The Playlist: 'Waltz With Bashir' Director Ari Folman's 'The Congress' To Open Cannes Directors' Fortnight

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'Waltz With Bashir' Director Ari Folman's 'The Congress' To Open Cannes Directors' Fortnight Apr 19th 2013, 12:44 Yesterday, the 2013 Cannes Film Festival lineup was formally announced, and among the titles selected were a few that surprised us, while we noted others that seemed like eye-opening omissions. And today comes word of one filmmaker who is going from competing in the main line up at Cannes, to opening one of the sidebar slates of programming. Ari Folman's long-awaited "The Congress" has been selected as the opening film of the Cannes Directors' Fortnight. It's certainly intriguing given that the director's previous picture, "Waltz With Bashir," was vying for a Palme d'Or in the main competition at Cannes in 2008. Perhaps the genre elements of it didn't make it possible this year, but even so, we would've have figured the Un Certain Regard category may have been a good fit. But for whatever reason, Folman won't be in the Palais this year.  We'll leave that speculation aside and focus on the live-action/animated film, which we're looking forward to matter where it... Media files: The-Congress-2072058.jpg (image/jpeg)

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