Les Arcs Film Festival’s 15th Edition Hands Out Awards to ‘Slow,’ ‘The Teachers’ Lounge’
variety.comElsa Keslassy International Correspondent “Slow,” Marija Kavtaradze’s delicate romance, won the Crystal Arrow at the 15th edition of Les Arcs Film Festival from a jury presided over by Oscar-nominated Iranian director Asghar Farhadi (“A Separation”).
Kavtaradze’s sophomore outing, “Slow” world premiered at the Sundance Film Festival where it won best director. The film revolves around the bond between Elena (Greta Grinevičiūtė), a contemporary dancer teaching to deaf youth, and Dovydas (Kęstutis Cicėnas), a sign language interpreter class. “The Teachers’ Lounge,” meanwhile, won the jury prize.
The satirical movie, directed Ilker Çatak, world premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, in the Panorama section, and was just shortlisted in the Oscar’s international feature film race.
Leonie Benesch stars an idealistic teacher who tries to uncover a thief within her school and sparks chaos in the process. Dimitra Vlagopoulou won best actress for her performance as an entertainer at an all-inclusive Greek resort in Sofia Exarchou’s “Animal;” while Gáspár Adonyi-Walsh won best actor for his role in as a slacker student in Budapest who triggers a tabloid scandal in Gábor Reisz’s “Explanation for Everything.” The Audience Award went to the psychological thriller “The Successor,” Xavier Legrand’s follow up to his debut “Custody” which had won the Silver Lion at Venice.
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