QUINZAINE DES REALISATEURS, CANNES Film Festival - Special Program
Paralel section of Cannes International Film Festival, created by the French Directors Guild in the wake of the events of May ’68, Quinzaine des Realisateurs ( the Directors’ Fortnight) seeks to aid filmmakers and contribute to their discovery by the critics and audiences alike. From its initial program in 1969, it cast its lot with the avant-garde (the glorious seventies), as well as it created a breeding ground where the Cannes Festival would regularly find its prestigious auteurs.
Since its inception, Quinzaine des Realisateurs has showcased the first films of Werner Herzog, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Nagisa Oshima, George Lucas, Martin Scorsese, Ken Loach, Jim Jarmusch, Michael Haneke, Chantal Akerman, Spike Lee, Luc et Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Sofia Coppola, Robert Bresson, Manoel de Oliveira, Stephen Frears, Jerzy Skolimowski, William Friedkin, Francis Ford Coppola... among others.
Among the various sections at the Cannes Film Festival, Quinzaine des Realisateurs is distinguished by its independent-mindedness, its non-competitive nature and its concern to cater to non-professional Cannes audiences, which can buy a subscription for the entire Fortnight program or purchase tickets for individual screenings.
Striving to be eclectic and receptive to all forms of cinematic expression, Quinzaine des Realisateurs pays particular attention to the annual production of fiction features, short films and documentaries, to the emergence of independent fringe filmmaking, and even to contemporary popular genres, provided these films are the expression of an individual talent and an original directorial style.
Striving to be eclectic and receptive to all forms of cinematic expression, Quinzaine des Realisateurs pays particular attention to the annual production of fiction features, short films and documentaries, to the emergence of independent fringe filmmaking, and even to contemporary popular genres, provided these films are the expression of an individual talent and an original directorial style.
Marzena Moskal
Marzena Moskal - Selection Committee Quinzaine des Realisateurs, Cannes Film Festival 2011
Marzena Moskal (b.1983, Warsaw) is a programmer and festival organizer, specialized in Eastern European cinema, member of the Selection Committee for the Quinzaine des Realisateurs - Cannes 2010 and 2011, coordinator of the Warsaw International Film Festival and, since 2010, co-organisator of the Festival of Polish Cinema in Paris.
Gaelle Vidalie
Gaelle Vidalie - Selection Committee Quinzaine des Realisateurs, Cannes Film Festival 2011
Gaelle Vidalie (b.1971, Paris) has been member of the Selection Committee for the Quinzaine des Realisateurs - Cannes 2010 and 2011. Previous to this, she has been Head of International Affairs at the French Cinémathèque, where she worked for 18 years. She also collaborated with Janine Bazin for the Belfort International Film Festival, as well as with Andre S. Labarthe on several films during the 90's.
A bizarre, surreally beautiful meditation on life, death and filmmaking, reminding of Quay Brothers, Jodorowsky and Bunuel. From the day he was conceived to his cinematographic death, the fantasized life-story of filmmaker Walerian Borowczyk. Boro-in-his-Box discovers a cruel world. He experiences banal, yet colorful adventures, from Poland to Paris, caressing erotic birds and organic cameras in an imaginary Alphabet. World premiered in Quinzaine des Realisateurs Cannes 2011.
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Premiered in Quinzaine des Realisateurs Cannes 2011, KILLING THE CHICKENS TO SCARE THE MONKEYS is an exceptional story set in the People’s Republic of China, told from a unique perspective and rendered with a daring cinematic language. The film consists of nine scenes that unfold in the grey area between black and white, where national politics and strategy have unforeseen consequences on a young teacher’s life. The precisely thought-out aesthetics and the provocative narrative technique of the film are intended to open up the viewer’s eyes for reflection and contemplation. The authenticity and uncompromising vision combine to create a powerful emotional and political statement.
Premiered in Quinzaine des Realisateurs Cannes 2011, KILLING THE CHICKENS TO SCARE THE MONKEYS is an exceptional story set in the People’s Republic of China, told from a unique perspective and rendered with a daring cinematic language. The film consists of nine scenes that unfold in the grey area between black and white, where national politics and strategy have unforeseen consequences on a young teacher’s life. The precisely thought-out aesthetics and the provocative narrative technique of the film are intended to open up the viewer’s eyes for reflection and contemplation. The authenticity and uncompromising vision combine to create a powerful emotional and political statement.
A middle-aged lady on a holiday in the sun tries to make new friends and have a good time. But in the end, she is not at all adept to playing this whole social game. The role is played by a one-year-old girl (Johannes Nyholm’s daughter); the rest of the cast are marionette puppets. Winner of the Short Film Award and the Audience Award in Goteborg IFF 2011. The trailer received over 10 million views on YouTube.
Every weekend at an illegal drag show in a suburb of Havana, Sebastián, a 17 year old Cuban teenager, transforms into Mila Caos. He suffers from his mother's indifference and dreams that one day she will see him on stage. World premiered in Quinzaine des Realisateurs Cannes 2011.
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