A lead up to the evening’s most perplexing event, was the switcheroo announcement crowning the top film of the festival first (Very Big Shot) and once that was out of the way, the big “move” from the jury was to make sure that everyone gets a trophy, and that no one wins second place (or it can be certainly read this way). During a time where the Paris events have still in public consciousness, the 15th edition will be looked back as one that unites. Unfortunately for me, there would be no after party and Todd Haynes’ Carol will have to wait as my battle with stomach demons continued. Here is the complete tally of the prizes. I wonder what airport security thought about the statute.
L’ÉTOILE D’OR – LE GRAND PRIX DU FESTIVAL
THE GOLDEN STAR – FESTIVAL GRAND PRIZE
VERY BIG SHOT (Film kteer kbeer) de/by Mir-Jean BOU CHAAYA (Liban & Qatar/Lebanon & Qatar)
PRIX DE LA MISE EN SCÈNE
BEST DIRECTING PRIZE
NEON BULL (Boi neon) de/by Gabriel MASCARO (Brésil, Uruguay & Pays-Bas/Brazil, Uruguay & Netherlands)
PRIX D’INTERPRÉTATION FEMININE
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS
Galatéa BELLUGI
pour le film/for the film
KEEPER de/by Guillaume SENEZ (Belgique, Suisse & France/Belgium, Switzerland & France)
PRIX D’INTERPRÉTATION MASCULINE
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR
Gunnar JÓNSSON
pour le film/for the film
VIRGIN MOUNTAIN (L’Histoire du géant timide – Fúsi) de/by Dagur KÁRI (Islande & Danemark/Iceland & Denmark)
PRIX DU JURY décerné à chaque film de la compétition à l’exception de l’Étoile d’or
JURY PRIZE given to each film of the competition except the Grand Prize
BABAI de/by Visar MORINA (Allemagne, Kosovo, Macédoine & France/Germany, Kosovo, Macedonia & France)
CLOSET MONSTER de/by Stephen DUNN (Canada)
COP CAR de/by Jon WATTS (États-Unis/USA)
DESIERTO de/by Jonás CUARÓN (Mexique & France/Mexico & France)
KEEPER de/by Guillaume SENEZ (Belgique, Suisse & France/Belgium, Switzerland & France)
KEY HOUSE MIRROR (Nøgle hus spejl) de/by Michael NOER (Danemark/Denmark)
LINGERING MEMORIES de/by Keiko TSURUOKA (Japon/Japan)
NEON BULL (Boi neon) de/by Gabriel MASCARO (Brésil, Uruguay & Pays-Bas/Brazil, Uruguay & Netherlands)
PARADISE (Ma dar behesht) de/by Sina Ataeian DENA (Iran & Allemagne/Iran & Germany)
REBELLIOUS GIRL (Insoumise) de/by Jawad RHALIB (Belgique & Maroc/Belgium & Morocco)
STEEL FLOWER de/by PARK Suk-young (Corée du Sud/South Korea)
THITHI de/by Raam REDDY (Inde & États-Unis/India & USA)
TOLL BAR de/by Zhassulan POSHANOV (Kazakhstan)
VIRGIN MOUNTAIN (L’Histoire du géant timide – Fúsi) de/by Dagur KÁRI (Islande & Danemark/Iceland & Denmark)