Directors’ Fortnight Extended
Oct 24 — Oct 27, 2024
Featuring in person appearances by Julien Rejl, Artistic Director of Directors’ Fortnight
Since its founding in 1969 by the French Directors’ Guild, the Directors’ Fortnight has served as a vital and boldly independent counter program to the Cannes Film Festival. Famed for having introduced international audiences to Martin Scorsese, Chantal Akerman, Jim Jarmusch, and Sofia Coppola, among many others, the non-competitive Fortnight prioritizes the discovery of new talent, while also making space for daring works from established filmmakers. This year, the Directors’ Fortnight will take it on the road for the first time with Fortnight Extended, presenting locally curated selections of its 2024 program in venues across the globe. As the official New York venue, the Museum will present six exciting films from this year’s Directors’ Fortnight over four days, including the New York premiere of Tyler Taormina’s hotly anticipated Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point.
From October 18–20, MoMI presents Directors’ Fortnight: 1969, showcasing five art-house classics from the program’s inaugural year.
A graduate of La Fémis and ESCP, Julien Rejl was in charge of distribution, acquisitions and international sales at Capricci from 2010 to 2020. He has worked with filmmakers such as Abel Ferrara, Hong Sangsoo, Albert Serra, Wang Bing, Tsaï Ming-Liang, Philippe Garrel, Monte Hellman, Corneliu Porumboiu, Jean-Charles Hue and has distributed the first films of Just Philippot (The Swarm), Vincent Le Port (Bruno Reidal), Frank Beauvais (Just Don’t Think I’ll Scream), Rachida Brakni (Visiting Ours) and Bi Gan (Kaili Blues). He has also developed an editorial line-up around cinephilia by orchestrating the theatrical release of restored masterpieces from Jean-Luc Godard, Kenji Mizoguchi, Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, Ingmar Bergman, Maurice Pialat, David Lynch and David Cronenberg.
The Fortnight Extended is presented in collaboration with the Quinzaine des cinéastes, Villa Albertine, and Acropolis Cinema.