After canceling its last edition due to the pandemic, Directors’ Fortnight, a section running alongside the Cannes Film Festival, will be back with an eclectic international lineup.

Some of the films that will be screened at the event include Joanna Hogg’s highly anticipated “The Souvenir Part II,” Clio Barnard’s “Ali & Ava,” Jonas Carpignano’s “A Chiara,” Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman’s Rwanda-set sci-fi film “Neptune Frost,” and Alice Rohrwacher, Pietro Marcello and Francesco Munzi’s “Futura”, reports Variety.com.

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The highlight of this edition will likely be the world premiere of “The Souvenir Part II,” which will mark the first presence of Hogg, an acclaimed British writer-director, at Cannes.

The romance drama is headlined by Tilda Swinton, who will also be in Cannes for “The French Dispatch” and “Memoria” competing in the festival’s Official Selection, as well as Richard Ayoade, Charlie Heaton, and Harris Dickinson.

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The film revolves around a student who begins to find her voice as an artist while navigating a turbulent courtship with a charming but untrustworthy man.

Directors’ Fortnight will also host the French premiere of “The Souvenir” which will be the strand’s only Special Screening title. The film will have its theatrical release in France later this year. It previously world premiered at Sundance and played at the Berlinale, reports Variety.com.

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Other anticipated films set to unspool at Directors’ Fortnight include “Ali & Ava”, which is a contemporary love story headlined by Adeel Akhtar and Claire Rushbrook.

The lineup will boast eight debut features, including “Hit the Road,” by Jafar Panahi’s son, Panah Panahi, and Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović’s “Murina,” a sensual coming-of-age story set along the Adriatic Sea which is executive produced by Martin Scorsese.

The section will kick off with “Between Two Worlds,” Emmanuel Carrère’s drama headlined by Juliette Binoche and based on the bestseller “Le Quai de Ouistreham.”

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Directors’ Fortnight is headed by Paolo Moretti, who took over as artistic director in 2019, succeeding Edouard Waintrop.

The 53rd edition of the strand will pay tribute to Frederick Wiseman, the revered American documentary filmmaker and producer of “Ex Libris: The New York Public Library,” “Boxing Gym” and “Hospital.”

Wiseman will be awarded the Carrosse d’Or on July 7, during the Directors’ Fortnight opening ceremony. Past recipients include John Carpenter and Martin Scorsese.

The 53rd edition of Directors’ Fortnight will be held in Cannes from July 7-17.