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Palmarès 2016

The international competition jury, composed of Claire Atherton, editor, Jonathan Miller, distributor and filmmaker and Stan Neumann, filmmaker, awarded the following prizes:

Cinéma du Réel Grand Prix, with the support of the Procirep:
Long Story Short, Natalie Bookchin

SCAM International Award:
Die Getraümten (The Dreamed Ones), Ruth Beckermann
Mention to:
Oleg y las raras artes (Oleg and the Rare Arts), Andres Duque


The first and short films competition jury, composed of Pascale Cassagnau, in charge of the audiovisual and new media content at the Cnap, Thomas Jenkoe, filmmaker and Olivier Pierre, artistic director of the Journées cinématographiques dionysiennes at cinema L’Écran, Saint-Denis, awarded the following prizes:

Joris Ivens / CNAP Award:
[pewen]araucaria, Carlos Vásquez Méndez

Short Film Award:
Há terra!, Ana Vaz


The French competition jury, composed of Cecilia Barrionuevo, programmer, Véronique Joo Aisenberg, head of the African Film Library, part of the Cinema department of the Institut français and Karel Och, artistic director of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, awarded the following prize:

Institut Français Louis Marcorelles Award:
La Permanence, Alice Diop
Mention to:
Sfumato de Christophe Bisson


The Young jury, composed of Messua Gonzalez, Mathilde Kervel and Roméo Labelle-Rojoux (Lycée Turgot, Paris 3e), Lou Barreau and Théa Constant (Lycée Diderot, Paris 19e) and Maïté Peltier, filmmaker and programmer at the festival Filmer le travail, Poitiers, awarded the following prize:

Youth Award
Dustur (Constitution), Marco Santarelli
Mention to:
Die Getraümten (The Dreamed Ones), Ruth Beckermann


The Library jury, composed of Philippe Chenieux, Yannick Gauvin and Julien Segura, librarians, and Zoé Chantre, filmmaker, awarded the following prize:

Libraries Award:
Of Shadows, Yi Cui
Mention to:
Vivere, Judith Abitbol


The Département du pilotage de la recherche et de la politique scientifique of the Ministry of Culture awarded the following prize:

Intangible Heritage Award:
Les Héritiers, Maxence Voiseux
Mention to:
La Balada del Oppenheimer Park, Juan Manuel Sepúlveda


Rhys Chatham, composer, guitarist and trumpet player, awarded the following prize:

Original Music Award:
Oleg y las raras artes (Oleg and the Rare Arts), Andres Duque