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18 articles available in total starting from 03/02/2011. Last article published on 21/05/2011.

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When Breathing is hard

Actor-turned-director Karl Markovics’s debut feature Breathing, presented in the Directors' Fortnight, is a superb film whose main character, Roman (played by the incredible non-professional...  

21/05/2011 | Cannes 2011 | Directors' Fortnight/Austria

A day in the life of a Heat Wave

When a director makes a debut feature after the age of 40, as Jean-Jacques Jauffret (who previously collaborated with the late director Cyril Collard, to whom the movie is dedicated and whose...  

19/05/2011 | Cannes 2011 | Directors' Fortnight/France

Kalev’s Island an exhilarating, existential surprise

Acclaimed young director Kamen Kalev (Eastern Plays, finalist of the European Parliament LUX Prize 2009) playfully, utterly surprised Cannes audiences with an exhilarating title in three acts (and...  

17/05/2011 | Cannes 2011 | Directors' Fortnight/Bulgaria-Sweden

Corpo Celeste: Teenage spirituality in Calabria

Insidious charm and bright beginnings mark 29-year-old Italian director Alice Rohrwacher’s directorial debut,Corpo Celeste, screening in the Directors’ Fortnight of the 64th Cannes Film Festival....  

17/05/2011 | Cannes 2011 | Directors’ Fortnight/Italy

Everyone is forgivable in Téchiné’s Unforgivable

“You might be a crime book writer, but you’re an arsehole in real life” hits Francis (André Dussollier) right between the eyes in André Téchiné’s Unforgivable, a film about a writer (adapted from...  

17/05/2011 | Cannes 2011 | Directors’ Fortnight/France

Iris in Bloom: A reflection on age, love and reason

Directors’ Fortnight is fertile ground of discovery for audiences and experimentation for filmmakers. It is also a wonderful gateway for newcomers lucky enough to get their debut film selected....  

16/05/2011 | Cannes 2011 | Directors’ Fortnight/France

Ostlund Plays with the politically incorrect

An explosive subject in a package open to interpretation: in tackling the complex (and topical) issues of delinquency, racism and integration in Europe with a rare intelligence and distinctive...  

15/05/2011 | Cannes 2011 | Directors’ Fortnight/Sweden

The End of Silence: A Greek tragedy in a French forest

Physical violence galore, an oppressive mood and a family vendetta feature today at the Directors’ Fortnight of the 64th Cannes Film Festival, in The End of Silence, a debut feature from the young...  

14/05/2011 | Cannes 2011 | Directors’ Fortnight/France

The Silence of Joan: Disavow or die

Taking on a historical figure such as Joan of Arc, a favourite among many directors including Dreyer, Bresson and Rossellini or more recently Kornel Mundruczo (Johanna in 2005 Certain Regard)...  

14/05/2011 | Cannes 2011 | Directors’ Fortnight/France

Dreams and nightmares in The Other Side of Sleep

There was an drowsy atmosphere in the Directors’ Fortnight with Rebecca Daly’s feature debut The Other Side of Sleep. The Irish director slowly disperses elements of tragedy at the heart of a...  

14/05/2011 | Cannes 2011 | Directors’ Fortnight/France

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