Femmes de Cinéma Prizes

Les Arcs Film Festival has created two awards to highlight the work of women in cinema: the Sisley - Les Arcs Award for female directors, and the Revelations Award for female film composers. 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. 

 Paola Cortellesi, holder of the 2O24 Sisley Les Arcs Femmes de Cinéma Award!

Paola Cortellesi (Rome, 1973) is a celebrated Italian actor, writer, and director known for her versatility. She began her career on stage in 1995, moving across cinema and TV, and winning major awards, including the Hystrio Award, Le Maschere Award, David di Donatello, and multiple Silver Ribbons. Cortellesi gained TV fame in 1997 with roles in satirical and variety shows and staged her own one-woman shows in 2004 and 2008. She starred in acclaimed films like Escort in Love (2011), A Boss in the Living Room (2014), and Like a Cat on a Highway (2017, 2021). Between 2020 and 2022, she headlined Petra on Sky, won another Silver Ribbon, and debuted as a director with There’s Still Tomorrow (2022).

The Sisley Prize - Les Arcs "Femme de Cinéma"

Every year since 2013, we have therefore been awarding the Sisley - Les Arcs Femme de cinéma prize.  

10 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 2022, only one director in 4 will be a woman (for more information on this subject, see the study by Lab Femmes de cinéma).

The Female Film Composer Revelation Award

Since 2022, Les Arcs Film Festival, Lab Femmes de Cinéma and Sacem have been awarding the annual "Female Film Composer Revelation” Award, to highlight the talent of a woman composer, a profession in which women are particularly few and far between. 

The winner receives an endowment from Sacem, and is honored at the next edition of the Sœurs Jumelles film music festival.