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Apr 23, 2023
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Directors' Fortnight 2023 selection

 

Julien Rejl, Artistic Director of the Directors' Fortnight, has revealed the Selection of its 55th edition.

"The Directors’ Fortnight was born when a community of directors came together with the desire to create an independent space that would encourage the emergence of free filmmaking regardless of geographical provenance or any other limiting criteria. At the heart of the creation of the Directors’ Fortnight was the singular quality of a work of art and the impossibility of pigeonholing it.

We have chosen to present 30 films to you which, through their own unique language, embody a spirit of resistance to any form of ideology and to dominant narratives."

Discover the list of selected feature films and short films and download the press kit.

 

AXXAM YAṚƔA, MAQAṚ ANSAḤMU (The House Is on Fire, Might as Well Get Warm / La maison brûle, autant se réchauffer) 

by Mouloud Aït Liotna 

 

DANS LA TÊTE UN ORAGE (A Storm Inside)  

by Clément Pérot

 

IL COMPLEANNO DI ENRICO (The Birthday Party / L’Anniversaire d’Enrico) 

by Francesco Sossai

 

J'AI VU LE VISAGE DU DIABLE (I Saw the Face of the Devil)

by Julia Kowalski

 

LEMON TREE 

by Rachel Walden

 

MARGARETHE 89 

by Lucas Malbrun

 

MAST-DEL 

by Maryam Tafakory

 

OYU 

by Atsushi Hirai

 

THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY 

by Faris Alrjoob

 

XIA RI FU BEN (Talking to the River) 

by Yue Pan

 

VAL ABRAÃO (Val Abraham / Abraham’s Valley) 

by Manoel de Oliveira

Special screnning

 

LE PROCÈS GOLDMAN (The Goldman Case) 

by Cédric Kahn 

Opening film

 

AGRA 

by Kanu Behl

 

L’AUTRE LAURENS (The Other Laurens) 

by Claude Schmitz

 

BÊN TRONG VỎ KÉN VÀNG (Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell) 

by Thien An Pham 

First feature film

 

BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY (Merle merle mûre)

by Elene Naveriani

 

BLAZH (Grace / La Grâce) 

by Ilya Povolotsky 

First feature film

 

CONANN (She Is Conann) 

by Bertrand Mandico

 

CREATURA 

by Elena Martín Gimeno

 

DÉSERTS 

by Faouzi Bensaïdi

 

IN FLAMES

by Zarrar Kahn 

First feature film

 

LÉGUA 

by Filipa Reis & João Miller Guerra

 

LE LIVRE DES SOLUTIONS (The Book of Solutions) 

by Michel Gondry

 

MAMBAR PIERRETTE 

by Rosine Mbakam

 

RIDDLE OF FIRE (Conte de feu) 

by Weston Razooli 

First feature film

 

THE FEELING THAT THE TIME FOR DOING SOMETHING HAS PASSED

by Joanna Arnow 

First feature film

 

THE SWEET EAST 

by Sean Price Williams

 

UN PRINCE (A Prince) 

by Pierre Creton

 

XIAO BAI CHUAN (A Song Sung Blue) 

by Zihan Geng 

First feature film

 

WOO-RI-UI-HA-RU (In Our Day) 

by Hong Sang-soo 

Closing film

Download the press kit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Watch the 2023 Selection between June 7 and 18 in about 30 arthouse theaters throughout France, thanks to our new event: THE FORTNIGHT EXTENDED.

To give arthouse cinema audiences the opportunity to discover the selection right after the Cannes Film Festival, the Directors' Fortnight will be organizing premieres of the films from the latest edition over a 10-day period, in 32 associated cinemas in France. A unique event which places theaters at the heart of the current political conversation.

 

Supported by BNP Paribas, Région SUD, Forum des images, SACD.

In partnership with SPI, DIRE, SDI, SCARE, Dulac Cinémas, mk2

Info & theaters list 

 

 

 

Directors' Fortnight 

Artistic Director: Julien Rejl

Managing Director: Christophe Leparc



Press: Jean-Charles Canu et Catherine Giraud

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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