MEven though the prizes were awarded this Saturday evening, after five days of screenings, the second edition of the Nouvelles Vagues festival is not quite finished. This Sunday, ten meetings are on the program, including two to see or rewatch the film which won the most coveted trophy, that of the grand jury prize at 5:30 p.m. at the Gare du Midi.
It was awarded to Shuchi Talati, an Indian filmmaker based in New York. This “Golden Wave” rewards his first film “Girls will be girls” (In French, girls will always be girls). It’s about the discovery of desire in a model high school student at an elite boarding school in the Himalayas. He is interested in generational and social inequalities through his relationship with his mother. The theatrical release is scheduled for August 21. “It’s a youth film but also a women’s film, by its story, by the two producers who accompanied it,” said Shuchi Talati in substance when receiving her prize.
A special mention from the jury was awarded to Thierry de Peretti for “A son image”. In the 80s, Antonia was a young photographer from “Corse-Matin” in Ajaccio. His commitment, his friends, his loves mix with the major events in the political history of the island (theatrical release on September 4).
“Eat the night” won the jury prize and the film school student prize. This film, which will be released on July 14, has the characters Pablo and his sister Apolline caught up in Darknoon, a video game. The directors, Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel therefore went on stage twice and will each receive a statuette.
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Saoirse Ronan is rewarded for her interpretation of Rona in the film “The outrun”, directed by Nora Fingscheidt. The actress is already a multi-Oscar nominee (Daughters of Doctor March) and a Golden Globe winner (LadyBird). The film won over the Culture Pass jury, which awarded it its prize. Rona leaves a life of excess in London to return to the wild beauty of Orkney, the wild islands in the north of Scotland where she grew up.
The public voted for “La nuit se drags” directed by Belgian Michiel Blanchart. His hero, Mady, a student by day and a locksmith by night, sees his life turned upside down when he opens the wrong door and accidentally becomes an accomplice in a case of organized crime. The film will be released in theaters on August 28 and will be screened again on Sunday June 23 at 8:30 p.m. at the Royal.
There was no shortage of sequins and sparkles in this event designed to enlighten young people. At the time of the speeches, however, all those who held the microphone or almost – President Jérôme Pulis, the actor Félix Moati and others – darker words recalled the state of a world marked by wars and ‘a country which sees the National Rally approaching power. One of the winners, Caroline Poggi, took advantage of the platform to call on the audience to vote for the New Popular Front. If the applause is to be believed, a good portion of the spectators are convinced.
The trophy
The design of the trophy, called “Golden Wave”, was entrusted to students from the Boulle school. They imagined, for the first edition in 2023, a sculpture, composed of a cylinder on which a disc is attached, worked like a jewel by art jewelers. This year, the students were once again called upon to imagine and create the cases in which the “Waves” are placed.
