2004 AVIGNON FILM FESTIVAL --- AWARDS
READ the Festival round-up in LE FIGARO: Figaro-Page1 / Figaro-Page2
At the Closing Awards ceremony of the 21st Avignon Film Festival on Sunday, June 27,
an international jury announced the grand prizes for the 2004 edition of the
"Crossroads for Independent Cinema from America and Europe"
at the Petit Palais (next to the famous Papal Palace) in Avignon:
PRIX TOURNAGE (Grand Prize for Feature Film)
FRANCE
Corps à Corps (Body to Body, France, 2003, 101 min.) directed by François Hanss and
Arthur-Emmanuel Pierre with Emmanuelle Seigner and Philippe Torreton
USA
The Pornagrapher, A Love Story (Le Pornographe, Une Histoire d’Amour, USA, 2004, 80 min.)
directed by Alan Wade with Irène Jacob and Martin Donovan
EUROPE
Deadlines (France/Tunisia/UK, 2004, 103 min.)
directed by Ludi Boeken and Michael Alan Lerner with Anne Parillaud
PRIX PANAVISION (Grand Prize for Short Films)
USA
Express directed by Manuel Boyer
EUROPE
Le Manian (The Pest) de Frédéric Jolfre
PRIX VISION (Best Cinematography)
Gilles Henry for Mensonges et Trahisons
directed by Laurent Tirard (The Story of My Life, 2004, France)
PRIX "BEST DOCUMENTARY"
Bob Kennedy, L’homme Qui Voulait Changer L'Amérique
(Bob Kennedy, The Man Who Wanted to Change America, France, 2004, 65 min.) de Patrick Jeudy
PRIX UCMF (Best musical composition)
Ludovico Einaudi for Le Prix du Desir
(Sotto Falso Nome, Strange Crime, Italie/France/Suisse, 2004, 105 min.) directed by Roberto Andò