Adolescentes scoops an award at MyFrenchFilmFestival
Josep
Adolescentes by Sébastien Lifshitz
At the close of a record 11th edition which saw MyFrenchFilmFestival, the online festival organised by UniFrance (read our news), amass 13 million views in upwards of 200 territories, the Filmmakers’ Jury, the International Press Jury and the audience delivered their verdicts.
Sébastien Lifshitz’s documentary
Gianfranco Rosi,
Franco Lolli and
Rosalie Varda. Unveiled during Critics’ Week at the 2019 Locarno Film Festival, this Agat Film & Ex Nihilo production (co-produced with Arte France Cinéma and Arte France’s Society and Culture division) has been racking up awards since its release in French cinemas back in September via Ad Vitam, not only earning itself six nominations at this year’s Césars (notably in the category of Best Film of the Year, which encompasses all genres) - whose winners will be revealed on 12 March - and another for Best Documentary at the Lumière
film profile], adding yet another trophy to an already impressive collection which began with the 2020 Cannes Film Festival’s Official Selection label and the 2020 European Film Award for Best Animated Film, and continued with the 2021 Lumières award in the same category. Interestingly, this is the first time an animated feature has been singled out for this award (the genre having only ever been honoured by the main jury in 1979, courtesy of
Paul Grimault’s
The King and the Mockingbird). Produced by
Josep was released in French cinemas by Sophie Dulac Distribution at the end of September and, like
Adolescentes, is also sold worldwide by The Party Film Sales.