Awards


International Competition

 

Le Grand Prix, a 30,000 FF value, awarded by an international jury to a feature length or short documentary film.

Grand Prix: La Candidate by Mohammad Shirvani

Special Mention: Toi qui m'as vue petite by Agnes Bert


First Film Competition

 

Le Prix de la Critique a first for the Festival, created for the year 2000, a 10,000 FF value, awarded by a jury of critics to a feature length or short documentary film.

Prix de la Critique: Km 250 by Anne Faisandier

Special Mention: Pardevant notaire by Marc-Antoine Roudil and Sophie Bruneau.


Other Prizes

 

Le Prix Planète, a 25,000 FF value, awarded by a jury of television viewers for a film chosen among the ensemble of selected films.

Prix Planete: Vivre apres - paroles de femmes by Laurent Becue-Renard

Prix Fictions du Reel, awarded by the international competition jury members and Planete jury.

Prix Fiction: Lecons des tenebres by Vincent Dieutre

 

International Competition Jury

Leslie Kaplan


Leslie Kaplan was born in New York. She lives and works in Paris. For the past several years she has conducted reading-writing workshops in middle schools, high schools, and libraries of the suburbs as well as at Universities. She is the author of several books, including "Depuis maintenant", "Miss Nobody Knows" (1996), "Les Prostituées philosophes", "Depuis maintenant 2" (1997), and "Le Psychanalyste" (1999).

Gian Vittorio Baldi

Gian Vittorio Baldi was born in Bologna (Italy) in 1930. Since 1958 he directed several short films, some of which received awards (Il pianto delle zitelle, Golden Lion as best short film in Venice, 1959; La casa delle vedove, Golden Lion as best short film in Venice, 1960...), and produced numerous films (Porcile and Orestiade Africana by Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1969; Four Nights of a Dreamer by Robert Bresson, 1971...). In 1998, he wrote the script of Nevrijeme (The Storm), about tolerance and mutual respect, to be played in Sarajevo.

Ghassan Salhab

A Lebanese director born in Senegal in 1958, Salab Ghassan lives in France. He has directed Beyrouth Fantôme (1998) and several short films (Afrique fantôme, 1994; Après la mort, 1991; L'Autre, 1989; La Clef, 1986). He is currently working on his next feature-length film, which will again take place in Lebanon.

 

First film Competition Jury

Luciano Barisone

Born in Genoa, Luciano Barisone is a journalist, critic, and film club host. He has worked for the daily La Stampa since 1981 and also collaborates with the RAI and all of the major Italian film journals (Filmcritica, Cineforum, Duel). In 1990, he founded the review Panoramiques, of which he is the director. He has been the artistic consultant for the autonomous region of the Valle d'Aosta since 1985, and participates in numerous international film festivals (Bergamo, La Rochelle, Courmayeur, Locarno, Venice...). He has also written two portraits, on Catherine Breillat and Robert Guédiguian.

Jacques Mandelbaum

Journalist for the daily newspaper Le Monde since 1995. Film critic.

Frédéric Kahn

Joint editor of Pavé, weekly news of the Bouches-du-Rhône region. Critic. He also contributes to cultural reviews on a regular basis.