Cannes Reveals 2014 Directors’ Fortnight Lineup; ‘Whiplash’ and ‘Cold in July’ Make the Cut
Today the 2014 Cannes Film Festival revealed the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight lineup.
Among this year’s highlights are “Queen and Country,” John Boorman’s first feature film in eight years, Frederick Wiseman’s new documentary “National Gallery,” Bruno Dumont’s police procedural “Li’l Quinquin,” this year’s Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner “Whiplash” and Jim Mickle’s Texan noir “Cold in July,” which also premiered at Sundance. The newly restored version of Tobe Hooper’s “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” which premiered at SXSW, will also screen.
Full lineup below:
Special Screenings
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Tobe Hooper
Li’l Quinquin Bruno Dumont
Feature Competition
Halleluiah (Alleluia) Fabrice Du Welz (Belgium/France)
Next to Her Asaf Korman (Israel)
Catch Me Daddy Daniel Wolfe (UK)
Cold in July Jim Mickle (USA)
Fighters (Love at First Fight) Thomas Cailley (France)
Gett Le Proces de Viviane Amsalem Ronit and Shlomi El Kabetz (Israel, France, Germany)
Girlhood Céline Sciamma
Tale of Princess Kaguya Isao Takahata (Japan)
A Hard Day Seong-Hun Kim (South Korea)
Eat Your Bones Jean-Charles Hue (France)
National Gallery Frederick Wiseman (France/USA)
Pride Matthew Warchus (UK)
Queen and Country John Boorman (UK)
Refugiado Diego Lerman (Argentina, France, Germany)
These Final Hours Zach Hilditch (Australia)
Tu Dors Nicole Stephane Lafleur (Canada)
Whiplash Damien Chazelle (USA)
Short Films Category
8 Bullets Frank Ternier (France)
The Revolution Hunter Margarida Rego (Portugal)
Cambodia 2099 Davy Chou (France)
In August Jenna Hasse (Switzerland)
Fragments Aga Woszczynska (Poland)
Guy Moquet Demis Herenger (France)
Jutra Marie-Jose Saint-Pierre (Canada)
Man on the Chair Dahee Jeong (France/South Korea)
Heartless Nara Normande and Tiao Tiao (Brazil)
Torn Elmar Imanov and Engin Kundag (Azerbaijan)
It Can Pass Through the Wall Radu Jude (Romania)
