The twenty first version of the Seville European Movie Competition wrapped on Saturday (November 16) giving its prime award, the Golden Giraldillo, to the French drama And Their Youngsters After Them, directed by twin brothers Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma. The movie’s star Paul Kircher additionally received the very best actor award.
An adaptation of the Goncourt-winning novel of the identical title by Nicolas Mathieu, And Their Youngsters After tells the story of blue-collar youths dwelling over 4 summers beginning in 1992, and world premiered in competitors at Venice this yr. Charades are dealing with worldwide gross sales.
Latvian Oscar entry Stream, an animation function directed by Gints Zilbalodis, received the grand jury prize in addition to the very best modifying for Zibalodis and the Puerta America award (America’s Gateway award) – launched by pageant director Manuel Cristóbal – chosen from the European movies included within the pageant choice which were submitted to characterize their international locations within the Oscars race.
One other Oscar contender, Denmark’s The Lady With The Needle, was additionally a giant winner. The black-and-white drama, loosely impressed by a real-life serial killer in Copenhagen who murdered infants within the early 1900s, received a complete of 4 awards: finest director for Magnus von Horn, finest actress for Trine Dyrholm, finest cinematography for Michał Dymek and finest artwork route for Jagna Dobesz.
The official competitors jury, presided by producer David Puttnam, additionally gave writer-director Sandhya Suri the very best screenplay award for Santosh.
Spain’s Dismantling An Elephant, a household drama by first-time function director Aitor Echeverría that was additionally within the competitors line-up, received the Acción Cultural Española award for the very best route of a Spanish movie.
Full listing of winners
Golden Giraldillo
And Their Youngsters After Them (France)
Dir: Ludovic Boukherma, Zoran Boukherma
Grand Jury Prize
Stream (Latvia-France-Belgium)
Dir. Gints Zilbalodis
Finest Director
Magnus von Horn
The Lady With The Needle (Denmark-Poland-Sweden)
Finest Screenplay
Sandhya Suri
Santosh (France-UK-Germany)
Finest Actor
Paul Kircher
And Their Youngsters After Them (France)
Finest Actress
Trine Dyrholm
The Lady With The Needle (Denmark-Poland-Sweden)
Finest Enhancing
Gints Zilbalodis
Stream (Lithuania-France-Belgium)
Finest Cinematography
Michał Dymek
The Lady With The Needle (Denmark-Poland-Sweden)
Finest Artwork Course
Jagna Dobesz
The Lady With The Needle (Denmark-Poland-Sweden)