24/05/2019 - CANNES 2019: Nicolas Pariser’s film has been crowed as the best European film in the Directors’ Fortnight, while An Easy Girl took home the SACD Award

Alice and the Mayor [+see also:
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interview: Nicolas Pariser
film profile] by France’s Nicolas Pariser, which was unveiled in the 51^st Directors’ Fortnight at the 72^nd Cannes Film Festival, has won the Europa Cinemas Label (handed out by a jury of exhibitors to the best European film in the parallel section). This incredibly smart and quirky political comedy, featuring superb performances by Fabrice Luchini and Anaïs Demoustier, is the second feature by the filmmaker who rose to fame at Locarno in 2015 with The Great Game [+see also:
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film profile]. Produced by Bizibi and co-produced by Arte France Cinéma, Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, Les Films du 10 and Belgium’s Scope Pictures, Alice and the Mayor is being sold overseas by Bac Films. 

The SACD Award, which is also bestowed upon a movie in the Directors’ Fortnight, went to An Easy Girl [+see also:
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interview: Rebecca Zlotowski
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Lastly, the Short Film Award was presented to Stay Awake, Be Ready by Vietnam’s Pham Thien An.

Here is the full list of winners:

Europa Cinemas Label
Alice and the Mayor [+see also:
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interview: Nicolas Pariser
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SACD Award
An Easy Girl [+see also:
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interview: Rebecca Zlotowski
film profile] - Rebecca Zlotowski (France)

Illy Award for Best Short Film
Stay Awake, Be Ready - Pham Thien An (Vietnam/South Korea/USA)

(Translated from French)