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Palmarès 2023

The Feature Film jury, composed of Dyana Gaye, director, Rémi Lainé, documentary filmmaker, reporter and president of Scam since 2021, Nicolas Mollard, musician and composer, María Palacios Cruz, programmer, writer and educator, Juan Manuel Sepúlveda, director, photographer and producer, awarded the following prizes:

Cinéma du Réel Grand Prix, with the support of the Bibliothèque publique d’information and the Procirep:
Ex aequo:
Coconut Head Generation, Alain Kassanda
Up the River with Acid, Harald Hutter

SCAM International Award:
Being in a Place: A Portrait of Margaret Tait, Luke Fowler

Institut Français Louis Marcorelles Award:
Ana Rosa, Catalina Villar

Sacem Award:
Original music from Ciompi, Agnès Perrais, composed by Glenn Marzin

Special mention from the feature documentary film jury:
Allensworth, James Benning


The Short Film and First Film jury, composed of James Lattimer, festival programmer and film critic, Ariane Michel, graduate of the ENS des Arts Décoratifs and filmmaker, Clara Schulmann, who writes in the field of contemporary art, Fern Silva, director, Maria Giovanna Vagenas, film critic and programmer, awarded the following prizes:

Loridan Ivens / CNAP Award:
La Bonga, Sebastián Pinzón Silva and Canela Reyes
Special mention : Up the River with Acid, Harald Hutter

Short Film Award:
Last Things, Deborah Stratman

Tënk Award:
Cinzas e nuvens, Margaux Dauby

Special mention from the Short Film and First Films Jury:
Bac à sable, Lucas Azémar and Charlotte Cherici


The youth jury, composed of students Louna Acker, Matteo Barbier, Nicolas Guignard, Lucile Nivelle, Pauline Rouzet, and Claire Thabourey, accompanied by filmmaker Alain Della Negra, awarded the following prize:

Youth Award – Ciné +:
La Base, Vadim Dumesh


The Libraries jury, composed of filmmaker Laure Portier, Sarah Doucet, in charge of film collections for all Orléans media libraries, Noémie Moutonnet, video librarian in the Paris municipal network, and Elodie Saget, head of the audiovisual and sound collection at the musée du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac media library, awarded the following prize:

Libraries Award:
Adieu Sauvage, Sergio Guataquira Sarmiento 


The Direction générale des patrimoines et de l’architecture of the French Ministry of Culture awarded the following prize:

Cultural Intangible Heritage Award:
La Bonga, Sebastián Pinzón Silva and Canela Reyes


The jury of the Clarens Foundation for Humanism, composed of Boubkar Benzabat, cinematographer, Houda El Amri, editorial advisor for cinema acquisition for Canal + International, Arnaud de Mezamat, writer-director and producer, Hadrien Frémont, curator, Manuela Frésil, director and Anne Morin, director, awarded the following prize:

Clarens Award for Humanist Documentary Filmmaking:
El Juicio, Ulises de la Orden
Special mention : Coconut Head Generation, Alain Kassanda


The jury of inmates at the Bois-d’Arcy prison, composed of 10 inmates and two members of the civil society (a film student and a young musician from the 11th arrondissement conservatory), awarded the following prize:

Inmates Award:
Piblokto, Anastasia Shubina and Timofey Glinin
Special mention : Un coeur perdu et autres rêves de Beyrouth, Maya Abdul-Malak


Mediapart users awarded the following prize:

Public Award – A First Window:
Quitter Chouchou, Lucie Demange


Studio Orlando awarded the following prize:

Coup de cœur” Studio Orlando:
Al Oeste, en Zapata, David Beltrán i Marí


The Route One/Doc jury, composed of Georgi Lazareski, writer-director of documentary films, Nepheli Gambade, festival selector and programmer, Isabelle Gérard Pigeaud, head of the Images de la culture catalog at the CNC, Florence Keller, head of the Diffusion, Ventes et Acquisitions department at the Agence du court métrage, Quentin Laurent, founder of Les Films de l’œil sauvage and producer, awarded the following prize:

Prix Route One / Doc Award:
Andréa Visini, author of the project Brille la terre


The Préludes jury, composed of Thomas Carillon, founding president of Préludes, Claire Simon, filmmaker, Gérald Duchaussoy, head of Cannes Classics and in charge of programming for the MIFC – Festival Lumière Lyon, awarded the following prizes:

Préludes Awards for digitalisation:
Prove di Stato, Leonardo di Costanzo

Préludes Award for restauration:
Juliette du côté des hommes, Claudine Bories