The Association of French Film Critics has announced its champions for 2020. The accolade of Best French Film of the Year went to Love Affair(s) [+leggi anche:
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The award for Best First French Film, meanwhile, was won by an animated film also bearing Cannes’ 2020 Official Selection stamp of approval: Josep [+leggi anche:
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Rounding off the list of film accolades, we find the Outstanding French-Language Film award which was scooped by Belgium director Fabrice du Welz’s Adoration [+leggi anche:
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Also worth a mention is the Best French Series trophy, which was snaffled by Thomas Vincent’s Possessions, and, on the topic of TV productions, the award for Best Work of Fiction which went to Olivier Jahan’s Claire Andrieux and that of Best Documentary, entrusted to Sébastien Lifshitz’s Little Girl [+leggi anche:
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The full list of winners is as follows:

Cinema

Best French Film
Love Affairs(s) [+leggi anche:
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Best Foreign Film
Drunk [+leggi anche:
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Best French First Film
Josep [+leggi anche:
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Best Foreign First Film
Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains - Gu Xiaogang (China)

Outstanding French-Language Film
Adoration [+leggi anche:
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Best French Short
Maalbeek - Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis (France)

TV Awards

Best French Work of Fiction
Claire Andrieux - Olivier Jahan

Best French Documentary
Little Girl [+leggi anche:
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Best French Series
Possessions - Thomas Vincent