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FESTIVALS / AWARDS France

What Do We See When We Look At The Sky? reigns supreme at Angers' Premiers Plans Festival

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- The film by Georgian director Alexandre Koberidze wins the gathering's Grand Prize, while Ninjababy bags an Audience Award and Bruno Reidal, Confessions of a Murderer a Best Actor accolade

What Do We See When We Look At The Sky? reigns supreme at Angers' Premiers Plans Festival
What Do We See When We Look At The Sky? by Alexandre Koberidze

Victory belonged to What Do We See When We Look At The Sky? [+see also:
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at the 34th Angers' Premiers Plans Festival, a movie directed by Georgia’s Alexandre Koberidze which won the Grand Prize in the European feature films competition, as decided upon by a jury headed up by Melvil Poupaud. Produced by Germany and discovered in competition in Berlin, the film is set for release in French cinemas on 23 February, courtesy of Damned Distribution.

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The winners’ list also included Bruno Reidal, Confessions of a Murderer [+see also:
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interview: Vincent Le Port
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by French filmmaker Vincent Le Port, which won itself the title of Best Actor thanks to Dimitri Doré, as well as Unclenching the Fists [+see also:
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by Russia’s Kira Kovalenko, with the crown of Best Actress bestowed upon Milana Agouzarova.

The Audience Award for the European Feature Films competition went to Ninjababy [+see also:
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interview: Kristine Kujath Thorp
interview: Yngvild Sve Flikke
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by Norwegian director Yngvild Sve Flikke, while the jury presiding over the competitive Diagonales section (showcasing especially audacious works) singled out Laure Portier’s French-Belgian documentary Soy Libre [+see also:
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for a trophy, as well as awarding a Special Mention to Monica Stan and George Chiper-Lillemark’s Romanian work Immaculate [+see also:
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interview: Monica Stan, George Chiper-…
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When it came to script readings, Lucas Gloppe’s Faire feu scooped the two prizes in the offing for feature films. Penned by its future director in association with Cyril Brody and Julia Minkowski, the story unfurls in modern-day Paris, in 2016: Ludo has devoted himself mind, body and soul to extreme left-wing militancy since his teenage years, while Lisa is a bright, feminist teacher in a relationship with Yann. After spending nine months in prison, Ludo discovers love with Lisa for the first time in his life. But just as Ludo’s underground life is catching up with him, Lisa learns that the illness which has been eating away at her since the summer is cancer. A race against time ensues to imbue Ludo with the same vital impetus that Lisa gave him when they first met… The script was read in Angers by Samuel Theis, Andranic Manet and Marie Colomb, while the project itself will be steered by Chaz Productions.

The full list of award-winners is as follows:

European Feature Films

Grand Jury Prize
What Do We See When We Look At The Sky [+see also:
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interview: Alexandre Koberidze
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]
- Alexandre Koberidze (Germany/Georgia)

Jeanne Moreau Audience Award
Ninjababy [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Kristine Kujath Thorp
interview: Yngvild Sve Flikke
film profile
]
- Yngvild Sve Flikke (Norway)

Mademoiselle Ladubay Award (Best Actress)
Milana Agouzarova – Unclenching the Fists [+see also:
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trailer
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]
(Russia)

Jean Carmet Award (Best Actor)
Dimitri Doré - Bruno Reidal, Confessions of a Murderer [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Vincent Le Port
film profile
]
(France)

Diagonales Section

Grand Jury Prize
Soy Libre [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
- Laure Portier (France/Belgium)

Jury Special Mention
Immaculate [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Monica Stan, George Chiper-…
film profile
]
- Monica Stan and George Chiper-Lillemark (Romania)

European Short Films

Grand Jury Prize
O que resta – Daniel Soaes (Portugal)

Audience Award
Sestre - Kukla (Slovenia)

French Short Films

Grand Jury Prize
Haut les cœurs – Adrian Moyse Dullin (France)

Jury Special Mention
Lèv la tèt dann fénwar – Érija Étangsalé (France)

Best Actress
Ramatoulaye Ndongo, Ayal Halal - Haut les cœurs

Best Actor
Lucain Arnaud - Caillou (France)

Audience Award
Haut les cœurs – Adrian Moyse Dullin

Librarians’ Award
Caillou - Mathilde Poymiro

International Youth Award
Caillou - Mathilde Poymiro

School Films

Grand Jury Prize
Love is Just a Death Away - Bára Anna Stejskalová (Czech Republic)

Jury Special Mention
Appels sortants -
Ines Fabry Garcia (France)

Audience Award
Doosra - Keerthigan Sivakumar (Suisse)

Arte Award
Un mois après la nuit - Héloïse Fressoz (France)

Angers Students’ Award
Other Half - Lina Kalcheva (UK)

Animated Films

Audience Award
Au revoir Jérôme - Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet and Chloé Farr (France) (short film)

Nef Animation Award
Zoon - Jonatan Schwenk (Germany) (short film)
Special Mention
Maman, il a quoi le chien ? - Lola Lefèvre (France) (short film)

L’extra Short Film Award
Au revoir Jérôme - Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet and Chloé Farr (France) (short film)

Script Readings

Audience Award for Best Feature Film Script
Faire feu - Lucas Gloppe

Visio Award for Best Feature Film Script
Faire feu - Lucas Gloppe

Audience Award for Best Short Film Script
Win-Win – Benjamin Clavel

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(Translated from French)

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