22/02/2006

Adding even more awards to its already long list of accolades (see news), on Tuesday The Beat My Heart Skipped [+see also:
trailer
film profile] byJacques Audiard picked up the Lumière trophy from the Paris-based foreign press for Best Film and Best Actor (Romain Duris).

Other winners included Philippe Garrel for Best Director, for Regular Lovers [+see also:
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interview: Philippe Garrel
film profile] (Les amants réguliers) (see review and interview with the director and producer Gilles Sandoz of Maïa Films), and Michael Haneke, who won Best Screenplay for Hidden [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Margaret Menegoz
interview: Michael Haneke
film profile] (see Focus on film).

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Isabelle Huppert walked away with Best Actress for her performance in Patrice Chéreau's Gabrielle [+see also:
film review
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film profile] (see review from Venice 2005), while Best Female Newcomer and Best Male Newcomer were bestowed upon, respectively, Shooting Star Fanny Valette (see interview) for La petite Jérusalem (lit. "Little Jerusalem") and Johan Libéreau for Douches Froides [+see also:
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film profile] (lit. "Cold Showers").

(Translated from French)