Unveiled last May in Cannes, Along Came Love [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Katell Quillévéré
scheda film] by Katell Quillévéré has triumphed at the 16th edition of the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival (FFA), winning the Diamond Valois for Best Film as well as the award for Best Actor for Vincent Lacoste. In the film, which also stars Anaïs Demoustier, Katell Quillévéré revives the tradition of the melodrama with a story about love’s power to overcome shame and lies taking place across several decades after the war. The film is sold internationally by Charades and will be launched in French cinemas on 29 November by Gaumont.

The jury (presided by Laetitia Casta) has spotlighted two other films discovered on the Croisette: Omen [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Belgian-Congolese director Baloji (released in French cinemas on 15 November via Pan Distribution) which won the Valois award for Best Direction, and Rosalie [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Stéphanie di Giusto (released in France on 24 January 2024 via Gaumont) which came on top in the Best Actress (Nadia Tereszkiewicz) and Best Score (Hania Rani) categories.

Finally, the Valois award for Best Screenplay went to the duo composed of Yolande Moreau and Frédérique Moreau for The Jolly Forgers [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Yolande Moreau
scheda film], directed by the former, (French release is set for 11 October via Le Pacte) and the Valois Audience Award recognised La vie de ma mère [+leggi anche:
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scheda film], the debut feature from Julien Carpentier (which will be distributed by KMBO in France on 6 March 2024).

The full list of winners:

Diamond Valois
Along Came Love [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Katell Quillévéré
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Valois for Best Direction 
Omen [+leggi anche:
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Valois for Best Screenplay
Yolande Moreau and Frédérique Moreau - The Jolly Forgers [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Yolande Moreau
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Valois for Best Actress
Nadia Tereszkiewicz - Rosalie [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] (France/Belgium)

Valois for Best Actor
Vincent Lacoste - Along Came Love

Valois for Best Score
Hania Rani - Rosalie

Valois Audience Award
La vie de ma mère [+leggi anche:
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French-Speaking Students Valois
All To Play For [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Delphine Deloget
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Rothschild Martin Maurel Valois
Marine Alaric and Frédéric Jouve - The Worst Ones [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Romane Gueret e Lise Akoka
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René Laloux Valois for Best Animated Short Film 
D'une peinture à l'autre - Georges Schwizgebel (Switzerland)
Un grain de sable dans l'univers - Suki (France)