Cannes Directors’ Fortnight Lineup Is Here: See Full List
The Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, running from May 14 to 24, has officially unveiled its full lineup, featuring 10 short and medium-length films alongside 18 feature films.
The ceremony will open with Enzo, a French drama about a 16-year-old boy who goes against his family’s wishes by starting his apprenticeship, where he meets a young Ukrainian boy who will change his life. Laurent Cantet and Robin Campillo wrote the film.
The event will end with Eva Victor’s Sorry, Baby, which premiered for the first time at the Sundance Film Festival. After its premiere, A24 backed the film and scheduled its release for June 27.
Two first-time directors will appear at the event this year. Valéry Carnoy will attend with her film, The Foxes Round, and Louise Hémon will appear with The Girl in the Snow.
Christian Petzold, a German film director, is slated to make his first appearance at Cannes with Miroirs No. 3. The project follows a hopeful pianist, played by Paula Beer, whose world turns upside down after she survives a car crash and a family offers to take her in and care for her.
Canadian director Anne Émond will bring her bilingual rom-com Peak Everything to Fortnight. Furthermore, Lee Sang-il will appear with a Japanese epic called Kokuho. Sean Byrne’s Dangerous Animals will also be highlighted.
The President’s Cake, taking place in Iraq, is set to be featured. The film by Hasan Hadi is about a girl and her friends who are tasked with making President Saddam Hussein’s birthday cake during his reign in the 1990s.
This year’s ceremony will also honor Todd Haynes, an American director who will receive the Carrosse d’Or Fortnight’s lifetime achievement award.
See the event’s full lineup below.
SHORT & MEDIUM LENGTH FILMS
+10K by Gala Hernández López
BEFORE THE SEA FORGETS by Ngọc Duy Lê
THE BODY by Louris van de Geer
BREAD WILL WALK (Le pain se lève) by Alex Boya
CŒUR BLEU (Blue Heart) by Samuel Suffren
KARMASH (کرمش) by Aleem Bukhari
LOYNES by Dorian Jespers
LA MORT DU POISSON (Death of the Fish) by Eva Lusbaronian
NERVOUS ENERGY by Eve Liu
WHEN THE GEESE FLEW by Arthur Gay
FEATURES FILMS
ENZO by Laurent Cantet, directed by Robin Campillo – opening film
AMOUR APOCALYPSE (Peak Everything) by Anne Émond
BRAND NEW LANDSCAPE (見はらし世代) by Yuiga Danzuka – first feature film
CLASSE MOYENNE (The Party’s Over!) de Antony Cordier
DANGEROUS ANIMALS by Sean Byrne
LA DANSE DES RENARDS (Wild Foxes) by Valéry Carnoy – first feature film
L’ENGLOUTIE (The Girl in the Snow) by Louise Hémon – first feature film
LES FILLES DÉSIR (The Girls We Want) by Prïncia Car – first feature film
GIRL ON EDGE (Hua yang shao nv sha ren shi jian) by Jinghao Zhou – first feature film
INDOMPTABLES by Thomas Ngijol
KOKUHO by Lee Sang-il
LUCKY LU by Lloyd Lee Choi – first feature film
MILITANTROPOS by Yelizaveta Smith, Alina Gorlova & Simon Mozgovyi
MIROIRS No. 3 (Mirrors No. 3 ) by Christian Petzold
LA MORT N’EXISTE PAS (Death Does Not Exist) by Félix Dufour-Laperrière
THE PRESIDENT’S CAKE (Mamlaket al-Qasab) by Hasan Hadi – first feature film
QUE MA VOLONTÉ SOIT FAITE (Her Will Be Done) by Julia Kowalski
SORRY, BABY by Eva Victor – first feature film – closing film
