The Directors' Fortnight (french: Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) is an independent selection of the
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films o ...
. It was started in 1969 by the French Directors Guild after the events of
May 1968
The following events occurred in May 1968:
May 1, 1968 (Wednesday)
* CARIFTA, the Caribbean Free Trade Association, was formally created as an agreement between Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago.
* RAF Strike ...
resulted in cancellation of the Cannes festival as an act of solidarity with striking workers.
The Directors' Fortnight showcases a programme of shorts and feature films and
documentaries
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in term ...
worldwide.
Artistic directors
Programming is overseen by an artistic director. The current artistic director is Paolo Moretti who has programmed Director's Fortnight since 2018.
* – 1969–1999
* – 1999–2003
*
Olivier Père
Born in 1971 in Marseilles, a French national, Olivier Père graduated with a degree in Humanities from the University of Sorbonne ( Paris IV).
He joined the French Cinémathèque in 1995, and soon became in charge of the programme, organizing n ...
– 2004–2009
*
Frédéric Boyer Frédéric Boyer (born 2 March 1961, Cannes) is a French author of novels, poems, essays, and translations.
Biography
A former student of the École normale supérieure de Fontenay Saint-Cloud, he coordinated the ''Bible Nouvelle Traduction'' (Ba ...
– 2009–2011
* – 2012–2018
* – 2018–
Awards
*Art Cinema Award
*SACD Prize
*Europa Cinemas Label Award
*Illy Prize
References
Bibliography
* Pierre-Henri Deleau: ''La Quinzaine des réalisateurs à Cannes: Cinéma en liberté : 1969-1993'' (Broché), Editions de La Martinière, 1993
* Olivier Thévenin: ''Sociologie d'une institution cinématographique : La S.R.F. et la Quinzaine des réalisateurs'' (Broché), Paris: l'Harmattan, 2009,
Documentaries
*''40x15.Les Quarante Ans de la Quinzaine des Réalisateurs'', directed by Olivier Jahan, 97 min, 200
details
External links
Directors' Fortnight official websiteScott Foundas - A Brief History of the Directors' Fortnight
Recurring events established in 1969
Cannes Film Festival
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