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Directors’ Fortnight


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

Levan Akin  • Director of And Then We Danced

Interview: Levan Akin • Director of And Then We Danced

“When it takes some four years to make a film, it needs to mean something”

CANNES 2019: With And Then We Danced, Swedish-Georgian director Levan Akin takes on his Eastern European roots with a vengeance  

18/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors’ Fortnight

Review: Song Without a Name

Review: Song Without a Name

CANNES 2019: Melina León’s film noir tells the story of a mother looking for her kidnapped child in 1980s Peru  

18/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors’ Fortnight

Review: Oleg

Review: Oleg

CANNES 2019: Latvia's Juris Kursietis delivers a gritty and ultra-realist film on a form of modern slavery taking place behind the scenes between Eastern European posted workers  

17/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors’ Fortnight

Review: And Then We Danced

Review: And Then We Danced

CANNES 2019: Through the character of a Georgian dancer in love for the first time, and with a fellow pupil, Levan Akin opens up a window onto a traditional world that’s both harsh and beautiful  

17/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors’ Fortnight

Review: Zombi Child

Review: Zombi Child

CANNES 2019: Bertrand Bonello puts his name to a film steeped in the occult and brilliant despite its simple façade, blurring the boundaries between times and worlds  

17/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors’ Fortnight

Review: Blow It To Bits

Review: Blow It To Bits

CANNES 2019: Lech Kowalski’s moving political documentary offers an inside view of the desperate yet dignified social battle fought by the workers of GM&S in France  

16/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors’ Fortnight

J-P Valkeapää  • Director of Dogs Don’t Wear Pants

Interview: J-P Valkeapää • Director of Dogs Don’t Wear Pants

“BDSM is so much more than just latex”

CANNES 2019: Cineuropa talked to Jussi-winning director J-P Valkeapää about his striking third film, Dogs Don’t Wear Pants, screening in the Directors’ Fortnight  

16/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors’ Fortnight

Review: Deerskin

Review: Deerskin

CANNES 2019: Quentin Dupieux delivers a brilliantly refined film, between an absurdist comedy and a realistic drama about madness, with Jean Dujardin and Adèle Haenel excellent in the lead roles  

15/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors' Fortnight

Quentin Dupieux • Director of Deerskin

Interview: Quentin Dupieux • Director of Deerskin

“A film about gentle madness and freedom”

CANNES 2019: French filmmaker Quentin Dupieux discusses his new film, Deerskin, which just brilliantly opened the Directors' Fortnight at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival  

15/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors' Fortnight

The Factory 2019 was made in Southeast Europe

The Factory 2019 was made in Southeast Europe

This year, the Directors' Fortnight short-film initiative showcases five films made in collaboration between Dominique Welinski and the Sarajevo Film Festival  

14/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors' Fortnight

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