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Seven hopefuls for the 2016 Louis-Delluc Prize

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- Mia Hansen-Løve, Claire Simon, Bertrand Bonello, Alain Guiraudie, François Ozon, Albert Serra and Eugène Green are duking it out for the prestigious accolade

Seven hopefuls for the 2016 Louis-Delluc Prize
Staying Vertical by Alain Guiraudie

The prestigious Louis-Delluc Prize, which will be handed out on 14 December by a jury of critics and leading figures from the seventh art, chaired by Gilles Jacob, will this year see seven features go head to head for the title of best film.

Among them we find two works unveiled at the most recent Cannes Film Festival: the competition entry Staying Vertical [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Alain Guiraudie
film profile
]
by Alain Guiraudie and Last Days of Louis XIV [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Albert Serra
film profile
]
by Spaniard Albert Serra (revealed as a special screening).

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Two of the films that have been selected proved popular at Berlin: Things to Come [+see also:
film review
trailer
Q&A: Mia Hansen-Løve
film profile
]
by Mia Hansen-ve, which snagged the Best Director Award, and The Son of Joseph [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
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by Eugène Green, which was presented in the Forum.

They are joined by Frantz [+see also:
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trailer
Q&A: François Ozon
film profile
]
by François Ozon (in competition at Venice, where the movie earned Paula Beer the Marcello Mastroianni Prize for Best New Actress), Nocturama [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Bertrand Bonello
film profile
]
by Bertrand Bonello (in competition at Toronto and San Sebastián) and the documentary The Woods Dreams Are Made of [+see also:
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trailer
film profile
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by Claire Simon (unveiled out of competition at Locarno last year).

The selection of titles for the Louis-Delluc Prize for Best Debut Film has not yet been made public, however.

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(Translated from French)

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