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Directors’ Fortnight

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470 articles available in total starting from 16/05/2002. Last article published on 04/06/2026.

Radu Jude • Director of The Diary of a Chambermaid

Interview: Radu Jude • Director of The Diary of a Chambermaid

“The system of inequalities between West and East is put in place so well that you don’t need to be a pervert to take part in exploitation”

The prolific Romanian filmmaker speaks of himself as a midpoint between creative genres and between East and West, as he makes a Romanian movie in France for the first time  

04/06 | /France/Romania

Sompot Chidgasornpongse • Director of 9 Temples to Heaven

Interview: Sompot Chidgasornpongse • Director of 9 Temples to Heaven

“It was almost like recreation for us – instead of going to a beachside hotel, we went to the temple”

CANNES 2026: The Thai director picks apart his personal story about a family visiting nine Buddhist temples in order to gain merit for their grandmother  

26/05 | Cannes 2026 | Directors’ Fortnight

Eivind Landsvik • Director of Low Expectations

Interview: Eivind Landsvik • Director of Low Expectations

“I still remember when I wrote the title on the first page of the script and was convinced that this film would never be made”

CANNES 2026: The Norwegian helmer shares his thoughts on his feature debut, which provides quite a warm reflection on the state of depression  

26/05 | Cannes 2026 | Directors’ Fortnight

Review: Vertiginous

Review: Vertiginous

CANNES 2026: Quentin Dupieux’s first animated feature takes us into the uncanny valley, as glitchy avatars of Alain Chabat and Jonathan Cohen ponder whether reality is in fact a simulation  

23/05 | Cannes 2026 | Directors' Fortnight

Clio Barnard • Director of I See Buildings Fall Like Lighting

Interview: Clio Barnard • Director of I See Buildings Fall Like Lighting

“Everybody wanted the same thing, which was to see those five characters together on the screen”

CANNES 2026: The British director discusses her new film adaptation and shooting in Birmingham for the first time  

23/05 | Cannes 2026 | Directors' Fortnight

Review: Death Has No Master

Review: Death Has No Master

CANNES 2026: Jorge Thielen Armand puts us in the shoes of a plantation heiress played by Asia Argento, who is forced into confronting her family’s colonial demons  

23/05 | Cannes 2026 | Directors’ Fortnight

Review: I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning

Review: I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning

CANNES 2026: Clio Barnard returns with a hard-hitting ensemble drama set in working-class Birmingham, following five longtime friends as they face new challenges upon hitting 30  

23/05 | Cannes 2026 | Directors’ Fortnight

Review: Low Expectations

Review: Low Expectations

CANNES 2026: The darker and lighter sides of depression are depicted in the feature debut by Norway’s Eivind Landsvik, which should generate some enthusiastic buzz  

22/05 | Cannes 2026 | Directors’ Fortnight

Sébastien Laudenbach • Director of Viva Carmen

Interview: Sébastien Laudenbach • Director of Viva Carmen

“Life is violent and kids are violent, and they like to see works that are ‘bigger’ than themselves in order to grow up”

CANNES 2026: The French animator discusses taking on that great “Gypsy” legend from possibly the greatest French opera of all time – but with kids in mind  

22/05 | Cannes 2026 | Directors’ Fortnight

The audience crowns I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning as its champion in the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight

The audience crowns I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning as its champion in the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight

CANNES 2026 : British director Clio Barnard’s film has clinched the Audience Award, Too Many Beasts took home the Europa Cinemas Label and Shana scooped the SACD Coup de Cœur Award  

22/05 | Cannes 2026 | Directors’ Fortnight/Awards

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