The Directors' Fortnight unveils its 2024 selection
Following on from the previous edition, the 2024 selection is less an attempt to draw a map of global film production than to create an editorial line composed of genuine bets, favourites, and films that have been intensely debated within the committee. Our main compass has always been the singularity of a film’s mise-en-scene, as well as its poetry, its affective power, its imaginary, and its authenticity.
The committee paid equal attention to all cinematographic forms and styles: fiction, documentary, animation, experimental, genre cinema (comedy, fantasy, horror, etc.) and essay films. We considered all the films we received – from the most eagerly awaited to the most discreet – with the same graciousness. The Fortnight will continue to celebrate cinema in all its diversity.
The nationalities given below are those of the filmmakers.
SHORT FILMS
APRÈS LE SOLEIL (After the Sun)
by Rayane Mcirdi
EXTREMELY SHORT (Totemo mijikai)
by Kōji Yamamura
IMMACULATA
by Kim Lêa Sakkal
LES MÉTÉOS D’ANTOINE (Antoine, Élise and Léandre)
by Jules Follet
MULBERRY FIELDS (Một lần dang dở)
by Nguyễn Trung Nghĩa
OUR OWN SHADOW (Nuestra sombra)
by Agustina Sánchez Gavier
THE MOVING GARDEN (O jardim em movimento)
by Inês Lima
VERY GENTLE WORK (Travail très soigné)
by Nate Lavey
WHEN THE LAND RUNS AWAY (Quando a terra foge / Quand la terre se dérobe)
by Frederico Lobo
FEATURE FILMS
MA VIE MA GUEULE (This Life of Mine)
by Sophie Fillières
opening film
À SON IMAGE (In His Own Image)
by Thierry de Peretti
CHRISTMAS EVE IN MILLER’S POINT
by Tyler Taormina
DESERT OF NAMIBIA (Namibia no sabaku)
by Yôko Yamanaka
EAST OF NOON (Sharq 12)
by Hala Elkoussy
EAT THE NIGHT
by Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel
EEPHUS
by Carson Lund
first feature film
GAZER
by Ryan J. Sloan
first feature film
GHOST CAT ANZU (Bakeneko Anzu-chan / Anzu, chat-fantôme)
by Yôko Kuno & Nobuhiro Yamashita
GOOD ONE
by India Donaldson
first feature film
MONGREL (白衣蒼狗)
by Chiang Wei Liang & You Qiao Yin
first feature film
LA PRISONNIÈRE DE BORDEAUX (Visiting Hours)
by Patricia Mazuy
SAVANNA AND THE MOUNTAIN (A savana e a montanha)
by Paulo Carneiro
SISTER MIDNIGHT
by Karan Kandhari
SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING BORROWED (Algo viejo, algo nuevo, algo prestado)
by Hernán Rosselli
THE FALLING SKY (A queda do céu / La Chute du ciel)
by Eryk Rocha & Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha
THE HYPERBOREANS (Los hiperbóreos)
by Cristóbal León & Joaquín Cociña
THE OTHER WAY AROUND (Volveréis / Septembre sans attendre)
by Jonás Trueba
TO A LAND UNKNOWN
by Mahdi Fleifel
UNE LANGUE UNIVERSELLE (Universal Language)
by Matthew Rankin
LES PISTOLETS EN PLASTIQUE (Plastic Guns)
by Jean-Christophe Meurisse
closing film
SPECIAL SCREENING
HISTOIRES D’AMÉRIQUE : FOOD, FAMILY AND PHILOSOPHY (American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy)
by Chantal Akerman
