18/11/2013 - Slovakian director Juraj Lehotsky and Kazakh filmmaker Emir Baigazin win in Arras and Amiens, while Sarlat rewards The Finishers

Miracle by Juraj Lehotsky

The series of festivals taking place in France led to the victory on Saturday in Arras of Miracle [+see also:
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interview: Bodo Kox
film profile] by Bodo Kox (read the interview) which also won the Prize “Regards Jeunes”. The Prize of the Public went to Love is Blind [+see also:
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film profile] by Norwegian filmmaker Rune Denstad Langlo (read the interview).

As for the 33^rd Amiens International Film Festival, it gave its Grand Prix to Harmony Lessons [+see also:
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film profile] by Benedikt Erlingsson with the Prize of the City and a Best Actress Award (Charlotte Boving). The public rewarded When I Saw Youby Annemarie Jacir (coproduced by Palestine, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates and Greece).

Finally, the public of the Sarlat Film Festival gave the Golden Salamander to The Finishers by Nils Tavernier (article). The high school jury rewarded Me Myself and Mum [+see also:
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film profile] by Solveig Anspach – read the article) and Chinese Puzzle by Cédric Klapisch won the Best Film Award.