Cabourg Film Festival

Cabourg Film Festival

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Location	Cabourg, France
Founded	1983
Language	International
Website	www.festival-cabourg.com

The Cabourg Film Festival (French: Festival du Film de Cabourg - Journées romantiques or simply Festival du Film de Cabourg) is an annual film festival held every June in Cabourg, France. Founded in 1983 by writer-journalist Gonzague Saint Bris, the festival is dedicated to films in the romantic genre and films with elements of romanticism. For its competition section, the festival awards the Swann d'Or, in categories including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Male Revelation and Female Revelation.

Awards

Feature film

• Grand Prix
• Best Feature Film (Swann d'Or du meilleur long-métrage)
• Best Director (Swann d'Or du meilleur réalisateur de long-métrage)
• Best Actress (Swann d'Or de la meilleure actrice)
• Best Actor (Swann d'Or du meilleur acteur)
• Female Revelation (Swann d'Or de la Révélation féminine)
• Male Revelation (Swann d'Or de la Révélation masculine)

Short film

• Best Short Film (Swann d’Or du meilleur court-métrage)
• Best Director (Swann d’Or du meilleure réalisatrice)
• Best Actress (Swann d’Or de la meilleure comédienne)
• Best Actor (Swann d’Or du meilleur acteur)
• Prix Cinecourts

Special awards

• Audience Award (Prix du Public)
• Youth Jury Prize (Prix de la Jeunesse)
• Coup de Foudre
• Coup de Cœur
• Prix Premiers Rendez-vous

2000 edition

Feature film

Jury President: Raúl Ruiz

• Best Feature Film: Fidelity (La Fidélité)
• Best Actress: Sophie Marceau – Fidelity (La Fidélité)
• Best Actor: Jean-Pierre Bacri – The Taste of Others (Le Goût des Autres)
• Female Revelation: Marion Cotillard – Blue Away to America (Du Bleu jusqu'en Amérique)
• Male Revelation: Sami Bouajila – The Adventures of Felix (Drôle de Félix)

Short film

• Best Short Film: Les Aveugles
• Best Actress: Nathalie Villeneuve – Carpe Diem
• Best Actor: Gilberto Azevedo – Des morceaux de ma femme

Special award

• Coup de Foudre: Bernard Giraudeau

2001 edition

Feature film

Jury President: Claude Pinoteau

• Grand Prix: Malèna directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
  • Special mention: Why Get Married the Day the World Ends? (Pourquoi se marier le jour de la fin du Monde ?) directed by Harry Cleven
• Best Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet – Amélie (Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)
• Best Actress: Sandrine Bonnaire – Mademoiselle
• Best Actor: Mathieu Kassovitz – Amélie (Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)
• Female Revelation: Émilie Dequenne – Brotherhood of the Wolf (Le Pacte des Loups)
• Male Revelation: Éric Caravaca – Unleaded (Sans Plomb)

Short film

• Best Short Film: Jean-Fares
• Best Actress: Alice Carel – On s'embrasse ?
• Best Actor: Jean-Luc Abel – On s'embrasse ?

Special awards

• Coup de Cœur: Arielle Dombasle
• Coup de Foudre: Richard Berry

2002 edition

Feature film

Jury: Nina Companéez (President), Évelyne Bouix, Marie Nimier

• Grand Prix: Riding in Cars with Boys directed by Penny Marshall
  • Special mention: Irène directed by Yvan Calberac
• Best Director: Yvan Attal – My Wife Is an Actress (Ma femme est une actrice)
• Best Actress: Mathilde Seigner – The Girl from Paris (Une hirondelle a fait le printemps)
• Best Actor: Sergi López – Women or Children First (Les Femmes... ou les enfants d'abord...)
• Female Revelation: Mélanie Doutey – The Warrior's Brother (Le Frère du guerrier)
• Male Revelation: Bernard Campan – Beautiful Memories (Se souvenir des belles choses)

Short film

• Best Short Film: J'attendrai le suivant
• Best Actress: Dinara Droukarova – Pensée assise
• Best Actor: Thomas Gaudin – J'attendrai le suivant

Special award

• Coup de Cœur: Mylène Demongeot

2003 edition

Feature film

Jury: Antoine de Caunes (President), Sacha Bourdo, Bruno Chiche, Vincent Delerm, Marie Gillain, Vincent Lannoo, Stanislas Merhar

