The Cannes film festival has completed its lineup with the announcement of the selections for the Directors’ Fortnight, the separate strand that runs alongside the official festival and the Critics’ Week.
The Cannes film festival is due to run from 6-17 July, after being delayed from its traditional mid-May calendar slot.
Highlights of the Directors’ Fortnight include new films from British directors Joanna Hogg and Clio Barnard, an Italian documentary which includes Happy as Lazzaro’s Alice Rohrwacher among its three directors, and a new musical co-directed by musician-actor Saul Williams and Rwandan film-maker Anisia Uzeyman.
However, the Directors’ Fortnight selection has shown up the official selection’s continuing reluctance to select female film-makers.