The independent festival sidebar, organized by the French Directors' Guild, runs May 14-24. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief The Directors’ Fortnight, the Cannes film festival independent ...

Directors’ Fortnight, the independent selection running alongside the Cannes Film Festival, has added Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid‘s “Yes” to its 2025 lineup. “Y., a jazz musician struggling to make ...

The last major Cannes sidebar lineup has now arrived with Directors’ Fortnight, and featured in the slate is perhaps our most-anticipated film across the entire festival: the world premiere of ...

The newcomer’s tragicomic debut, inspired by his childhood under Saddam Hussein, earns raves and the only audience prize across all Cannes sections. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief Iraqi ...

Eighteen features and 10 short films will be in the lineup of the independent Directors’ Fortnight section at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, organizers announced at a press conference on Tuesday ...

Hailed by Variety as a “warm and heart-tugging tale,” Hasan Hadi’s “The President’s Cake,” Iraq’s first film selected for Cannes, has won the Directors’ Fortnight People’s Choice prize, the first ...

Directors’ Fortnight will open its 57th edition next month with Enzo, written and developed by late Cannes d’Or winner Laurent Cantet before his death last April and directed by friend and ...

The French Directors’ Guild (SRF) will fete U.S. director Todd Haynes with its honorary Carrosse d’Or (Golden Carriage) award at the upcoming edition of its Cannes Directors’ Fortnight. Haynes will ...