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Cannes Director's Fortnight Page
I discovered that in the awards and events section there is a separate Cannes Director's Fortnight page
https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0030362/overview/
Considering that Cannes Director's Fortnight is one of the parallel sections of the Cannes Film Festival, there is hardly a need for a separate page (it’s even surprising that the moderator missed this; usually, in order to add a new award or event, you have to correspond a thousand times and prove that the event needs to be added) .
Well, secondly, having examined the content of the already added titles, I came to the conclusion that this is just a set of lineups, and not a reflection of the competition, but at the same time the films receive a reflection of the nominee.
gromit82
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4 months ago
Den: This is a complicated situation and I'm not sure exactly how IMDb should deal with it.
The Directors' Fortnight is mostly separate from the main Cannes Film Festival. It has a different leadership and different corporate sponsors. However, accredited badgeholders of the main festival are admitted to screenings at the Fortnight.
The Fortnight describes itself as "non-competitive" (see https://www.quinzaine-cineastes.fr/en/who-we-are). So, by itself, that would suggest that it shouldn't be listed in IMDb's events section because it's not an awards event.
However, starting this year, they have established a "people's choice" award which comes with 7,500 euros in prize money (see https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/cannes-audience-award-chantal-akerman-directors-fortnight-1235861089/).
Also, Wikipedia says that there are other awards associated with the Fortnight (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directors%27_Fortnight), most prominently the Europa Cinemas Label Award dating back to 2003.
That's the only part I am sure about here. The Directors' Fortnight has been held at Cannes since 1969. There are plenty of sources to establish that it's a significant event. The question, to me, is how long it has been an awards event.
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Michelle
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4 months ago
Hi @den_budanov & @gromit82 -
Thanks for providing the details regarding this event, I filed a ticket (#P130427941) for the team to review. Once I have confirmation on the eligibility and listing, I will confirm those details here. Cheers!
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Fran
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4 months ago
Hello den_budanov,
I can confirm that this issue has now been resolved. We will be listing the winners on the main Cannes page and for the secondary Directors Fortnite page we will remove it. Anything listed under Directors Fortnite will be moved to the main page.
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