Created by the French Directors Guild in the wake of the events of May ’68, la Quinzaine des réalisateurs (the Directors’ Fortnight) is an independent section held during the Cannes Film Festival.
Striving to be eclectic and receptive to all forms of cinematic expression, la Quinzaine des réalisateurs pays particular attention to the annual production of fiction features, short films and documentaries, to the emergence of independent fringe filmmaking, and even to contemporary popular genres, provided these films are the expression of an individual talent and an original directorial style.
La Quinzaine des réalisateurs is a non-competitive sidebar, but partners of the Société des Réalisateurs Français, the French directors’ group that organizes the event, do attribute honors. First films showing…