Les Arcs crowns The Fool

by Fabien Lemercier

19/12/2014 - A Crystal Arrow for the film by Yury Bykov. These Are the Rules and Labyrinth of Lies excel. Cineuropa Award for Waste Land

The Fool by Yury Bykov

Chaired by Cédric Kahn, the jury of the competition for the sixth Les Arcs European Cinema Festival has awarded the 2014 Crystal Arrow to The Fool [+see also:
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interview: Yury Bykov
film profile] by Russian director Yury Bykov (read the review). The feature film, which had already earned a Special Mention and the Award for Best Actor in Locarno, was also recognised at the Les Arcs Festival for its cinematography and by the Youth Jury.

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The Jury Grand Prix went to These Are the Rules [+see also:
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film profile] by Croatian Ognjen Svilicic (unveiled in Venice in the Horizons section), and a Special Mention was awarded to Labyrinth of Lies [+see also:
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interview: Giulio Ricciarelli
interview: Giulio Ricciarelli
film profile] by German Giulio Ricciarelli (read the interview), who also took home the Audience Award.

The acting awards went to Bianca Kronlöf for Underdog [+see also:
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interview: Ronnie Sandahl
film profile] by Swedish director Ronnie Sandahl (review and director’s interview in French) and Peter Fernandino for Hyena [+see also:
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interview: Gerard Johnson
film profile] by Gerard Johnson (read the review and interview). Also worth mentioning is the Award for Best Score for composer Stephen Rennicks for the Irish feature film Frank [+see also:
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film profile] by Lenny Abramson.

The Cineuropa Award was snapped up by Waste Land [+see also:
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interview: Pieter Van Hees
film profile] by Belgium's Pieter Van Hees (read the review and interview), while the Press Award went to Fidelio, Alice’s Journey [+see also:
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interview: Lucie Borleteau
film profile] by French filmmaker Lucie Borleteau (awarded in Locarno – read the review and interview). Finally, the short-film category award was carried off by Welkom by Pablo Munoz Gomez.