Tel Aviv on Fire y Sir triunfan en San Juan de Luz

por Fabien Lemercier

08/10/2018 - Las películas del israelo-palestino Sameh Zoabi y la india Rohena Gera comparten el Gran Premio de un festival dedicado al cine joven

Tel Aviv on Fire y Sir triunfan en San Juan de Luz

Tel Aviv on Fire de Sameh Zoabi y Sir de Rohena Gera

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With its mission to shine the spotlight on feature debuts and sophomore films, the Saint-Jean-de-Luz International Film Festival has crowned two main winners at the end of its fifth edition, which unspooled from 1-6 October. The jury chaired by actress Corinne Masiero (and made up solely of women) handed the 2018 Grand Prix ex aequo to the excellent political comedy Tel Aviv on Fire [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by India’s Rohena Gera, a feature debut about an impossible love between people of different castes, which previously won an award in the Cannes Critics’ Week. Interestingly, Sir (which Diaphana will distribute in France from 26 December onwards) also took home the Audience Award, while Tel Aviv on Fire also won over the youth jury.

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The jury was particularly impressed by French actresses Diane Rouxel and Jeanne Cohendy and their performances in Head Above Water [+lee también:
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