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Directors’ Fortnight


440 articles available in total starting from 16/05/2002. Last article published on 17/06/2025.

Series review: We Are Who We Are

Series review: We Are Who We Are

Luca Guadagnino’s eight-part HBO and Sky Italia show, screened at San Sebastián, is a gourmet’s delight, but some dishes disappoint  

25/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | Out of Competition

Review: The Monopoly of Violence

Review: The Monopoly of Violence

David Dufresne delivers a powerful documentary dissecting the current philosophy behind law enforcement and questioning the legitimacy of the disproportionate use of violence  

15/09/2020 | Toronto 2020 | Industry Selects

The Directors' Fortnight supports three titles

The Directors' Fortnight supports three titles

The Cannes parallel section backs Luca Guadagnino's series We Are Who We Are, David Dufresne's documentary The Monopoly of Violence and Miranda July's Kajillionaire  

08/07/2020 | Cannes 2020 | Directors' Fortnight

Paolo Moretti  • Delegate General of Directors’ Fortnight

Interview: Paolo Moretti • Delegate General of Directors’ Fortnight

"The fact that we haven’t announced anything publicly doesn’t mean we haven’t done anything for our films"

Directors’ Fortnight delegate general Paolo Moretti explains his decision not to award films with the label of the parallel section in the absence of a physical edition in Cannes  

08/06/2020 | Cannes 2020 | Directors’ Fortnight

Cannes: Directors’ Fortnight, Critics’ Week and ACID throw in the towel

Cannes: Directors’ Fortnight, Critics’ Week and ACID throw in the towel

The parallel sections cancel their 2020 Cannes editions. The Marché du Film should unfold online from 22 to 26 June  

15/04/2020 | Cannes 2020

Ala Eddine Slim • Director of Tlamess

Interview: Ala Eddine Slim • Director of Tlamess

"I tried to be provocative, both for myself and the viewer"

CANNES 2019: Tunisian filmmaker Ala Eddine Slim presented his second feature Tlamess in the Directors' Fortnight, and talked to us about it  

28/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors' Fortnight

Erwan Le Duc • Director of The Bare Necessity

Interview: Erwan Le Duc • Director of The Bare Necessity

"When you’re telling a story, it’s a question of conveying emotion"

CANNES 2019: Erwan Le Duc tells us about his feature debut, The Bare Necessity, screened in the 51st Directors’ Fortnight  

28/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors’ Fortnight

Review: To Live to Sing

Review: To Live to Sing

CANNES 2019: Johnny Ma uses real Sichuan opera performers to show the losing battle that ensues when art venues come up against commerce  

28/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors’ Fortnight

Review: Wounds

Review: Wounds

CANNES 2019: Babak Anvari’s shocking body horror uses the tools of David Cronenberg to show that the biggest demons are those from within  

28/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors’ Fortnight

Review: Ghost Tropic

Review: Ghost Tropic

CANNES 2019: It’s the journey and not the destination that counts in Bas Devos’ mild-mannered and poetic discovery of hope and bliss  

28/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors’ Fortnight

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