22/12/2023 - The Crystal Arrow goes to Marija Kavtaradze’s film, while the Grand Prize goes to The Teachers’ Lounge, and the Cineuropa Andrea D'Aquino Award goes to Explanation for Everything

Victory at the 15th Les Arcs Film Festival for Slow [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Marija Kavtaradze
film profile] by Lithuanian director Marija Kavtaradze who has won the 2023 Crystal Arrow given to the best film by the jury headed by filmmaker Asghar Farhadi (with Rebecca Marder, Vincent Lacoste, Irène Drésel and Christine Angot completing the jury). Winner of the Best Director award at the Sundance Film Festival, the feature film is sold internationally by French company Totem Films.

The Grand Jury Prize went to The Teachers’ Lounge [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: İlker Çatak
interview: Leonie Benesch
film profile] by Germany’s Ilker Çatak (discovered in Berlinale Panorama and shortlisted for the next Best International Feature Film Oscar) which has also won the award for Best Original Score (composed by Marvin Miller). The film will be released in France on 6 March by Tandem.

The acting awards went to Greek actress Dimitra Vlagopoulou for Animal [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Sofia Exarchou
film profile] by Sofia Exarchou (released in France on 17 January via Shellac) and Hungarian actor Gáspár Adonyi-Walsh for his performance in Explanation for Everything [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Gábor Reisz
film profile] by Gábor Reisz (which Memento will distribute in France). The film also won the first Cineuropa Andrea D'Aquino Award.

Also among the winners is France’s Nathalie Durand for the cinematography in The Successor [+see also:
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interview: Xavier Legrand
film profile] by Xavier Legrand which also won the Audience Award (released in France on 21 February 2024 via Haut et Court).

The winners:

Crystal Arrow
Slow [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Marija Kavtaradze
film profile] - Marija Kavtaradze (Lithuania/Sweden/Spain)

Grand Prix du Jury
The Teachers’ Lounge [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: İlker Çatak
interview: Leonie Benesch
film profile] - Ilker Çatak (Germany)

Best Actress
Dimitra Vlagopoulou - Animal [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Sofia Exarchou
film profile] (Greece/Austria/Romania/Cyprus/Bulgaria)

Best Actor
Gáspár Adonyi-Walsh – Explanation for Everything [+see also:
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interview: Gábor Reisz
film profile] (Hungary/Slovakia)

Best Original Score
Marvin Miller – The Teachers’ Lounge

Best Cinematography
Nathalie Durand – The Successor [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Xavier Legrand
film profile] (France/Canada/Belgium)

Other Awards

Cineuropa Andrea D'Aquino Award
Explanation for Everything – Gábor Reisz

Audience Award
The Successor – Xavier Legrand

Youth Jury Prize
Sweet Dreams [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Ena Sendijarević
film profile] - Ena Sendijarević (the Netherlands/Sweden/Indonesia/France)

Les cinglés du cinéma award
The Hypnosis [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Asta Kamma August
interview: Ernst De Geer
film profile] - Ernst De Geer (Sweden/Norway/France)

Universciné award for the Hauteur selection
Green Border [+see also:
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trailer
film profile] - Agnieszka Holland (Poland/Czech Republic/France/Belgium)

Best Short Film Award
27 - Flóra Anna Bud (Hungary/France)
Special Mention
/Imagine – Anna Apter (France)

(Translated from French)