Saint-Jean-de-Luz consacra Tel Aviv on Fire e Monsieur

di Fabien Lemercier

08/10/2018 - I film dell'israelo-palestinese Sameh Zoabi e dell'indiana Rohena Gera condividono il Grand Prix di un festival incentrato sul cinema giovane

Saint-Jean-de-Luz consacra Tel Aviv on Fire e Monsieur

Tel Aviv on Fire di Sameh Zoabi e Sir di 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 [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Israeli-Palestinian director Sameh Zoabi (a second feature that was singled out with the Best Actor Award in the Orizzonti section of Venice) and Sir [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] 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 [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Margaux Bonhomme (set to be released in France on 5 December, courtesy of Nour Films), while the Canadian flick Family First by Sophie Dupuis scooped two trophies (Best Director and Best Actor).