In the Land of Brothers triunfa en el Festival de Saint-Jean-de-Luz
por Fabien Lemercier
- El primer largometraje de los iraníes Iraniens Raha Amirfazli y Alireza Ghasemi se lleva el Gran Premio y el de mejor actriz; Red Path y Little Jaffna, también premiadas
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Dedicated to first and second feature films, the Saint-Jean-de-Luz International Film Festival saw its 11th edition (running between 7 and 13 October) crown as its champion In the Land of Brothers [+lee también:
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The awards ceremony also saw French-Tunisian director Lotfi Achour’s title Red Path [+lee también:
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Worth a final mention is the critics’ award bestowed upon Winter in Sokcho [+lee también:
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The full list of winners is as follows:
Feature Film Competition
Grand Prize
In the Land of Brothers [+lee también:
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Best Director
Lotfi Achour – Red Path [+lee también:
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Best Actor
Lawrence Valin - Little Jaffna [+lee también:
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Best Actress
Hamideh Jafari – In the Land of Brothers
Other awards
Audience Award
Red Path - Lotfi Achour
Audience Film Crush (out of competition)
In the Nguyen Kitchen - Stéphane Ly-Cuong (France)
Young Jury Award
Little Jaffna - Lawrence Valin
Critics’ Prize
Winter in Sokcho [+lee también:
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entrevista: Koya Kamura
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(Traducción del francés)
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