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 head Julien Rejl tells IndieWire why the sidebar is never about pleasing "all the major forces at play" and instead offers a springboard for enfants terribles. That same selection ...

Canadian director Matthew Rankin’s Persian and French-language drama Universal Language has won the inaugural Audience Award of Directors’ Fortnight. This is the first official prize launched by ...