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| La Gradiva |
Cinematographer Marine Atlan’s début feature as a director, La Gradiva, has claimed the top prize in Cannes’ Critics’ Week from a jury headed by Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia (All We Imagine As Light).
The film, which has a naturalistic sweep, takes us on a field trip to Naples with a group of French students and their teacher, where one young man also goes in search of his heritage.
The jury also featured Québécois actor Théodore Pellerin, musician Oklou, Ghanaian-British producer Ama Ampadu, and journalist and Bangkok World Film Festival director Donsaron Kovitvanitcha.
The Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award went to Spanish actress-turned-director Aina Clotet for her debut feature Viva, which follows a woman reassessing her life after a cancer diagnosis.
Chinese director Zou Jing’s A Girl Unknown won the Gan Foundation Award for Distribution, while the SACD Award for best screenplay was shared by director Blerta Basholli and co-writer Nicole Borgeat for coming-of-age drama Dua.
The full list of winners is below:
- AMI Paris Grand Prize - La Gradiva, dir: Marine Atlan
- Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award - Viva, dir: Aina Clotet
- Gan Foundation Award for Distribution - A Girl Unknown, dir: Zou Jing
- SACD Award - Dua, dir: Blerta Basholli
- Sony Discovery Prize for Short Film - Skinny Boots, dir: Romain F Dubois
- Canal+ Award for Short Film - 'Vaterland' or A Bule Named Yanto, dir: Berthold Wahjudi
