Sole and Stitches triumphant in Montpellier
- The films of Italian director Carlo Sironi and Serbian director Miroslav Terzic are joint winners of the Golden Antigone award. A Special Mention goes to Madre and the Audience Award to Two of Us
Sole [+see also:
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interview: Carlo Sironi
film profile] from Italian director Carlo Sironi and Stitches [+see also:
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interview: Miroslav Terzić
film profile] from Serbian director Miroslav Terzic were both handed out the 2019 Golden Antigone by a jury headed by French director Julie Bertuccelli and awarding the best feature of the 41st Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival. Unveiled in the Orizzonti programme in Venice before screening in Toronto (in the Discovery section) and bringing together Italian and Polish producers, Carlo Sironi’s feature debut is sold worldwide by Luxbox, has just been released in Italian cinemas by Officine Ubu and will be distributed in France in the first semester of 2020 by Les Valseurs. Meanwhile, Stitches already boasts among its awards the Label Europa Cinemas given at the Panorama section of the Berlin Film Festival where the film had its world premiere, and its sales are handled by Cercamon.
The jury also handed out a Special Mention to Madre [+see also:
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film profile] from Spanish director Rodrigo Sorogoyen (also revealed in Venice, in the Orizzonti section, where it won the Best Actress Award) and which will be released in Spanish cinemas on 15 November via Wanda Visión and on 22 April 2020 in France by Le Pacte (which is also handling international sales).
It is worth mentioning that the Audience Award went to France/Belgium/Luxembourg production Two of Us [+see also:
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interview: Filippo Meneghetti
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Here is the complete list of winners:
Feature-film Competition
Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole Golden Antigone (ex æquo)
Sole [+see also:
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interview: Carlo Sironi
film profile] - Carlo Sironi (Italy/Poland)
Stitches [+see also:
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interview: Miroslav Terzić
film profile] - Miroslav Terzic (Serbia/Slovenia/Croatia/Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Special Mention
Madre [+see also:
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interview: Rodrigo Sorogoyen
film profile] - Rodrigo Sorogoyen (Spain/France)
BNP Paribas Critics’ Award
Abou Leila [+see also:
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film profile] - Amin Sidi-Boumediène (Algeria/France/Qatar)
Midi Libre Audience Award
Two of Us [+see also:
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interview: Filippo Meneghetti
film profile] - Filippo Meneghetti (France/Luxembourg/Belgium)
Social Energy Activities Young Audience Award
1982 [+see also:
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CCU – CROUS Student Award for Best Debut Work
Two of Us - Filippo Meneghetti
JAM Award for Best Music
Ahmed Mostafa Saleh - Certified Mail (Egypt)
Short-film Competition
Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole Grand Prix for Best Short Film
Je serai parmi les amandiers - Marie Le Floc’h (France/Belgium)
Special Mention
Havana, Club - Andrei Hutuleac (Romania)
La Gazette – Titra Films Audience Award
Antxoni - Rubén Sainz (Spain)
City of Montpellier Young Audience Award
Le Chant d'Ahmed - Foued Mansour (France)
Special Mention
Fatum - Mohamed Ali Nahdi (Tunisia)
Canal+ Award
Holy Family - Margarida Lucas (Portugal)
Documentaries
Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole Ulysses Award
Collective [+see also:
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Special Mention
Honeyland [+see also:
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interview: Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara K…
interview: Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir S…
film profile] - Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov (North Macedonia)
(Translated from French)
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