Chaired by Romanian director Cristian Mungiu, the jury of the 60^th Critics’ Week at the 74^th Cannes Film Festival has handed out the 2021 Grand Prize to Feathers [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Egypt’s Omar El Zohairy. This feature debut revolves around a passive mother, whose mundane life is dedicated to her husband and children. When a magic trick goes awry at a children’s birthday party, the authoritative father of the family turns into a chicken. An avalanche of coincidental absurdities befalls everyone; the mother is now forced to come to the fore and take care of her family. While moving heaven and earth to bring her husband back and secure their survival, she goes through a total transformation. Feathers was produced by Paris-based outfit Still Moving, and was co-produced by Egypt’s Film Clinic and Lagoonie FilmProduction, Dutch firm Kepler Film, Verona Meier (a producer working in both Berlin and Norway) and Greece’s Heretic (which is also in charge of its international sales).

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Intended to single out a talented actor or actress, the Rising Star Award went to Colombian thesp Sandra Melissa Torres for her turn in Amparo [+leggi anche:
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Of note among the awards handed out by the Critics’ Week’s partners are the Gan Foundation Award for Distribution, which was bestowed upon Zero Fucks Given [+leggi anche:
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Here is the full list of award winners:

Nespresso Grand Prize
Feathers [+leggi anche:
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Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award
Sandra Melissa Torres - Amparo [+leggi anche:
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Gan Foundation Award for Distribution
Zero Fucks Given [+leggi anche:
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SACD Award
Olga [+leggi anche:
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Leitz Cine Discovery Prize for Short Film
Lili Alone (Duo Li) – Zou Jing (China/Hong Kong/Singapore)

Canal+ Award for Short Film
Brutalia, Days of Labour – Manolis Mavris (Greece/Belgium)