Critics' Week

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Critics' Week
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Location Cannes, France
Founded1962
AwardsGrand Prize
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Critics' Week (French: Semaine de la critique), until 2008 called International Critics' Week (Semaine internationale de la critique), is a parallel section to the Cannes Film Festival organized by the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics. It was created in 1962, after the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics's successful campaign for Shirley Clarke's The Connection to be screened at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival. [1] It is the oldest non-official Cannes sidebar. [2] [3]

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Critics' Week's objective is to discover and support new talents, showcasing first and second feature films by directors worldwide. Bernardo Bertolucci, [4] Philip Kaufman, Ken Loach, Tony Scott, Agnieszka Holland, [5] Leos Carax, Wong Kar-wai, [6] Guillermo del Toro, [7] Jacques Audiard, Arnaud Desplechin, Gaspar Noé, [6] François Ozon, [8] Andrea Arnold, [9] Alejandro González Iñárritu, Julia Ducournau, [6] Justine Triet, [10] all began at Critics' Week.

Critics' Week presents a selective program of seven feature films and ten short films in competition. [11] There are also special screenings which are kept few in number in order to provide them greater visibility. [12] Feature films compete for Grand Prize, the SACD Prize, which is awarded for best screenplay, and the Gan Foundation Award, which helps films get distribution. [13] Short films can receive the Canal+ Award and the Discovery Award. [14] Debut feature films are eligible for the Caméra d'Or, which is open to all first films in Official Selection and the parallel sections at Cannes. [15]

Since its creation in 1990 and until 2010, there was no jury at Critics' Week. Journalists of all nationalities were invited to vote at the end of each screening of the films in competition, after which the Grand Prize was awarded. In 2011, on the occasion of its 50th edition, Critics' Week formed an international jury made up of four critics and chaired by Korean filmmaker Lee Chang-dong. Thereafter, the jury has been presided over by a director and consists of four members with writing, filmmaking, acting or programming backgrounds. [16] Notable jury presidents have included Bertrand Bonello, Miguel Gomes, Andrea Arnold, Ronit Elkabetz, Valérie Donzelli, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Joachim Trier, Ciro Guerra and Cristian Mungiu. [17]

Main awards

Grand Prize winners

The Grand Prize (Grand Prix) is the top prize of Critics' Week. In 2001, the prize was sponsored by the French energy company Primagaz. [21] Between 2011 and 2021, the Grand Prize was known as the Nespresso Grand Prize, named for its sponsor Nespresso. [22] [23] [24]

YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryRef.
2001 Under the Moonlight زیر نور ماه Reza Mirkarimi Iran [25]
2002 Respiro Emanuele Crialese Italy, France [26]
2003 Since Otar Left Depuis qu'Otar est parti... Julie Bertuccelli France, Belgium [27]
2004 A Common Thread BrodeusesÉléonore FaucherFrance [28]
Or (My Treasure) אור Keren Yedaya France, Israel [29]
2005 Me and You and Everyone We Know Miranda July United States [30]
2006 Poison Friends Les Amitiés maléfiques Emmanuel Bourdieu France [31]
2007 XXY Lucía Puenzo Argentina, Spain, France [32]
2008 Snow Snijeg Aida Begić Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, France, Iran [33]
2009 Adieu Gary Nassim AmaoucheFrance [34]
2010 Armadillo Janus Metz Pedersen Denmark [35]
2011 Take Shelter Jeff Nichols United States [36]
2012 Here and There Aquí y allá Antonio Méndez Esparza Spain, United States, Mexico [37]
2013 Salvo Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio PiazzaItaly, France [38]
2014 The Tribe Плем'я Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy Ukraine [39]
2015 Paulina La patota Santiago Mitre Argentina, Brazil, France [40]
2016 Mimosas Oliver Laxe Spain, Morocco, Franace, Qatar [41]
2017 Makala Emmanuel GrasFrance [42]
2018 Diamantino Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel SchmidtPortugal, France, Brazil [43]
2019 I Lost My Body J'ai perdu mon corpsJérémy ClapinFrance [44]
2020 Festival cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Feathers ريشOmar El ZohairyFrance, Egypt, Netherlands, Greece [45]
2022 The Pack La jauríaAndrés Ramirez PulidoColombia, France [46]
2023 Tiger Stripes Amanda Nell EuMalaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, France, Germany, Netherlands, Indonesia, Qatar [47]

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