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Gas­par Noé is unveil­ing his new film at the 50th Direc­tors’ Fortnight

17 Apr 2018

Words by David Jenkins

A smiling bald man wearing a black shirt stands at a podium in front of a crowd.
A smiling bald man wearing a black shirt stands at a podium in front of a crowd.
The French provo­ca­teur will be joined by Ciro Guer­ra and Debra Granik at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.

It’s gen­er­al­ly thought that in Cannes, the main com­pe­ti­tion is where you head for the glitz and glam­our, and the Direc­tors’ Fort­night – about a 10 minute stroll down the road from the main Palais – is where you head to get your hands dirty.

In recent years the side­bar has show­cased a vari­ety of fea­tures which have end­ed up over­shad­ow­ing their more high pro­file coun­ter­points, such as Sean Baker’s The Flori­da Project, Bruno Dumont’s P’tit Quin­quin and Miguel Gomes’ Ara­bi­an Nights. With a more low-key line-up already announced for the core Cannes pro­gramme, antic­i­pa­tion for the 50th Direc­tors’ Fort­night is high­er than ever.

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As usu­al, there’s a mix of new names, old hands and big sur­pris­es – the lat­est effort from Embrace of the Ser­pent direc­tor Ciro Guer­ra is cer­tain­ly an intrigu­ing prospect, as is a new work by Gas­par Noé, who was last seen in Cannes in 2015 where he dropped his exe­crable sex opus, Love.

Birds of Par­adise by Ciro Guer­ra and Cristi­na Gallego

Cli­max by Gas­par Noé
Car­men and Lola by Aran­txa Echevar­ria
Amin by Philippe Fau­con
Cóm­prame un revólver by Julio Hernán­dez Cordón
Les Con­fins du Monde by Guil­laume Nicloux
El Motoar­rebata­dor by Agustín Toscano
En Lib­erté! by Pierre Sal­vador
Leave No Trace by Debra Granik
Play­ers by Marie Mon­ge
Los Silen­cios by Beat­riz Seign­er
Ming Wang Xing Shi Ke by Ming Zhang
Mandy by Panos Cos­matos
Mirai by Mamoru Hoso­da
The World is Yours by Romain Gavras
Petra by Jaime Ros­ales
Samouni Road by Ste­fano Savona
Teret by Ogn­jen Glavon­ic
Wel­di by Mohamed Ben Attia
Trop­pa Grazia by Gian­ni Zanasi

For more on this year’s Direc­tors’ Fort­night vis­it quin​zaine​-real​isa​teurs​.com

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