delgado, Kenneth David Ebling, Tarik Ergin, Norman Alexander Gibbs, Ken Gruz, Kerry Hoyt, Julie Jiang, Bob Mascagno, Jordan Monheim, Karole Nellis, Louis Ortiz, Tami Peterson, Heather Rattray, Daunette Saunders, Simon Stotler, John Alex Tampoya, Ondar Tarlow.

Star Trek: Enterprise

Season 1. Episode 26.

Episode entitled: Shockwave, Part I.

Released May 22, 2002.

Directed by Allan Kroeker.

Written by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, Phyllis Strong, Michael/Mike Sussman, André Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, André Bormanis.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, John Fleck, Matt Winston, Vaughn Armstrong, James Horan, Stephanie Erb, David Lewis Hays, Jef Ayres, Jane Bordeaux, Mark Correy, Hilde Garcia, Peter Godoy, Glen Hambly, Tim Storms, Mark Watson, Gary Weeks.

On this day in movie history - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998):

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

directed by Terry Gilliam,

written by Terry Gilliam, Tony Grisoni, Alex Cox and Tod Davies,

based on the novel by Hunter S. Thompson,

was released in the United States on May 22, 1998.
Music by Ray Cooper.

Cast:

Johnny Depp, Benicio del Toro, Tobey Maguire, Christina Ricci, Ellen Barkin, Gary Busey, Mark Harmon, Cameron Diaz, Katherine Helmond, Michael Jeter, Craig Bierko, Lyle Lovett, Flea, Larry Cedar, Tim Thomerson, Richard Riehle, Richard Portnow, Steve Schirripa, Larry Brandenburg, Jennifer Elise Cox, Kim Flowers, Tane McClure, Christopher Meloni, Harry Dean Stanton, Troy Evans, Debbie Reynolds, Jenette Goldstein, Verne Troyer, Gregory Itzin, Laraine Newman, Penn Jillette, Hunter S. Thompson.

On this day in movie history - Alien 3 (1992):

Alien 3

directed by David Fincher,

written by David Giler, Walter Hill and Larry Ferguson,

was released in the United States on May 22, 1992.
Music by Elliot Goldenthal.

Cast:

Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, Paul McGann, Brian Glover, Ralph Brown, Danny Webb, Christopher John Fields, Holt McCallany, Lance Henriksen, Christopher Fairbank, Carl Chase, Leon Herbert, Vincenzo Nicoli, Pete Postlethwaite, Paul Brennen, Clive Mantle, Peter Guinness, Deobia Oparei, Phil Davis, Niall Buggy, Hi Ching, Danielle Edmond, Tom Woodruff Jr.