Heavy on the French film items and with a side dish of Chilean influence, this year’s Directors’ Fortnight also known as the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs is offering “double” Alejandro Jodorowosky, and the highly anticipated titles we predicted from the likes of Clio Barnard (The Selfish Giant) and Serge Bozon (Tip Top). Repping Chile, we have Sebastián Silva’s Magic Magic (review) which is joined by another Sundance preemed title in Jim Mickle’s We Are What We Are (fittingly this is the remake of Somos lo que hay (which was featured in the section in 2010). Upping the sci-fi quotient by joining the already announced The Congress, we find Ruairi Robinson highly anticipated feature debut with Last Days On Mars. Anurag Kashyap makes it two for two years, after unloading the almost six hour Gangs of Wasseypur, he returns with Ugly, while Tehilim (Main Comp in 2007) helmer Raphaël Nadjari returns to the Croisette with Above the Hill. On the U.S. indie sphere, Matthew Porterfield’s dp (Putty Hill, I Used to Be Darker) Jeremy Saulnier breaks into Cannes with his debut film (see production pic above) Blue Ruin. Included in the shorts section this year we have the likes of Radu Jude (The Happiest Girl in the World) and Swimmer from Lynne Ramsay. Section closes out with actress-turned director Yolande Moreau’s Henri. Here are the complete selections:
Above the Hill de / by Raphaël Nadjari (Israël, France) 95’
Première internationale / International premiere
Les Apaches* de / by Thierry De Peretti (France) 100’
Première mondiale / World premiere
Ate ver a luz / Après la nuit* de / by Basil Da Cunha (Suisse / Switzerland) 95’
Première mondiale / World premiere
Blue Ruin de / by Jeremy Saulnier (Etats-Unis / USA) 90’
Première mondiale / World premiere
Le Congrès de / by Ari Folman (Israël, Allemagne, Pologne / Israël, Germany, Poland)
La Danza de la realidad de / by Alejandro Jodorowsky (France) 130’
Première mondiale / World premiere
L’Escale* de / by Kaveh Bakhtiari (Suisse, France / Switzerland, France) 100’
Première mondiale / World premiere
La Fille du 14 Juillet* de / by Antonin Peretjako (France) 90’
Première mondiale / World premiere
Henri de / by Yolande Moreau (France) 105’
Première mondiale / World premiere
Ilo Ilo* de / by Anthony Chen (Singapour / Singapore) 99’
Première mondiale / World premiere
Jodorowsky’s Dune de / by Franck Pavich (France)
Première mondiale / World premiere
Last Days on Mars* de / by Ruairi Robinson (Royaume-Uni / United Kingdom) 95’
Première mondiale / World premiere
Les Garçons et Guillaume, à table !* de / by Guillaume Gallienne (France) 85’
Première internationale / International premiere
Magic Magic de / by Sebastian Silva (Etas-Unis / USA) 97’
On the Job de / by Erik Matti (Philippines) 116’
Première mondiale / World premiere
The Selfish Giant de / by Clio Barnard (Royaume-Uni / United Kingdom) 93’
Première mondiale / World premiere
Tip Top de / by Serge Bozon (France) 100’
Première mondiale / World premiere
Ugly de / by Anurag Kashyap (Inde / India)
Première mondiale / World premiere
Un voyageur de / by Marcel Ophuls (France) 106’
Première mondiale / World premiere
El verano de los peces voladores / L’été des poissons volants* de / by Marcela Said (France, Chili / Chile) 86’
Première mondiale / World premiere
We Are What We Are de / by Jim Mickle (Etats-Unis / USA) 100’
>>> COURTS METRAGES / SHORT FILMS
Gambozinos de / by João Nicolau (France, Portugal) 18’
Première mondiale / World premiere
Lágy Eső de / by Dénes Nagy (Belgique, Hongrie / Belgium, Hungary) 28’
Première mondiale / World premiere
Le Quepa sur la vilni ! de / by Yann Le Quellec (France) 38’
Première mondiale / World premiere
Man kann nicht auf einmal alles tun, aber man kann auf einmal alles lassen de / by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo
(Suisse / Switzerland) 15’
O Umbra de nor de / by Radu Jude (Roumanie / Romania) 30’
Première mondiale / World premiere
Pouco mais de um mês de / by André Novais Oliveira (Brésil / Brazil) 23’
Première internationale / International premiere
Que je tombe tout le temps de / by Eduardo Williams (France) 15’
Première mondiale / World premiere
Solecito de / by Oscar Ruiz Navia (Colombie, Danemark, France / Colombia, Denmark, France) 20’
Première mondiale / World premiere
Swimmer de / by Lynne Ramsay (Royaume-Uni / United Kingdom) 16’
Première internationale / International premiere
