26/04/2005 - Eleven european films line up against 5 Asian films, one Iranian, one Georgian, two American and an Australian in the feature selection list for the 37th Director’s Fortnight

Eleven European productions or co-productions line up against 5 Asian films, one Iranian, one Georgian, two American and an Australian in the feature selection list for the 37th Director’s Fortnight (12-22 May). Revealed this lunchtime at the Image Forum in Paris by the delegate-general Olivier Père, who for the second year heads the parallel Cannes section, the list of films chosen from the Old Continent include four French films: We know when the work starts by Brigitte Roüan, The Moustache by Emmanuel Carrère, Hide and seek by Yves Caumon andCold Showers by Anthony Cordier. Also entered are two Portuguese productions (Alice by Marco Martins and Odete by Joao Pedro Rodrigues), a Dutch feature (Guernsey by Nanouk Leopold) and a British documentary (Sisters In Law by Kim Longinotto and Florence Ayisi). Three more films complete the European contingent Factotum by Bent Hamer (Norway-USA-Germany, Geminis by Albertina Carri(Argentina-France) and Seven Invisible Men by Sharunas Bartas (Lithuania-France-Portugal).
Also worth noting are two Special Screenings allowing the audience to see or revisit Ride The High country by American Sam Peckinpah and Cronaca Familiare by l’Italien Valrio Zurlini.

The complete list of features in the programme:

Marco Martins - Alice (PT) – Camera d’Or
Eric Khoo - Be with me (SG) - Opening
Kohei Oguri - The Buried Forest (JP)
Yves Caumon - Hide and seek (FR)
Ryoo Seung-Wan - Crying first (KR)
Anthony Cordier - Cold Showers (FR) – Camera d’Or
Bent Hamer - Factotum (NO/US/DE)
Albertina Carri - Geminis (AR/FR)
Nanouk Leopold - Guernsey (NL)
Mahammad Rasoulof - The Iron Island (IR) – Closing
Lode H.Kerrigan - Keane (US)
Emmanuel Carrère - The Moustache (FR)
Joao Pedro Rodrigues - Odete (PT)
Im Sang-soo - The President’s Last Bang (KR)
Kyle Henry - Room (US) – Camera d’Or
Sharunas Bartas - Seven Invisible Men (LT/FR/PT)
Kim Longinotto and Florence Ayisi - Sisters In Law (GB)
Levan Zakareishvili - Tbilisi-Tbilisi (GE)
Brigitte Roüan - We know when the work starts (FR)
Mitsuo Yanagimachi - Who’s Camus Anyway (JP)
Greg Mc Lean - Wolf Creek(AU) – Camera d’Or
The 14 short films:

Programme "Fictions 1"
Katell Quillévéré - A Bras le corps (FR)
Axelle Ropert - Etoile violette (FR)
Lola Doillon - Majorettes (FR)

Programme "Fictions 2"
Agnès Feuvre - A mains nues (FR)
Samuel Collardey - Du soleil en hiver (FR)
Edwin - Kara, The Daughter of A Tree (ID)
Harry Wootliff - Nits (GB)
Kleber Mendonça Filho - Vinil verde (BR)

Programme "Alternatives"
Kei Oyama - Consultation Room (JP)
Martha Colburn - Cosmetic Emergency (NL/US)
Cao Guimaraes - From The Window Of My Room (BR)
Peter Tscherkassly - Instructions for a Light And Sound Machine (AT)
Sandor Kardos - Slitfilm (HU)
Naoyuki Tsuji - Trilogy About Clouds (JP)

(Translated from French)