Critics' Prizes at Palm Springs

At the Palm Springs International Film Festival ((USA, January 3-14, 2013),

the International Critics' Prize (FIPRESCI Prize) for the Best Foreign Language Film of the Year (2012) went to :

 "Fill the Void" (Lamale et Ha'lahal)

 by Israeli director Rama Burshtein.

The Winner of the Best Actor Award is an ensemble prize that goes to the cast of "Caesar Must Die" — Cosimo Rega, Salvatore Striano, Giovanni Arcuri, Antonio Frasca, and Vincenzo Gallo — by Italian directors Paolo and Vittorio Taviani.

The Winner of the Best Actress Prize is Emilie Dequenne in "Our Children" (À perdre la raison) by Belgian director Joachim Lafosse.

Jury members were:

Peter Keough, USA ("The Boston Phoenix"), Jacob Lundström, Sweden ("FLM", "Aftonbladet"), Malwina Grochowska, Poland ("Kino").

Print Sources. "Fill the Void": Sony Pictures Classics – www.sonyclassics.com. — "Caesar Must Die": Adopt Films – www.adoptfilms.com. — "Our Children": Les Films du Losanges – www.filmsdulosange.fr/en/