Already distinguished by the French Touch award from the jury of the Critics’ Week section, the French-Belgian co-production Imago [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Czech filmmaker Déni Oumar Pitsaev has won the Golden Eye award given by the SCAM to the best documentaries projected across sections on the Croisette during the 78th Cannes Film Festival. The film was produced by French outfit Triptyque Films, co-produced by Belgian company Need Productions, and is sold internationally by Chinese outfit Rediance.

The jury presided by Julie Gayet described the motivation behind its choice: “Imago gives voice to the unspeakable by evoking, with strength and sobriety, the scars left over by wars. With its anchoring in a nature that is at once refuge and memory, it interrogates solitude, exile, unspoken truths and the silent transmission of history. Without ever forcing reality, the film builds a space for contemplation that opens up a universal reflection on identity and resilience. A film all in restraint, which reinforces its sincerity, where documentary reaches both the intimate and the universal.”

A Special Jury prize went to The Six Billion Dollar Man by American filmmaker Eugene Jarecki, a documentary presented as a special screening in the Official Selection and tracing the Julian Assange saga.