After the official selection of the Cannes festival, the parallel selections. The list of films for the Quinzaine des Cinéastes was unveiled on Tuesday 18 April. Previously called Directors’ Fortnight, this non-competitive list has been rebranded out of a desire for more inclusive language.
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A total of 19 features were selected, 32% of which were directed by women, and ten shorts.
Movies from around the world
Among the selected films, The Goldman process by Cédric Kahn, about the far-left activist in the 1970s will open, while South Korean Hong Sang-soo, a regular at major festivals, is selected to close Woo-ru-ui-ha-ru.
There are also some (very) well-known names. Frenchman Michel Gondry (behind The eternal sunshine of an immaculate mindwill present The book of solutionsa” comedy about the creative process (…) of a manic-depressive director “, with Pierre Niney and Blanche Gardin, announced the general delegate of the Fortnight, Julien Rejl.
Most of the selection is centered around discoveries, especially with Agra by Kanu Behl, an Indian film about the repression of sexuality, Adorn by Ilya Povolotsky, Russian road movie “Totally independent » filmed in 2021 or Mambar Pierrette by Rosine Mbakam, Belgian-Cameroonian feature film ” between fiction and documentary “over the course of a” mother-courage “.
The films of the Quinzaine des cinéastes from 16 to 27 May
The feature films
Manoel de Oliveira – Vale abraao
Cedric Kahn – The Goldman process
Kanu Behl – Agra
Claude Schmitz- The other Laurens
Thien An Pham – Ben Trong vo Ken Vàng
Elena Naveriani – Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry
Ilya Povolotsky – Adorn
Bertrand Mandoci – Conan
Elena Martino Gimeno – Creature
Faouzi Bensaidi – deserts
Zarrar Khan – On fire
Filipa Reis & João Miller Guerra – League
Michael Gondry – The book of solutions
Rosina Mbakam – Mambar Pierrette
Weston Razoli – Fire puzzle
Joanna Arnow- The feeling that the time to do something has passed
Sean Price Williams- The Sweet East
Pierre Creton – A prince
Zihan Geng- Xiao Bai Chuan
Hong Sang-soo – Woo-Ri-Ui-Ha-Ru
The short films
Mouloud Aït Liotna – AXXAM YAṚƔA, MAQAṚ ANSAḤMU
Clement Perot – A storm ahead
Francesco Sossai – Henry’s birthday
Julia Kowalski- I have seen the face of the devil
Rachel Walden- lemon tree
Luca Malbrun – Margaret 89
Maryam Tafakory – Del tree
Atsushi Hirai – Oio
Faris Alrjoob – The Red Sea makes me want to cry
Yue Pan- Xia Ri Fu Ben
Source: Madmoizelle
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