European Films

The Directors' Fortnight or Quinzaine des réalisateurs unveiled its line-up today, which is dominated by local films as well as three titles from the US. Two titles come from the Lebanon, four from other Asian countries. Films from several other European countries as well as a single South-American production complete the programme. The Directors' Fortnight will kick off with the directorial debut of the Dutch photographer and music video director Anton Corbijn. His Control, a British-Australian co-production tells the story of the late Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis. The selection also includes Après lui, the new film fron Gaël Morel with Catherine Deneuve, as well as six other French films and several more French co-productions. The Fortnight will start on May 17 and run through May 27, alongside the Cannes Film Festival.

 

• Après lui (lit. After Him) - Gaël Morel (France)
  
• Avant que j'oublie (lit. Before I forget) - Jacques Nolot (France)
  
• Caramel - Nadine Labaki (Lebanon/France)
• Chop Shop U.S.A. - Ramin Bahrani (USA)
  
• Dai Nipponjin - Hitoshi Matumoto (Japan)
  
• Elle s'appelle Sabine (lit. Her Name is Sabine) - Sandrine Bonnaire (France)
• Estado do mundo (lit. The State of the World) - Chantal Akerman, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Vicente Ferraz, Ayisha Abraham, Bing Wang, Pedro Costa
• Foster Child - Brillante Mendoza (The Philippines)
  
• La France (lit. France) - Serge Bozon (France)
• Garage - Lenny Abrahamson (Ireland)
• Gegenüber (Counterparts) - Jan Bonny (Germany)
  
• La Influencia (lit. The Influence) - Pedro Aguilera (Spain/Mexico)
  
• Ploy - Pen-ek Ratanaruang (Thailand)
  
• PVC-1 - Spiros Stathoulopoulos (Columbia)
  
• La Question humaine (lit. The Human Question) - Nicolas Klotz (France)
  
• Savage Grace - Tom Kalin (Spain/USA/France)
  
• Smiley Face - Gregg Araki (USA)
  
• Tout est pardonné (lit. Everything is Forgiven) - Mia Hansen-Løve (France)
  
• Un homme perdu (A Lost Man) - Danielle Arbid (Lebanon/France)
• Yumurta (Egg) - Semih Kaplanoglu (Turkey/Greece)
  
• Zoo - Robinson Devor (USA)