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Just The Wind triumphs at Paris Cinéma

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- Hungarian director Bence Fliegauf's Berlinale-awarded film wins the Jury Prize. Portuguese director Miguel Gomes' Tabu receives two distinctions.

The last winner of the Berlin Film Festival's Jury Grand Prix and finalist for the 2012 European parliament LUX Prize, Just The Wind [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Bence Fliegauf
film profile
]
(Csak a szél) by Hungarian director Bence Fliegauf (read the report), has just added the 10th Paris Cinéma Film Festival's top Jury Prize to its award collection.

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Just The Wind is a rural thriller set to the backdrop of racism about a Gypsy family from the great plains who live in fear of racial killings. The film was produced by the Hungarians from Inforg-M&M Film and co-produced by Germany (The Post Republic) and France (Paprika Films), notably with the support of Eurimages. The Match Factory is handling international sales.

Other winners at Paris Cinéma included Tabu [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Miguel Gomes
interview: Miguel Gomes
film profile
]
 (
finalist for the 2012 European parliament LUX Prize) by Portuguese director Miguel Gomes who received a Jury Distinction as well as the Bloggers and Web Award. The film will be distributed in France on December 5 by Shellac.

Finally, Ann Hui's A Simple Life won the Audience Award and Students' Prize, while Kim Nguyen's War Witchand Yang Yonghi's Our Homelandreceived additional awards.

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(Translated from French)

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