Edition 2023
Jury 2023
Jury
FEATURE FILM JURY
Zabou Breitman - Presidente
Zabou Breitman has been immersed in theater and cinema since her childhood. She studies cinema, then attends Simon's Course before running away. After a brief stint on television in the 80s, she began her film career in Elle voit des nains partout! She then collaborated with great French filmmakers such as Diane Kurys, Henri Verneuil, Philippe Lioret, Pierre Jolivet, Michel Deville, Pierre Schoeller and Nicolas Bedos. While she continued her acting career on stage and on screen, she directed various plays for the theater and directed in 2001 her first feature film Beautiful Memories which received the César for Best First Feature Film. Then will follow The Man of my Life, Someone I Loved, No and Me, Paris etc. as well as The Swallows of Kabul released in theaters last year (Un Certain Regard selection 2019).
Amine Bouhafa
Based on a solid classical training and drawing his inspiration from all musical trends, the Franco-Tunisian composer Amine Bouhafa develops a very personal style playing with clichés of Orientalism. Rewarded in 2014 by a César for the music of the film Timbuktu, he has since signed a number of scores for demanding films such as Beauty and the Dogs (Prize for Best Sound Creation - Un Certain Regard), Un Fils or You Will Die at 20 (Award for Best Original Music at the Odessa Festival 2020). Amine Bouhafa is featured in Gagarine (Best Original Music Award of the FIFB 2020 and the Rome Film Festival), and The Man Who Sold His Skin. He is currently working on the animated film The Summit of the Gods by Patrick Imbert.
Sophie Letourneur
After studying at the École Duperré in Textile Arts and Printing, then at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs - where she made experimental videos, installations, and documentaries - Sophie Letourneur directed her first short film La tête dans le vide in 2004, which won numerous awards, then two medium-length films that were released in theatres: Manue bolonaise (2005) and Roc et canyon (2007). This was followed by Chicks (2010), then The Shady Sailor (2011) which she presented at the Locarno festival - where she took the opportunity to shoot Les coquillettes (2012) - and in which she also acted. She then directed her third feature film Gaby baby doll (2014) then Enormous released this year with Jonathan Cohen and Marina Foïs in the cast.
Vincent Macaigne
A graduate of the Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique in Paris, Vincent Macaigne went to the stage very early and multiplied his free adaptations of the great classics, for which he made a name for himself. In 2001, he appeared for the first time on the big screen in Replay de Catherine Corsini. From short films to feature films, he intensified his collaborations and played in films by Guillaume Brac, Bertrand Bonello and Vincent Mariette. In 2013, he is revealed at the Cannes Film Festival notably thanks to his appearances in Age of Panic, 2 Autumns 3 Winters and The Rendez-Vous of Déjà-Vu for which he will be nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actor. In 2017, he directs his first feature film Comfort and Consolation in France.
Nicolas Maury
A graduate of the Conservatoire National d'Art Dramatique de Paris, Nicolas Maury works on stage with great directors. Accustomed to auteur cinema, he shoots under the direction of Patrice Chéreau, Philippe Garrel, Olivier Assayas, Rebecca Zlotowski, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Riad Sattouf and Pascal Bonitzer. Mikael Buch gave him the lead role in his burlesque comedy Let my people go!, which earned him a nomination for the César Award for Most Promising Actor. Yann Gonzalez gave him a role in You and the Night and Knife+Heart. It was with the role of Hervé André-Jezak in the series Call my agent! that he became known to the general public. His first feature film My Best Part was released in October 2020.
SHORT FILM JURY
Guillaume Senez - President
Guillaume Senez was born in Brussels in 1978. He is the author of several short films, selected in numerous festivals: La Quadrature du Cercle (2005), Dans nos veines (2009), selected in Cannes for the Unifrance Prize for Best Short Film, U.H.T. (2012), nominated for the Magritte of Belgian cinema, and Walk with Kings (2020). In 2016 he released his first feature film Keeper. The film was selected in more than 70 festivals around the world (Toronto, Locarno, Rotterdam, Angers - Grand Jury Prize) and received more than twenty prizes including 3 Magritte awards. His second feature film Our Struggles was selected for the Critics' Week of Cannes in 2018. The film won five Magritte awards in 2019 (including Best Fim and Best Director).
Noée Abita
Noée Abita, 20 years old, was revealed by Ava first feature film by Léa Mysius presented in Cannes at the Critics' Week. She was nominated for the 2018 César Revelations for her performance. The same year, she played the role of the daughter of Jean-Hugues Anglade in Sink or Swim by Gilles Lellouche which was screened Out of Competition at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. She once again took on a leading role in Genesis by Philippe Lesage, selected in international competition at the Locarno International Film Festival. She plays alongside Vincent Lacoste in My Days of Glory directed by Antoine de Bary and then with Laetitia Casta in the Apnea series by Julien Trousselier, in which she stars. Slalom, Charlène Favier's first feature film with Jérémie Renier was released in 2020.
