The only event in Europe wholly dedicated to the coming together of image and sound, the 21st  Music & Cinema Aubagne International Film Festival (which successfully unspooled online between 30 March and 4 April) has awarded the Grand Prize for Best Original Music to Belgian composer Geert Hellings for his work on the film Patrick [+leggi anche:
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Also of note is the Best Direction award taken home by Czech director Michal Hogenauer for A Certain Kind of Silence [+leggi anche:
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The full list of winners is as follows:

Feature Films

Grand Prize for Best Original Music
Geert Hellings - Patrick [+leggi anche:
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Best Feature Film
Kuessipan - Myriam Verreault (Canada)

Special Mention
Sharon Fontaine-Ishpatao for her performance in Kuessipan

Best Performance
The entire cast of Patrick

Best Direction
A Certain Kind of Silence [+leggi anche:
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Short Films

Grand Prize for Best Musical Creation
Pierre Oberkampf - L'heure de l'ours (France)

Best Fiction Film
Homesick - Koya Kamura, music by Romain Trouillet (France/Japan)

Mathieu Hoche Best Documentary Award
Bayandalai - El Señor de la Taiga - Aner Etxebarria Moral and Pablo Vidal Santos, music by Joseba Brit (Spain)

Best Animated Film
Mind My Mind - Floor Adams, music by Peter Johan Nijland and Frank Boeijen (Netherlands/Belgium)

Young German-Language Film Creation Award
Jemand und Niemand - Douma Joscha, music by John Gürtler & Lars Voges (Germany)

Short Film Corner – Industry Meetings
Krzyzoki - Anna Gawlita, music by Michal Gorczynski (Poland)

Special Mention for Best Actress and Best Actor
Madeleine Baudot and Grégory Gadebois - Pile Poil by Lauriane Escaffre and Yvonnick Muller (France)

Cinézik Award
L'heure de l'ours - Agnès Patron

Honorary Award - The winner of Borderline Short Films Night
Plaqué or - Chloé Léonil, sound design by François Le Cann (Belgium)

SIRAR Award

Prize-winner
Maxime Vagne for his screenplay Sparring-partner    

Music bursaries
Léo Lejeune, Joeffrey Longagnan and Mathieu Vilbert