Seville succumbs to the oddball humour of Bruno Dumont
- Slack Bay scooped the top prize at the European Film Festival in the Andalusian capital, which will also host the presentation ceremony for the EFA awards in 2018
There was great satisfaction and joy on the faces of the team behind the 13th European Film Festival, sentiments shared by Seville City Council, as once all the prizes had been handed out it was announced that the city had been chosen to host the presentation ceremony for the EFA awards in two years’ time, an honour confirmed by the EFA’s current vice president, Mike Downey. Similar euphoria was surely felt by the cast and crew of Slack Bay [+see also:
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The other accolades (the majority of which went to neighbouring France) included the Special Jury Prize, which was awarded to Mimosas [+see also:
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interview: Oliver Laxe
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interview: Alain Guiraudie
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interview: Alain Guiraudie
film profile]. The Son of Joseph [+see also:
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Q&A: Andrea Arnold
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The 13th SEFF was once again a big hit with audiences, according to director José Luis Cienfuegos, bringing together the cream of new Spanish cinema. In the New Waves section, The Sun, the Sun Blinded Me [+see also:
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interview: Anka and Wilhelm Sasnal
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interview: Mehmet Can Mertoglu
film profile] (Turkey/France/Romania), winner of the Cineuropa prize at this year’s Sarajevo Film Festival (read more here), and an Honour Mention for Daydreams [+see also:
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interview: Caroline Deruas
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The complete winners’ list of the 2016 Seville European Film Festival:
Official Section
Golden Giraldillo for Best Film
Slack Bay [+see also:
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Q&A: Bruno Dumont
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Special Jury Prize
Mimosas [+see also:
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interview: Oliver Laxe
film profile] – Oliver Laxe (Spain/Morocco/France/Qatar)
Best Director Award
Staying Vertical [+see also:
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interview: Alain Guiraudie
film profile] – Alain Guiraudie (France)
Best Screenplay Award
The Son of Joseph [+see also:
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film profile] - Eugène Green (France/Belgium)
Best Actress Award
Raph –Slack Bay
Best Actor Award
Victor Ezenfis – The Son of Joseph
Best Cinematography Award
Robbie Ryan – American Honey [+see also:
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Q&A: Andrea Arnold
film profile] (UK/USA)
Special Mention for Best Sound and Editing
Mimosas – Oliver Laxe
New Waves Section
Best Film Award
The Sun, the Sun Blinded Me [+see also:
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interview: Anka and Wilhelm Sasnal
film profile] - Anka Sasnal and Wilhelm Sasnal (Poland/Switzerland)
New Waves Special Award
Albüm [+see also:
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interview: Mehmet Can Mertoglu
film profile] - Mehmet Can Mertoğlu (Turkey/France/Romania)
Honour Mention
Daydreams [+see also:
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interview: Caroline Deruas
film profile] - Caroline Deruas (France)
New Waves Non-Fiction Award
Paradise! Paradise! - Kurdwin Ayub (Austria)
Euroimages Award to the Best European Co-Production
Toni Erdmann [+see also:
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Q&A: Maren Ade
film profile] - Maren Ade (Germany)
Best Film Award for the Resistance Official Competition
Los objetos amorosos [+see also:
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film profile] - Adrián Silvestre David (Spain)
EFA Audience Award
Toni Erdmann - Maren Ade
Junior Giraldillo Award
Birds of Passage [+see also:
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film profile] - Olivier Ringer (Belgium/France)
DELUXE Special Award (development of a Master DCP (Digital Cinema Package) worth up to €6000 for the next full-length project by the director of one of the Spanish films competing in the official section, New Waves or New Waves Non-Fiction)
Días color naranja [+see also:
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(Translated from Spanish)
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