19/10/2022 - The 11th International Independent Film Festival has named Argentine director Manuel Abramovich’s feature film its winner, while Hugo Thomas’ Juniors nabbed a Special Mention

Composed of Ava Cahen, Anaïs Demoustier, Clotilde Hesme, Aude Pépin, Sylvie Verheyde and Grégoire Colin, the feature film competition jury at the 11th Bordeaux International Independent Film Festival (which unspooled 12 - 17 October) awarded its 2022 Grand Prize to Pornomelancolia [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Manuel Abramovich
film profile] by Manuel Abramovich. Produced by Argentina, Brazil, France and Mexico, the movie was unveiled in competition in San Sebastián last month, where it scooped a trophy for Best Photography (courtesy of the Argentine director himself). Pornomelancolia is sold worldwide by Luxbox and will be distributed in France by Epicentre Films.

A Special Mention, meanwhile, was awarded to Juniors [+see also:
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trailer
film profile], the second feature film by Hugo Thomas (who co-directed Willy 1^er [+see also:
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film profile], which was discovered in Cannes’ ACID selection in 2016). This teen movie about an adolescence sustained by online video games revolves around Jordan and Patrick who live in the countryside and kill time in front of Call Of Duty, until the day their Playstation gives up the ghost… Juniors is sold by WTFilms and is set to be distributed in France on 5 April via The Jokers Films/Les Bookmakers.

The full list of winners is as follows:

International Feature Film Competition

Grand Prize
Pornomelancolia [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Manuel Abramovich
film profile] – Manuel Abramovich (Argentina/Brazil/France/Mexico)

Special Mention
Juniors [+see also:
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Best Original Music
Nadal El Shazly – The Damned Don’t Cry [+see also:
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International Short Film Competition

Grand Prize
Rapide – Paul Rigoux (France)

Special Mention
L’attente – Alice Douart (France)

Best Original Music
DJ13NRV and Bogoss-Lacoste – Virée sèche by Théo Laglisse (France)

Contreband Competition

Grand Prize
La mécanique des fluides – Gala Hernández López (France) (medium-length film)

Other awards

France Télévisions Award for Best Short Film Director
La mécanique des fluides - Gala Hernández López

Brefcinema Award for Best Short Film
La mécanique des fluides - Gala Hernández López

International Feature Film Competition Erasmus Award
Wolf and Dog [+see also:
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interview: Cláudia Varejão
film profile] – Claudia Varejão (Portugal)

Nouvelle-Aquitaine Film Workout

Feature Films

La photo retrouvée – Pierre Primetens (France)
Production: Perspective Films, Night Light

On the Edge [+see also:
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Production: GoGoGo Films

Short Films

Boucan – Salomé Da Souza (France)
Production: Alta Rocca Films

Tornades - Annabelle Amoros (France)
Production: Paraíso Production Diffusion

L’esquisse – Thomas Cali (France)
Production: Don Quichotte Films

Philippe F. – Maxime Stamatiadis (France)
Production: Kidam

Ne vois-tu rien venir ? – Giulia Volli (France)
Production: Barberousse Films

(Translated from French)