The winners of the Champs-Élysées Film Festival 2024

Once again this year, the 13th edition of the Champs-Élysées Film Festival celebrated French and American independent cinema in 5 Parisian cinemas (the Balzac, the Lincoln, the PublicisCinémas, the Club de l'Etoile and the Mac-Mahon), from May 18 to 25, 2024.

Now that the closing ceremony is over, it's time to discover the winners of this not-to-be-missed festival created by producer, distributor and exhibitor Sophie Dulac!

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Feature Film Jury Awards

Chaired by director Rebecca Zlotowski, who was joined by actress Alma Jodorowsky, filmmaker Jimmy Laporal-Trésor, producer Marie-Ange Luciani and director Nicolas Peduzzi, the jury awarded 4 prizes:

• Grand Jury Prize for Best American Independent Feature Film:

Good One by India Donaldson, in selection for the Cinéastes' Fortnight 2024
Good One is India Donaldson's first feature film, selected for the 2024 Quinzaine des Cinéastes. [Read more]

• Grand Jury Prize for Best French Independent Feature Film: Diaries from Lebanon by Myriam El Hajj

• Jury Prize for Best American Director: Between the Temples by Nathan Silver

• Jury prize for best French director:

Eat the Night by Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel, selected for the Cinéastes Fortnight 2024
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Winners of the short film jury

This year's short-film jury included actress Emilie Brisavoine, artist Park Ji-Min, director Nans Laborde-Jourdàa and author Ovidie, under the chairmanship of director Jean-Baptiste Durand. Together, they awarded the following prizes:

• Grand Jury Prize for Best American Independent Short Film: Merman by Sterling Hampton

• Grand Jury Prize for Best French Independent Short Film: Les liens du sang by Hakim Atoui

• Special mention: Corps tannés by Malou Six

• Grand Jury Prize for Best Independent Medium-Length Film: ex-aequo, Reset by Souliman Schelfout and Incident by Bill Morison

Press jury awards

Journalists Esther Brejon, Arthur Cios, Olivia Cooper-Hadjian and Laura Pertuy awarded :

• Critics' Choice Award for Best American Independent Feature Film: Between the Temples by Nathan Silver

• Critics' Choice Award for Best French Independent Feature: Eat the Night by Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel

Audience awards

• Audience Award for Best American Independent Feature: I saw the TV glow by Jane Schoenbrun

• Audience Award for Best French Independent Feature Film: Habibi, chanson pour mes ami.es by Florent Gouëlou

• Audience Award for Best American Independent Short Film: Bob's Funeral by Jack Dunphy

• Audience award for best independent French short film: Sirènes by Sarah Malléon

• Audience award for best independent medium-length film: Voyage de documentation de Madame Anita Conti, by Louise Hémon

France Télévisions Award

Berthe is dead but it's ok by Sacha Trilles

The Champs-Élysées Film Festival continues to showcase independent cinema, celebrating innovation and creativity. See you in June 2025 for the next edition!