25/10/2018 - Finkiel, Audiard, Salvadori, Honoré, Kahn, Civeyrac, Mouret, Lellouche and Claire Denis are all in the running

The prestigious Louis-Delluc Prize, which is set to be handed out on 12 December by a jury of critics and leading figures from the world of film, under the chairmanship of Gilles Jacob, will see nine features lock horns for the Award for Best French Film of 2018. Among them are three works that were unveiled at Cannes in May this year: the competition entry Sorry Angel [+see also:
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Q&A: Christophe Honoré
film profile] by Christophe Honoré, the comedy Sink or Swim [+see also:
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film profile] by Gilles Lellouche (first unveiled in the official selection, out of competition) and the equally amusing The Trouble With You [+see also:
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interview: Pierre Salvadori
film profile] by Pierre Salvadori (which was premiered in the Directors’ Fortnight).

Two of the selected films were popular at Berlin this year: The Prayer [+see also:
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interview: Cédric Kahn
film profile] by Cédric Kahn (which earned Anthony Bajon the Silver Bear for Best Actor) and A Paris Education [+see also:
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interview: Jean-Paul Civeyrac
film profile] by Jean-Paul Civeyrac, which was presented in the Panorama. They are joined by The Sisters Brothers [+see also:
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interview: Jacques Audiard
film profile] by Jacques Audiard (Silver Lion for Best Director at Venice) and two movies that were revealed at Toronto: Mademoiselle de Joncquières [+see also:
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interview: Emmanuel Mouret
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interview: Claire Denis
film profile] by Claire Denis (which then went on to take part in the San Sebastián competition). Lastly, the list of hopefuls is rounded off by the French candidate for the 2019 Oscar for Best Foreign-language Film, Memoir of War [+see also:
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interview: Emmanuel Finkiel
film profile] by Emmanuel Finkiel, which premiered in competition at San Sebastián in 2017.

Interestingly, only Jacques Audiard (with A Prophet [+see also:
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interview: Jacques Audiard
interview: Jacques Audiard and Tahar R…
film profile] in 2009) and Cédric Kahn (with L’Ennui in 1998) have previously won the Louis-Delluc Prize.

The selection for the Louis-Delluc Prize for Best Debut Film will see five hopefuls go head to head: two titles that took part in Venice last year (Custody [+see also:
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interview: Xavier Legrand
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interview: Bertrand Mandico
film profile] by Bertrand Mandico – revealed in the International Film Critics’ Week on the Lido), two features that were popular in the Cannes Critics’ Week (Sauvage [+see also:
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interview: Camille Vidal-Naquet
film profile] by Camille Vidal-Naquet, which was singled out with the Rising Star Award for Félix Maritaud’s performance, and Shéhérazade [+see also:
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film profile] by Jean-Bernard Marlin), and the pleasantly surprising Return to Bollene [+see also:
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film profile] by Saïd Hamich.

(Translated from French)