Jerusalem Film Festival: ‘The Story of Souleymane’, ‘Santosh’ & ‘Eid’ Win Top Prizes
deadline.comBoris Lojkine’s drama The Story Of Souleymane has won Best International Film at the Jerusalem Film Festival. The feature, which was feted with the Cannes Un Certain Regard Jury Prize in May, revolves around a young man rehearsing his lines ahead of an asylum application interview as he cycles around Paris delivering food.
Romania’s Emanuel Parvu won best director for Three Kilometers to the End of the World about a young gay man who is brutally attacked when he returns to his conservative village in the Danube Delta wetlands region for the summer.
The jury International Feature competition jury consisting of Michel Franco, Guy Nattiv and Maria Choustova also awarded Hu Guan’s Black Dog with a Special Mention.
UK-Indian director Sandhya Suri’s rape drama Santoshwon Best Film in the First Feature Competition, with Block Pass by French director Antoine Chevrollier scoring a Special Mention.
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