22/10/2018 - Paweł Pawlikowski has received the Grand Prix for Best Film, while Claire Denis’ long-running collaboration with Tindersticks was rewarded with the Georges Delerue Award

At the 45^th Film Fest Gent, Polish filmmaker Paweł Pawlikowski picked up yet another award for his sixth feature, Cold War [+see also:
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Q&A: Pawel Pawlikowski
film profile], while France’s Claire Denis received the Award for Best Music for High Life [+see also:
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interview: Claire Denis
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Ever since Ida [+see also:
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interview: Pawel Pawlikowski
film profile] (Oscar for Best Foreign-language Film in 2015), Paweł Pawlikowski has featured heavily on the awards lists of all the major international competitions. Cold War was first presented at Cannes in May this year, scooping the Best Director Award to boot. “The Grand Prix for Best Film has been given to a movie that both delighted and moved us. We also wish to highlight the impressive performance by the lead actress, and so we have chosen Cold War by Paweł Pawlikowski,” stated the international jury.

The festival’s other top prize, the George Delerue Award for Best Music, was bestowed upon High Life by Claire Denis, thus serving to honour her collaboration with British group Tindersticks and their writer-composer Stuart Staples, which was initiated more than 20 years ago when they teamed up on Nénette and Boni in 1996. Like Cold War, High Life will receive support for its distribution and promotion in Belgium.

Lastly, we should note that the Best European Short Film Award was taken home by Dark Chamber by Ottó Bánovits (Sweden/Hungary), and the Award for Best Belgian Student Short went to Après le Silence by Sonam Larcin. Provence by Kato De Boeck (Belgium) scooped the Audience Award. Finally, the feature My Brother’s Name Is Robert and He Is an Idiot [+see also:
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Here is the complete list of winners:

Grand Prix for Best Film
Cold War [+see also:
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Q&A: Pawel Pawlikowski
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George Delerue Award for Best Music 
High Life [+see also:
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interview: Claire Denis
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Award for Best European Short Film 
Dark Chamber - Ottó Bánovits (Sweden/Hungary)

Award for Best Belgian Student Short
Après le Silence - Sonam Larcin (Belgium)

Short-film Audience Award
Provence - Kato De Boeck (Belgium)

Explore Award
My Brother’s Name Is Robert and He Is an Idiot [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Philip Gröning
film profile] - Philip Gröning (Germany/France/Switzerland)

(Translated from French)