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Directors' Fortnight
(*Quinzaine des cinéastes*)
Location	Théâtre Croisette, J. W. Marriott, Cannes, France
Founded	1969
Language	French, English
Website	www.quinzaine-cineastes.fr

The Directors' Fortnight (French: Quinzaine des cinéastes, formerly Quinzaine des réalisateurs)^[1] is an independent section held in parallel to the 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]

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
Paolo Moretti [fr] – 2018–2022
Julien Rejl – 2023–present

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]

Year	English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production Country	Ref.
2024	Universal Language	Une Langue universelle	Matthew Rankin	Canada	^[6]

Europa Cinemas Label Award Winners

The award was created in 2003, and highlights European productions screened at the Directors Fortnight section:^[7]

Year	English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production Country
2003	The Mother		Roger Michell	United Kingdom
2003	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	Italy
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

Other Awards

Art Cinema Award
SACD Prize
Illy Prize

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.
^ "Cannes - Directors' Fortnight - cinema.front.festival_meta_title". Europa Cinema. Retrieved 2024-04-15.

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

External links

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[1] Leffler, Rebecca (30 March 2023). "Cannes' Directors' Fortnight unveils 2023 poster and gears up for revamped edition". Screen Daily. Retrieved 31 March 2023.

[2] Peter Bradshaw (May 14, 2007). "Radicalism at Cannes? It's unlikely". Guardian Unlimited. Retrieved 2015-07-30.

[3] 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.

[4] "The "People's Choice": a vote for singularity!". Quinzaine des cinéastes. Retrieved 2024-05-23.

[5] 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.

[6] 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.

[7] "Cannes - Directors' Fortnight - cinema.front.festival_meta_title". Europa Cinema. Retrieved 2024-04-15.

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