For the third year in a row, MyFrenchFilmFestival, the online event organised by UniFrance broke records. After 6.5 million views in 2016 and 6.7 million last year, the 8^th edition of the festival (read the news here), which took place from 19 January to 19 February, smashed its previous record with more than 10 million views. On the MyFrenchFilmFestival.com platform, the five countries with the most views were (in order): Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Poland and Russia. But the festival was also accessible via fifty partner platforms around the world and China established itself as the most consumer-heavy region via Jia Screen (the platform founded by Jia Zhangke).

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The Filmmakers’ Jury Award (chaired by Paolo Sorrentino along with Julia Ducournau, Brilliant Mendoza, Kim Chapiron and Nabil Ayouch) crowned Paris Prestige [+lee también:
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Awards:

Filmmakers’ Jury Award
Paris Prestige [+lee también:
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Filmmakers’ Jury Special Mention
Willy 1er [+lee también:
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Lacoste Audience Award
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Short film: La Mort, Père & Fils – Winshluss and Denis Walgenwitz

International Press Award
Feature film: Noces – Stephan Streker

Short film: La Mort, Père & Fils – Winshluss and Denis Walgenwitz