Top prizes for Un Certain Regard were announced tonite at Cannes. Best film went to Les Pires - "The Worst Ones" directed by Lise Akoka & Romane Gueret (France). The film concerns a film shooting in Picasso, a suburb of Boulogne-sur-mer in north France. Four teenagers are chosen to play in the film. and everyone in the neighborhood is surprised: why only take the “worst ones?
Jury prize went to the first Pakistani film to screen at Cannes - Joyland by Saim Sadiq about the youngest son of a family who falls for a young trans starlet.
Best screenplay went to Palestinian-Israeli film director and screenwriter Maha Haj for Mediterranean Fever about a flailing Palestinian writer in Haifa's Arab community whose neighbour becomes his subject that he thinks is involved in criminal enterprizes.
Best Performance Prize (jointly awarded)
Adam Bessa in Harka
Best actress went to Vicky Krieps for her portrayal of Empress Elizabeth of Austria in Corsage directed by Marie Kreutzer (Austria).
The Coup de cœur Prize went to Rodeo by Lola Quivoron about the daredevil biking sport and a cross-bitume gang that a young woman infiltrates.
Reruns of the films in Paris will take place from June 1 to 7 at the Reflet Médicis.
Moira Sullivan
FIPRESCI
