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Directors’ Fortnight


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

The Carrosse d’Or goes to Werner Herzog

The Carrosse d’Or goes to Werner Herzog

This year at Cannes, the German filmmaker will receive the prize handed out every year by the French Directors’ Association  

07/02/2017 | Cannes 2017 | Directors’ Fortnight

Risk: An enduring state of emergency

Risk: An enduring state of emergency

CANNES 2016: After Citizenfour, Laura Poitras, filmmaker and spokesperson for whistleblowers, adds a new act to her necessary repertoire, dedicated to Julian Assange  

27/05/2016 | Cannes 2016 | Directors’ Fortnight

Divines: A dazzling film

Divines: A dazzling film

CANNES 2016: Houda Benyamina has bewitched the Croisette with a film from the heart, which whisks you away on a joyride that will take your breath away, alongside its two brilliant heroines  

21/05/2016 | Cannes 2016 | Directors’ Fortnight

The Fortnight's Europa Cinemas Label goes to Mercenary

The Fortnight's Europa Cinemas Label goes to Mercenary

CANNES 2016: The feature debut by French filmmaker Sacha Wolff has been crowned as the best European film in the Directors' Fortnight  

20/05/2016 | Cannes 2016 | Directors' Fortnight/Awards

The Together Project: Love at first sight in Montreuil

The Together Project: Love at first sight in Montreuil

CANNES 2016: Solveig Anspach’s last film is a delectable comedy about a love that’s romantic as hell and a story about water to boot  

19/05/2016 | Cannes 2016 | Directors’ Fortnight

Mercenary: The price of freedom

Mercenary: The price of freedom

CANNES 2016: Following the long and winding path of a young rugby player from Wallis and Futuna thrust into mainland France, Sacha Wolff has made a stunning and enlightening feature debut  

18/05/2016 | Cannes 2016 | Directors’ Fortnight

Les Vies de Thérèse: Being right up until the end

Les Vies de Thérèse: Being right up until the end

CANNES 2016: Leading feminist figure Thérèse Clerc (also featured in previous films of his) asks Sébastien Lifshitz to film the end of her life, so that they can "brave it together"  

18/05/2016 | Cannes 2016 | Directors’ Fortnight

A Fiore blooms in the cells of a young offenders’ institution

A Fiore blooms in the cells of a young offenders’ institution

CANNES 2016: The fourth feature film by Claudio Giovannesi is the moving story of two teenage ‘criminals’ who fall in love whilst behind bars  

17/05/2016 | Cannes 2016 | Directors’ Fortnight

Wolf and Sheep: Like a wolf in sheep’s clothing

Wolf and Sheep: Like a wolf in sheep’s clothing

CANNES 2016: Young Shahrbanoo Sadat brings us a contemplative yet verbose film that shows us a secret side of Afghanistan that has yet to be violated  

17/05/2016 | Cannes 2016 | Directors’ Fortnight

Tour de France: For a change of scene

Tour de France: For a change of scene

CANNES 2016: Rachid Djaïdani throws his heart and soul into this journey towards tolerance carried on the solid shoulders of Gérard Depardieu and a rapper unlike any other  

16/05/2016 | Cannes 2016 | Directors’ Fortnight

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