Victory at the 16th Les Arcs Film Festival for Kneecap [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Red Carpet @ European Film…
scheda film] by British filmmaker Rich Peppiatt, which won the Crystal Arrow given by the jury (Céline Sallette, Delphine le Vigan, Herdís Stefánsdóttir, Pio Marmaï, Sofiane Zermani and Peter Kerekes). Winner of the NEXT audience award in Sundance and also screened at Tribeca, the English filmmaker’s debut fiction feature also won the award for Best Original Score (composed by Michael Asante) at Les Arcs as well as the Youth Jury award. This Irish-British production will be distributed in France next 18 June by Wayna Pitch and is sold internationally by Charades.

The Jury Grand Prize went to Loveable [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Lilja Ingolfsdottir
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The second Acting Award went to Italian actress Marilena Amato for her performance in Vittoria [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Alessandro Cassigoli e Cas…
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Also amongst the winners is Lithuanian filmmaker Vytautas Katkus for the photography in Toxic [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Directors Talks @ European…
intervista: Saulė Bliuvaitė
scheda film] by her compatriot Saulé Bliuvaité (Golden Leopard in Locarno and coming out in France next 16 April through Les Alchimistes) which also won the Cineuropa award, while the Audience Award went to Peacock [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Bernhard Wenger
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The full list of winners:

Crystal Arrow
Kneecap [+leggi anche:
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Jury Grand Prize
Loveable [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Lilja Ingolfsdottir
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Acting Awards
Helga Guren - Loveable
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intervista: Lilja Ingolfsdottir
scheda film]Marilena Amato - Vittoria [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Alessandro Cassigoli e Cas…
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Best Original Score Award
Michael Asante – Kneecap

Best Cinematography Award
Vytautas Katkus - Toxic [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Saulė Bliuvaitė
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Other awards

Audience Award
Peacock [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Bernhard Wenger
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Cineuropa Award
Toxic - Saulé Bliuvaité

Youth Jury Prize
Kneecap - Rich Peppiatt
Special Mention
Peacock - Bernhard Wenger

Les cinglés du cinéma Award
Kneecap - Rich Peppiatt
Special Mention
Toxic - Saulé Bliuvaité

Universciné Award for the Hauteur section
September & July [+leggi anche:
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Short-Film Award
Dancing in the corner - Jan Bujnowski (Poland)
Special Mention
The Death of a Hero - Karin Franz Körlof (Sweden)