Stéphanie Carreras
Stéphanie Carreras makes her debut as a producer at Lazennec Tout Court. She switched to feature films with Marock by Laila Marrakchi, then created her company Estrella Productions with Philippe Pujo. They produced: On air by Pierre Pinaud, Rock the Casbah by Laïla Marrakchi, Dumped by Eloïse Lang and soon coming out, The Rose Maker by Pierre Pinaud. Always on the lookout for new talent, they have just co-produced with Eleanor Coleman the animated short Navozande, the Musician of Reza Riahi, enjoying a successful festival career.
Charlène Favier
A self-taught director, screenwriter and producer, Charlène Favier is an explorer. She grew up between Val d'Isère and Bourg-en-Bresse and now lives between Paris and Marseille. As a child, sport, travel and art in all its forms inhabited her and it was in 2007 in Australia that she made her first documentary. She studied acting at the Jacques Lecoq school in London and acting direction at the Astoria studio in New York. In 2020, her short film Odol gorri is selected for the César Awards and then Slalom, her first feature film, is announced in the official selection of the Cannes Film Festival, starring Noée Abita and Jérémie Renier.
Grégory Fitoussi
Always been passionate by the acting profession, Grégory Fitoussi quickly went through castings and landed a role in 2001 in the series Méditerranée. After having played in many fictions, he obtains a lead role in the series Engrenages. In parallel, he began his international career in Stephen Sommers' blockbuster Rise of the Cobra and played in the series Mr Selfbridge. He also starred in Xavier Durringer's The Conquest (selected at Cannes in 2011), Une nuit by Philippe Lefevre and Big is Beautiful by Charlotte de Turkheim, then in 2013 in World War Z alongside Brad Pitt. Lately, he has appeared in Le bureau des légendes, Beecham house by Gurinder Chadha and La garçonne with Laura Smet.
Winners' list
Crystal Arrow
This award comes with an endowment worth €20,000 for a digital campaign on the France Télévisions website, dedicated to promoting the film as soon as it is released in France.
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Jasmila ŽBANIĆ
Bosnia, July 1995. Aida is a translator for the UN in the town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp.
Grand Jury Prize
The Whaler Boy
Philipp YURYEV
An adolescent from an isolated village of the Russian Far East discovers love in an adult chat room and dreams of America.
Audience Award
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Jasmila ŽBANIĆ
Bosnia, July 1995. Aida is a translator for the UN in the town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp.
Award for Best Acting
Natasa STORK
Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time
Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time
Lili HORVÁT
Reality and fantasy intertwine in the head of a woman in love.
Award for Best Acting
The entire family Gabarre Mendoza
Last days of Spring
Isabel LAMBERTI
In a shanty town near Madrid, the inhabitants are forced to leave their self-build homes. The different members of the Spanish family Gabarre Mendoza struggle with their lives in transition.
Award for Best Original Soundtrack
Chris ROE
This award comes with an endowment of 1,000 euros from SACEM.
After Love
Aleem KHAN
When Mary Hussain unexpectedly becomes a widow, she discovers that her late husband has a secret just twenty-one miles across the english channel in Calais.
Award for Best Cinematography
Alexander NANAU
L'Affaire Collective
Alexander NANAU
Director Alexander Nanau follows investigative journalists at the newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor looking into healthcare corruption connected to the Colectiv nightclub fire.
Best Short Film Award
This prize is awarded in partnership with Transfuge, which offers an advertising package worth €6700 and critical feedback on the film written by the editorial staff.
Special Mention
Dustin by Naïla GUIGUET
Sherbet
Nikola STOJANOVIC
Young Jury Prize
Apples
Christos NIKOU
An amnesiac man enrolls in a recovery program that prescribed daily tasks to help him build a new identity. He meets Anna, a woman who is also in recovery.
Cineuropa Award
This award comes with a 5,000 euro promotional grant on the Cineuropa website when the film is released.
Shorta
Anders ØLHOLM and Frederik Louis HVIID
Talib Ben Hassi (19) dies in police custody, igniting an uncontrollable rage in the ghetto’s youth. Suddenly, two police officers find themselves fair game and must fight to find a way out.
Femme de cinéma Sisley / Les Arcs Award
Agnieszka Holland.
The award "Femme de cinéma Sisley/Les Arcs" is an award committed to the promotion of women who are making today’s European cinema. Its purpose is to increase the media, the professionals and the audience's awareness to the discriminations against women in the cinema industry.
