13/11/2024 – The GIFF awards its Reflet d’Or for best feature film to the surreal comedy by Canadian Matthew Rankin and that of best series to Bullshit
A universal language by Matthew Rankin
The Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF) ends after a 30th edition which, as usual, highlighted the multiple forms of audiovisual fiction. Without forgetting to look to the future, a characteristic that is part of its DNA, this year the GIFF honored its rich history. On the highest steps of the podium we find five powerful and surprising works that are shaking up the public’s habits in the audiovisual field. Among this triumph A universal language of Matthew Rankin which won the Reflet d’or for best feature film.
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Surreal comedy set in the Iranian community of Winnipeg, A universal language weaves a web of stories that intertwine in a (seemingly) unintentional way: that of Negin and Nazol, who find money frozen in ice, Massoud a mysterious tour guide in Winnipeg and Matthew who decides to quit his dreary job stable in the administration to go to Winnipeg and visit his mother. With his film, Matthew Rankin is not afraid to impose a very personal vision of cinema which thus becomes a means of exploring memory and telling stories that transform into utopias.
The Danish series Bullshit of Natural Anniversary (They will oppose [+lire aussi :
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The golden reflection of the best immersive experience (the jury also includes the editor-in-chief of Cineuropa Domenico La Porta) is attributed to the French Gwenael François pour Oto’s Planet and the Future Is Sensible prize goes to the Greek Alexandros Avranas pour Quiet Life [+lire aussi :
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This year there were also many big names who attended the festival, including Kirill Serebrennikov, Noémie Merlant, Leos Carax, Louis Garrel or even Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi et Valeria Golino. In the press release the festival “is delighted that many screenings have been sold out. Attendance by young audiences has also increased”.
The winners:
Golden Reflection for Best Feature Film
A universal language – Matthew Rankin (Canada)
Golden reflection of the best series
Bullshit – Milad Alami, Bo Mr. Hansen, Molly Malene Stensgaard (Denmark)
Golden reflection of the best immersive experience
Oto’s Planet – Gwenael François (Luxembourg/Canada/France)
Prix Future Is Sensible
Quiet Life [+lire aussi :
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Prix Swiss Series Storytelling Award
The unruly – Joanne Giger, Camille Rebetez, Delphine Lehericey, Aurélie Champagne, Olivier Volpi (Switzerland/Belgium)
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