Quinzaine des cinéastes

Directors’ Fortnight

Wednesday, 14 May 2025 until Saturday, 24 May 2025

In a turbulent world beset on all fronts by reactionary attitudes, where republican and universalist values are under attack, art’s subversive role is threatened and major works are cancelled, filmmakers on all continents stand fiercely opposed to these trends. The richness and dynamism of the young generation’s cinema are intact. The films – some of which come from countries at war or regions where obscurantism and populism prevail – avoid lofty speeches, preferring to show us another reality. As ever, cinema is one step ahead of society. Rather than judge, it complicates. Rather than condemn, it interrogates. Rather than make sweeping statements, it pays attention to small-scale stories – those of individuals as they experience events. It does so with anger or humour, and always with a good dose of poetry.

The 57th edition of the Fortnight is pluralist, mixed, rich in discoveries. It celebrates a cinematic liveliness that is invaluable and more essential than ever, even as directors and producers are finding it increasingly difficult to finance their project. It stands with directors the world over in the fight against the homogenisation, the commodification and thus the neutralisation of cinema. We are pleased to share with you a lineup that honours the art of mise en scene and the desire and generosity of the auteurs.