Directors’ Fortnight, the parallel section of Cannes Film Festival, announced the line-up of 21 feature films and 10 short films for the 56th edition taking place May 15 – 25, 2024.
This year’s Directors’ Fortnight opens with Sophie Fillières’ final film, This Life of Mine starring Agnès Jaoui and closes with Jean-Christophe Meurisse’s Plastic Guns.
Directors’ Fortnight will pay tribute to filmmaker Chantal Akerman with a special screening of her movie American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy.
2024 Directors’ Fortnight lineup
FEATURE FILMS
This Life of Mine (Ma vie ma gueule) by Sophie Fillières (France) opening film
In His Own Image (À son image) by Thierry de Peretti (France)
Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point by Tyler Taormina (USA)
Desert of Namibia (Namibia no sabaku) by Yôko Yamanaka (Japan)
East of Noon (Sharq 12) by Hala Elkoussy (Egypt)
Eat the Night by Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel (France)
Eephus by Carson Lund (USA) first feature film
Gazer by Ryan J. Sloan (USA) first feature film
Ghost Cat Anzu (Bakeneko Anzu-chan / Anzu, chat-fantôme) by Yôko Kuno & Nobuhiro Yamashita (Japan)
Good One by India Donaldson (USA) first feature film
Mongrel (白衣蒼狗) by Chiang Wei Liang & You Qiao Yin (Taïwan) first feature film
Visiting Hours (La Prisonnière de Bordeaux) by Patricia Mazuy (France)
Savanna and the Mountain (A savana e a montanha) by Paulo Carneiro (Portugal)
Sister Midnight by Karan Kandhari (India)
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed (Algo viejo, algo nuevo, algo prestado) by Hernán Rosselli (Argentina)
The Falling Sky (A queda do céu / La Chute du ciel) by Eryk Rocha & Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha (Brazil)
The Hyperboreans (Los hiperbóreos) by Cristóbal León & Joaquín Cociña (Chile)
The Other Way Around (Volveréis / Septembre sans attendre) by Jonás Trueba (Spain)
To a Land Unknown by Mahdi Fleifel (Palestine, Danmark)
Universal Language (Une Langue Universelle) by Matthew Rankin (Canada)
Plastic Guns (Les Pistolets en Plastique) by Jean-Christophe Meurisse (France) closing film
SPECIAL SCREENING
American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy (Histoires D’Amérique : Food, Family and Philosophy) by Chantal Akerman (Belgium)
SHORT FILMS
After the Sun (Après Le Soleil) by Rayane Mcirdi (France, Algeria)
Extremely Short (Totemo mijikai) by Kōji Yamamura (Japan)
Immaculata by Kim Lêa Sakkal (Lebanon)
Antoine, Élise and Léandre (Les Météos d’Antoine) by Jules Follet (France)
Mulberry Fields (Một lần dang dở) by Nguyễn Trung Nghĩa (Vietnam)
Our Own Shadow (Nuestra sombra) by Agustina Sánchez Gavier (Argentina)
The Moving Garden (O jardim em movimento) by Inês Lima (Portugal)
Very Gentle Work (Travail très soigné) by Nate Lavey (USA)
When The Land Runs Away (Quando a terra foge / Quand la terre se dérobe) by Frederico Lobo (Portugal)