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Living and Other Fictions emerges triumphant at Montpellier

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- Spaniard Jo Sol has won the Golden Antigone at the 38th Mediterranean Film Festival; the Audience Award went to Fabrice Benchaouche's Timgad

Living and Other Fictions emerges triumphant at Montpellier
Living and Other Fictions receiving the Golden Antigone (© Cinemed)

After being revealed as a special screening at San Sebastián, Living and Other Fictions [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Jo Sol
film profile
]
by Spaniard Jo Sol has now won the Golden Antigone, which serves to acknowledge the best film at the 38th Mediterranean Film Festival of Montpellier, and was handed out by a jury chaired by French actress Laetitia Casta. The film also pocketed the Nova Award and the Best Music Award.

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Also worth pointing out on the awards list is the recipient of the Audience Award, which went to the French-Belgian co-production Timgad [+see also:
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trailer
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by Fabrice Benchaouche, screened in the Panorama section, while the Grand Prix for Best Documentary was bestowed upon Zaineb Hates the Snow [+see also:
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by Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania.

Here is the complete list of winners of the 38th Mediterranean Film Festival:

Feature-film competition:

Golden Antigone
Living and Other Fictions [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Jo Sol
film profile
]
- Jo Sol (Spain)

Critics' Award
Personal Affairs - Maha Haj (Israel)

Audience Award
Timgad [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
- Fabrice Benchaouche (France/Belgium)

Nova Award
Vivir y otras ficciones - Jo Sol

Young Audience Award
The Star of Algiers - Rachid Benhadj (Algeria)

Student Award for Best Debut Work
Al di là del risultato [+see also:
trailer
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]
- Emanuele Gaetano Forte (Italy)

Best Music Award
El Niño de Elche – Vivir y otras ficciones

Short-film competition:

Grand Prix for Best Short Film
Written/Unwritten - Adrian Silisteanu (Romania)
Special Mention
Dry Hot Summers - Sherif El Bendary (Egypt)

Audience Award
Timecode - Juanjo Giménez(Spain)

Young Audience Award
Bêlons - El Mehdi Azzam (Morocco/France)
Special Mention
Dry Hot Summers - Sherif El Bendary

Canal+ Award
Written/Unwritten - Adrian Silisteanu
Escape - Hamid Saïdji, Jonathan Mason (Algeria/France)

Documentary competition:

Grand Prix
Zaineb Hates the Snow [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
- Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia/France/Qatar/United Arab Emirates)
Special Mention
Samir in the Dust - Mohamed Ouzine (France/Algeria/Qatar)

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(Translated from French)

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