Christophe Leparc • Secretary general, Director's Fortnight

"Our main goal is to help the films we invited to this year's selection"

As part of our #EuropeansAgainstCovid19 series in collaboration with LUX Prize, Cannes Director's Fortnight secretary general Christophe Leparc talks to us about the current situation

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In collaboration with the LUX Prize, Cineuropa interviews renowned professionals of the European film industry as part of the #EuropeansAgainstCovid19 series.

Christophe Leparc, secretary general of the Director's Fortnight, assesses the situation that every event related to the Cannes Film Festival is going through, and the various possible outcomes of this, as well as what lies ahead in the future of the film industry.

The LUX Prize-approved films recommended by Leparc for these times of confinement are Deniz Gamze Ergüven's Mustang [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Deniz Gamze Ergüven
film profile] and Céline Sciamma's Girlhood [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Céline Sciamma
interview: Céline Sciamma
film profile].