Independent section held in parallel to the Cannes Film Festival
Directors' FortnightQuinzaine des cinéastes Location Théâtre Croisette, J. W. Marriott, Cannes, France Founded 1969 Language French, English Website www
The Directors' Fortnight (French : Quinzaine des cinéastes Quinzaine des réalisateurs [ 1] Cannes Film Festival . It was started in 1969 by the French Directors Guild after the events of May 1968 resulted in cancellation of the Cannes festival as an act of solidarity with striking workers.[ 2]
The Directors' Fortnight showcases a programme of shorts and feature films and documentaries worldwide.
Artistic directors
Programming is overseen by an artistic director. The current artistic director is Julien Rejl who has programmed Director's Fortnight since 2023.[ 3]
Past artistic directors include Pierre-Henri Deleau [fr ] (1969–1999), Marie-Pierre Macia [fr ] (1999-2003), Olivier Père (2004–2009), Frédéric Boyer (2009–2011), Édouard Waintrop [fr ] (2012–2018) and Paolo Moretti [fr ] (2018-2022).
Awards
Audience Award
In partnership with The Fondation Chantal Akerman, for the first time ever, the audience will award one of the films in the main selection with the "Audience Award " or "Choix du Public ". It's the first ever official award presented by the section, since its creation in 1969:[ 4] [ 5]
Europa Cinemas Label Award Winners
The award was created in 2003, and highlights European productions screened at the Directors Fortnight section:[ 8]
Year
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production Country
2003
The Mother Roger Michell
United Kingdom
Kitchen Stories Salmer fra kjokkenet
Bent Hamer
Norway, Sweden
2004
In the Battlefields معارك حب
Danielle Arbid
Lebanon, France, Belgium, Germany
2005
The Moustache La moustache
Emmanuel Carrère
France
2006
12:08 East of Bucharest A fost sau n-a fost?
Corneliu Porumboiu
Romania
2007
Control Anton Corbijn
United Kingdom, Australia
2008
Eldorado Bouli Lanners
Belgium, France
2009
La Pivellina Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel
Italy, Austria
2010
Le Quattro Volte Michelangelo Frammartino
Italy, Germany, Switzerland
2011
Breathing Atmen
Karl Markovics
Austria
2012
The Repentant التائب
Merzak Allouache
Algeria
2013
The Selfish Giant Clio Barnard
United Kingdom
2014
Love at First Fight Les Combattants
Thomas Cailley
France
2015
Mustang Deniz Gamze Ergüven
France, Germany, Turkey
2016
Mercenary Mercenaire
Sacha Wolff
France
2017
A Ciambra Jonas Carpignano
Italy
2018
Lucia's Grace Troppa Grazia
Gianni Zanasi
2019
Alice and the Mayor Alice et le Maire
Nicolas Pariser
France
2021
A Chiara Jonas Carpignano
Italy, France, United States, Sweden
2022
One Fine Morning Un beau matin
Mia Hansen-Løve
France, Germany
2023
Creatura Elena Martín Gimeno
Spain
2024
The Other Way Around Volveréis
Jonás Trueba
Spain, France
2025
Wild Foxes
La danse des renards
Valéry Carnoy
France, Belgium
Awarded to the best French-language feature of the sidebar.
Year
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production Country
Ref.
2025
Wild Foxes
La danse des renards
Valéry Carnoy
France, Belgium
[ 9]
Retired Awards
Art Cinema Award
Other Awards
See also
References
^ Leffler, Rebecca (30 March 2023). "Cannes' Directors' Fortnight unveils 2023 poster and gears up for revamped edition" . Screen Daily . Retrieved 31 March 2023 . ^ Peter Bradshaw (May 14, 2007). "Radicalism at Cannes? It's unlikely" . Guardian Unlimited . Retrieved 2015-07-30 .^ Vagenas, Maria Giovanna (2005-02-08). "Groundbreaking Cinephilia: A Conversation with Julien Rejl, Artistic Director of the Directors' Fortnight – Senses of Cinema" . Retrieved 2024-04-17 . ^ "The "People's Choice": a vote for singularity!" . Quinzaine des cinéastes . Retrieved 2024-05-23 .^ Erbland, Kate (2024-03-27). "Cannes Directors' Fortnight Section Sets Festival's First Audience Award, in Honor of Chantal Akerman" . IndieWire . Retrieved 2024-05-23 . ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (2024-05-23). "Directors' Fortnight: Matthew Rankin's 'Universal Language' Wins Inaugural Audience Award; Europa Cinema & SACD Prize Winners" . Deadline . Retrieved 2024-05-23 . ^ Hopewell, John (2025-05-22). "Cannes Directors' Fortnight: 'The President's Cake,' Iraq's First Film at the Festival, Wins People's Choice Audience Award" . Variety . Retrieved 2025-05-22 . ^ "Cannes - Directors' Fortnight - cinema.front.festival_meta_title" . Europa Cinema . Retrieved 2024-04-15 .^ "Cannes Directors' Fortnight: 'The President's Cake,' Iraq's First Film at the Festival, Wins People's Choice Audience Award" . Variety . 2025-05-22. Retrieved 2025-05-23 .^ "Cannes' Carrosse d'Or goes to Todd Haynes" . Cineuropa - the best of european cinema . 2025-04-01. Retrieved 2025-04-01 .^ Tartaglione, Nancy (2014-05-23). "Cannes: Cannes: 'Love At First Fight' Sweeps Directors' Fortnight" . Deadline . ^ Frater, Patrick (2015-05-22). "Cannes: Cannes: 'Embrace of the Serpent' Tops Directors' Fortnight Awards" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 2025-05-25 . ^ Frater, Patrick (2016-05-20). "Cannes: 'Wolf & Sheep' Rounds up Directors' Fortnight Prize" . Variety . Retrieved 2025-05-25 . ^ "Cannes Awards: Controversial Swedish Satire 'The Square' Wins Palme d'Or" . 28 May 2017.^ "Gaspar Noé's 'Climax' Dances off with Directors' Fortnight Top Prize – Cannes" . 17 May 2018.
Bibliography
Pierre-Henri Deleau: La Quinzaine des réalisateurs à Cannes: Cinéma en liberté : 1969-1993 (Broché), Editions de La Martinière, 1993
Olivier Thévenin: Sociologie d'une institution cinématographique : La S.R.F. et la Quinzaine des réalisateurs (Broché), Paris: l'Harmattan, 2009, ISBN 2-296-09457-0
Documentaries
40x15.Les Quarante Ans de la Quinzaine des Réalisateurs , directed by Olivier Jahan, 97 min, 2008 details
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