The rebels who saved cinema from itself spill their secrets.
Direction
Jahan lets egos speak, then artfully undercuts them.
Editing
Decades of festival footage woven into coherent mythology.
Writing
No narrator—just directors accidentally revealing themselves.
Director
Olivier Jahan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Directors' Fortnight was literally founded as a worker revolt—programmers walked out of Cannes 1968 and started their own thing.
Several interview subjects had films rejected by the very section they're praising, which the edit slyly juxtaposes.
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