02/05/2006

With 13 productions and two co-productions of the 22 features selected, European titles have the lion’s share of the 38th Director’s Fortnight (May 18-28), unveiled this afternoon in Paris. The selection committee, headed by the Cannes sidebar’s artistic director Olivier Père, has continued the positive trend of selecting mainly European titles, which are also plentiful in the Official Selection of the 59th Cannes Film Festival and the International Critics’ Week.

The Directors’ Fortnight 2006 programme includes only two features from Asia, one from Australia and no films from South America or Africa. With five films (one of which was made by French music group Daft Punk), only US titles can compete with Europe’s impressive portfolio, which includes six French titles: animated film Azur et Asmar by Michel Ocelot, Dans Paris [+see also:
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As announced by Cineuropa, the line-up also includes Denmark’s Anders Morgenthaler (Princess), Italy’s Kim Rossi Stuart (Anche libero va bene [+see also:
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film profile]), Germany’s Stefan Krohmer (Sommer 04 An Der Schlei Spain’s Albert Serra (Honor de Cavalleria) and Portugal’s Teresa Villaverde (Trance [+see also:
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The Belgian/French co-production by Québec’s Philippe Falardeau’s Congorama [+see also:
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Lastly, three special screenings have been added to the programme, including Melvil by France’s Melvil Poupaud and the Argentinean/French/Dutch co-production Fantasma by Lisandro Alonso.

Full features programme

Michel Ocelot - Azur et Asmar (FR)
Christophe Honoré - Dans Paris (FR)
Jean-Claude Brisseau - Les Anges exterminateurs (FR)
Emmanuel Mouret - Changement d’adresse (FR)
Claire Simon - Ca brûle (FR)
HPG - On ne devrait pas exister (FR)
Kim Rossi Stuart - Anche libero va bene (IT)
Stefan Krohmer - Sommer 04 An Der Schlei (DE)
Anders Morgenthaler - Princess (DK)
Teresa Villaverde - Trance (PT)
Albert Serra - Honor de Cavalleria (ES)
Szabolcs Hajdu - Fehér Tenyér (HU)
Corneliu Porumboiu - A Fost sau n-a fost? (RO)
Bong Joon-ho - The Host (KR)
Nishikawa Miwa - Yureru (JP)
William Friedkin - Bug (US)
Philippe Falardeau - Congorama (CA/BE/FR)
Julia Loktev - Day Night Day Night (US/DE/FR)
Julian Goldberger - The Hawk is dying (US)
M. Blash - Lying (US)
Ray Lawrence - Jindabyne (AU)
Guy-Manuel de Homen-Christo & Thomas Bangalter - Daft Punk’s Electroma (US)

Special Screenings
Melvil Poupaud - Melvil (FR)
Lisandro Alonso - Fantasma (AR/FR/NL)
Gus Van Sant - (US)

The 11 Shorts

Programme 1
James Clauer - The Aluminium Fowl (US)
Frank Beauvais - le soleil et la mort voyagent ensemble (FR)
Yann Gonzalez - By The Kiss (FR)
Bosilka Simonovitch - Un rat (FR)
Carter Smith - Bugcrush (US)
U-Wei Bin HajiSaari - Sepohon Rambutan Indah Kepunyaanku Di Tanjung Rambutan (MY)

Programme 2
Caroline Deruas - L’Etoile de mer (FR)
Joao Nicolau - Rapace (PT)
Cyprien Val - dans le rang (FR)
Daniel Taye Workou - Menged (ET)
Sophie Letourneur - Manue Bolonaise (BR)

(Translated from French)