Dogtooth and First of All, Felicia win Estoril
by Elisa Cimino
Yargo Lanthimos’s Dogtooth [+see also:
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The Cineuropa Award for Best European Film was presented by Luciana Castellina, honorary president of Cineuropa, to First of All, Felicia [+see also:
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Frederik Edfeldt’s The Girl [+see also:
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The L'Oréal Award to a young Portuguese talent went to actor Rafael Morais, while the Meo Prize for Best Short Film was given to Rafal Skalski’s 52 Procent. Deixar Cair a Noite by Jorge Jacome picked up a special mention.
Festival organisers are satisfied with the festival’s third edition, which drew much larger audiences than in previous years. Alongside the many films in the program, the international guests (including Francis Ford Coppola, David Cronenberg and Juliette Binoche) and the numerous panels (Europa Distribution, European film schools), the Estoril festival this year dedicated much space to the visual arts in multiple forms: il ciclo Cinemart (with films and videos by Robert Franck, Peter Handke and Bob Dylan, among others); the section Cineastas Raros (Franco Piavoli and Víctor Erice); an exhibit of drawings by Binoche; and Cronenberg’s two exhibits, Cromosomes and Red Cars, organised in collaboration with the Turin-based Volumina.
(Translated from Italian)
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