With its flashy red carpet premieres and hectic market, the Cannes Film Festival presents the grandest film industry spectacle in the world. With all the lively images of celebrities walking around outside the theaters, and news of dealmaking taking place in the Marché du Film, it’s almost too easy to forget that Cannes is actually a showcase for new movies, and one that faces more pressure to deliver quality than any other program out there. For 71 years, Cannes has asserted its dominance as the preeminent showcase for international cinema. Even as the way movies are seen and discussed continues to evolve, Cannes remains one constant on the world stage.
Of course, the 2018 edition has already demonstrated the contrast between the festival’s priorities and industry shifts after a public feud with Netflix led the platform to pull its movies from the lineup, while the distributors for some high-profile titles...
Of course, the 2018 edition has already demonstrated the contrast between the festival’s priorities and industry shifts after a public feud with Netflix led the platform to pull its movies from the lineup, while the distributors for some high-profile titles...
- 5/1/2018
- by Eric Kohn, David Ehrlich, Jenna Marotta, Anne Thompson, Kate Erbland and Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Wild Bunch and Le Pacte are joining forces on Egyptian-Austrian director A.B. Shawky’s drama “Yomeddine,” the sole feature debut set to world premiere in competition at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival.
Wild Bunch has taken international sales on the feature, while Le Pacte has acquired French distribution rights. Both deals were done before “Yomeddine” was selected to compete at Cannes.
“Yomeddine,” produced by Dina Emam at Egypt’s Desert Highway Pictures and co-produced by Mohamed Hefzy and Daniel Ziskind at Cairo-based production company Film Clinic (“Clash”), is an adventure-filled drama about a Christian Egyptian leper, Beshay, who lives in an aging leper colony in the middle of nowhere. After the death of wife, he bravely decides to leave the colony for the first time since he was abandoned there as a child, and embarks on a journey across Egypt to his hometown to find out why his father never kept his promise to return.
Wild Bunch has taken international sales on the feature, while Le Pacte has acquired French distribution rights. Both deals were done before “Yomeddine” was selected to compete at Cannes.
“Yomeddine,” produced by Dina Emam at Egypt’s Desert Highway Pictures and co-produced by Mohamed Hefzy and Daniel Ziskind at Cairo-based production company Film Clinic (“Clash”), is an adventure-filled drama about a Christian Egyptian leper, Beshay, who lives in an aging leper colony in the middle of nowhere. After the death of wife, he bravely decides to leave the colony for the first time since he was abandoned there as a child, and embarks on a journey across Egypt to his hometown to find out why his father never kept his promise to return.
- 4/17/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Underwhelmed by the recent announcement of the full Cannes Film Festival lineup and perhaps its lack of big-name auteurs? Some of the suspects you are looking for, Claire Denis, Terry Gilliam, et al, are still missing and may never turn up frankly, but today’s Directors’ Fortnight announcement may give cinephiles more to look forward to in May.
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The 50th edition of the Director’s Fortnight announced its full lineup and highlights include the surprise inclusion of a new, previously unknown Gaspar Noé picture called “Climax.” Never before discussed or reported, “Climax” follows on the heels of “Love,” Noé’s pornographic/erotic 3D drama that premiered in Competition at Cannes in 2015.
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The 50th edition of the Director’s Fortnight announced its full lineup and highlights include the surprise inclusion of a new, previously unknown Gaspar Noé picture called “Climax.” Never before discussed or reported, “Climax” follows on the heels of “Love,” Noé’s pornographic/erotic 3D drama that premiered in Competition at Cannes in 2015.
- 4/17/2018
- by The Playlist
- The Playlist
Nicolas Cage is heading to Cannes. The festival’s parallel sidebar Directors’ Fortnight has announced the 17 features that will screen this year, and the group includes world premieres from international favorites like Gaspar Noe’ and Ciro Guerra, plus acclaimed titles like “Mandy” and “Leave No Trace” that first wowed audiences at Sundance earlier this year.
2018 Directors’ Fortnight will open with the world premiere of “Birds of Passage,” from Colombian directors Guerra and Cristina Gallego. Guerra is best known as the director behind the Oscar-nominated “Embrace of the Serpent.” Another major world premiere will be Noe’s “Climax,” formerly known as “Psyché.” The director’s first film since “Love” is about a group of dancers in the 1990s who descend into madness after being drugged.
Directors’ Fortnight has become one of the most prestigious sidebars during the Cannes Film Festival. Last year, Fortnight premiere “The Florida Project” ended up being one...
2018 Directors’ Fortnight will open with the world premiere of “Birds of Passage,” from Colombian directors Guerra and Cristina Gallego. Guerra is best known as the director behind the Oscar-nominated “Embrace of the Serpent.” Another major world premiere will be Noe’s “Climax,” formerly known as “Psyché.” The director’s first film since “Love” is about a group of dancers in the 1990s who descend into madness after being drugged.
Directors’ Fortnight has become one of the most prestigious sidebars during the Cannes Film Festival. Last year, Fortnight premiere “The Florida Project” ended up being one...
- 4/17/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Following the first lineup announcement for the 71st Cannes Film Festival, yesterday Critics’ Week arrived, and now today we get two more sidebar reveals. First up, there’s Directors’ Fortnight, which opens with Birds of Passage, from Embrace of the Serpent director Ciro Guerra & Cristina Gallego. Also among the lineup is Gaspar Noé’s drug-fueled (of course) drama Climax, Mamoru Hosoda’s new animation Mirai, Romain Gavras’ Le monde est à toi, as well as Sundance favorites: Panos Cosmatos’ Mandy and Debra Granik’s Leave No Trace.
