Directors' Fortnight

The Directors' Fortnight (, formerly ) is an independent section held in parallel to the Cannes Film Festival. 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 worldwide.

Artistic directors Programming is overseen by an artistic director. The current artistic director is Julien Rejl who has programmed Director's Fortnight since 2023.

Past artistic directors include (1969–1999), (1999-2003), Olivier Père (2004–2009), Frédéric Boyer (2009–2011), (2012–2018) and (2018-2022).

Awards

Audience Award In partnership with The Fondation Chantal Akerman, for the first time ever, the audience will award one of the films in the main selection with the "Audience Award" or "Choix du Public" in 2024. It's the first ever official award presented by the section, since its creation in 1969: YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryRef.2024Universal LanguageUne Langue universelleMatthew RankinCanada2025The President's Cakeمملكة القصبHasan HadiIraq, Qatar, United States2026I See Buildings Fall Like LightningClio BarnardUnited Kingdom, France, United States

Europa Cinemas Label Award Winners The award was created in 2003, and highlights European productions screened at the Directors Fortnight section: YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country2003The MotherRoger MichellUnited KingdomKitchen StoriesSalmer fra kjokkenetBent HamerNorway, Sweden2004In the Battlefieldsمعارك حبDanielle ArbidLebanon, France, Belgium, Germany2005The MoustacheLa moustacheEmmanuel CarrèreFrance200612:08 East of BucharestA fost sau n-a fost?Corneliu PorumboiuRomania2007ControlAnton CorbijnUnited Kingdom, Australia2008EldoradoBouli LannersBelgium, France2009La PivellinaTizza Covi and Rainer FrimmelItaly, Austria2010Le Quattro VolteMichelangelo FrammartinoItaly, Germany, Switzerland2011BreathingAtmenKarl MarkovicsAustria2012The RepentantالتائبMerzak AllouacheAlgeria2013The Selfish GiantClio BarnardUnited Kingdom2014Love at First FightLes CombattantsThomas CailleyFrance2015MustangDeniz Gamze ErgüvenFrance, Germany, Turkey2016MercenaryMercenaireSacha WolffFrance2017A CiambraJonas CarpignanoItaly2018Lucia's GraceTroppa GraziaGianni Zanasi2019Alice and the MayorAlice et le MaireNicolas PariserFrance2021A ChiaraJonas CarpignanoItaly, France, United States, Sweden2022One Fine MorningUn beau matinMia Hansen-LøveFrance, Germany2023CreaturaElena Martín GimenoSpain2024The Other Way AroundVolveréisJonás TruebaSpain, France2025Wild FoxesLa danse des renardsValéry CarnoyFrance, Belgium2026Too Many Beastsl'Espèce ExplosiveSarah ArnoldGermany, France

SACD Coup de Cœur Prize Awarded to the best French-language feature of the sidebar. YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryRef.2025Wild FoxesLa danse des renardsValéry CarnoyFrance, Belgium2026ShanaLila PinellFrance

Carrosse d'Or YearDirector(s)Nationality2002Jacques RozierFrance2003Clint EastwoodUnited States2004Nanni MorettiItaly2005Ousmane SembèneSenegal2006David CronenbergCanada2007Alain CavalierFrance2008Jim JarmuschUnited States2009Naomi KawaseJapan2010Agnès VardaFrance2011Jafar PanahiIran2012Nuri Bilge CeylanTurkey2013Jane CampionNew Zealand2014Alain Resnais (posthumous)France2015Jia ZhangkeChina2016Aki KaurismäkiFinland2017Werner HerzogGermany2018Martin ScorseseUnited States2019John Carpenter2021Frederick Wiseman2022Kelly Reichardt2023Souleymane CisséMali2024Andrea ArnoldUnited Kingdom2025Todd HaynesUnited States2026Claire DenisFrance

Retired awards

Art Cinema Award YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryRef.2014Love at First FightLes CombattantsThomas CailleyFrance2015Embrace of the SerpentEl abrazo de la serpienteCiro GuerraColombia, Venezuela, Argentina2016Wolf and SheepShahrbanoo SadatDenmark, Afghanistan2017The RiderChloé ZhaoUnited States2018ClimaxGaspar NoéBelgium, France

Other Awards Illy Prize

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