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Directors’ Fortnight


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

Guernsey : Portrait of an absent woman

It is a real pleasure to see a Dutch film amongst the productions presented this year in Cannes for the 37th Directors’ Fortnight especially since, contrary to what its title says, Guernsey, by...  

19/05/2005 | Cannes 2005 | Directors’ Fortnight

Odete : violent love affairs around death

Night orgasmic trance scenes on a grave, day suicide attempts on the same place, swindle and hysterical false pregnancy, homosexual dates in saunas or car parks: today’s screening of Odete by João...  

18/05/2005 | Cannes 2005 | Directors’ Fortnight

Cache Cache : the French country world of Yves Caumon

"It seems as if I spent three years at the bottom of a well to make this film". The words of the French filmmaker Yves Caumon before yesterday’s screening at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs...  

18/05/2005 | Cannes 2005 | Directors’ Fortnight

Seven Invisible Men, A sad no man’s land

Unlike the seven magnificents, Sharunas Bartas’ ‘invisible men’ are not trying to fight for justice but to flee away from it. The film starts as an exile : a small group of social outcasts leave...  

17/05/2005 | Cannes 2005 | Directors’ Fortnight

Travaux, on sait quand ça commence... : A lively comedy

After Outremer (winner 1990 at the Critic’s Week) and Post Coïtum animal triste (presented in the section Un Certain Regard in 1997), Brigitte Roüan comes back on the Croisette with a comedy which...  

16/05/2005 | Cannes 2005 | Directors’ Fortnight

La Moustache : Madness seen by an insane

The screening of the La Moustache, the French novelist Emmanuel Carrère’s first full-length fiction film at the Quinzaine des réalisateurs was marked by a very enigmatic atmosphere today. The film...  

15/05/2005 | Cannes 2005 | Directors’ Fortnight

Factotum: Bukowski under the Norwegian microscope

As an old regular, director Bent Hamer is back again at the Quinzaine des réalisateurs with his fourth feature film’s screening at Cannes, Factotum which succeeds to Eggs (1995) and Kitchen...  

14/05/2005 | Cannes 2005 | Directors’ Fortnight

Four French Filmmakers In The Spotlight

Brigitte Roüan, Emmanuel Carrère, Yves Caumon and Anthony Cordier: four French filmmakers will make the best of the Cannes sunshine during the 37th Director’s Fortnight (12-22 May), which...  

27/04/2005 | Cannes 2005 | Directors’ Fortnight

Portuguese talents in La Croisette

The 37th Director's FortNight of the Cannes Film Festival will include two new Portuguese productions: Odete the second feature film by João Pedro Rodrigues and Alice, the directorial début of...  

26/04/2005 | Cannes 2005 | Directors’ Fortnight

Europe versus The Rest of The World

Eleven european films line up against 5 Asian films, one Iranian, one Georgian, two American and an Australian in the feature selection list for the 37th Director’s Fortnight  

26/04/2005 | Cannes 2005 | Directors’ Fortnight

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