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CANNES 2019 Critics’ Week / Awards

I Lost My Body triumphs in the Cannes Critics’ Week

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- CANNES 2019: The animated film by France’s Jérémy Clapin has taken home the Grand Prize, while the Rising Star Award has gone to Icelandic actor Ingvar E Sigurðsson for his turn in A White, White Day

I Lost My Body triumphs in the Cannes Critics’ Week
The winners and the jury members of the Cannes 2019 Critics' Week (© SDLC)

The jury of the 58th Critics’ Week at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival, chaired by Colombian director Ciro Guerra, has handed the 2019 Grand Prize to I Lost My Body [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Jérémy Clapin
film profile
]
by France’s Jérémy Clapin, marking the first time in the history of the Cannes parallel section that a work of animation has won it. A true narrative gem, this moving, inventive and masterful feature debut was produced by Paris-based outfit Xilam Animation and co-produced by Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma. Its international sales are handled by Charades.

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Handed out for the second year running and intended to single out a talented actor or actress, the Rising Star Award went to Icelandic actor Ingvar E Sigurðsson for his performance in A White, White Day [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Hlynur Pálmason
film profile
]
by his fellow countryman Hlynur Pálmason, a sophomore feature produced by Join Motion Pictures, in co-production with Denmark’s Snowglobe, and Sweden’s Hob AB and Film i Väst. The international sales are managed by Poland’s New Europe Film Sales.

Worth highlighting among the accolades given out by the Critics’ Week partners are the Gan Foundation Award for Distribution, which singled out Vivarium [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Lorcan Finnegan
film profile
]
by Ireland’s Lorcan Finnegan (a sophomore feature staged by Fantastic Films in co-production with Belgium’s Frakas and Denmark’s Ping Pong Film, with US firm XYZ Films in charge of the international sales), and the SACD Award, which was bestowed upon Guatemala’s César Diaz for the screenplay for Our Mothers [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Cesar Diaz
film profile
]
(produced by Belgium’s Need Productions together with France’s Perspective Films, and sold by Pyramide).

Lastly, in terms of short films, the Discovery Prize was presented to She Runs by China’s Qiu Yang, while the Canal+ Award was claimed by No Ill Will (Ikki illa meint) by Faroese director Andrias Høgenni.

Here is the complete list of winners:

Nespresso Grand Prize
I Lost My Body [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Jérémy Clapin
film profile
]
- Jérémy Clapin (France)

Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award
Ingvar E Sigurðsson - A White, White Day [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Hlynur Pálmason
film profile
]
(Iceland/Denmark/Sweden)

Gan Foundation Award for Distribution
Vivarium [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Lorcan Finnegan
film profile
]
- Lorcan Finnegan (Ireland/Belgium/Denmark)

SACD Award
César Diaz – Our Mothers [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Cesar Diaz
film profile
]
(Belgium/France)

Leitz Cine Discovery Prize for Short Film
She Runs - Qiu Yang (China/France)

Canal+ Award for Short Film
No Ill Will (Ikki illa meint) – (Denmark/Faroe Islands)

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(Translated from French)

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