2022 report: Luxembourg co-productions selected at Cannes win top prizes!
With a record 6 official selections for this 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, Luxembourg did not leave empty-handed by winning 3 prizes in the “Un Certain Regard” selection: an exceptional vintage for outstanding talents!
Before the Palme d’or 2022 is awarded at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday evening, the jury of the “Un Certain Regard” selection, the first parallel section of the Festival which highlights auteur and discovery cinema, rewarded 2 co-productions Luxembourg films: CORSAGE by Marie Kreutzer (Samsa Film) and HARKA by Lotfy Nathan (Tarantula Luxembourg). Luxembourg actress Vicky Krieps, who plays the famous Empress of Austria in CORSAGE, a rebellious and feminist Sissi, won the prize for best performance alongside French actor Adam Bessa who plays Ali in HARKA, a young Tunisian who leads a precarious existence selling gasoline on the black market, and who still dreams of a better life.
A 3rd Prize was also nominated on the Croisette for Luxembourg and it was again for the film CORSAGE which received the Prize for Best Sound Creation* rewarding the Luxembourg sound production teams: Carlo Thoss/Alain Goniva and post- production (Philophon Studios, Philippe Kohn/Michel Schillings) with ao Lieven Verbraeken, Loïc Collignon, Nicolas Leroy, Angelo Dos Santos, Philippe Deschamps, Vincent Maloumian & Ken Nnganyadi.
*This prize, created by the association La Semaine du Son aims to reward sound excellence in a film “because it sublimates the artistic, semantic and narrative perception of the viewer”.
This award shows once again the vitality of Luxembourg cinema honored at the Cannes Film Festival thanks to its talents, its know-how and its know-how! An edition that will remain engraved in the memories and will undoubtedly push our national filmmakers towards other successes.
*pm. 6 films were in selection at the 75th Cannes Film Festival:
Official selection “Un certain regard”
Bodice co-produced by Bernard Michaux and directed by Marie Kreutzer (with Vicky Krieps in the role of Sissi and Jeanne Werner in the role of Ida Ferenczy, a Hungarian nobleman in the service of Empress Elisabeth).
More than ever (More than ever) co-produced by Jani Thiltges (Samsa Film) and directed by Emily Atef (with Vicky Krieps in the lead role)
Harka co-produced by Donato Rotunno (Tarantula Luxembourg) and directed by Lotfy Nathan.
Official selection “event screening” – film in the running for the Caméra d’Or (best first film)
Little Nicolas – What are we waiting for to be happy? produced by Lilian Eche and Christel Henon (Bidibul Productions) and directed by Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre based on the work of René Goscinny and Jean-Jacques Sempé.
Official selection “midnight session”
Rebel co-produced by Jesus Gonzalez (Calach Films) and directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah with Luxembourg actors Tommy Schlesser and Nassim Rachi.
“Directors’ Fortnight” – shortlisted for the Caméra d’Or (best first film)
Pamfir co-produced by Adolf El Assal (Wady Films) and directed by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk.
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