COPPOLA, SAFDIE BROTHERS, SHELTON AMONG THOSE TAPPED FOR 41ST DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT
After choosing to pull his film out of a non-competition slot in the official selection of this year’s Cannes Film Festival because of the film’s “personal and independent nature”, Francis Ford Coppola will be on the Croisette after all with his new South American drama Tetro, which has been picked to be the opening night film at the 41st Director’s Fortnight in Cannes. As is the Fortnight’s custom, a mix of notable young filmmakers from around the world are sprinkled in with veterans of the international festival circuit such as Pedro Costa (Ne change rien) and Hong Sang-Soo (Like You Know it All).
Lynn Shelton’s Sundance hit Humpday will be on display at this year’s event before it makes its way on American screens this summer. For the second consecutive year, the Fortnight has also tapped Josh and Bennie Safdie, who were in the Fortnight last year with the feature The Pleasure of Being Robbed and the short The Acquaintances of Lonely John respectively. They will world premiere their new film Go Get Some Rosemary, which counts Ronnie Bronstein and Abel Ferrara among its cast members. Rounding out a strong American contingent are Cherien Dabis‘s Sundance Competition title Amreeka, and short filmmakers Charlie White (American Minor) and Andrew Betzer (John Wayne Hated Horses), whose short gem Small Apartment we caught during Slamdance 08′.
See Alicia Van Couvering’s interview with Charlie White here.
