VIDEO: 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