JURY AND PRIZES

 

Closing night 2008

Jury
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Nassim AMAOUCHE, filmmaker:
Adieu Gary, Grand Prix Semaine de la Critique 2009 in Cannes ; De l’autre côté, Jury's Special Prize and French Critics' Prize in Rencontres Henri Langlois 2004.

Alain BOTTARELLI, Festival Images' (Vevey).

Laurence BRIAUD, editor:
Un conte de Noël by Arnaud Desplechin, 24 mesures by Jalil Lespert, Mon fils à moi by Martial Fougeron, Rois & Reines by Arnaud Desplechin, etc.

Claire BURGER, filmmaker:
Forbach, Jury's Special Prize in Rencontres Henri Langlois 2008 (also awarded in Clermont-Ferrand and Cannes film festivals) ; C'est gratuit pour les filles (codirected with Marie Amachoukeli), selected in Semaine de la Critique 2009 and preselected in César 2010.

Sébastien de FONSECA, producer (Red Star Cinéma).



Prizes
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The Jury will award four Prizes:
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Jury's Grand Prize: 3 000 € offered by the City of Poitiers.
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Jury's Special Prize: 1 500 € offered by the Poitou-Charentes Regional Council.
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Best Direction's Prize: 1 500 € offered by the Poitou-Charentes Regional Council
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Best screenplay's Prize: 1 000 € offered by the University of Poitiers. Subscription the magazine Scénaristes.



A film in Cannes in 2010!
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The French Syndicate of Cinema Critics, organiser of Critics’ Week, Discovery section of the Cannes Film Festival, will elect the best short film. Francis GAVELLE, Bernard PAYEN and Guillemette ODICINO-OLIVIER will be part of this Jury.

French Critics' Discovery Prize:
The award-winning film will benefit from extensive international exposure: it will be featured alongside short films selected at the next Critics’ Week (Cannes 2010), on a DVD of which 1000 copies will be distributed in autumn 2010.



Student Jury
Students from the University of Poitiers will also award a film during the 32^nd Festival.
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Student Jury's Prize: 1 500 € offered by the University of Poitiers.



You too, vote!
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At the end of each Competition screening, fill in your ballot to participate to the Public's Prize vote.
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Public's Prize: 1 500 € offered by the Vienne General Council.