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LONDRES 2021 Prix

Un monde et Hit the Road se distinguent au Festival BFI de Londres

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- Le film de Laura Wandel a décroché le Prix Sutherland de la compétition Premiers films, celui de Panah Panahi le prix du meilleur film de la compétition officielle

Un monde et Hit the Road se distinguent au Festival BFI de Londres
Un monde de Laura Wandel

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Panah Panahi’s Hit the Road has been presented with the Best Film Award in the Official Competition of the 65th BFI London Film Festival. The road movie sees a family of four take their dog on a journey through Iran to the sounds of 1970s Iranian pop. Polish director Malgorzata Szumowska, the Official Competition jury president, said: “The Best Film Award recognises inspiring and distinctive filmmaking that captures the essence of cinema. The essence of life! At all times in cinema history, but perhaps especially during a pandemic, we are looking for ways to connect to life. We have opted for a film that made us laugh and cry and feel alive.”

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In giving Belgian director Laura Wandel the Sutherland Award in the First Feature Competition for Playground [+lire aussi :
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, a tale of school-yard bullying, Isabel Sandoval, the First Feature Competition jury chair, said, “It’s an intimate film that everyone can identify with and connect with, and yet has a striking and singular voice, with a courageous commitment to its vision.”

The Grierson Award, handed to the top film in the Documentary Competition, was bestowed upon Liz Garbus’s Becoming Cousteau, a riveting doc giving a fresh take on the life of inspiring inventor, explorer, environmentalist and filmmaker Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau. Kim Longinotto, the Documentary Competition jury president, said: “The film was a fascinating look at the life of Jacques Cousteau, but more importantly, it highlights the most pressing issue of our time, climate change, and urges us all to take action now.” There was also a Special Commendation for Sergei Loznitsa’s harrowing Babi Yar. Context [+lire aussi :
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This year, the festival handed out the Immersive Art and XR Competition Award for the first time, which went to Only Expansion by Duncan Speakman. Best Film in the Short Film Competition went to the animated documentary Love, Dad by Diana Cam Van Nguyen, which is a heartfelt personal essay exploring her fractured relationship with her father and navigating Vietnamese-Czech culture. The Audience Award was handed to Mounia Akl’s Costa Brava, Lebanon [+lire aussi :
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, in which the simmering tension of unresolved disputes contrasts with the electricity of first love in a dazzling debut, heralding a striking new cinematic voice.

Here is the full list of winners:

Best Film Award in Official Competition
Hit the Road – Panah Panahi (Iran)

Sutherland Award in First Feature Competition
Playground [+lire aussi :
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interview : Laura Wandel
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– Laura Wandel (Belgium)

Grierson Award in Documentary Competition
Becoming Cousteau – Liz Garbus (USA)
Special Commendation
Babi Yar. Context [+lire aussi :
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bande-annonce
interview : Sergei Loznitsa
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- Sergei Loznitsa (Netherlands/Ukraine)

Immersive Art and XR Award
Only Expansion - Duncan Speakman (UK)

Award in Short Film Competition
Love, Dad – Diana Cam Van Nguyen (Czech Republic)

Audience Award
Costa Brava, Lebanon [+lire aussi :
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- Mounia Akl (Lebanon/France/Spain/Sweden/Denmark/Norway/Qatar)

IWC Schaffhausen Filmmaker Bursary Award in Association with the BFI
Harry Wootliff (writer and director of True Things [+lire aussi :
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[UK])

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