All Directors' Fortnight articles 1o4q73

  • Eephus
    News

    Directors’ Fortnight comedy drama ‘Eephus’ acquired for French release (exclusive) 2o5h4v

    2024-06-06T09:08:00Z 694v5d

    Carson Lund’s debut feature will be released theatrically at the start of 2025. 

  • Universal Language
    News

    ‘Universal Language’ wins inaugural Cannes Directors’ Fortnight audience award 56184

    2024-05-23T20:08:00Z

    The late Sophie Fillieres’ final feature ‘This Life Of Mine’ won the SACD prize for best French film.

  • The Other Way Around
    News

    ‘The Other Way Around’ wins Cannes Directors’ Fortnight Europa Cinemas prize 6f6p3j

    2024-05-23T17:00:00Z

    Second year in a row that a Spanish film has won the award.

  • 'To A Land Unknown'
    Reviews

    ‘To A Land Unknown’: Cannes Review 525z10

    2024-05-22T08:30:00Z

    Two Palestinian refugees are stranded in Athens in Mahdi Fleifel’s raw, resonant drama

  • East Of Noon
    Reviews

    ‘East Of Noon’: Cannes Review b1u5s

    2024-05-21T17:05:00Z

    Surrealist-tinged Egyptian fable is Hala Elkoussy’s distinctive follow-up to ‘Cactus Flower’

  • Eat The Night
    Reviews

    ‘Eat The Night’: Cannes Review 14m1f

    2024-05-21T11:31:00Z

    Three French teens juggle edgy real-life with gaming fantasy in this disappointing thriller from the ‘Jessica Forever’ team

  • The Village Next To Paradise
    Reviews

    ‘The Village Next To Paradise’: Cannes Review 52t6s

    2024-05-21T11:30:00Z

    A family attempts to follow their dreams on the coast of Somalia in this Un Certain Regard debut

  • The Other Way Around
    Reviews

    ‘The Other Way Around’: Cannes Review 302c12

    2024-05-20T21:10:00Z

    Jonas Trueba’s first film in Cannes follows a young Spanish couple who decide to celebrate their break-up

  • Mongrel
    Reviews

    ‘Mongrel’: Cannes Review 6mz

    2024-05-20T08:53:00Z

    An undocumented Thai man works as a caregiver in this sobering Directors Fortnight debut set in Taiwan

  • The Falling Sky
    Reviews

    ‘The Falling Sky’: Cannes Review 5n2v6a

    2024-05-19T14:35:00Z

    Singular, uncompromising documentary details the threat posed to the Indigenous tribes of Brazil

  • 'Sister Midnight'
    Reviews

    ‘Sister Midnight’: Cannes Review 92a18

    2024-05-19T11:35:00Z

    Radhika Apte is sensational as a newly-married woman who discovers her wild side in this dark Mumbai-set comedy

  • Eephus
    Reviews

    ‘Eephus’: Cannes Review 42w3d

    2024-05-19T08:23:00Z

    Two local, middle-aged baseball teams play one final game in this poignant slice of Americana

  • Desert Of Namibia
    Reviews

    ‘Desert Of Namibia’: Cannes Review 3k5k4j

    2024-05-18T14:59:00Z

    A young Japanese woman struggles with her claustrophobic Tokyo life in this Directors’ Fortnight title

  • Savanna And The Mountain
    Reviews

    ‘Savanna And The Mountain’: Cannes Review 56581r

    2024-05-18T14:05:00Z

    Hybrid documentary becomes part of the protest as villagers in rural Portugal fight to save their way of life

  • Visiting Hours
    Reviews

    ‘Visiting Hours’: Cannes Review 4ie1g

    2024-05-18T11:18:00Z

    Isabelle Huppert stars in Patricia Mazuy’s offbeat drama which charts an unlikely friendship between two women

  • Universal Language
    Reviews

    ‘Universal Language’: Cannes Review 3t3o1a

    2024-05-18T08:15:00Z

    Iranian culture is transposed onto Winnipeg in this conceptual Canadian comedy

  • Christmas Eve In Miller's Point
    Reviews

    ‘Christmas Eve In Miller’s Point’: Cannes Review 2b515s

    2024-05-17T12:15:00Z

    Michael Cera s an ensemble cast for this probing Italian-American family drama set in a Long Island home

  • The Hyperboreans
    Reviews

    ‘The Hyperboreans’: Cannes Review 4bh70

    2024-05-16T14:05:00Z

    Chilean provocateurs Cristobal Leon and Joaquin Cocina turn the full force of their craft to a reverie involving right-wing extremist Miguel Serrano

  • In His Own Image
    Reviews

    ‘In His Own Image’: Cannes Review 2y1750

    2024-05-16T11:40:00Z

    Corsica’s fight for independence is told through the experiences of a young photographer in this dry drama

  • 'Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed'
    Reviews

    ‘Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed’: Cannes Review 4j2r1u

    2024-05-16T08:25:00Z

    A mother and daughter step up to run the family’s gambling den on an estate outside Buenos Aires in this grungy Directors Fortnight noir