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. Following a successful launch in 2024, Directors’ Fortnight Extended returns to Los Angeles with a curated selection of the 2025 program at the Directors Guild of America.
Multi-film Fortnight Extended passes can be purchased here.
About the film:
Marseille, the holidays. Omar, 20, oversees the children summer camp with his longtime friends. The adolescents are full of dreams, principles, and prejudices. When Carmen returns after years being away, the group dynamic is put to the test. In a group where boys view girls as whores to fuck or chicks to marry and where reputation is everything, the electric and free spirit Carmen triggers everyone to question his own belief, desire, and sexuality.
TRT: 93 min
Directors' Fortnight Extended: Los Angeles is presented by the Quinzaine des cinéastes, Acropolis Cinema,Villa Albertine, MUBI, European Languages and Movies in America (ELMA), and the Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities.
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"The air in Prïncia Car’s The Girls We Want is thick with the heat of a Marseille summer and the restless energy of youth. The film establishes its cultural footing immediately, rooting its story in a specific French reality while preparing to explore dynamics that feel universal.” —Enzo Barese, Gazettely
"An honest, streetwise youth story... The performances of the ten young protagonists—who collaborated with the director on the script—are strikingly fresh and natural. While Car rarely leaves this small micro-world, one gets the feeling that her film manages to portray many more people than those seen on screen." —Diego Lerer, Micropsia
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