All Directors' Fortnight articles – Page 3
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Reviews‘The President’s Cake review’: Quinzaine crowd-pleaser is set in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq
A young girl, a scene-stealing cockerel and a culinary challenge fuel Hasan Hadi’s winning 1990s-set story
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Reviews‘Brand New Landscape’ review: Debut explores a Tokyo family in crisis
Kenichi Endo stars in Yuiga Danzuka’s precise Directors Fortnight drama
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Reviews‘The Girl In The Snow’ review: Louise Hemon turns to drama with a story from her own family’s past
Documentarian’s debut is beautifully based in the Hautes Alpes
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Reviews‘Death Does Not Exist’ review: Animation follows young activists into battle
Felix Dufour-Laperrier’s fourth feature explores the individual impact of violent protest
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Reviews‘Enzo’ review: Directors’ Fortnight opens with Laurent Cantet’s last film, directed by Robin Campillo
A ‘powerful valedictory’ from the late French auteur focuses on an adolescent working on a building side outside Mareseilles
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FeaturesCannes 2025 line-up guide: Directors’ Fortnight titles
Includes films from Robin Campillo, Nadav Lapid, Thomas Ngijol and Christian Petzold.
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NewsGlobal Constellation, WME Independent board sales on Directors’ Fortnight title ‘Lucky Lu’
EXCLUSIVE: Lloyd Lee Choi’s feature debut is based on his Cannes short ‘Same Old’.
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NewsA24 Sundance titles ‘Sorry, Baby’ and ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ picked up for UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: ’Sorry, Baby’ is also the closing night film at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.
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NewsCannes Directors’ Fortnight title ‘The President’s Cake’ acquired for sales
EXCLUSIVE: Film follows a young girl selected to make a birthday cake for Saddam Hussein.
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NewsLuxbox boards Tokyo-set family drama ‘Brand New Landscape’
EXCLUSIVE: The film is the debut feature of Japanese filmmaker Yuiga Danzuka.
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NewsNadav Lapid’s ‘Yes’ added to Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, boarded for sales
EXCLUSIVE: Les Films du Losange will launch sales on the film at Cannes.
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NewsHow is UK-Ireland represented in the Cannes 2025 lineup?
‘My Father’s Shadow’, ’Pillion’ and ‘Urchin’ are among the UK-Irish films heading to the Croisette.
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NewsSND boards ‘The Girls We Want’ ahead of Directors’ Fortnight premiere
Exclusive: The Marseille-set film is the debut feature of French filmmaker Princia Car.
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NewsCannes Directors’ Fortnight reveals 2025 lineup
Lineup includes new titles from Robin Campillo, Lee Sang-il and Christian Petzold.
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NewsCannes Directors’ Fortnight unveils Harmony Korine-designed 2025 poster
“The characters in the painting are called Twitchys,” says Korine.
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NewsRed Sea, Cannes Directors’ Fortnight title ‘East Of Noon’ marks first sales (exclusive)
Hana Elkoussy’s film follows a musician rebelling against his elders.
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NewsDirectors’ Fortnight comedy drama ‘Eephus’ acquired for French release (exclusive)
Carson Lund’s debut feature will be released theatrically at the start of 2025.
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News‘Universal Language’ wins inaugural Cannes Directors’ Fortnight audience award
The late Sophie Fillieres’ final feature ‘This Life Of Mine’ won the SACD prize for best French film.
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News‘The Other Way Around’ wins Cannes Directors’ Fortnight Europa Cinemas prize
Second year in a row that a Spanish film has won the award.
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Reviews‘To A Land Unknown’: Cannes Review
Two Palestinian refugees are stranded in Athens in Mahdi Fleifel’s raw, resonant drama