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Directors’ Fortnight


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

Pure Hearts: Two parallel worlds collide

Pure Hearts: Two parallel worlds collide

CANNES 2017: With his first piece, young director Roberto De Paolis observes young people from small working-class suburbs, with the same poetry as Claudio Giovannesi’s films  

23/05/2017 | Cannes 2017 | Directors’ Fortnight

Jeannette, the Childhood of Joan of Arc: A daughter of France tries her luck on the X Factor

Jeannette, the Childhood of Joan of Arc: A daughter of France tries her luck on the X Factor

CANNES 2017: Bruno Dumont raises a laugh while assaulting our eardrums in this pastoral musical comedy based on a play by Charles Péguy  

23/05/2017 | Cannes 2017 | Directors’ Fortnight

A dilemma in the face of The Intruder

A dilemma in the face of The Intruder

CANNES 2017: Cohesion, rigour and balance are the three pillars of Leonardo Di Costanzo’s second film, offering further proof of skills honed during his career as a documentary filmmaker  

23/05/2017 | Cannes 2017 | Directors’ Fortnight

Alive in France: Abel Ferrara on tour… de France

Alive in France: Abel Ferrara on tour… de France

CANNES 2017: The "King of New York" plays music from his Bad Lieutenant and other films in Paris and Toulouse, in an intoxicating slice of musical autobiography  

22/05/2017 | Cannes 2017 | Directors’ Fortnight

Review: A Ciambra

Review: A Ciambra

CANNES 2017: After Mediterranea, Jonas Carpignano remains in Calabria to tell the story of another marginalised community  

20/05/2017 | Cannes 2017 | Directors’ Fortnight

Lover for a Day: Blurred clarity

Lover for a Day: Blurred clarity

CANNES 2017: Philippe Garrel delivers a marvellously stripped-back film about the eternally fluctuating territories and underground manoeuvres of love  

19/05/2017 | Cannes 2017 | Directors’ Fortnight

Let the Sun Shine In: An exquisite badinage on the torments of desire

Let the Sun Shine In: An exquisite badinage on the torments of desire

CANNES 2017: Claire Denis’ new film is truly delicious, of a "theoretical" and emotional intelligence that is as tasty as it is universally moving  

19/05/2017 | Cannes 2017 | Directors’ Fortnight

The Nothing Factory added to the Directors’ Fortnight

The Nothing Factory added to the Directors’ Fortnight

“It’s about the apparent inability of people to come together and manage to change things,” states director Pedro Pinho about his feature debut  

25/04/2017 | Cannes 2017 | Directors' Fortnight

A top-of-the-range quintet of French films for Directors’ Fortnight

A top-of-the-range quintet of French films for Directors’ Fortnight

Claire Denis, Carine Tardieu, Sonia Kronlund, Philippe Garrel and Bruno Dumont present 10 French (co-)productions  

21/04/2017 | Cannes 2017 | Directors’ Fortnight/France

Nine Europeans for the Directors’ Fortnight

Nine Europeans for the Directors’ Fortnight

Five French filmmakers, three Italians and a Lithuanian are set to be showcased in the Fortnight; Claire Denis, Dumont, Garrel, Ferrara and Gitai top the bill  

20/04/2017 | Cannes 2017 | Directors’ Fortnight

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