Tiger Stripes roars to success

First feature by director Amanda Nell Eu won the top prize in Cannes Critics’ Week Photo: Courtesy of Cannes Critics' Week

In the first of the main prizes to be awarded at the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, the Critics’ Week jury have selected Tiger Stripes, the first feature by Malaysian director Amanda Nell Eu, for the Grand Prize of the Semaine de la critique devoted to first or second films.

The narrative revolves around a 12-year-old girl who discovers a terrifying secret about her body which she has to embrace to allow herself to be free.

The French Touch Jury Award sent to Belgian director Paloma Sermon-Daï’s It’s Raining in the House, about adolescence through the relationship of a brother and sister in a dysfunctional family.

Paloma Sermon-Daï won The French Touch jury award It’s Raining in the House Photo: Courtesy of Cannes Critics' Week

The Revelation prize from the Louis Roederer Foundation was awarded to Jovan Ginic, the principal actor from Vladimir Perisic’s Lost Country who plays a 15-year-old youth involved in student demonstrations against the Milosevic regime in Serbia in 1996.

The French organisation SACD which defends authors’ rights and liberties, had their prize attached to The Rapture by Iris Kaltenbäck.

The jury was headed by Audrey Diwan, the prize-winning director of Happening.

Team from Tiger Stripes celebrate with selfies at the official screening of their film Photo: Courtesy of Cannes Critics' Week

The 62nd edition of Critics’ Week concluded with a screening of Erwan le Duc’s La fille de son Père with Nahuel Perez Biscayart and Céleste Brunnquell.

The ceremony for the main Competition awards including the coveted Palme d’Or takes place on Saturday evening.