Cannes 2023 Directors’ Fortnight Announced

As the Cannes Film Festival will be underway in a month from now, the festival announced this year’s Directors’ Fortnight selection, where twenty feature films and ten shots are presented during the festival. Delegate General Julian Rejl presented the line-up, who replaced Paolo Moretti since June.

The Cannes Film Festival will take place from May 17 to 26. Below is the complete lineup of Directors’ Fortnight films:

Directors’ Fortnight 2023 Feature Selection

Abraham’s Valley (Por-Fr-Switz)
Dir. Manoel de Oliveira – SPECIAL SCREENING

The Goldman Case (Fr) OPENING FILM
Dir. Cédric Kahn

Agra (India)
Dir. Kanu Behl

The Other Laurens (Fr)
Dir. Claude Schmitz

Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell * (Viet-Sing-Fr)
Dir. Thien An Pham

Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry (Switz-Ger-Geo)
Dir. Elene Naveriani

Grace *
Dir. Ilya Povolotsky

She is Conann (Bel-Fr-Lux)
Dir. Bertrand Mandico

Creatura (Sp)
Dir. Elena Martín Gimeno

Déserts (Mor-Fr-Ger-Bel)
Dir. Faouzi Bensaïdi

In Flames * (Can-Pak)
Dir. Zarrar Kahn

Légua (Port-Fr-It)
Dir. Filipa Reis & João Miller Guerra

The Book of Solutions (Fr)
Dir. Michel Gondry

Mambar Pierrette
Dir. Rosine Mbakam

Riddle Of Fire * (US)
Dir. Weston Razooli

The Feeling That The Time For Doing Something Has Passed * (US)
Dir. Joanna Arnow

The Sweet East (US)
Dir. Sean Price Williams

A Prince (Fr)
Dir. Pierre Creton

A Song Sung Blue * (China)
Dir. Zihan Geng

In Our Day (S Kor)
Dir. Hong Sangsoo CLOSING FILM

Short Films

The House Is on Fire, Might as Well Get Warm
Dir. Mouloud Aït Liotna 

A Storm Inside
Dir. Clément Pérot

The Birthday Party
Dir. Francesco Sossai

 I Saw the Face of the Devil
Dir. Julia Kowalski

Lemon Tree
Dir. Rachel Walden

Margarethe 89
Dir. Lucas Malbrun

Mast-Del
Dir. Maryam Tafakory

Oyu
Dir. Atsushi Hirai

The Red Sea Make Me Wanna Cry
Dir. Faris Alrjoob

Talking to the River
Dir. Yue Pan

Source: Deadline