The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) grants its Grand Prix for Best Film of the Year to La Vie d’Adèle – Chapitre 1&2, directed by Abdellatif Kechiche.. The award is the result of the votes cast by 245 critics worldwide, members of FIPRESCI, for titles premiered during the previous twelve months.

The prize will be awarded to the director of the film, Abdellatif Kechiche and its producer, Brahim Chioua, at the opening gala of the 61st edition of the San Sebastian Festival on September 20 at the Kursaal Auditorium.

La Vie d’Adèle – Chapitre 1&2, will be screened on September 20 at 23:30 in the Kursaal 2 in a single screening.

Winner of the Golden Palm at the last Cannes Festival,La Vie d’Adèle – Chapitre 1&2 (Blue Is the Warmest Color) opens in France on October 9.

Blue Is the Warmest Colour (Synopsis)

At 15, Adele doesn't question it: a girl goes out with boys. Her life is turned upside down the night she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself, finds herself...