02/07/2012 - The Society of Film Directors has reappointed Edouard Waintrop as general delegate of the Cannes sidebar section

The Society of Film Directors (SRF) has chosen Edouard Waintrop to be general delegate of the Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival for the second year in a row, after his first selection of films was well-received last May.

Among the films he selected for the 2012 Directors’ Fortnight, Granny’s Funeral [+see also:
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film profile] by Bruno Podalydès was released in France on June 20, The Night in Front [+see also:
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film profile] by Raoul Ruiz will be out on July 11, Camille Rewinds [+see also:
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film profile] by Noémie Lvovsky and The We and the I by Michel Gondry will be out on September 12, and Alyah [+see also:
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film profile] by Elie Wajeman will follow on September 19. Dream and Silence [+see also:
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interview: Jaime Rosales
film profile] by Spanish filmmaker Jaime Rosales will be released on October 3, Ernest and Celestine [+see also:
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interview: Benjamin Renner, Vincent Pa…
film profile] by the trio Stéphane Aubier - Vincent Patar - Benjamin Renner will be out on December 12, and Sightseers [+see also:
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interview: Ben Wheatley
film profile] by British director Ben Wheatley will follow on December 26.

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(Translated from French)