It’s awards season in France as well with today belonging to the Prix Louis Delluc awards. It’s only a two category event, but it nonetheless puts the focus on some of the best titles in French cinema with the majority of the films coming from the various sections of the past Cannes Film Festival. Among the favorites in the field of nine noms we find with the likes of Miséricorde, L’histoire de Souleymane and Le roman de Jim measuring up against Golden Bear winner by Mati Diop, while the first films category is completely dominated by Cannes offerings from the Critic’s Week, Directors’ Fortnight and Un Certain Regard sections. The winners will be announced December 4th.
Prix Louis Delluc:
Miséricorde – Alain Guiraudie
L’histoire de Souleymane – Boris Lojkine
Ma vie, ma gueule – Sophie Fillières
Dahomey – Mati Diop
À son image – Thierry de Peretti
Vivre, mourir, renaître – Gaël Morel
100 000 000 000 000 – Virgil Vernier
Le roman de Jim – Larrieu Bros.
La prisonnière de Bordeaux – Patricia Mazuy
Prix Louis Delluc – First Film:
Vingt Dieux – Louise Courvoisier
Le procès du chien – Laetitia Dosch
Les Reines du drame – Alexis Langlois
Le Royaume – Julien Colonna
Les Fantômes – Jonathan Millet
