Edition 2023

Jury 2023

Jury

Feature films Jury

Radu Mihaileanu (president of the Jury), director, Roumanie
Sebastian Schipper, actor and director, Germany
Bruno Coulais, composer, France
Mélanie Bernier, actress, France
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, actor, Island
Catherine Corsini, director, France
Mélanie Doutey, actress, France

Short films Jury

Antonin Peretjatko (president of the Jury), director, France
Alice de Lencquesaing, actress and director, France
François Theurel, youtube director, France
Finnegan Oldfield, actor, France / United Kingdom (canceled)
Grégory Audermatte, distributor, France
Lola Bessis, actress and director, France
Audrey Estrougo, director, France

Winners' list

Crystal Arrow

The Flèche de Cristal, in partnership with Hiventy, has been awarded to Glory, by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov.

Glory

Kristina GROZEVA and Petar VALCHANOV

Tsanko Petrov, a railroad worker finds millions of leva on the train tracks. He decides to turn the entire amount over to the police, and the state rewards him with a new wristwatch, but soon the new watch stops working. And here starts his desperate struggle to get his dignity back.

Grand Jury Award

The Grand Jury Award awarded Home by Fien Troch.

Home

Fien TROCH

Home portrays the struggle between two generations. Teenagers who explore a thin line between trust, friendship and loyalty and adults who seem alienated from their past younger selves. The clash can be more brutal than expected.

Public’s Choice Award

The Audience price, given in partnership with France 4, has rewarded Layla M by Mijke de Jong.

Layla M

Mijke DE JONG

18-year-old Layla, a Dutch girl with Moroccan roots joins a group of radical Muslims. She encounters a world that nurtures her ideas initially, but finally confronts her with an impossible choice.

Award for best actress

The Award for Best Actress has been given to the actress Nora El Koussour for her role in Layla M by Mijke de Jong.

Layla M

Mijke DE JONG

18-year-old Layla, a Dutch girl with Moroccan roots joins a group of radical Muslims. She encounters a world that nurtures her ideas initially, but finally confronts her with an impossible choice.

Award for best actor

The Award for Best Actor has been given to the actor Tudor Istodor for his role in The Fixer by Adrian Sitaru.

Fixeur

Adrian SITARU

Radu, a young and ambitious journalist who wants to make a name for himself in the international press. When two underage prostitutes are repatriated from France, Radu is hired as a fixer by a French TV crew led by a famous journalist. Radu will soon feel that he, too, is taking advantage of the two girls by using their story.

Award for Best Original Score

The Award for Best Original Music, given by the SACEM, has been awarded to Nicola Piovani for the film L’Indomptée by Caroline Deruas.

L'indomptée

Caroline DERUAS

Axèle is a photographer, Camille is a writer. They’re awarded a year’s residency at the Villa Medici in Rome. Bodies and minds will be liberated, no one will imerge intact.

Award for Best Cinematography

The Award for Best Cinematography has been given to Gösta Reiland for the film Pyromaniac by Erik Skojblærg.

Pyromaniac

Erik SKJOLDBJÆRG

A flame lights up the darkness of a peaceful village. A pyromaniac ignites his first fire. More fires break out and the community panics.

Best short film Award

The Award for Best Short Film, awarded by a jury composed of Antonin Peretjatko, Alice de Lencquesaing, Audrey Estrougo, François Theurel, (Le Fossoyeur de film), Lola Bessis and Grégory Audermatte, has been awarded to Rhapsody by Constance Meyer. A special mention have been attributed to Ambulance by Sebastian Torngren Wartin.

Rhapsody

Constance MEYER

Young Jury Award

The highschool pupils of Bourg Saint Maurice, Albertville and Chambéry have given the Youth Jury Prize, to the film L’Indomptée by Caroline Deruas, and a special mention to Zoology by Ivan Ivanovitch Tverdovskiy.

L'indomptée

Caroline DERUAS

Axèle is a photographer, Camille is a writer. They’re awarded a year’s residency at the Villa Medici in Rome. Bodies and minds will be liberated, no one will imerge intact.

Press Award

The Press Prize, attributed by a jury of 4 journalists from Transfuge, Elle, La Repubblica and Le Journal des Femmes has been awarded to Glory, by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov.

Glory

Kristina GROZEVA and Petar VALCHANOV

Cineuropa Award

The Cineuropa Prize, attributed to a co-produced film or co-produced by a country member of the MEDIA program or Eurimages program, has been awarded to Lady Macbeth.

The Young Lady

William OLDROYD

The 20 Minutes of Audacity Price

The 20Minutes of Audacity Price, given by a jury of 6 journalists from the daily 20 Minutes, has been award to Zoology, by Ivan Ivanovitch Tverdovskiy.

Zoologie

Ivan TVERDOVSKIY

Middle-aged zoo worker Natasha still lives with her mother in a small coastal town. She is stuck and it seems that life has no surprises for her until one day… she grows a tail and turns her life around.