The 12th edition of the Nikon Film Festival ended with the big awards night at Le Grand Rex cinema. The Jury, chaired by Gilles Lellouche, rewarded the best selected short films.
The 12th edition of Nikon Film Festival ended on April 22 with the award ceremony at Le Grand Rex cinema. An unmissable event in the film world and a great springboard for young talent, this free event open to all allows budding filmmakers to make a 2-minute 20-minute short film on an imposed theme.
This year, participants were able to give free rein to imagination, creativity and expression on the theme of dreams: Whether dream or nightmare, utopia or reality, aspiration or illusion, the dream is an infinite source of inspiration that has transcended the arts: poetry, painting, music, literature… and cinema!
To award the prizes for this 12th edition, it was Gilles Lellouche, president of the Jury, and a host of talents who were brought together. Among the members, we find: Audrey Diwan, Pierre Lescure, Aïssa Maïga, Lyna Khoudri, Augustin Trapenard, Judith Chalier, Pascale Faure, Julien Neutres, Clara Runaway and Alexandre Dino.
The rewards
Eleven prizes were awarded to the teams of the winning films:
• The Grand Jury Prize: “Feed the swans“directed by Christophe Ideal
• The International Prize: “Mode-Express“directed by Manon Talva and Louis Lecointre
• The Critics’ Prize: “Sweet Dreams“directed by Benjamin Ifrah
• The Staging Prize: “Spoon“directed by Arthur Chays
• The Photography Prize: “In his eyes“directed by Adrien Parmentier
• The Prize for Best Actress: Delphine Théodore for “The Increase“
• The Best Actor Award: Oscar Copp for “Party Dreams“
• The Screenplay Prize: “Party Dreams“directed by Amélie Prévot and Marion Christmann
• The Best Sound Award: “John Room“directed by Renaud Chateauroux and Marc Riso
• The School Prize: “Alex“directed by Aretha Iskandar and Edouard Lemiale
• The Audience Award: “lucid dreams“directed by Paul Deby
• The distinction of the Alice Guy Prize (which aims to compensate for the recurring absence of female directors in the major annual awards and which gives the possibility of promoting the work of a young filmmaker within the framework of the Nikon Film Festival): “Two hours per week“directed by Mathilde La Musse
The awarding of the prizes was debated and decided by the members of the jury, with the exception of the Critics’ Prize which is made up of a jury of journalists and the Public Prize which depends for its part on the votes made on the site. festival website.
Winners win Nikon product prizes, project funding and exposure to support them throughout their process.