Amour Fou awarded at Lisbon and Estoril Film Festival
by Vitor Pinto
- The showcase drew to a close last night with the triumph of Jessica Hausner’s latest film, Amour Fou
Amour Fou [+see also:
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The Cineuropa Prize went to Angels of Revolution by Russian director Aleksey Fedorchenko. Set in the 1930s, during Stalin’s rule over the Soviet Union, the film is an adaptation of short stories by Denis Osokin, who also wrote the script along with the director and Oleg Loevsky.
The João Bénard da Costa Special Jury Award, named after the former director of the Portuguese Film Museum, went to Phoenix [+see also:
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The jury for this year’s edition comprised US photographer Nan Goldin, Greek writer Dimítris Dimitriádis, Polish writer Dorota Maslowska, French artist and director Philippe Parreno, and Portuguese artist Francisco Tropa.
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