All Directors' Fortnight articles – Page 5
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NewsVisit Films, New Story close French sale on Cannes Directors’ Fortnight entry ‘Good One’ (exclusive)
Distributor plans theatrical release in autumn.
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NewsProtagonist Pictures boards Cannes Directors’ Fortnight title ‘Sister Midnight’; unveils first look (exclusive)
Protagonist is launching world sales on the black comedy at Cannes.
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NewsMemento takes on Directors’ Fortnight title ‘The Other Way Around’ (exclusive)
Source: Los Ilusos Films ‘The Other Way Around’ Memento International has boarded Spanish director Jonás Trueba’s eighth feature The Other Way Around set to world premiere at Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight sidebar. The relationship comedy is about a couple who decide to throw a party to celebrate their ...
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NewsMPM Premium acquires Directors’ Fortnight title ‘Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed’ (exclusive)
Source: Un sentimiento de provincia ‘Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed’ MPM Premium has taken world sales rights to Hernán Rosselli’s Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, an Argentinian film about a crime family that is screening in the 2024 Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes. Set in the ...
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FeaturesDirectors’ Fortnight’s Julien Rejl on a line-up “exploring serious issues with comedy, fantasy, and imagination”
”“We don’t want radical films or films that are chic or snobby,” said Rejl.
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NewsCannes 2024 Directors’ Fortnight line-up unveiled
56th edition is heavy on films from first-time US filmmakers and South American titles.
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NewsCannes Directors’ Fortnight unveils audience award
It is supported by the Fondation Chantal Akerman, which will award the winning filmmaker a €7,500 prize.
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NewsFrench box office hit ‘The Goldman Case’ secures UK-Ireland theatrical deal (exclusive)
Courtroom drama had UK premiere at BFI London Film Festival.
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Reviews‘In Our Day’: Cannes Review
Hong Sangsoo closes out Director’s Fortnight with this slender conversation piece
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NewsDirectors’ Fortnight SACD prize goes to Pierre Creton’s ‘A Prince’
Creton also features in the cast, with Mathieu Amalric providing the inner voice for one of the characters.
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NewsSpanish drama ‘Creatura’ wins Europa Cinemas award of Cannes Directors’ Fortnight
Spanish drama follows a woman who goes on a journey of self-exploration to unveil her loss of desire.
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Reviews‘Agra’: Cannes Review
The ugly cycle of domestic violence shadows Kanu Behl’s second feature
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Reviews‘Inside The Yellow Cocoon Shell’: Cannes Review
A man embarks on a physical and spiritual journey in this arresting debut drama from Vietnam
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NewsHong Sangsoo’s Directors’ Fortnight closing title ‘In Our Day’ sells to North America
Hong’s 30th feature premieres at Cannes on May 25.
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Reviews‘A Song Sung Blue’: Cannes Review
Geng Zihan’s dreamlike debut offers a layered, fresh perspective in this Chinese coming-of-age drama
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Reviews‘Grace’: Cannes Review
A father and his teenage daughter take a roadtrip through rural Russia in this atmospheric debut
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Reviews‘Legua’: Cannes Review
This subdued Portugeuse drama focuses on an abandoned country estate and its housekeeper
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Reviews‘The Other Laurens’: Cannes Review
Deadpan humour steers this freewheeling but slow-burn noir
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Reviews‘The Book Of Solutions’: Cannes Review
Michel Gondry returns with this offbeat comedy about a neurotic filmmaker
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Reviews‘Mambar Pierrette’: Cannes Review
A free-spirited seamstress navigates poverty and patriarchy in the Cameroonian city of Douala