Cannes 2022: Two French films awarded at the Directors’ Monday

The directors ’two-day event may be a parallel and non-competitive section within the Cannes Film Festival, but prizes will still be awarded. And these are two French feature films that have been crowned this year by partners from the Film Sellers Society.

In July last year, contestant Mia Hansen-Love was this time at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs with Un beau matin, which earned her the title of Best European Film at the Europa Cinemas Label. Filmed by Leah Seidou and Melville Pupo, this beautiful drama, which focuses on a woman visiting her ailing father, has no release date yet.

The same goes for La Montagne, a drama with poetic and fantastic overtones by Thomas Salvador, a story about a man who decides to abandon everything to nature and who has won the SACD Prize.

“By giving preference to Thomas Salvador’s La Montagne, we give preference to the astonishing boldness and dazzling simplicity of great cinema.”Said Dolphin Glaze, SACD Film Administrator. “The spectacular and intimate ambition of the film, with its beautiful writing and formal ambitions, took us on a memorable journey.

“How nervous it is to make a film, to go and check something in the heart of the mountain that is in itself unspeakable. This prize, in our opinion, is the Grand Prix of Cinema, it pays as much to the screenwriter, the director as to the director. Translator. It blesses the author. “

Recall that at the start of the festival a third prize was also awarded: the Golden Karos, awarded to Kelly Rijkaard, who will present Showing Up in Competition. And the selected twenty-three feature films will be screened at the Forum de Image from June 16 to 26 in Paris.

Quinzaine des Réalisateurs 2022: Complete list of winners

• Europa Cinemas Label: One fine morning by Mia Hansen-Love
• SACD Directors Weekly Prize: Thomas Salvador Mountain
• Golden Chariot: Kelly Reichardt