24/05/2023 - CANNES 2023: The feature debut by Malaysia’s Amanda Nell Eu has won the Grand Prize, while the French Touch Prize went to Paloma Sermon-Daï’s It’s Raining in the House

Chaired by French director Audrey Diwan, the jury of the 62nd Critics’ Week at the 76^th Cannes Film Festival has handed the 2023 Grand Prize to Tiger Stripes [+see also:
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interview: Amanda Nell Eu
film profile] by Malaysian helmer Amanda Nell Eu. Her feature debut scrutinises the turbulent changes of female puberty in a refreshing style that merges genres and takes a playful, cheeky dig at society. Produced by Malaysia’s Ghost Grrrl Pictures, and co-produced by Taiwan’s Flash Forward Entertainment, Singapore’s Akang Film Asia, France’s Still Moving, Germany’s Weydemann Bros, Dutch outfit PRPL and Indonesia’s Kawankawan Media, Tiger Stripes is being sold overseas by Films Boutique.

The French Touch Jury Prize went to It’s Raining in the House [+see also:
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Designed to single out an actor or actress, the Rising Star Award ended up going to the young Jovan Ginić for his performance in Lost Country [+see also:
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Of note among the awards handed out by the Critics’ Week partners is the Gan Foundation Award for Distribution, which was bestowed upon Inshallah a Boy [+see also:
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interview: Iris Kaltenbäck
film profile].

Here is the full list of award winners:

Critics’ Week Grand Prize
Tiger Stripes [+see also:
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French Touch Jury Prize
It’s Raining in the House [+see also:
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interview: Paloma Sermon-Daï
film profile] - Paloma Sermon-Daï (Belgium/France)

Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award
Jovan Ginić - Lost Country [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Vladimir Perišić
film profile] (Serbia/France/Croatia/Luxembourg)

Leitz Cine Discovery Award for Short Film
Boléro - Nans Laborde-Jourdàa (France/Italy)

SACD Award
Iris Kaltenbäck – writer-director of The Rapture [+see also:
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interview: Iris Kaltenbäck
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Gan Foundation Award for Distribution
Inshallah a Boy [+see also:
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film profile] - Amjad al Rasheed (Jordan/Saudi Arabia/Qatar/France)

Canal+ Award for Short Film
Boléro - Nans Laborde-Jourdà

(Translated from French)