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My Mexican Bretzel l’emporte au Festival de Mannheim-Heidelberg

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- Ce premier long par l'Espagnole Nuria Giménez Lorang a reçu le Prix International Newcomer du meilleur réalisateur à cette édition du festival allemand, la première de la nouvelle équipe de direction

My Mexican Bretzel l’emporte au Festival de Mannheim-Heidelberg
My Mexican Bretzel de Nuria Giménez Lorang

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The first edition of the International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg (12-22 November) under new management (see the interview) presented a diverse programme of international film productions across its various sections. Founded in 1952, and therefore boasting a tradition nearly as long as that of the Berlinale, the festival sees itself as “a mediator and networker of different cultural scenes”, always searching for the newest directing talents. This year, the gathering went online owing to the coronavirus-related closure of the cinemas in Germany.

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The 14 films in the main “On the Rise” competition were competing for six awards and were judged by four different juries as well as the public. The films were first, second or third movies by directors at the beginning of their careers. A jury of three, including film critic Jessica Kiang from Variety, German film director Jan Bonny (A Winter's Tale [+lire aussi :
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), and film curator and producer Mathilde Henrot, handed the International Newcomer Award for Best Director to Spaniard Nuria Giménez Lorang for her experimental, essayistic docu-fiction My Mexican Bretzel [+lire aussi :
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. The prize money of €25,000 thus went to the film that, without a doubt, used the most daring form. Giménez Lorang made use of found-footage material from the 1940s, showing her grandparents, and an invented personal journal to craft a highly suggestive and unique essay. Or, as the jury put it, an “incredibly eccentric, entertaining debut film, which at the same time questions what a film is and what a film is allowed to do”. My Mexican Bretzel also won the FIPRESCI Award.

This year marked the first time that the festival gave out the Rainer Werner Fassbinder Award for Best Screenplay, complete with prize money of €10,000. It went to Single Cycle by Chinese director Zhang Qi, a debut feature with a melancholic character and enigmatic elements – and it was precisely this mysterious side that won over the jury. The award was presented in collaboration with the Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation and also came with two Special Mentions, which went to Come Closer by Saskia Walter and Ralf Walter from Germany, and Beginning [+lire aussi :
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by Dea Kulumbegashvili, a Georgian-French co-production. The prize was created to also honour Fassbinder as an author, and not only as a director. Indeed, Fassbinder was one of the countless directing talents that were discovered during the festival's history.

The Ecumenical Award, with total prize money of €5,000, went to the Italian-French-Belgian co-production Una promessa [+lire aussi :
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by Gianluca and Massimiliano De Serio, a social drama about a father and son who have to start from scratch once Angela, respectively their wife and mother, dies. Side by side, they work in the fields and experience the brutality of an Italian landowner abusing his primarily refugee workers. The Special Mention was given to the Iranian drama The Slaughterhouse by Abbas Amini, which paints a similarly pessimistic portrait of an egoistic and violent society.

Finally, the Award of the Student Jury, which comes with €5,000, was given to Sabrina Doyle's Lorelei (USA). The drama is about a man who returns after a 15-year stretch in jail and meets his former girlfriend, with whom he starts up a new, but somehow toxic, relationship. The film also won the Audience Award, which comes with the same monetary amount of €5,000.

Here is the complete list of award winners at the International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg:

International Newcomer Award – Best Director
My Mexican Bretzel [+lire aussi :
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interview : Nuria Giménez
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– Nuria Giménez Lorang (Spain)

Rainer Werner Fassbinder Award – Best Screenplay
Single Cycle – Zhang Qi (China)
Special Mentions
Come Closer - Saskia Walker, Ralf Walker (Germany)
Beginning [+lire aussi :
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interview : Dea Kulumbegashvili
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- Dea Kulumbegashvili (Georgia/France)

FIPRESCI Award
My Mexican Bretzel - Nuria Giménez Lorang

Ecumenical Award
Una promessa [+lire aussi :
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– Gianluca and Massimiliano De Serio (Italy/France/Belgium)
Special Mention
The Slaughterhouse – Abbas Amini (Iran)

Award of the Student Jury
Lorelei – Sabrina Doyle (USA)
Special Mention
Shithouse – Cooper Raiff (USA)

Audience Award
Lorelei – Sabrina Doyle

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