The Directors' Fortnight presented 23 features, 10 shorts and three special programs. In addition, the Fortnight included a screening of Thérèse (1986) to accompany the SRF presentation of the Carrosse d'Or award to the director Alain Cavalier.
This year, audiences (re)discovered William Friedkin's Cruising (1980), in a new HD restoration, a crime drama set amid New York's gay leather s&m scene, starring Al Pacino. For the first time, the Fortnight organized a special program of short films in homage to French director Albert Lamorisse (1922-1970), including his two masterpieces, in new 35mm restorations, White Mane (1952) and The Red Balloon (1956).
The 39th Fortnight gave particular pride of place to first films, films by young auteurs and directors who had never been invited previously to Cannes. Critics and audiences acclaimed Sandrine Bonnaire's moving documentary Elle s'appelle Sabine, Gael Morel's Après lui with Catherine Deneuve, and Nadine Labaki's sunlit, sensuous Caramel.
Another revelation, from England, Anton Corbijn's Control opened the Fortnight, and was probably its biggest public success this year. Other highlights included Ramin Bahrani's Chop Shop (US), Danielle Arbid's Un Homme perdu (Lebanon-France), Tom Kalin's psychological drama Savage Grace with Julianne Moore (US) and Gregg Araki's madcap comedy Smiley Face (US).
Feature films (23)
Après lui
France - 1h40 (2007)
Gaël Morel
Avant que j'oublie
France - 1h48 (2007)
Jacques Nolot
Caramel
Lebanon, France - 1h36 (2007)
Nadine Labaki
Chop Shop
U.S.A. - 1h24 (2007)
Ramin Bahrani
Control
United Kingdom, Australia - 1h59 (2007)
Anton Corbijn
Dai Nipponjin
Japan - 1h53 (2007)
Hitosi Matumoto
Elle s'appelle Sabine
France - 1h25 (2007)
Sandrine Bonnaire
Estado do mundo (O)
L'Etat du Monde
Portugal - 1h45 (2007)
Ayisha Abraham
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Wang Bing
Vicente Ferraz
Pedro Costa
Chantal Akerman
Foster Child
John John
Philippines - 1h38 (2007)
Brillante Mendoza
France (La)
France - 1h42 (2007)
Serge Bozon
Garage
Irland - 1h25 (2007)
Lenny Abrahamson
Gegenüber
Counterparts
Germany - 1h40 (2007)
Jan Bonny
Influencia (La)
Spain, Mexico - 1h23 (2007)
Pedro Aguilera
Mutum
Brazil, France - 1h35 (2007)
Sandra Kogut
Ploy
Thailand - 1h47 (2007)
Pen-ek Ratanaruang
PVC-1
Colombia - 1h25 (2007)
Spiros Stathoulopoulos
Question humaine (La)
France - 2h23 (2007)
Nicolas Klotz
Savage Grace
Spain, U.S.A., France - 1h37 (2007)
Tom Kalin
Smiley Face
U.S.A. - 1h25 (2007)
Gregg Araki
Tout est pardonné
France - 1h45 (2007)
Mia Hansen-Løve
Un homme perdu
A Lost Man
Lebanon, France - 1h37 (2007)
Danielle Arbid
Yumurta
Oeuf / Egg
Turkey, Greece - 1h37 (2007)
Semih Kaplanoglu
Zoo
U.S.A. - 1h16 (2007)
Robinson Devor
Short films (18)
Avant Pétalos Grillados
Spain - 0h11 (2007)
Velasco Broca
Ballon rouge (Le)
Red Balloon
France - 0h36 (2007)
Albert Lamorisse
Brutality Factory
China - (2007)
Wang Bing
Candy Boy
France - 0h13 (2007)
Pascal-Alex Vincent
China, China
Portugal - 0h21 (2007)
João Pedro Rodrigues
João Rui Guerra Da Mata
Crin Blanc
White Mane
France - 0h40 (2007)
Albert Lamorisse
Entracte
France - 0h14 (2007)
Yann Gonzalez
Germano
Brazil - (2007)
Vicente Ferraz
Hoguera
Bonfire
Colombia, Mexico - 0h16 (2007)
Andrés Baiz
Luminous People
Thailand - (2007)
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Même pas mort
France - 0h16 (2007)
Claudine Natkin
Mota shel shula
La Mort de Shoula
Israel - 0h25 (2007)
Asaf Korman
One Way
India - (2007)
Ayisha Abraham
Silencio
France - 0h20 (2007)
F.J Ossang
superDONG
Singapour - 0h04 (2007)
Pok Yue Weng
Tarrafal
Portugal - (2007)
Pedro Costa
Tel père, telle fille
France - 0h20 (2007)
Sylvie Ballyot
Tombée de nuit sur Shanghaï
Belgium - (2007)
Chantal Akerman
Special screenings (1)
Cruising
U.S.A., Germany - 1h41 (2007)
William Friedkin
































