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 ...
. It was started in 1969 by the French Directors Guild after the events of
May 1968 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
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Olivier Père – 2004–2009
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Frédéric Boyer – 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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