20/12/2019 - The Grand Prix went to Rocks, Carice Van Houten, Nichola Burley and Roxanne Scrimshaw got the acting gongs, the Audience Award was for System Crasher, and the Cineuropa Prize singled out Instinct

Director Valentyn Vasyanovych and actor Andriy Rymaruk with their Crystal Arrow for Atlantis (© Les Arcs Film Festival)

Atlantis [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Valentyn Vasyanovych
film profile] by Valentyn Vasyanovych has emerged victorious at the 11^th Les Arcs Film Festival, scooping the 2019 Crystal Arrow handed out to the best film by the jury chaired by French director Guillaume Nicloux. Having previously triumphed in the Orizzonti section at Venice, the Ukrainian feature is being sold abroad by Belgian firm Best Friend Forever.

The main jury also singled out British cinema, as the Grand Prix was given to Rocks [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Sarah Gavron
film profile] by Sarah Gavron (which will be distributed in France from 29 April onwards by Haut et Court), while Nichola Burley and Roxanne Scrimshaw were crowned Best Actresses for their performances in Lynn + Lucy [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Fyzal Boulifa
film profile] by Fyzal Boulifa, a trophy that the duo shared with Dutch thesp Carice Van Houten, the lead in Instinct [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Halina Reijn
film profile] by her fellow countrywoman Halina Reijn (a film that also took home the Cineuropa Prize and the Youth Jury Award).

The Best Cinematography Award was bestowed upon Swiss-Portuguese filmmaker Basil Da Cunha for O Fim do Mundo [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Basil Da Cunha
film profile], while the Best Original Score Award was conferred upon Iceland's Kjartan Sveinsson for Echo [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Rúnar Rúnarsson
film profile] by his fellow countryman Rúnar Rúnarsson (set to go on general release in France on 1 January, courtesy of Jour2Fête).

The Audience Award went to System Crasher [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Nora Fingscheidt
film profile] by Germany's Nora Fingscheidt (who first introduced the movie in Les Arcs' Work In Progress last year before going on to snag a Silver Bear with it at Berlin), which also received a Youth Jury Special Mention and which will be distributed in France from 4 March onwards by Ad Vitam. Lastly, the press jury singled out another German feature: Lara [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: GoCritic! Interview: Jan-Ol…
interview: Jan Ole Gerster
film profile] by Jan-Ole Gerster, which will be released in France by KMBO on 26 February.

Here is the full list of award winners:

Crystal Arrow
Atlantis [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Valentyn Vasyanovych
film profile] - Valentyn Vasyanovych (Ukraine)

Jury Grand Prix
Rocks [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Sarah Gavron
film profile] - Sarah Gavron (UK)

Best Actor/Actress
Nichola Burley, Roxanne Scrimshaw - Lynn + Lucy [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Fyzal Boulifa
film profile] (UK/France)
Carice Van Houten - Instinct [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Halina Reijn
film profile] (Netherlands)

Best Original Score
Kjartan Sveinsson - Echo [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Rúnar Rúnarsson
film profile] (Iceland/France/Switzerland)

Best Cinematography
Basil Da Cunha - O Fim do Mundo [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Basil Da Cunha
film profile] (Switzerland)

Audience Award
System Crasher [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Nora Fingscheidt
film profile] - Nora Fingscheidt (Germany)

Cineuropa Prize
Instinct - Halina Reijn

Press Award
Lara [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: GoCritic! Interview: Jan-Ol…
interview: Jan Ole Gerster
film profile] - Jan-Ole Gerster (Germany)

Youth Jury Award
Instinct - Halina Reijn

Youth Jury Special Mention
System Crasher - Nora Fingscheidt

Grand Prix for Best Short Film
Beast - Aasne Vaa Greibrokk (Norway)

Special Mention for a Short Film
All Inclusive - Corina Schwingruber Ilic (Switzerland)

Special Mention for Best Acting in a Short Film
Héloïse Valle - Matriochkas (Belgium)

(Translated from French)