Water Lilies scoops up main prize at Tromsö
by Annika Pham
The 18th Tromsö International Film Festival ended last Sunday with Celine Sciamma’s Water Lilies [+see also:
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The NOK100,000 cash prize will go towards P&A costs for the film’s Norwegian release. The opening film, Nils Gaup’s The Kautokeino Rebellion [+see also:
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Abdellatif Kechiche’s The Secret of the Grain [+see also:
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