Check out the lineup below, followed by the Acid lineup, featuring Jim Cummings’ SXSW winner Thunder Road.
Cannes Directors’ Fortnight Lineup
Opening Film:
Birds of Passage (Ciro Guerra & Cristina Gallego)
Closing Film:
Troppa grazia (Gianni Zanasi)
Feature Films
Amin (Philippe Faucon)
Climax (Gaspar Noé)
Carmen y Lola (Arantxa Echevarria)
Cómprame un revólver de (Julio Hernández Cordón)
Les Confins du monde (Guillaume Nicloux)
El motoarrebatador (Agustín Toscano)
En Liberté!
Check out the lineup below, followed by the Acid lineup, featuring Jim Cummings’ SXSW winner Thunder Road.
Cannes Directors’ Fortnight Lineup
Opening Film:
Birds of Passage (Ciro Guerra & Cristina Gallego)
Closing Film:
Troppa grazia (Gianni Zanasi)
Feature Films
Amin (Philippe Faucon)
Climax (Gaspar Noé)
Carmen y Lola (Arantxa Echevarria)
Cómprame un revólver de (Julio Hernández Cordón)
Les Confins du monde (Guillaume Nicloux)
El motoarrebatador (Agustín Toscano)
En Liberté!
- 4/17/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The 50th edition of Directors’ Fortnight, the section running parallel to the Cannes Film Festival, will open with Colombian directors Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego’s “Birds of Passage.”
The lavishly shot “Birds of Passage,” which marks Guerra’s follow-up to his Oscar-nominated “Embrace of the Serpent,” takes place in Colombia in the 1970s, when the demand for marijuana hits Colombia, quickly turning farmers into seasoned businessmen. Unfolding in the Guajira desert, “Birds of Passage” follows a Wayuu indigenous family who take a leading role in this new drug trade and discover the perks of wealth and power but also encounter violence and tragedy.
Edouard Waintrop, who is serving his last turn as Directors’ Fortnight chief, said he was particularly happy to welcome back Guerra, who had presented “Embrace of the Serpent” in 2015. “‘Birds of Passage’ is a magnificent film and a powerful, epic mafia story filled with crime and treason,...
The lavishly shot “Birds of Passage,” which marks Guerra’s follow-up to his Oscar-nominated “Embrace of the Serpent,” takes place in Colombia in the 1970s, when the demand for marijuana hits Colombia, quickly turning farmers into seasoned businessmen. Unfolding in the Guajira desert, “Birds of Passage” follows a Wayuu indigenous family who take a leading role in this new drug trade and discover the perks of wealth and power but also encounter violence and tragedy.
Edouard Waintrop, who is serving his last turn as Directors’ Fortnight chief, said he was particularly happy to welcome back Guerra, who had presented “Embrace of the Serpent” in 2015. “‘Birds of Passage’ is a magnificent film and a powerful, epic mafia story filled with crime and treason,...
- 4/17/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Noé, Faucon and Rosales feature in 50th anniversary edition marked by strong Hispanic, French presence.
Gaspar Noé’s Climax, Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego’s Birds of Passage, and Mamoru Hosoda’s feature animation Mirai are among the features that will premiere in the 50th anniversary edition of Directors’ Fortnight this year.
Artistic director Edouard Waintrop unveiled his final selection, ahead of his departure this autumn, at a press conference at the Forum des Images in Paris on Tuesday (April 17). The 50th edition line-up – running May 9-19 - comprises 20 features and another 11 short films.
“I would like to thank the...
Gaspar Noé’s Climax, Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego’s Birds of Passage, and Mamoru Hosoda’s feature animation Mirai are among the features that will premiere in the 50th anniversary edition of Directors’ Fortnight this year.
Artistic director Edouard Waintrop unveiled his final selection, ahead of his departure this autumn, at a press conference at the Forum des Images in Paris on Tuesday (April 17). The 50th edition line-up – running May 9-19 - comprises 20 features and another 11 short films.
“I would like to thank the...
- 4/17/2018
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Update: Outgoing Directors’ Fortnight chief Edouard Waintrop revealed a 20-strong 50th anniversary lineup today that includes a return engagement for some, and a surprise inclusion for one of the most controversial filmmakers ever to hit the Croisette. Gaspar Noé will world premiere his Climax, appearing for the first time in the section after turns in Official Selection with such films as Love, Enter The Void and Irreversible. Climax has been kept close to the vest, with some conflicting information circulating (we will update when we know more).
The Fortnight will open with Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra’s Birds Of Passage. The 1970s-set film about the early days of the drug trade is a return to the section for Guerra whose 2015 Embrace Of The Serpent became Colombia’s first Foreign Language Oscar nominee.
Also notable on the roster are Guillaume Nicloux’s Les Confins Du Monde. His Valley Of Love...
The Fortnight will open with Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra’s Birds Of Passage. The 1970s-set film about the early days of the drug trade is a return to the section for Guerra whose 2015 Embrace Of The Serpent became Colombia’s first Foreign Language Oscar nominee.
Also notable on the roster are Guillaume Nicloux’s Les Confins Du Monde. His Valley Of Love...
- 4/17/2018
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
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