Critics' Week

Critics' Week (French: Semaine de la critique), until 2008 called International Critics' Week (Semaine internationale de la critique), is a parallel section to the Cannes Film Festival organized by the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics. It was created in 1962 after the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics's successful campaign for Shirley Clarke's The Connection to be screened at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Critics' Week
LocationCannes, France
Founded1962
AwardsGrand Prize
Websitewww.semainedelacritique.com

Critics' Week's objective is to discover and support new talents, showcasing first and second feature films by directors worldwide. Bernardo Bertolucci, Philip Kaufman, Ken Loach, Tony Scott, Agnieszka Holland, Leos Carax, Wong Kar-wai, Guillermo del Toro, Jacques Audiard, Arnaud Desplechin, Gaspar Noé, François Ozon, Andrea Arnold, Alejandro González Iñárritu,[2] Julia Ducournau, all began at Critics' Week.

Critics' Week presents a selective program of seven feature films and seven short films in Cannes in order to provide them greater visibility. Journalists and films critics are invited to vote after each screening of the selection, after which the Grand Prize is awarded. Feature films also run for the SACD Prize for best screenplay and the ACID Prize, which helps films get distribution. In 2012, the France 4 Visionary Award (Prix Revelation) was introduced to reflect "the cinephile's passion for young talent" in the film industry. Short films can receive the Canal+ Award for best short film and the Kodak Discovery Award. The first feature films also run for the Caméra d'Or.

Notable jury presidents have included Cristian Mungiu, Joachim Trier, Valérie Donzelli, Ciro Guerra and Kleber Mendonça Filho.

Awards

Grand Prize winners

The Grand Prize (Grand Prix) is the top prize of Critics' Week. In 2001, the prize was sponsored by the French energy company Primagaz.[3] Between 2011 and 2021, the Grand Prize was known as the Nespresso Grand Prize, named for its sponsor Nespresso.[4][5][6]

Year English title Original title Director(s) Production country Ref.
2001 Under the Moonlight زیر نور ماه Reza Mirkarimi Iran [7]
2002 Respiro Emanuele Crialese Italy, France [8]
2003 Since Otar Left Depuis qu'Otar est parti... Julie Bertuccelli France, Belgium [9]
2004 A Common Thread Brodeuses Éléonore Faucher France [10]
Or (My Treasure) Or Keren Yedaya France, Israel [11]
2005 Me and You and Everyone We Know Miranda July United States [12]
2006 Poison Friends Les Amitiés maléfiques Emmanuel Bourdieu France [13]
2007 XXY Lucía Puenzo Argentina, Spain, France [14]
2008 Snow Snijeg Aida Begić Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, France, Iran [15]
2009 Adieu Gary Nassim Amaouche France [16]
2010 Armadillo Janus Metz Pedersen Denmark [17]
2011 Take Shelter Jeff Nichols United States [18]
2012 Here and There Aquí y allá Antonio Méndez Esparza Spain, United States, Mexico [19]
2013 Salvo Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza Italy, France [20]
2014 The Tribe Плем'я Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy Ukraine [21]
2015 Paulina La patota Santiago Mitre Argentina, Brazil, France [22]
2016 Mimosas Oliver Laxe Spain, Morocco, Franace, Qatar [23]
2017 Makala Emmanuel Gras France [24]
2018 Diamantino Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt Portugal, France, Brazil [25]
2019 I Lost My Body J'ai perdu mon corps Jérémy Clapin France [26]
2020 Festival cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Feathers Omar El Zohairy France, Egypt, Netherlands, Greece [27]
2022 The Pack La jauría Andrés Ramirez Pulido Colombia, France [28]
2023 Tiger Stripes Amanda Nell Eu Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, France, Germany, Netherlands, Indonesia, Qatar [29]

References
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  2. "Alejandro González Iñárritu". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
  3. "Festival de Cannes 2001 / Palmarès". www.cannes-fest.com/2001/palmares.htm (in French). Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  4. Partenaire, Contenu (29 April 2019). "Nespresso au Festival de Cannes 2019 : à la rencontre des étoiles de la table et du grand écran". Les Inrockuptibles. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  5. "Prize List 2021". La Semaine de la Critique. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  6. "Prize List 2022". La Semaine de la Critique. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  7. "Ziré Nouré Mâh Under the Moonlight". La Semaine de la Critique. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  8. "Respiro". La Semaine de la Critique. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  9. "Depuis qu'Otar est parti". La Semaine de la Critique. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  10. "Brodeuses". La Semaine de la Critique. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  11. "Or / Mon trésor". La Semaine de la Critique. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  12. "Me and You and Everyone We Know / Moi, toi et tous les autres". La Semaine de la Critique. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  13. "Les Amitiés maléfiques". La Semaine de la Critique. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  14. "XXY". La Semaine de la Critique. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  15. "Snijeg Snow / Premières neiges". La Semaine de la Critique. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  16. "Adieu Gary". La Semaine de la Critique. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  17. "Armadillo". La Semaine de la Critique. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  18. "Take Shelter". La Semaine de la Critique. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  19. "Aquí y Allá Ici et là-bas". La Semaine de la Critique. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  20. "Salvo". La Semaine de la Critique. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  21. "Plemya The Tribe". La Semaine de la Critique. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  22. "Paulina / La patota". La Semaine de la Critique. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  23. "Mimosas / Mimosas, la voie de l'Atlas". La Semaine de la Critique. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  24. "Makala". La Semaine de la Critique. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  25. "Diamantino". La Semaine de la Critique. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  26. "J'ai perdu mon corps I Lost My Body". La Semaine de la Critique. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  27. "Feathers / Plumes". La Semaine de la Critique. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  28. "L'Eden (La Jauría)". La Semaine de la Critique. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  29. "Tiger Stripes". La Semaine de la Critique. Retrieved 27 May 2023.


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