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Grand Prize of the Jury

A few days away from the festival end, the international Jury with Emily Atef, Chie Hayakawa, Sergei Loznitsa, Juho Kuosmanen & Albert Serra –  chose to award Zero Fucks given by Julie Lecoustre et Emmanuel Marre (film selected in partnership with Wallonie Bruxelles Images).

Jury statement:

We have decided to award the Grand Prize to Zero Fucks Given, first feature film of Julie Lecoustre and Emmanuel Marre, for its very singular and contemporary point of view on a young woman working in a low-cost airline company, running away from her life. Amazingly embodied by Adèle Exarchopoulos, the film explores a dehumanized in-between world, where flight attendants are working for in-the-air supermarkets. With strong artistic choices and a bold and rough cinematography, the two directors depict a contemporary disease: the need and the mirage of escaping from the ground.

Zero Fucks Given

The film wins a prize of 15,000 euros for the director, producer and exporter.

International Press Awards

Paloma

The international Press Jury, with Foteini Alevra (Athens Voice / Greece), Émilie Gambade (Maverick Life / South Africa), Kong Rithdee (The Bangkok Post / Thailand), Marcelo Stiletano (La Nación / Argentina), Aramide Tinubu (freelancer / United-States), Larisa Turea (Timpul / Moldavia), & Albert Zagt (freelancer / Netherlands), chose to award :

The short feature film Paloma by Hugo Bardin.

Jury statement:

Director and actor Hugo Bardin signed a moving and surprising love story between two bold characters. The poetry of the script combined with the strength of the acting bring emotions, humour, fear and hope to the fore – ingredients all great movies are made of.

Magnetic Beats

The long feature film Magnetic Beats by Vincent Maël Cardona.

Jury statement:

In his first feature film, Vincent Maël Cardona mixes a delicate epistolary love story, with grief at the loss of a brother, rhythmed by the energy of a powerful soundtrack. With an acute sense of mise en scene the director depicts the frustrations, angers and hopes of a youth: a true love letter to the 80s.

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The festival continues until February 13

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