Led by Angela Schanelec (supported by Fabienne Aguado, Annabel Brady-Brown, Hassen Ferhani and Haden Guest), the international competition jury of the 34th Marseille International Film Festival – FIDMarseille has handed its Grand Prize to Background [+lee también:
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The International Georges de Beauregard Prize, for its part, went to The Mariner by Japan’s Yohei Yamakado, which is produced by Portugal and France, and which follows a young woman who closes her eyes. From within the darkness on screen and in the black of the night, she recites O Marinheiro by Fernando Pessoa. Dreams replace reality in the frightening expectation of sunrise…

In terms of the French competition (whose jury was steered by Yann Gonzalez), victory was won by the medium-length film In Silence and Clamors by Clément Roussier and Hadrien Mossaz, and a Special Mention was awarded to Damien Manivel’s The Island [+lee también:
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Awards coming courtesy of the international co-production platform FIDLab were also announced, with European projects by lrati Gorostidi Agirretxe, Ann Oren, Julien Ticot-Guillet, Gregor Božič, Beatrice Gibson and Salomé Lamas all singled out for trophies.

The full list of winners is as follows:

International Competition

Grand Prize
Background [+lee también:
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International Georges de Beauregard Prize
The Mariner - Yohei Yamakado (Portugal/France)

French Competition

Grand Prize
In Silence and Clamors - Clément Roussier and Hadrien Mossaz (France) (medium-length film)

Special Mention
The Island [+lee también:
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National Georges de Beauregard Prize
The Night Drags On - Mathilde Girard (France)

National Georges de Beauregard Prize

Special Mention
GPS Signal Lost - Pierre Voland (France/Belgium) (medium-length film)

First Films Competition

Best First Film
Sofia Was - Pedro Geraldo (Brazil)

Jury Prize
Renaissance – Nader Ayach (France) (medium-length film)

Flash Competition

Flash Competition Prize
Trouble – Miranda Pennell (UK) (short film)

Alice Guy Prize
Two Giants That Exist Here - A German Tale - Gianna Scholten (Germany) (short film)

Ciné+ Competition

Distribution Support Prize in Partnership with the GNCR (French Group for Experimental Film)
The Island - Damien Manivel

Special Prizes

French Centre National des Arts Plastiques (CNAP) Prize
Renaissance - Nader Ayache (France) (medium-length film)

CNAP Special Mention
The Trail of the Asphodels - Maxime Martinot (France)

Renaud Victor Prize
Nos îles – Aliha Thalien (France) (short film)

Vacances Bleues Foundation European High Schoolers’ Prize
An Evening Song (For Three Voices) - Graham Swon (USA)
Special Mention
Nafura – Paul Heintz (France) (short film)
The Island - Damien Manivel

Audience Award
Nos îles - Aliha Thalien

FIDLab (Co-Production Platform)

A Fabrica Prize
Fragments of This Beauty - Burak Çevik (Turkey)
Production: Vayka Film, Fol Films

Air France Award
Class Camouflage - Alan Martín Segal (Argentina)
Production: Filmy Wiktora
Fausto - Jazmín López (Argentina)
Production: Maravilla Cine

Casa de Velásquez/ECAM Prize
Class Camouflage - Alan Martín Segal (Argentina)

Commune Image Prize
Cagarros Assembly - Ellie Ga (USA/Sweden)

Culori Prize
Anekumen - lrati Gorostidi Agirretxe (Spain)
Production: Apellaniz y de Sosa SL

Camargo Foundation Prize
Fausto - Jazmín López (Argentina)

Kodak – Silverway Prize
Objet A - Ann Oren (Germany)
Production: Schuldenberg Films

Micro Climat Studios Prize
Disco Fever - Julien Ticot-Guillet (France)
Production: Toni Films

Providenza Prize
Tales of Fruits and Monsters - Gregor Božič (Slovenia/France)
Production: Nosorogi, Bocalupo Films

Sublimages Prize
Night - Beatrice Gibson (UK/France)
Production: Somesuch, Norte Productions

Vidéo de Poche Prize
Pantheras - Salomé Lamas (France)
Production: Cima Film

VOD Platform DAFilms (Doc Alliance) Prize
Tales of Fruits and Monsters - Gregor Božič

Nebulae/Doclisboa Prize
Tales of Fruits and Monsters - Gregor Božič