The short film Palme d’Or goes to I Am Afraid To Forget Your Face - Cannes 2020 – Short films/Awards
Sameh Alaa’s film, produced by Egypt and France among other countries, was crowned on the Croisette by a jury which also awarded four female directors in the Cinéfondation Selection. Concluding the three-day event called "Cannes 2020 Special: the Festival returns to the Croisette!" which unfolded from 27 to 29 October (just before the start of another month of lockdown in France) and allowed the team of Pierre Lescure and Thierry Frémaux an emotional return to the Grand Théâtre Lumière of the Palais des Festivals, the winners in the short film competition and in the Cinéfondation student films competition of the 73rd Cannes Film Festival have been revealed. The jury, composed of actress Céline Salette and of directors Dea Kulumbegashvili and Claire Burger as well as producer Charles Gillibert, filmmaker Rachid Bouchareb and actor Damien Bonnard, has given the short film Palme d’Or to I Am Afraid To Forget Your Face...
- 10/30/2020
- Cineuropa - The Best of European Cinema
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