Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eighteen features and 10 short films will be in the lineup of the independent Directors’ Fortnight section at the 2025 Cannes Film ...

Iraqi director Hasan Hadi’s first feature The President’s Cake has won the second edition of the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight People’s Choice audience award. New York-based Hadi has tapped into his own ...

From Cauleen Smith’s trilogy on volcanos to Philippe Parreno’s intimate exploration of Goya, here’s what to watch. Film still of Henry Fonda for President (2024), directed by Alexander Horwath ...

The last major Cannes sidebar lineup has now arrived with Directors’ Fortnight, and featured in the slate is perhaps our most-anticipated film across the entire festival: the world premiere of ...

The independent festival sidebar, organized by the French Directors' Guild, runs May 14-24. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief The Directors’ Fortnight, the Cannes film festival independent ...

Cannes parallel section Directors’ Fortnight has added Israeli director Nadav Lapid’s Yes! (Ken!) to its 2025 selection. Set in the aftermath of the October 7, Hamas attacks on Israel, the film ...

Hailed by Variety as a “warm and heart-tugging tale,” Hasan Hadi’s “The President’s Cake,” Iraq’s first film selected for Cannes, has won the Directors’ Fortnight People’s Choice prize, the first ...

German international sales agent Films Boutique is bringing a total of seven films to Cannes this year. The line-up includes a world premiere in Directors’ Fortnight, four market screenings during the ...

Eighteen features and 10 short films will be in the lineup of the independent Directors’ Fortnight section at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, organizers announced at a press conference on Tuesday ...

Directors’ Fortnight, the independent selection running alongside the Cannes Film Festival, has added Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid‘s “Yes” to its 2025 lineup. “Y., a jazz musician struggling to make ...