Directors Fortnight
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Cannes 2025
Cannes 2025 (Directors’ Fortnight): Death Does Not Exist | Interview with Félix Dufour-Laperrière
"It is our collective responsibility to keep the world livable and decent," director Félix Dufour-Laperrière told us, as we discussed…
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Cannes 2025
Cannes 2025 (Directors’ Fortnight): Mirrors No. 3 (dir. Christian Petzold) | Review
Christian Petzold’s "Mirrors No. 3" drifts like a quiet spell through grief and substitution, asking whether healing means becoming whole—or…
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Cannes 2025
Cannes 2025 (Directors’ Fortnight): Enzo (dirs. Laurent Cantet, Robin Campillo) | Review
"Enzo" opened the Quinzaine with a tender, quietly powerful portrait of a young adult seeking his place.
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Cannes 2025
Cannes 2025 (Directors’ Fortnight): Death Does Not Exist (dir. Félix Dufour-Laperrière) | Review
Félix Dufour-Laperrière finds beauty in resistance and identity in his haunting yet deeply hopeful animated film "Death Does Not Exist"…
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Interview
Universal Language: “Creating proximity where there seems to be distance” | Exclusive Interview
“We made the film from a position of 'no borders,' trying to create proximity between spaces that are typically separate,”…
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Cannes 2024
Cannes 2024 (Directors’ Fortnight): Desert of Namibia | Interview of Yôko Yamanaka
Yôko Yamanaka, seeking life's puzzles to solve, explores the intricate emotions of youth and self-discovery in her captivating film "Desert…
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Cannes 2024
Cannes 2024: Directors’ Factory Philippines | Interview
Interviews with the eight young directors taking part in the Directors' Factory Philippines were a riot of laughter, anecdotes, and…
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Cannes 2024
Cannes 2024 (Directors’ Fortnight): Mongrel (by Chiang Wei Liang & You Qiao Yin) | Review
Singaporean filmmaker Chiang Wei Liang continues to explore migrant labor and the diaspora of Southeast Asians in his handsomely mounted…
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Cannes 2024
Cannes 2024 (Directors’ Fortnight): Sister Midnight | Interview of Karan Kandhari
Quirky, dark humour makes "Sister Midnight" fabulous. We interviewed Indian director Karan Kandhari in the wake of the premiere of…
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Cannes 2024
Cannes 2024 (Directors’ Fortnight): Eephus | Interview of Carson Lund
We interviewed filmmaker Carson Lund on his debut directorial feature "Eephus," a film about a small-town baseball team who has…
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