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Directors’ Fortnight


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

Edouard Waintrop • Artistic director, Directors' Fortnight

Interview: Edouard Waintrop • Artistic director, Directors' Fortnight

"You mustn't be afraid of offending people's feelings"

Edouard Waintrop, artistic director of Cannes Directors' Fortnight, comments on the 2018 selection  

03/05/2018 | Cannes 2018 | Directors' Fortnight

Ten Europeans set their sights on Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight

Ten Europeans set their sights on Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight

Movies by five French filmmakers, two Italians, two Spaniards and a Serbian will be on show in the Directors’ Fortnight; Noé, Guerra, Hosoda and Granik lead the pack  

17/04/2018 | Cannes 2018 | Directors’ Fortnight

Cannes’ Carrosse d’Or goes to Martin Scorsese

Cannes’ Carrosse d’Or goes to Martin Scorsese

On 9 May, the legendary US filmmaker will receive the prize handed out every year by the French Directors’ Association on the Croisette  

30/03/2018 | Cannes 2018 | Directors’ Fortnight

Paolo Moretti to become the General Delegate of the Directors’ Fortnight

Paolo Moretti to become the General Delegate of the Directors’ Fortnight

Italy’s Paolo Moretti will succeed Edouard Waintrop after the 2018 edition of the Cannes Film Festival’s parallel section  

02/03/2018 | Cannes 2019 | Directors’ Fortnight

I Am Not a Witch: The ordeal of a young African girl set against the tone of satire

I Am Not a Witch: The ordeal of a young African girl set against the tone of satire

CANNES 2017: Rungano Nyoni bewitches the Croisette with her debut feature film, a tragic tale which is portrayed magnificently in which the absurd easily moves us to tears  

28/05/2017 | Cannes 2017 | Directors’ Fortnight

The Directors’ Fortnight Europa Cinemas Label goes to A Ciambra

The Directors’ Fortnight Europa Cinemas Label goes to A Ciambra

CANNES 2017: The second feature by Jonas Carpignano has been crowned as the best European film in the Directors’ Fortnight; Claire Denis and Philippe Garrel also awarded  

26/05/2017 | Cannes 2017 | Directors’ Fortnight/Awards

The Nothing Factory: A melding of class struggle and musical comedy

The Nothing Factory: A melding of class struggle and musical comedy

CANNES 2017: In a procession of chronological tableaux, Pedro Pinho depicts the vagaries of a battle doomed to failure, waged by the employees of a lift factory  

26/05/2017 | Cannes 2017 | Directors’ Fortnight

Frost: A journey to the end of the war

Frost: A journey to the end of the war

CANNES 2017: Sharunas Bartas returns to Directors’ Fortnight with a dialogue-heavy odyssey through Eastern Europe, into the heart of the interminable war between Russia and the Ukraine  

26/05/2017 | Cannes 2017 | Directors’ Fortnight

The Prince of Nothingwood: A crackpot who makes films in Afghanistan

The Prince of Nothingwood: A crackpot who makes films in Afghanistan

CANNES 2017: French journalist Sonia Kronlund improvises as a director to bring us an almost surreal and utterly invigorating documentary  

25/05/2017 | Cannes 2017 | Directors’ Fortnight

Just to Be Sure: An easygoing comedy about a “reconstituted” family

Just to Be Sure: An easygoing comedy about a “reconstituted” family

CANNES 2017: Carine Tardieu delivers a madcap but tender tale with delectable dialogue and characters, carried by a superb cast  

24/05/2017 | Cannes 2017 | Directors’ Fortnight

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