Le Procès de l'herboriste
Agnieszka HOLLAND
Inspired by the true story of herbalist Jan Mikolasek, who dedicated his life to caring for the sick in spite of the immense obstacles he faced in his private and public life.
Cinema and environmental commitment Award
This prize is awarded in partnership with TV5 Monde and the On est prêt movement.
I am Greta
Nathan GROSSMAN
Greta starts a school strike for the climate. In just a few months her strike evolves into a global movement and Greta goes from being a quiet girl with Asperger’s syndrome to a world famous activist.
Programme
Official Competition – feature film
After Love
Aleem KHAN
Apples
Christos NIKOU
Cigare au miel
Kamir AÏNOUZ
L'Affaire Collective
Alexander NANAU
Last days of Spring
Isabel LAMBERTI
Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time
Lili HORVÁT
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Jasmila ŽBANIĆ
Shorta
Anders ØLHOLM, Frederik Louis HVIID
The Whaler Boy
Philipp YURYEV
Vaurien
Peter DOUROUNTZIS
Official Competition – short film
A Day off
Dmitry RUZHENTSEV
A la mode
Jean LECOINTRE
Birdland
Ashgan EL-HAMUS
Break
Levente KÖLCSEY
City of Children
Arantxa HERNÁNDEZ BARTHE
Cosmonaut
Kaspar JANCIS
De Passant
Pieter COUDYZER
Dustin
Naïla GUIGUET
Empty Places
Geoffroy DE CRÉCY
Favoriten
Martin MONK
Foreigner
Lucía ALEÑAR IGLESIAS
History of civilization
Zhannat ALSHANOVA
Homeless Home
Alberto VÁZQUEZ
L'effort commercial
Sarah ARNOLD
Little miss Fate
Joder VON ROTZ
L’agneau de Dieu
David PINHEIRO VICENTE
Microcassette - The Smallest Cassette I've Ever Seen
Igor BEZINOVIC, Ivana PIPAL
No, I Don't Want to Dance!
Andrea VINCIGUERRA
Play Schengen
Gunhild ENGER
Ráfagas de vida salvaje
Jorge CANTOS
Rivages
Sophie RACINE
School's Out
Jamille VAN WIJNGAARDEN
Sherbet
Nikola STOJANOVIC
Soup
Sukhorukova INGA
Sticker
Georgi UNKOVSKI
Stuffed
Theo RHYS
White Goldfish
Raf ROOSENS, Jan ROOSENS
Focus
Demain
Mélanie LAURENT, Cyril DION
Douce France
Geoffrey COUANON
En Quête de Sens
Nathanaël COSTE, Marc DE LA MÉNARDIÈRE
Hors normes
Olivier NAKACHE, Eric TOLEDANO
I am Greta
Nathan GROSSMAN
L'Affaire Collective
Alexander NANAU
La Belle Verte
Coline SERREAU
Petite fille
Sébastien LIFSHITZ
Qu'est-ce qu'on attend ?
Marie-Monique ROBIN
Sème le vent
Danilo CAPUTO
Wood
Michaela KIRST, Monica LĂZUREAN-GORGAN, Ebba SINZINGER
Youth screenings
Calamity, une enfance de Martha Jane Cannary
Rémi CHAYÉ
Douce France
Geoffrey COUANON
La Vie de Château
Clémence MADELEINE-PERDRILLAT, Nathaniel H’LIMI
Le Peuple Loup
Tomm MOORE, Ross STEWART
Les Ours Gloutons
Alexandra HETMEROVÁ, Kateřina KARHÁNKOVÁ
School
Clara
Alba PINO
Day After Day
Sabine EHRL
F for Freaks
Sabine EHRL
Guilt
Sabine EHRL
Millimeterle
Pascal REINMANN
Morning Person
Özgür ANIL
Parallaxe
Aline MAGREZ
Sun Dog
Dorian JESPERS
Summit
After Love
Aleem KHAN
Cigare au miel
Kamir AÏNOUZ
Gaza mon amour
Tarzan NASSER, Arab NASSER
I am Greta
Nathan GROSSMAN
L'Affaire Collective
Alexander NANAU
L'Étreinte
Ludovic BERGERY
L'homme qui a vendu sa peau
Kaouther BEN HANIA
La Terre des hommes
Naël MARANDIN
La troisième guerre
GIOVANNI ALOI
La Vie de Château
Clémence MADELEINE-PERDRILLAT, Nathaniel H’LIMI
Le Procès de l'herboriste
Agnieszka HOLLAND
