MyFrenchFilmFestival racks up more than 10 million views
- Records are beaten yet again by UniFrance’s online festival, while the filmmakers' jury chaired by Paolo Sorrentino crowned Paris Prestige as the winner
For the third year in a row, MyFrenchFilmFestival, the online event organised by UniFrance broke records. After 6.5 million views in 2016 and 6.7 million last year, the 8th edition of the festival (read the news here), which took place from 19 January to 19 February, smashed its previous record with more than 10 million views. On the MyFrenchFilmFestival.com platform, the five countries with the most views were (in order): Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Poland and Russia. But the festival was also accessible via fifty partner platforms around the world and China established itself as the most consumer-heavy region via Jia Screen (the platform founded by Jia Zhangke).
The Filmmakers’ Jury Award (chaired by Paolo Sorrentino along with Julia Ducournau, Brilliant Mendoza, Kim Chapiron and Nabil Ayouch) crowned Paris Prestige [+see also:
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film profile] by director duo Hamé and Ekoué as the winner, and awarded a special mention to Willy 1er [+see also:
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film profile] by Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma, Marielle Gautier and Hugo P. Thomas. For its part, A Wedding [+see also:
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interview: Stephan Streker
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Awards:
Filmmakers’ Jury Award
Paris Prestige [+see also:
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Filmmakers’ Jury Special Mention
Willy 1er [+see also:
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film profile] - Ludovic Boukherma, Zoran Boukherma, Marielle Gautier et Hugo P. Thomas
Lacoste Audience Award
Feature film: A Wedding [+see also:
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interview: Stephan Streker
film profile] – Stephan Streker (Belgium/France/Luxembourg/Pakistan)
Short film: La Mort, Père & Fils – Winshluss and Denis Walgenwitz
International Press Award
Feature film: Noces – Stephan Streker
Short film: La Mort, Père & Fils – Winshluss and Denis Walgenwitz
(Translated from French)
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