CANNES 2015 Critics’ Week / Awards
The Critics’ Week Grand Prix goes to Paulina
- CANNES 2015: Argentinean director Santiago Mitre’s film, co-produced by France, has been triumphant in the Critics’ Week, while the Revelation Prize has gone to Land and Shade
Chaired by Israeli filmmaker-actress Ronit Elkabetz, the jury of the 54th Critics’ Week of the 68th Cannes Festival has awarded the Grand Prix 2015 to Paulina [+see also:
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The Revelation Prize went to Land and Shade [+see also:
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The distribution-support award, granted by the Gan Foundation, was bestowed upon Diaphana, the distributor of The Wakhan Front [+see also:
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Lastly, in terms of the shorts, the Discovery Award went to Varicella by Italy’s Fulvio Risuleo, while Romanian director Andrei Cretulescu took home the Canal+ Award with Ramona.
(Translated from French)
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