Les graines que l'on sème
Nathan NICHOLOVITCH
Leur Algérie
Lina SOUALEM
Louloute
Hubert VIEL
Petite Sœur
Stéphanie CHUAT, Véronique REYMOND
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Jasmila ŽBANIĆ
Teddy
Zoran BOUKHERMA, Ludovic BOUKHERMA
Une histoire à soi
Amandine GAY
Playtime
Av The Hunt
Emre AKAY
Gaza mon amour
Tarzan NASSER, Arab NASSER
Hope
Maria SØDAHL
I Never Cry
Piotr DOMALEWSKI
Le Procès de l'herboriste
Agnieszka HOLLAND
Lovecut
Johanna LIETHA, Iliana ESTAÑOL
Nightlife
Simon VERHOEVEN
Sputnik
Egor ABRAMENKO
Thou Shalt Not Hate
Mauro MANCINI
Preview
A Good Man
Marie-Castille MENTION-SCHAAR
C'est toi que j'attendais
Stéphanie PILLONCA
L'Étreinte
Ludovic BERGERY
La Terre des hommes
Naël MARANDIN
Passion simple
Danielle ARBID
Slalom
Charlène FAVIER
Soeurs
Yamina BENGUIGUI
Teddy
Zoran BOUKHERMA, Ludovic BOUKHERMA
Special screening
L'Enfant
Jean-Pierre et Luc DARDENNE
Le sens de la fête
Olivier NAKACHE, Eric TOLEDANO
Slalom
Charlène FAVIER
Hauteur
Andromeda Galaxy
More RACA
Charter
Amanda KERNELL
County lines
Henry BLAKE
Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful
Gero VON BOEHM
No Hard Feelings
Faraz SHARIAT
Otac
Srdan GOLUBOVIC
Punta Sacra
Francesca MAZZOLENI
Schoolgirls
Pilar PALOMERO
Hors Piste Digital
A Good Man
Marie-Castille MENTION-SCHAAR
After Love
Aleem KHAN
Andromeda Galaxy
More RACA
Apples
Christos NIKOU
Av The Hunt
Emre AKAY
C'est toi que j'attendais
Stéphanie PILLONCA
Charter
Amanda KERNELL
Cigare au miel
Kamir AÏNOUZ
County lines
Henry BLAKE
Demain
Mélanie LAURENT, Cyril DION
Douce France
Geoffrey COUANON
En Quête de Sens
Nathanaël COSTE, Marc DE LA MÉNARDIÈRE
Gaza mon amour
Tarzan NASSER, Arab NASSER
Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful
Gero VON BOEHM
Hope
Maria SØDAHL
Hors normes
Olivier NAKACHE, Eric TOLEDANO
I am Greta
Nathan GROSSMAN
I Never Cry
Piotr DOMALEWSKI
L'Affaire Collective
Alexander NANAU
L'Enfant
Jean-Pierre et Luc DARDENNE
La Belle Verte
Coline SERREAU
La Terre des hommes
Naël MARANDIN
Last days of Spring
Isabel LAMBERTI
Le Procès de l'herboriste
Agnieszka HOLLAND
Le sens de la fête
Olivier NAKACHE, Eric TOLEDANO
Lovecut
Johanna LIETHA, Iliana ESTAÑOL
Nightlife
Simon VERHOEVEN
No Hard Feelings
Faraz SHARIAT
Otac
Srdan GOLUBOVIC
Petite fille
Sébastien LIFSHITZ
Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time
Lili HORVÁT
Punta Sacra
Francesca MAZZOLENI
Qu'est-ce qu'on attend ?
Marie-Monique ROBIN
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Jasmila ŽBANIĆ
Schoolgirls
Pilar PALOMERO
Sème le vent
Danilo CAPUTO
Shorta
Anders ØLHOLM, Frederik Louis HVIID
Slalom
Charlène FAVIER
Sputnik
Egor ABRAMENKO
The Whaler Boy
Philipp YURYEV
Thou Shalt Not Hate
Mauro MANCINI
Vaurien
Peter DOUROUNTZIS
Wood
Michaela KIRST, Monica LĂZUREAN-GORGAN, Ebba SINZINGER
Hors Piste Cinema
After Love
Aleem KHAN
Cigare au miel
Kamir AÏNOUZ
L'Affaire Collective
Alexander NANAU
L'Étreinte
Ludovic BERGERY
La Terre des hommes
Naël MARANDIN
La Vie de Château
Clémence MADELEINE-PERDRILLAT, Nathaniel H’LIMI
Le Peuple Loup
Tomm MOORE, Ross STEWART
Le Procès de l'herboriste
Agnieszka HOLLAND
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Jasmila ŽBANIĆ
Teddy
Zoran BOUKHERMA, Ludovic BOUKHERMA