Festival de Cannes Directors' Fortnight Sidebar Announces Lineup

3:00 AM PDT 4/19/2011 by Rebecca Leffler

The sidebar will highlight Belgian titles, female directors and films about nature.

PARIS -- Belgium will be flexing its famous mussels at this year’s Festival de Cannes Director’s Fortnight sidebar with Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon and Bruno Romy’s The Fairy set to lead the 25-film strong selection and Bouli Lanners’ The Giants to leave a big footprint on closing night.