For several years now, Unifrance has been a partner of the Prix Palatine, the first and only binational film award given by high school students in Italy and France.
The selection offers French and Italian high school students three films from the other country, which they will be able to discover over the next six months during a double series of traveling screenings. A jury of high school students will choose their favorite Italian or French film next May.
This 2026 edition will be even bigger, with an expected audience of 3,000 high school students (compared to 2,000 in 2025) attending 60 screenings of the six selected films in 20 cities across France and Italy.
Each film will be accompanied by educational materials, meetings, and discussions with the filmmakers.
In previous editions, high school students have met, for example, Michel Gondry, Nicolas Philibert, Delphine and Muriel Coulin, Paolo Sorrentino, Matteo Garrone, etc.
The official selection of the 2026 Prix Palatine
Films in compeition for the jury in Italy
A third film will be selected in January, in collaboration with the Rendez-vous – Nuovo cinema francese festival, organized by Unifrance and the Institut Français Italie.
Films in compeition for the jury in France
- Pile ou face by Alessio Rigo De Righi and Matteo Zoppis
- Duse by Pietro Marcello
- Une année italienne by Laura Samani
The jury vote will take place in May, with the 2026 Palatine Prize for Best French Film and Best Italian Film being awarded in Rome and Paris.
For the record: in 2025, the winners were The Quiet Son by Delphine Coulin and Muriel Coulin, and The Time It Takes by Francesca Comencini.
->> The official site of the Prix Palatine
