Directors' Fortnight
Quinzaine des cinéastes
Wednesday, 13 May 2026 until Friday, 22 May 2026
In a turbulent world beset on all fronts by reactionary attitudes, where republican and universalist values are under attack, art’s subversive role is threatened and major works are cancelled, filmmakers on all continents stand fiercely opposed to these trends. The richness and dynamism of the young generation’s cinema are intact. The films – some of which come from countries at war or regions where obscurantism and populism prevail – avoid lofty speeches, preferring to show us another reality. As ever, cinema is one step ahead of society. Rather than judge, it complicates. Rather than condemn, it interrogates. Rather than make sweeping statements, it pays attention to small-scale stories – those of individuals as they experience events. It does so with anger or humour, and always with a good dose of poetry.
The 57th edition of the Fortnight is pluralist, mixed, rich in discoveries. It celebrates a cinematic liveliness that is invaluable and more essential than ever, even as directors and producers are finding it increasingly difficult to finance their project. It stands with directors the world over in the fight against the homogenisation, the commodification and thus the neutralisation of cinema. We are pleased to share with you a lineup that honours the art of mise en scene and the desire and generosity of the auteurs.
FEATURE FILMS
BUTTERFLY JAM de Kantemir Balagov - opening film
9 TEMPLES TO HEAVEN by Sompot Chidgasornpongse - first feature film
ATONEMENT (L’Apaisement) by Reed Van Dyk - first feature film
CARMEN, L’OISEAU REBELLE (Viva Carmen) by Sébastien Laudenbach - animation
CLARISSA by Arie Esiri & Chuko Esiri
DEATH HAS NO MASTER (La muerte no tiene dueño) by Jorge Thielen Armand
DORA by July Jung
DOUBLE FREEDOM (La libertad doble) by Lisandro Alonso
L’ESPÈCE EXPLOSIVE (Too Many Beasts) by Sarah Arnold - first feature film
GABIN by Maxence Voiseux - documentary - first feature film
I SEE BUILDINGS FALL LIKE LIGHTNING by Clio Barnard
LE JOURNAL D’UNE FEMME DE CHAMBRE (The Diary of a Chambermaid) by Radu Jude
LOW EXPECTATIONS (Lave Forventninger) by Eivind Landsvik - first feature film
MERCI D’ÊTRE VENU (Thanks for Coming) by Alain Cavalier - documentary
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM by William Greaves & David Greaves - documentary
LA PERRA by Dominga Sotomayor
SHANA by Lila Pinell
WE ARE ALIENS by Kohei Kadowaki - animation - first feature film
LE VERTIGE (Vertiginous) by Quentin Dupieux - animation - closing film
SHORT FILMS
À LA RECHERCHE DE L’OISEAU GRIS AUX RAYURES VERTES (In Search of the Grey Bird with Green Stripes) by Saïd Hamich Benlarbi - documentary
DAUGHTERS OF THE LATE COLONEL by Elizabeth Hobbs - animation
ERI by Yano Honami - animation
FREE ELIZA (NOTES ON AN ANATOMICAL IMPERFECTION) by Alexandra Matheou
THE JOYLESS ECONOMY by Marjorie Conrad - documentary
MADRUGADA by Sebastián Lojo
NOTHING HAPPENS AFTER YOUR ABSENCE (لا شيءَ يحدثُ بعدَ غيابِكَ) by Ibrahim Omar
OH BOYS by Antonio Donato
PITHEAD by Wannes Vanspauwen & Pol De Plecker