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{{Short description|Independent section held in parallel to the Cannes Film Festival}}

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}}The Directors’ Fortnight (, formerly )NEWS, Leffler, Rebecca, 30 March 2023,www.screendaily.com/news/cannes-directors-fortnight-unveils-2023-poster-and-gears-up-for-revamped-edition/5180701.article, Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight unveils 2023 poster and gears up for revamped edition, Screen Daily, 31 March 2023, 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.WEB,www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2007/may/14/itsunlikelytherewillbeany, Radicalism at Cannes? It’s unlikely, 2015-07-30, Peter Bradshaw, Peter Bradshaw, May 14, 2007, Guardian Unlimited, 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.WEB, Vagenas, Maria Giovanna, 2005-02-08, Groundbreaking Cinephilia: A Conversation with Julien Rejl, Artistic Director of the Directors’ Fortnight – Senses of Cinema,www.sensesofcinema.com/2023/interviews/groundbreaking-cinephilia-a-conversation-with-julien-rejl-artistic-director-of-the-directors-fortnight/, 2024-04-17, en-US,

• {{ill|Pierre-Henri Deleau|fr}} – 1969–1999
• {{ill|Marie-Pierre Macia|fr}} – 1999–2003
• Olivier Père – 2004–2009
• Frédéric Boyer – 2009–2011
• {{ill|Édouard Waintrop|fr}} – 2012–2018
• {{ill|Paolo Moretti (director)|fr|Paolo Moretti (programmateur cinéma)|lt=Paolo Moretti}} – 2018–2022
• Julien Rejl – 2023–present

Official Awards

Europa Cinemas Label Award Winners

The Europa Cinemas Label was created at the Directors’ Fortnight in 2003.WEB, Cannes - Directors’ Fortnight - cinema.front.festival_meta_title,www.europa-cinemas.org/en/festival/cannes-directors-fortnight, 2024-04-15, Europa Cinema, en, {| class=“wikitable“!Year!English title!Original title!Director(s)!Production Country! rowspan=“2” |2003The 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!2005The Moustache (film)>The Moustache|La moustache|Emmanuel Carrère|France!2006|(12:08 East of Bucharest)|A fost sau n-a fost?|Corneliu Porumboiu|Romania!2007Control|Anton Corbijn|United Kingdom, Australia!2008Eldorado|Bouli Lanners|Belgium, France!2009La Pivellina|Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel|Italy, Austria!2010Le Quattro Volte|Michelangelo Frammartino|Italy, Germany, Switzerland!2011Breathing (film)>Breathing|Atmen|Karl Markovics|Austria!2012The Repentant (2012 film)>The Repentant|التائب|Merzak Allouache|Algeria!2013The Selfish Giant|Clio Barnard|United Kingdom!2014Love at First Fight (film)>Love at First Fight|Les Combattants|Thomas Cailley|France!2015Mustang|Deniz Gamze Ergüven|France, Germany, Turkey!2016Mercenary (2016 film)>Mercenary|Mercenaire|Sacha Wolff|France!2017A Ciambra|Jonas CarpignanoItaly!2018|Lucia’s Grace|Troppa Grazia|Gianni Zanasi!2019Alice and the Mayor>Alice and the Mayor|Alice et le Maire|Nicolas Pariser|France!2021A Chiara|Jonas Carpignano|Italy, France, United States, Sweden!2022One Fine Morning (film)>One Fine Morning|Un beau matin|Mia Hansen-Løve|France, Germany!2023CreaturaElena Martín>Elena Martín Gimeno|Spain

Other Awards

• Art Cinema Award
• SACD Prize
• Illy Prize
• People’s Choice

References

{{Reflist}}

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 quinzaine-realisateurs.com/40x15-f14172.html" title="web.archive.org/web/20140808122109quinzaine-realisateurs.com/40x15-f14172.html">details

External links

• Directors’ Fortnight official website
• Scott Foundas - A Brief History of the Directors’ Fortnight

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