Festivals - Award Ceremony of the Champs-Elysées French film Festival 2023

By Sabine, 27 june 2023

This Tuesday, June 27 took place at the Publicis cinema the award ceremony of the 12th edition of the Champs-Elysées Film Festival. Its creator, Sophie Dulac, led the closing ceremony with a bang, with her usual dynamism and outspokenness.

The Feature Films Jury, chaired by director Bertrand Bonello, with designer Pénélope Bagieu, musician Irène Dresel, singer Ellie foumib, actor Rabah Nait Oufella, awarded two feature documentaries this year.

American director D. Smith receives the Grand Jury Prize for Kokomo City, a raw portrayal of the lives of four trans and black sex workers. One of them, Rasheda Williams, was murdered last April in Atlanta.

The French Nicolas Peduzzi won the Grand Jury Prize for his film "Etat Limite", which follows psychiatrist Jamal Abdel Kader in the Beaujon psychiatric hospital.

These two films also received the critics' awards from the press jury.

The Jury Prize for Best American Director goes to Sebastian Silva for Rotting in the Sun.

The jury prize for the best French director is awarded to Sepideh Farsi for his animated film La Sirène which takes place in 1980 during the Iran-Iraq war. The very moved director spoke of the dramatic situation in Iran.

The public prize is awarded to Vincent must die by Stéphan Castang. This movie is our favorite. We'll talk about it when it's released next November.

This press jury, made up of journalists Alexis Bernier, Sarah Gandillot, Simon Riaux and Timé Zoppé, awarded a special mention to the performers of the film It's raining in the house: Purdey and Mazenky Lombet.

The France Télévisions prize was awarded to the short film L'acteur by Hugo David and Raphaël Quenard.

The jury chaired by musician Rebeka Warrior, with photographer and director Charlotte Abramow, filmmakers Gerdy Couturiau and Simon Rieth, actress Lina Soualem awarded prizes to short films and for the first time to medium-length films.

The audience award for best medium-length film was awarded to Les Chenilles de Noël and Michelle Keserwany

The jury prize for the best medium-length film is awarded to Euridice, Euridice by Lora Mure-Ravaud

A special mention is awarded to the American short film Margie Soudek's salt and pepper shakers by Meredith Brooks, which particularly touched the jury.

A special mention is attributed to the French short film, Pacific Club by Valentin Noujaïm, which retraces the history of this nightclub, the first to welcome Arabs from the suburbs.

The audience award for best American short film is naughty because it was awarded to Sara Gunnarsdöttir's My Year of Dicks.

The audience award for best French short film goes to Shake Up by Anne Steffens

The Grand Jury Prize for Best American Short Film goes to Lollygag by Tij D'Oyen.

The grand jury prize for best French short film is awarded to two films, the jury having been unable to decide between them: Phalène by Sarah-anais Desbenoit and Boléro by Nan Laborde Jourdaa