Diplomacy by Volker Schlöndorff and Once in a Lifetime by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar return home from Spain with several awards.
The Seminci in Spain, which celebrated its 59th anniversary this year, awarded a number of prizes to French films:
Diplomacy picked up the awards for Best Director (for Volker Schlöndorff) and Best Actor (for Niels Arestrup), while Once in a Lifetime by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar won the Youth Award.
Both of these films are released in Spain by A Contracorriente Films, a Spanish distributor with a particular penchant for French films. To their credit, they have successfully distributed titles including The Intouchables, and now aim to reach out to even wider audiences with Serial (Bad) Weddings.
You can find the complete awards list here.
