“Mimosas” wins Grand Prize of Cannes Critics’ WeekMay 20, 2016 - 12:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Oliver Laxe’s sophomore outing “Mimosas” has won the Nespresso Grand Prize of Cannes’ Critics Week, Variety reports. Critics’ Week, whose artistic director is Charles Tesson, had a jury presided by Valerie Donzelli (“Declaration of War”) and comprising Alice Winocour, Nadav Lapid, David Robert Mitchell and Santiago Mitre — all of whom are Critics’ Week alumni. Sold by Paris-based Luxbox, the lushly-lensed “Mimosas” follows the journey of an elderly and dying Sheikh who travels across the Moroccan Atlas in a caravan, escorted by two rogues. Laxe made his debut feature with the critically-acclaimed “You All Are Captains.” Mehmet Can Mertoğlu’s Turkish comedy “Album” won the France 4 Visionary Award, while Davy Chou and Claire Maugendre’s narrative feature debut “Diamond Island” nabbed the SACD prize. “Album” centers on a couple who stages a pregnancy to pretend that the child they’re looking to adopt is theirs. The social satire delivers a snapshot of the Turkish middle class and explores topics of prejudice as well as bureaucracy in modern Turkey. “Diamond Island” is a Cambodian-French teen movie about an adolescent who leaves rural Cambodia to become a construction worker only to be reunited with his missing older brother. Wregas Bhanuteja’s “Prenjak” snatched up the Leica Cine Discovery prize for best short. Related links: 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 | Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. |