Femmes de Cinéma Prizes

Les Arcs Film Festival has created two awards to highlight the work of women in cinema: the Femme de Cinéma Sisley - Les Arcs Award for female directors, and the Revelation Female Film Music Composer Award. The aim of these awards is twofold: on the one hand, they aim to raise awareness among the media, professionals and the general public of the discrimination still faced by women in the world of cinema, but they are also a simple and effective way of highlighting the work of these talented women. 

Femme de Cinéma Sisley - Les Arcs award

Every year since 2013, we have therefore been awarding Femme de Cinéma Sisley - Les Arcs Award.  

Several years after the creation of this award, things are certainly changing, but so slowly that we feel it's more necessary than ever to continue this work of raising awareness and putting the spotlight on female filmmakers. Let's not forget that, on average in Europe in 2025, only one director in 4 will be a woman (for more information on this subject, see the study by Lab Femmes de cinéma).

ILDIKÓ ENYEDI: 2025 winner

The twelfth winner of this award is director Ildikó Enyedi. She will receive her award from Philippe d'Ornano, President of Sisley, at a ceremony open to the public on 14 December at 8.30 pm at the Centre Bernard Taillefer in Arc 1800.

The ceremony will be followed by a screening of her film Silent Friend.

ldikó Enyedi, Hungarian screenwriter and director, began her career with the Indigo collective and the Béla Balázs studio. Her first film, Mon XXe siècle, won the Caméra d'Or at Cannes (1989). She went on to direct films such as Tamas et Juli, Simon le mage, Corps et Âme, which won the Golden Bear at Berlin (2017) and L’Histoire de ma femme.

the Revelation Female Film Music Composer Award

Since 2022, Les Arcs Film Festival, the Lab Femmes de Cinéma, and Sacem have been presenting the Revelation Female Film Music Composer Award each year.

When available, official statistics show that female film composers are underrepresented and underfunded. Among French films released in cinema in 2024, there are only 12% female composers, with an average budget 27% lower than that of their male counterparts. The creation of this award therefore carries a dual purpose:

• To highlight and promote the talent of a female film music composer to the media, industry professionals, and the public helping to create female “role models”;
• To draw attention to the low number of women composing for film and the need to work toward greater gender parity in this field.

The winner of this award receives a grant from Sacem and is honored at the following edition of the Sœurs Jumelles festival dedicated to music and image.

Past award winners include composers Laetitia Pansanel-Garric (2022), Delphine Malaussena (2023), and Audrey Ismaël (2024).

Léonie Pernet: 2025 winner

The winner of the 2025 Revelation Award for Film Music Composer is Léonie Pernet, author and composer. She composed the soundtracks for H24, 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman, written by 24 European female authors, Yaël Langmann's series Culte - 2Be3, and Cyprien Vial's film Magma.

The choice was made by an independent jury, composed this year of Frédéric Junqua (Juste Éditions), Susana Poveda (FIP Radio), and Andrea Queralt (4 à 4 Productions), who praised “her organic, visceral music, which opens up a world of mystery and powerful presence.”

The award will be presented at the Arcs Film Festival as part of the Industry Village des Arcs on Monday, December 15, at 7 p.m. at the Manoir Savoie in Arc 1950.

Léonie Pernet will also perform on December 13 for the opening night of the Arcs Film Festival.