All Directors' Fortnight articles – Page 6
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NewsDirectors’ Fortnight title ‘Under The Fig Tree’ sells to France, Middle East (exclusive)
French-Tunisian director Erige Sehiri’s first fiction feature follows youngsters working in the fig harvest in Tunisia.
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NewsIndie Sales boards Ali Cherri’s Directors’ Fortnight title ‘The Dam’ (exclusive)
Lebanese director Cherri is also a celebrated artist whose work is currently showing at The National Gallery and Venice Biennale
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NewsTotem boards Annie Ernaux’s Directors’ Fortnight title ‘The Super 8 Years’ (exclusive)
The directorial debut of veteran French literary star revisits 1970s France through family home videos of the period.
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NewsKelly Reichardt to be feted with Directors’ Fortnight Carrosse d’Or award
US director will be in Cannes this year with Palme d’Or contender Showing Up.
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NewsCannes Directors’ Fortnight line-up includes Alex Garland, Mia Hansen-Løve, Mark Jenkin titles
The parallel section unveiled 23 titles on Tuesday, with a 24th selection to follow in the coming days.
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NewsPietro Marcello’s ‘Scarlet’ to open Directors’ Fortnight
The fantasy period drama marks the Italian director’s first French-language production.
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NewsCannes Directors’ Fortnight head Paolo Moretti to step down amid revamp
Italian-born Moretti was the first non-French national to head any Cannes section.
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NewsAfghan filmmaker exodus continues as Shahrbanoo Sadat quits country
The award-winning director is best known for Wolf And Sheep and The Orphanage.
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NewsCannes Camera d’Or winner ‘Murina’ secures UK-Ireland distributor (exclusive)
The film is executive produced by Martin Scorsese.
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NewsDirectors’ Fortnight prize winner ‘A Chiara’ heads to multiple territories for mk2 films (exclusive)
Film world premiered in Directors’ Fortnight winning top Europa Cinemas award.
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NewsBuzzy Cannes title ‘Hit The Road’ scores UK-Ireland distribution deal (exclusive)
The film was a critical hit at this month’s festival.
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Reviews‘The Tsugua Diaries’: Cannes Review
Miguel Gomes and Maureen Fazendeiro deliver .the oddest, most playful product of lockdown cinema.
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News'A Chiara’, ‘Magnetic Beats’ win Cannes Directors’ Fortnight awards
Sidebar winners directed by Jonas Carpignano and Vincent Maël Cardona.
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News‘Our Men’: first trailer for Directors’ Fortnight closing film starring Louis Garrel and Camille Cottin
Rachel Lang’s Corsica-set drama Our Men follows personal relationships of men who join the Foreign Legion.
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Reviews‘Europa’: Cannes Review
An Iraqi refugee desperate for a new life attempts to outrun bloodthirsty Turkish ‘migrant hunters’
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Reviews‘Neptune Frost’: Cannes Review
Cyber-musical from Rwanda showing in Directors’ Fortnight displays defiant and dizzying originality
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Reviews‘The Braves’: Cannes Review
A female friendship comes under strain in Anais Volpe’s Directors’ Fortnight title
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Reviews‘Ripples Of Life’: Cannes Review
For his second feature, Wei Shujun serves up a satricial exploration of the pursuit of authenticity
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Reviews‘Murina’: Cannes Review
Tense debut set on a Croatian island promises an explosive payoff – and delivers
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Reviews‘Medusa’: Cannes Review
Brazillian filmmaker Anita Rocha da Silveria cements her reputation with this stylish satire