Erupting out of the turbulent events of May 68, Directors’ Fortnight – the upstart little brother to Cannes’ black-tie officialism – continues to launch some of the most provocative films from around the world.

Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Directors’ Fortnight, MIFF selects an eclectic array of uncompromising films from the most influential filmmakers to screen at the Fortnight.

Feature Films

	40 x 15: THE 40 FORTY YEARS OF THE DIRE… (France, 97 min) The legendary May 1968 strike of Paris left its indelible mark on the Cannes Film Festival, just as assuredly as it left its mark on all of French society.… 1968 saw the Cannes Film Festival ha… More >
	DEVIL PROBABLY, THE (France, 93 min) "By far the most punk movie ever made." - Richard Hell, punk legend… Banned in France for its daring portrayal of alienated youth - and called a masterpiece by the likes of Francois Truffaut - … More >
	FATA MORGANA (G) (West Germany, 79 min) “It’s the nearest thing yet to a genuine political science-fiction movie. Brilliantly original, utterly haunting.” – Time Out … Filmmaker Werner Herzog describes Fata Mo… More >
	FOX AND HIS FRIENDS (Germany, 123 min) “One of Fassbinder’s easiest, most naturalistic movies.” – New York Times … Fox is a financially strapped gay man who performs in a travelling circus as ‘Fox the T… More >
	GOLDEN EIGHTIES (PG) (Belgium, France, 96 min) “Like Jacques Demy on speed.” – Time Out … Chantal Akerman’s candy-coloured musical is set entirely in a Parisian shopping mall, in an unashamed celebration of 80s Frenc… More >
	MATEWAN (M) (USA, 132 min) “You want to be treated like men? You want to be treated fair? Well, you ain’t men to the coal company, you’re equipment.”Featuring Chris Cooper, David Strathairn and an early… More >
	ON WAR (France, 130 min) “Today, pleasure has to be won, just as you win a war.”Plunging into the murky depths of a sectarian pleasure cult, filmmaker Bertrand Bonello – who, incidentally, also composed the… More >
	PARTNER (Italy, 105 min) “An energetic thumb-nosing fossil of 60s fragmentation, cinematic upset, and sub-Marxist yowlings.” – Village Voice…  … This rarely seen, unorthodox retelling of Do… More >
	THX 1138 (PG) (USA, 86 min) “A classic of stylistic, abstract cinema.” – VarietyLong before Star Wars, George Lucas debuted on the big screen with this modest science fiction film, starring Robert Duvall in th… More >
	WR: MYSTERIES OF THE ORGANISM (R) (Yugoslavia, West Germany, 85 min) “Maybe it is like a mirror. People hold it up to themselves and see reflected only what they are most offended by.” – filmmaker Dusan MakavejevWhat does the energy harnessed through… More >