– Arthur Harari’s feature film wins the prize for Best French Film 2021 while that of Chloé Mazlo Sky of Lebanon was named best first film
Onoda – 10,000 nights in the jungle by Arthur Harari
the French Association of Film Critics presented its awards for 2021. The title of Best French Film went to Onoda – 10,000 nights in the jungle [+see also:
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film profile] by Arthur Harariadding to a glorious track record that first saw the opening film of Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section as part of the 74th edition of the festival before winning the Louis-Delluc Prize, four Lumières nominations and four more names for the Césars (whose winners will be announced this Friday).
The filmmaker’s second feature film after dark inclusion [+see also:
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film profile] (2016), Onoda was shot entirely in Asia, and in the Japanese language. Written by Arthur Harari and Vincent Poimiro, this international co-production (associating France, Germany, Belgium and Italy) looks back on the fate of Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda who went to the island of Lubang (in the Philippines) in 1945 to counter the offensive American. Japan eventually surrenders, but Onoda continues to fight. Trained to survive in the jungle at all costs and blindly refusing to believe the end of the Second World War, he continued his fight for 10,000 days… The production was subcontracted to Nicolas Anthome (one of European Film Promotion’s Producers on the Move 2018 – read our maintenance) from bathysphere, while the distribution in French theaters was supported by The pactwho also drive international sales.
The trophy for Best First French Feature Film was won by Chloe Mazloit’s Sky of Lebanon [+see also:
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To complete the list of award-winning films, the trophy for the most exceptional French-language film was awarded to the documentary There will be no more night [+see also:
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Also note the prize for the best French series, won by Valerie Donzelliit’s Nona and her daughters and, also in the field of television productions, the prize for the best work of fiction which went to Francois Hans‘ Doubts, and Best Documentary won by Jerome Priorit’s Living in wartime Germany.
The list of winners is as follows:
Film awards
best french film
Onoda – 10,000 nights in the jungle [+see also:
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best foreign film
drive my car – Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Japan)
Best First French Film
Sky of Lebanon [+see also:
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Best First Foreign Film
Freda [+see also:
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Exceptional French-language film
There will be no more night [+see also:
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Best French Short Film
Nicholas – Mihai Grecu (France)
TV awards
Best French Series
Nona and her daughters – Valerie Donzelli (Arte)
Best French Fiction Work
Doubts – Francois Hanss (Arte)
Best French Documentary
Living in wartime Germany – Jerome Prior (France 5)
(Translated from French)
