Directors' Fortnight (la Quinzaine des Réalisateurs),, the independent section of the Cannes Film Festival announced today its lineup for its 2012 edition which includes a record breaking number of six Latin American feature films in its competition: The Uruguayan film 3 by Pablo Stoll; the Mexican-Canadian co-production Fogo by Yulene Olaizola; the Argentine film Infancia clandestina / Clandestine Childhood by Benjamin Ávila; the Chilean-French co-production La noche de enfrente by the late Raoul Ruiz; the Colombian film La Sirga by William Vega; and the Chiean film No by Pablo Larraín.
Since its creation in 1969, never before the Directors' Fortnight had such a heavy presence of Latin American cinema. six out of 21 feature films selected. Additionally, Directors' Fortnight will also feature two Brazilian short films in its official competition: Porcos raivosos / Enraged Pigs by Leonardo Sette et Isabel Penoni, and Os mortos vivos / The Living Dead by Anita Rocha da Silveira.
