Adolescentes scoops an award at MyFrenchFilmFestival

by Fabien Lemercier

17/02/2021 - Organised by UniFrance, the online festival’s Filmmakers’ Jury crowned Sébastien Lifshitz’s documentary its champion, while the audience and international press voted in favour of Aurel’s Josep

Adolescentes scoops an award at MyFrenchFilmFestival

Adolescentes by Sébastien Lifshitz

At the close of a record 11th edition which saw MyFrenchFilmFestival, the online festival organised by UniFrance (read our news), amass 13 million views in upwards of 200 territories, the Filmmakers’ Jury, the International Press Jury and the audience delivered their verdicts.

Sébastien Lifshitz’s documentary Adolescentes [+see also:
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The audience and the International Press Jury awarded their trophies to one same film: Aurel’s animated film Josep [+see also:
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film profile], rounding off an impressive assortment of prizes already accumulated by the title. Decorated with the Cannes Film Festival’s 2020 Official Selection label, the movie also triumphed at the European Film Award 2020, winning the accolade of Best Animated Film, as well as the 2021 Lumières award in the same category and the Louis-Delluc Prize for Best First Film. Produced by Les Films d’Ici Méditerranée in co-production with France 3 Cinéma, Spanish group Imagic Telecom and film studios Les Films du Poisson Rouge, Lunanime (Belgium), Promenons Nous dans les Bois, Tchak, Les Fées Spéciales and Effecto, Josep was launched in French cinemas at the end of September by Sophie Dulac Distribution and is also sold worldwide by The Party Films Sales.