04/12/2024 - Alain Guiraudie’s movie has won the 2024 Best French Film Award, while Ghost Trail by Jonathan Millet won in the First Film category

Misericordia by Alain Guiraudie

Awarded by a jury of critics and film professionals presided over by Gilles Jacob, the highly prestigious 2024 Louis-Delluc Prize for the year’s best French film was given to Misericordia [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Alain Guiraudie
film profile] by Alain Guiraudie.

Unveiled in Cannes Première and starring Félix Kysyl, Catherine Frot, Jean-Baptiste Duran and Jacques Develay, Misericordia was produced by CG Cinema, and co-produced by Scala Films and Arte France Cinéma, Spanish outfit Andergraun Films and Portuguese company Rosa Filmes, with international sales handled by Les Films du Losange (which also led the French distribution with 206,000 tickets sold so far).

The 2024 Louis-Delluc Prize for Best First Film was given to Ghost Trail [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Jonathan Millet
interview: Pauline Seigland
film profile] by Jonathan Millet, which opened the Critics’ Week section at Cannes. Produced by Films Grand Huit, the feature, starring Adam Bessa and Tawfeek Barhom in the lead roles, was also co-produced by Arte France Cinéma and by German outfit NiKo Film as well as Belgian company Hélicotronc. International sales are handled by mk2 Films, and Memento Distribution has released the film in France, selling a total of 162,000 tickets.

(Translated from French)