Victory at the 15th Les Arcs Film Festival for Slow [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Marija Kavtaradze
scheda film] by Lithuanian director Marija Kavtaradze who has won the 2023 Crystal Arrow given to the best film by the jury headed by filmmaker Asghar Farhadi (with Rebecca Marder, Vincent Lacoste, Irène Drésel and Christine Angot completing the jury). Winner of the Best Director award at the Sundance Film Festival, the feature film is sold internationally by French company Totem Films.

The Grand Jury Prize went to The Teachers’ Lounge [+leggi anche:
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intervista: İlker Çatak
intervista: Leonie Benesch
scheda film] by Germany’s Ilker Çatak (discovered in Berlinale Panorama and shortlisted for the next Best International Feature Film Oscar) which has also won the award for Best Original Score (composed by Marvin Miller). The film will be released in France on 6 March by Tandem.

The acting awards went to Greek actress Dimitra Vlagopoulou for Animal [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Sofia Exarchou
scheda film] by Sofia Exarchou (released in France on 17 January via Shellac) and Hungarian actor Gáspár Adonyi-Walsh for his performance in Explanation for Everything [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Gábor Reisz
scheda film] by Gábor Reisz (which Memento will distribute in France). The film also won the first Cineuropa Andrea D'Aquino Award.

Also among the winners is France’s Nathalie Durand for the cinematography in The Successor [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Xavier Legrand
scheda film] by Xavier Legrand which also won the Audience Award (released in France on 21 February 2024 via Haut et Court).

The winners:

Crystal Arrow
Slow [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Marija Kavtaradze
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Grand Prix du Jury
The Teachers’ Lounge [+leggi anche:
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intervista: İlker Çatak
intervista: Leonie Benesch
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Best Actress
Dimitra Vlagopoulou - Animal [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Sofia Exarchou
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Best Actor
Gáspár Adonyi-Walsh – Explanation for Everything [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Gábor Reisz
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Best Original Score
Marvin Miller – The Teachers’ Lounge

Best Cinematography
Nathalie Durand – The Successor [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Xavier Legrand
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Other Awards

Cineuropa Andrea D'Aquino Award
Explanation for Everything – Gábor Reisz

Audience Award
The Successor – Xavier Legrand

Youth Jury Prize
Sweet Dreams [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Ena Sendijarević
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Les cinglés du cinéma award
The Hypnosis [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Asta Kamma August
intervista: Ernst De Geer
scheda film] - Ernst De Geer (Sweden/Norway/France)

Universciné award for the Hauteur selection
Green Border [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] - Agnieszka Holland (Poland/Czech Republic/France/Belgium)

Best Short Film Award
27 - Flóra Anna Bud (Hungary/France)
Special Mention
/Imagine – Anna Apter (France)