The Lost Daughter et Clair-Obscur triomphent aux Spirit Awards

par David González

07/03/2022 - Ces coproductions euro-états-uniennes ont dominé les catégories principales de ces prix américains du cinéma indépendant ; le Maltais Alex Camilleri a décroché le trophée Someone to Watch

The Lost Daughter et Clair-Obscur triomphent aux Spirit Awards

Les producteurs de The Lost Daughter avec la réalisatrice du film, Maggie Gyllenhaal, lors de la remise du prix du meilleur film (© Film Independent)

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The 37th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards took place on Sunday 6 March in Los Angeles. After having announced their nominees (which not only included the usual US-European co-productions in the English language, but also a number of 100% European productions - see the news), the awards highlighted some European talent.

Despite the fact that European productions like Jonas Carpignano’s A Chiara [+lire aussi :
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On top of this, the main victor of the night was the US-European co-production The Lost Daughter [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], the directorial debut by US actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. The film, produced by the USA, the UK, Israel and Greece, went home with the Awards for Best Feature, Best Director and Best Screenplay (a prize it previously received at the most recent Venice Film Festival). Another directorial debut by an actress, this time a British one, Rebecca Hall's Passing [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], won awards in two categories: Best Cinematography for Eduard Grau's work, and Best Supporting Female for Ruth Negga's turn. Coincidentally, both films are Netflix titles. CODA, Sian Heder's remake of the 2014 French hit The Bélier Family [+lire aussi :
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As for the Best International Film category, the juggernaut Drive My Car by Japan’s Ryusuke Hamaguchi ended up taking home the crown, beating a number of European contenders: Pedro Almodóvar’s Parallel Mothers [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] and Tatiana Huezo’s Mexican-European co-production Prayers for the Stolen [+lire aussi :
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fiche film]. Lastly, Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s sensation Flee [+lire aussi :
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