Deniz Şaşmaz Oflaz discusses such local hits as 'Prince,' 'Magarsus,' and 'Pavilion' and how many scripted and unscripted original shows per year audiences can expect with higher investment.

Launched by the French Directors’ Guild in 1969 in the wake of the student and labor protests that disturbed — and ultimately shut down — the 1968 Cannes Film Festival — the Directors’ Fortnight ...