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Cinemed Awards

Feature films
The Tour Pranzo di ferragosto A Fiance for Yasmina

• Golden Antigone (City and District of Montpellier) 
Jury : Danielle Arbid (director, Lebanon), Florence Colombani (director, writer, France), Philippe Faucon (director, France), Dominique Fernandez (writer, member of the Académie française, France), Henry-Jean Servat (journalist, writer, France) 


The Tour, by Goran Markovic ( Serbia/Bosnia and Herzegovina
€15,000 awarded by the City and the District of Montpellier 
€30,000 in advertising awarded by CINECINEMA for the release of the film 
€2,500 in technical services awarded to the distributor by Titra Film 

Special mentions to: 
Le Chant des mariées, by Karin Albou ( France/Tunisia
and 
Exchange, by Nicolae Margineanu ( Romania

Critics' Award (Crédit Coopératif) 


Jury :

Barbara Lorey de Lacharrière (journalist, member of the FIPRESCI jury, France), Angel Comas (Dirigo por, Spain), Salah Hashem (Cinemaisis, Egypt), Alain Masson (Positif, France), Alex Masson (Radio Nova, France), Richard Pevny(L’Indépendant, France), Umberto Rossi (Cineforum,Italy), Milan Vlajcic (Blic, Serbia) 


Pranzo di ferragosto, by Gianni Di Gregorio ( Italy
€2,000 awarded to the director by Crédit Coopératif 

 

• Filmgoers' Award (Midi Libre) 
A Fiance for Yasmina, by Irene Cardona ( Spain/Morocco
€4,000 awarded to the director by Midi Libre 

 

• JAM award for best music (CMCAS) 
Jury : Geneviève Davasse (violonist, orchestre national de Montpellier LR), Gérard Pansanel (musician, composer), Jean-François Fontana (president pf JAM), Jean Peiffer (director of JAM) 
to Mazlum Cimen for the music of 
Dot, by Dervis Zaim ( Turkey
€1,200 awarded by JAM 

 

• Nova Award 
The Tour, by Goran Markovic ( Serbia/Bosnia and Herzegovina
€4,800 in advertising awarded by Radio Nova for the release of the film 

 

• Technical Support Award (Eclair Laboratories) 
Le Chant des mariées, by Karin Albou ( France/Tunisia
€4,500 in technical services awarded to the director by Eclair Laboratories 

• Young People's Award (CMCAS Languedoc) 


Kino Lika, by Dalibor Matanic ( Croatia/Bosnia and Herzegovina
€2,000 awarded to the director by CMCAS Languedoc 

 

   Short films
Wolfly The One in Charge

 

• Grand Prix for Short Films (City and District of Montpellier) 
Jury : Fejria Deliba (actresse and director, France), Juliette Sol (producer, France),Philippe Germain (Director of the Agence du court métrage, France), Gjergj Xhuvani(director, Albania) 
Wolfly, by Matevz Luzar ( Slovenia
€4,000 awarded to the director by the City and the District of Montpellier 

Special mentions to: 
Stairs, by Ilir Harxhi ( Albania
and 
Houria, by Mohamed Yargui ( Algeria

Special prize of the jury: 
Waltzes and Tangos from the Village of Whitewater, by Ivan Vladimirov (Bulgaria

 

• Filmgoers' Award (Eclair - Kodak - Titra Film) 
The One in Charge, by Sergio Barrejón ( Spain
€1,500 in laboratory services, ten 122-m reels of film negative and €500 in subtitling services 

 

• Young audience Award (Ville de Montpellier) 
Tied: 
C'est dimanche !, by Samir Guesmi ( France
and 
Insights, by Dana Keidar ( Israel
€1,000 awarded to each director 

 

• Beaumarchais Association Award 
C'est dimanche !, by Samir Guesmi ( France
€1,500 awarded to the director and a supplementary grant of €3,000 for the writing of a full-length feature film 

 

• Cine Cinecourts Award (CINECINEMA) 
La Route du Nord, by Carlos Chahine ( Lebanon/France
and 
Roots, by Eileen Hofer ( Switzerland/Turkey
Prize: films purchased for broadcasting in the programme 'Cine Cinecourts' 

 

• Canal+ Award Award 
Madame, by Cyprien Vial ( France
Prize: film purchased for broadcasting 

   Documentary films
To See if I'm Smiling

 

Jury : Linda Ferrer-Roca (director, France), Samuel Douhaire (journalist, France),Claude-Timon Gaignaire (director, France) 

 

• Ulysses Award 
To See if I’m Smiling, by Tamar Yarom ( Israel
€3,000 awarded to the director by the Médiathèque centrale d’Agglomération Emile-Zola Médiathèque Federico-Fellini of Montpellier 

 

Special mention to: 
The Flower Bridge, by Thomas Ciulei ( Romania/Germany

 

   Development Grants
Jury : Présidente : Monique Carcaud-Macaire, maître de conférence en cinéma et audiovisuel, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier ; Fabienne Aguado, responsable du Département cinéma du Moulin d’Andé ; Yasmina Nini-Faucon, productrice Istiqlal Films ; Stéphanie Roux, managing Director Insomnia world sales ; Franck Salaün(Memento films, acquisitions et direction de la distribution). 

One €7,000 grant 
funded by the Ministère des Affaires étrangères, Bureau de la coopération du cinéma 
Moskvitch, mon amour by Aram Shahbazyan, director and Lévon Minasian, author (Armenia) 

One €7,000 grant 
funded by the Organisation internationale de la francophonie 
Tombés du ciel by Wissam Charaf, director and Charlotte Vincent, producer 
(Lebanon) 

Writing in residence 
offered by the Centre des écritures cinématographiques le Moulin d’Andé 
Les Uraniens by Giani Gatti, director and Antonio Cecchi, producer (Italy) 

One €4,000 grant 
funded by the Région Languedoc-Roussillon 
Fille de bonne famille by Omar Mouldouira, director (France/Morocco) 

Kodak award 
3000 meters of positive film for a print or 1000 meters of negative film for shooting 
L’Homme sans portable by Sameh Zoabi, director and Marie Gutmann, producer (France/Israel/Palestine) 

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