Cannes: Joanna Hogg and Clio Barnard to premiere new films in Directors’ Fortnight

Twelve of the 24 film-makers featured in Directors' Fortnight sidebar are women, compared to four of the 24 in main competition

The Cannes film festival has completed its lineup with the announcement of the selections for the Directors' Fortnight, the separate strand that runs alongside the official festival and the Critics' Week.

Highlights of the Directors' Fortnight include new films from British directors Joanna Hogg and Clio Barnard, an Italian documentary which includes Happy as Lazzaro's Alice Rohrwacher among its three directors, and a new musical co-directed by musician-actor Saul Williams and Rwandan film-maker Anisia Uzeyman.