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Palmarès 2017

The international competition jury, composed of Tina Baz Legal, editor, Anne Georget, filmmaker and Luciano Monteagudo, film critic and programmer, awarded the following prizes:

Cinéma du Réel Grand Prix, with the support of the Procirep:
Maman Colonelle, Dieudo Hamadi

SCAM International Award:
No Intenso Agora, João Moreira Salles


The first and short films competition jury, composed of Safia Benhaïm, filmmaker, Kumjana Novakova, programmer, teacher and artist, Marta Ponsa, in charge of artistic development and cultural action at Jeu de Paume, awarded the following prizes:

Joris Ivens / CNAP Award:
On the Edge of Life (Ala hafet alhayat), Yaser Kassab

Short Film Award:
Nyo Vweta Nafta, Ico Costa
Mention to:
Alazeef, Saif Alsaegh


The French competition jury, composed of Eric Hynes, journalist, critic and programmer, Nathalie Streiff, in charge of the World Cinema Support Fund at the Institut français and Nanako Tsukidate, film critic, journalist and programmer, awarded the following prize:

Institut Français Louis Marcorelles Award:
Derniers jours à Shibati, Hendrick Dussollier
Mention to :
Chaque Mur est une Porte, Elitza Gueorguieva


The Young jury, composed of Eva Ba-Lantzenberg and Arthur Dujardin (Lycée Turgot, Paris 3e), Morgann Fremion, Antoine Horn and Doan Dang Pham (Lycée technique privé Saint-Nicolas, Paris 6e) and Séverine Rocaboy, director and programmer of the cinema Les Toiles, Saint-Gratien, awarded the following prize:

Youth Award:
Derniers jours à Shibati, Hendrick Dussollier
Mention to:
Je ne me Souviens de Rien de Diane Sara Bouzgarrou


The Library jury, composed of Sophie Alaux (médiathèque du Grand Cahors), Stéphanie Alexandre (médiathèque Abdelmalek Sayad) and Nicolas Hans Martin, filmmaker, awarded the following prize:

Libraries Award:
No Intenso Agora, João Moreira Salles
Mention to:
Chaque Mur est une Porte, Elitza Gueorguieva


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

Intangible Heritage Award:
Boli Bana, Simon Coulibaly Gillard
Mention to:
Hamlet in Palestine, Nicolas Klotz and Thomas Ostermeier


Selma Mutal, composer, awarded the following prize:

Original Music Award:
No Intenso Agora, João Moreira Salles


The jury at the Bois d’Arcy prison, composed of inmates and members of civil society, awarded the following prize:

Bois d’Arcy Prisonners’ Award:
Through the looking glass de Yi Cui
Mention to: Now he’s out in public and everyone can see, Nathalie Bookchin