Santiago Mitre’s “Paulina” wins top prize at Cannes Critics’ Week sectionMay 22, 2015 - 11:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - “Paulina”, from Argentinian director Santiago Mitre, has been named the top film in the International Critics’ Week section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, TheWrap reports. Critics’ Week is a section of seven features and 10 short and medium-length films from up-and-coming directors that runs independently of the main festival. A remake of the early ’60s film “La Patola,” Mitre’s drama deals with a lawyer who leaves her city job to teach in a depressed town, where she is sexually assaulted. It was one of the first films to screen in the Critics’ Week program, and immediately won strong reviews. Other Critics’ Week honors went to “Land and Shade” (“La Tierra y la Sombra”) by Cesar Augusto Acevedo, which won the France 4 Visionary Award and the SACD Award. The jury was headed by director Ronit Elkabetz, and also included director Katell Quillévéré, cinematographer Peter Suschitzky, Toronto Film Festival programmer Andréa Picard and journalist Boyd van Hoeij. The awards: Nespresso Grand Prize: “Paulina” France 4 Visionary Award: “Land and Shade” (“La Tierra y la Sombra”) Sony CineAlta Discovery Prize: “Varicella” Canal Award: “Ramona” SACD Award: “Land and Shade” (“La Tierra y la Sombra”) Gan Foundation Support for Distribution: “The Wakhan Front” Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. |