News

“Me Myself and Mum” by Guillaume Gallienne won two awards at the Directors’ Fortnight

Directors’ Fortnight is a non competitive sidebar of Cannes Film Festival, however, it does offer awards in partnership with other institutions. French film Les Garçons et Guillaume, à table ! (Me Myself and Mum) by Guillaume Gallienne won two of the awards at the fortnight. Anurag Kashyap’s Ugly was screened in this section.

Here is the list of winners:-

Art Cinema Award

The Cicae (Confédération Internationale des Cinémas d’Art et d’Essai) gives the Art Cinema Award, prize that helps with film distribution.

Les Garçons et Guillaume, à table ! (Me Myself and Mum) by Guillaume Gallienne – France

Label Europa Cinemas

The Europa Cinemas Label aims to enhance the promotion, circulation and box-office runs of European award winning films on the screens of a cinema network spread across Europe. Awarded by a jury comprised of Europa Cinemas member exhibitors.

PARIS -- ARP, France's influential body of writers, directors and producers, said Tuesday that its board has elected director-writer Claude Zidi as president. Zidi replaces director-writer Pierre Jolivet, who has headed the organization since 1999 and will continue to serve as a vp. Director-writers Claude Miller and Jean Marboeuf also were elected vps at a board meeting Monday. Producer-director Claude Berri, who heads the French Cinematheque, will serve as honorary president for a second year, ARP said. French directors Jeanne Labrune, Gerard Krawczyk and Bertrand Van Effenterre have been named members of the association's management, while producer-writer-director Jean-Claude Jean will serve as treasurer. ARP's administrative council of 14 members includes French directors Alain Corneau, Costa-Gavras, Claude Lelouch, Coline Serreau, Christophe Barratier, Jean-Jacques Beineix and Bertrand Tavernier.