# Directors' Fortnight

The Directors' Fortnight (French: Quinzaine des cinéastes, formerly Quinzaine des réalisateurs) is an independent section held in parallel to the Cannes Film Festival. It was started in 1969 by the French Directors Guild after the events of May 1968 resulted in cancellation of the Cannes festival as an act of solidarity with striking workers.
The Directors' Fortnight showcases a programme of shorts and feature films and documentaries worldwide.

## Artistic directors

Programming is overseen by an artistic director. The current artistic director is Julien Rejl who has programmed Director's Fortnight since 2023.
* Pierre-Henri Deleau [fr] – 1969–1999
* Marie-Pierre Macia [fr] – 1999–2003
* Olivier Père – 2004–2009
* Frédéric Boyer – 2009–2011
* Édouard Waintrop [fr] – 2012–2018
* Paolo Moretti [fr] – 2018–2022
* Julien Rejl – 2023–present

## Awards
### Audience Award

In partnership with The Fondation Chantal Akerman, for the first time ever, the audience will award one of the films in the main selection with the "Audience Award" or "Choix du Public". It's the first ever official award presented by the section, since its creation in 1969:
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country | Ref. |
| 2024 | Universal Language | Une Langue universelle | Matthew Rankin | Canada | |

### Europa Cinemas Label Award Winners

The award was created in 2003, and highlights European productions screened at the Directors Fortnight section:
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| 2003 | The Mother | The Mother | Roger Michell | United Kingdom |
| 2003 | Kitchen Stories | Salmer fra kjokkenet | Bent Hamer | Norway, Sweden |
| 2004 | In the Battlefields | معارك حب | Danielle Arbid | Lebanon, France, Belgium, Germany |
| 2005 | The Moustache | La moustache | Emmanuel Carrère | France |
| 2006 | 12:08 East of Bucharest | A fost sau n-a fost? | Corneliu Porumboiu | Romania |
| 2007 | Control | Control | Anton Corbijn | United Kingdom, Australia |
| 2008 | Eldorado | Eldorado | Bouli Lanners | Belgium, France |
| 2009 | La Pivellina | La Pivellina | Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel | Italy, Austria |
| 2010 | Le Quattro Volte | Le Quattro Volte | Michelangelo Frammartino | Italy, Germany, Switzerland |
| 2011 | Breathing | Atmen | Karl Markovics | Austria |
| 2012 | The Repentant | التائب | Merzak Allouache | Algeria |
| 2013 | The Selfish Giant | The Selfish Giant | Clio Barnard | United Kingdom |
| 2014 | Love at First Fight | Les Combattants | Thomas Cailley | France |
| 2015 | Mustang | Mustang | Deniz Gamze Ergüven | France, Germany, Turkey |
| 2016 | Mercenary | Mercenaire | Sacha Wolff | France |
| 2017 | A Ciambra | A Ciambra | Jonas Carpignano | Italy |
| 2018 | Lucia's Grace | Troppa Grazia | Gianni Zanasi | Italy |
| 2019 | Alice and the Mayor | Alice et le Maire | Nicolas Pariser | France |
| 2021 | A Chiara | A Chiara | Jonas Carpignano | Italy, France, United States, Sweden |
| 2022 | One Fine Morning | Un beau matin | Mia Hansen-Løve | France, Germany |
| 2023 | Creatura | Creatura | Elena Martín Gimeno | Spain |
| 2024 | The Other Way Around | Volveréis | Jonás Trueba | Spain, France |

### Other Awards

* Art Cinema Award
* SACD Prize
* Illy Prize