19 November 2019 à 14:09
French productions took the lion's share of prizes at the closing ceremony of the 16th Seville European Film Festival, held on November 16.
The festival's Grand Prize, Grand Jury Prize, and the awards for Best Actress, Best Screenplay, and Best Director, among others, all went to French productions and coproductions at this year's festival, reflecting French cinema's strong position at this event that, as indicated by its title, takes pride in its European identity.
The award-winning majority-French productions are The Bears' Famous Invasion by Lorenzo Mattotti, which earned a Special Mention from the Jury and the Europa Junior Prize, while Nadav Lapid was voted Best Director for Synonyms, School Life won the Best Film Award in the Cinephiles of the Future section, and Sibyl was honored with the Asecan Award for Best Film.
In addition, Jeanne Balibar received the City of Seville Prize, an honorary award that celebrates the actress' contribution to the movie industry. Balibar was in attendance at the closing ceremony, and in her acceptance speech expressed her delight at being presented this award opposite a site which is now the seat of the University of Seville and was formerly Seville's famous tobacco factory where Carmen de Bizet worked.
The complete awards list can be found here.
Latest update : 02 December 2019 à 14:09 CET
Abou Leila
(2019 - Upcoming release)
And Then We Danced
(2019)
God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunija
(2018)
It Must Be Heaven
(2018)
Madre
(2019 - Upcoming release)
Martin Eden
(2019)
School Life
(2019)
Sibyl
(2018)
Synonyms
(2018)
Technoboss
(2018 - Upcoming release)
The Bears' Famous Invasion
(2016)
The Traitor
(2019)
The Whistlers
(2019 - Upcoming release)
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Grand Corps Malade
Levan Akin
Jeanne Balibar
Marco Bellocchio
Pierfrancesco Favino
Mehdi Idir
Nadav Lapid
Pietro Marcello
Lorenzo Mattotti
João Nicolau
Marta Nieto
Zorica Nusheva
Corneliu Porumboiu
Amin Sidi-Boumediène
Rodrigo Sorogoyen
Teona Strugar Mitevska
Elia Suleiman
Justine Triet
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