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Cannes 2009 / Directors’ Fortnight

11 articles available in total starting from 24/04/2009. Last article published on 22/05/2009.

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An unusual evening in Navidad

After the little girl taken in by travelling performers in La Pivellina and the French title The Wolberg Family, the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight continues to explore the theme of family, through...  

22/05/2009 | Cannes 2009 | Directors’ Fortnight

Ropert’s Wolberg Family warmly received

The Wolberg Family, the debut feature by Axelle Ropert, recent darling of the Directors’ Fortnight (where she previously presented her medium-length film Purple Star and a film by Serge Bozon that...  

21/05/2009 | Cannes 2009 | Directors’ Fortnight

Racism and brotherhood in Eastern Plays

Bulgaria has landed in Cannes’ Directors' Fortnight section, with Kamen Kalev’s debut feature Eastern Plays. The 33-year-old FEMIS graduate directed numerous shorts that have won awards at...  

20/05/2009 | Cannes 2009 | Directors’ Fortnight

Documentary study of inanity in Land of Madness

The audience at this morning’s screening of Land of Madness, by filmmaker-critic Luc Moullet, making his third appearance in the Cannes Directors' Fortnight, certainly didn’t expect to roar so...  

20/05/2009 | Cannes 2009 | Directors’ Fortnight

La Pivellina, a little girl among travelling performers

It is clear to see that Italian/Austrian co-production La Pivellina, presented today in Cannes' Directors' Fortnight, is the debut narrative work by a documentary filmmaking duo, Tizza Covi and...  

19/05/2009 | Cannes 2009 | Directors’ Fortnight

Les Beaux Gosses: Class in the middle of a hormone storm

Imagine Laurent Cantet’s The Class in the middle of a hormone storm, or a combination of the youth-oriented French comedy Ready for Love and Italy's Night Before the Exams. Add a pinch of student...  

19/05/2009 | Cannes 2009 | Directors’ Fortnight

The Misfortunes: Welcome to the Strobbe family

Last year, a Belgian Francophone film, Eldorado, conquered audiences and swept up prizes in the Cannes sidebar Directors' Fortnight. This year, at least judging from the enthusiastic applause at...  

17/05/2009 | Cannes 2009 | Directors’ Fortnight/BE

Yuki and Nina: A new beginning

After an opening day monopolised by Tetro, the anticipated by new film by Francis Ford Coppola, the second day of Cannes sidebar Directors' Fortnight continued yesterday with the screening of Yuki...  

16/05/2009 | Cannes 2009 | Directors’ Fortnight

Ne Change Rien goes into the studio with Jeanne Balibar

Back at Cannes three years after screening in Competition with Colossal Youth – this time in the Directors' Fortnight – Pedro Costa once again challenges viewers’ expectations with his latest...  

15/05/2009 | Cannes 2009 | Directors’ Fortnight

Coppola: Tetro, My Most Personal Film

Say no to screening out of competition in the Official Selection - “If I’m going to be at the festival at all, I want to be in competition” – and recoup with a bow in The Directors’ Fortnight...  

15/05/2009 | Cannes 2009 | Directors’ Fortnight

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