16/12/2016 - Victory for duo Kristina Grozeva – Petar Valchanov. The Grand Jury Award goes to Home, the Public’s Choice Award to Layla M., and the Cineuropa Prize to Lady Macbeth

Petar Valchanov and Kristina Grozeva thank their Crystal Arrow (© Festival de Cinéma Européen des Arcs/Pidz.com)

Glory [+see also:
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film profile] (unveiled at Toronto and winner of the New Directors section at San Sebastián in 2014). The film, which has also been awarded the Press Award at Les Arcs, is being sold internationally by Wide, and will be released in France by Urban Distribution.

The jury awarded its Grand Prize to Home [+see also:
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Also worth mentioning is that the award for Best Actress went to Nora El Koussour for her performance in Dutch feature Layla M. [+see also:
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The Cineuropa Prize was awarded to Lady Macbeth [+see also:
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Daydreams [+see also:
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The complete list of winners:

Crystal Arrow
Glory [+see also:
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Grand Jury Award
Home [+see also:
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Jury Mention
The Fixer [+see also:
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Award for Best Actress
Nora El Koussour – Layla M. [+see also:
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Award for Best Actor
Tudor Istodor – The Fixer

Award for Best Original Score
Nicola Piovani – Daydreams [+see also:
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Award for Best Cinematography
Gösta Reiland – Pyromaniac [+see also:
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Public’s Choice Award
Layla M. – Mijke de Jong

Cineuropa Prize
Lady Macbeth [+see also:
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Press Award
Glory – Kristina Groseva and Petar Valchanov

Press Jury Mention
Actresses Funda Eryigit, Ecem Uzun and Yesim Ustapglu – Clair Obscur [+see also:
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20 Minutes of Audacity Prize
Zoology [+see also:
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Young Jury Award
Daydreams – Caroline Deruas

Young Jury Special Mention
Zoology – Ivan Tverdovsky

Best Short Film
Rhapsody – Constance Meyer (France)

Short Film Special Mention
Ambulance – Sebastian Torngren Wartin (Norway)

(Translated from French)