09/07/2013 - Justine Triet’s first feature film wins the Grand Prix of the Parisian event

Awarded by the public, the Grand Prix of the 11th Paris Cinéma Festival was won last night by La bataille de Solférino [+see also:
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The 2013 winners’ list of the Paris Cinéma competition (which also presented a myriad of out of competition premieres - article – and brought together a great number of professionals for Paris Project – news) also notably features Prince Avalanche by American director David Gordon Green (Prize of bloggers and the Web), Kid [+see also:
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interview: Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simo…
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(Translated from French)