Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight Appoints Julien Rejl as Artistic Director
variety.comElsa Keslassy International CorrespondentCannes’ Directors Fortnight, the section running alongside the Cannes Film Festival, has appointed Julien Rejl as artistic director.
He will succeed to Paolo Moretti who had his third and last edition this year. Rejl was named by the SRF (Société des réalisateurs de films) which is the governing body of Directors Fortnight.
When announcing the news of Moretti’s exit, the SRF said it wished “to rethink thoroughly Directors’ Fortnight, its name, its singularity, and its strategic and political role.” In announcing the news of Rejl’s appointment, the SRF said the film executive’s “sheer, communicative, structured and versatile passion is exactly what arthouse cinema will need in the coming years.” “The SRF has been drawn to his firm belief that the Directors’ Fortnight needs to remain a space for discovery, boldness, debate and new forms, and that whether it is made by a first-timer or a cinema legend, a film stands out first and foremost through its mise-en-scène,” continued the org.
Unlike previous artistic directors tapped by the SRF, Rejl doesn’t come the festival circuit. He’s in charge of distribution, international co-productions and international sales at Capricci, an arthouse film banner based in Paris.
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