• Grand Prix: Life Kills Me (Vivre me tue) directed by Jean-Pierre Sinapi
• Best Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau – Bon Voyage
• Best Actress: Isabelle Adjani – Adolphe
• Best Actor: Bernard Giraudeau – That Day (Ce Jour-Là)
• Female Revelation: Morgane Moré – Once Upon an Angel (Peau d'Ange)
• Male Revelation: Jalil Lespert – Life Kills Me (Vivre me tue)

Short film

• Best Short Film: L'Escalier
• Best Actress: Nina Meurisse – L'Escalier
• Best Actor: Moussa Maaskri – Quand le vent tisse les fleurs

Special award

• Coup de Cœur: Isabelle Adjani

2004 edition

Feature film

• Grand Prix: The Consequences of Love directed by Paolo Sorrentino
• Best Director: Abdellatif Kechiche – Games of Love and Chance (L'Esquive)
• Best Actress: Karin Viard – France Boutique
• Best Actor: Patrick Bruel – Une vie à t'attendre
• Female Revelation: Sara Forestier – Games of Love and Chance (L'Esquive)
• Male Revelation: Nicolas Duvauche – Eager Bodies (Les Corps impatients)

Short film

• Best Short Film: Cousines
• Best Actress: Marie-Laure Descoureaux – Hymne à la gazelle
• Best Actor: Adrien de Van – Trois jeunes tambours

Special award

• Coup de Cœur: Josiane Balasko

2005 edition

Feature film

• Grand Prix: My Summer of Love directed by Pawel Pawlikowski
• Best Director: Arnaud Desplechin – Kings and Queen (Rois et Reine)
• Best Actress: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi – 5x2 & Crustacés et Coquillages
• Best Actor: Vincent Lindon – La Moustache
• Female Revelation: Lola Naymark – A Common Thread (Brodeuses)
• Male Revelation: Nicolas Cazalé – Le Grand Voyage

Short film

• Best Short Film: Pépins Noirs
• Best Actress: Thérèse Roussel – Le Temps des cerises
• Best Actor: Fred Epaud – Libre échange
• Prix Cinecourts: After Shave directed by Hany Tamba

Special award

• Coup de Cœur: Charlotte Rampling
• Youth Jury Prize: My Summer of Love directed by Pawel Pawlikowski

2006 edition

Feature film

Jury: Xavier Beauvois, Soledad Bravi, Catherine Jacob, Julie Lopes Curval, Caterina Murino, Brigitte Roüan, Pascale Roze

• Grand Prix: Lower City directed by Sérgio Machado
  • Special mention: Quinceañera directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland
• Best Director: Michele Placido – Romanzo Criminale (Rois et Reine)
• Best Actress: Cécile de France – Avenue Montaigne (Fauteuils d'orchestre)
• Best Actor: Michel Blanc – You Are So Beautiful (Je vous trouve très beau)
• Female Revelation: Anna Mouglalis – Romanzo Criminale
• Male Revelation: Lorant Deutsch – Les Amants du Flore

Short film

• Best Director: Maryline Canto – Fais de beaux rêves
• Best Actress: Thérèse Roussel – Béa
• Best Actor: Aymeric Cormerais – Béa
• Special mention: Des putes dans les arbres
• Prix Cinecourts: La Petite Flamme directed by Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont

Special award

• Youth Jury Prize: Lower City directed by Sérgio Machado
  • Special mention: The Yacoubian Building directed by Marwan Hamed

2007 edition

Feature film

Jury: Andrzej Żuławski (President), Anne Consigny, Agnès de Sacy, Yves Marmion, Roxane Mesquida, Sagamore Stévenin, Colo Tavernier

• Grand Prix: Franz + Polina directed by Mikhail Segal
• Best Director: Christophe Honoré – Love Songs (Les Chansons d'amour)
• Best Actress: Marion Cotillard – La Vie en rose (La Môme)
• Best Actor: Guillaume Canet – Hunting and Gathering (Ensemble, c'est tout)
• Female Revelation: Clémence Poésy – Le Grand Meaulnes
• Male Revelation: Fu'ad Aït Aattou – The Last Mistress (Une vieille maîtresse)

Short film

• Best Director: Alice Winocour – Magic Paris
• Best Actress: Johanna ter Steege – Magic Paris
• Best Actor: Jonathan Zaccaï – De l'Amour

Special award

• Youth Jury Prize: Water Lilies (Naissance des Pieuvres) directed by Céline Sciamma

2008 edition

Feature film

Jury: Jean-Pierre Denis (President), Lolita Chammah, Emmanuelle Cosso-Mérad, Hafsia Herzi, Maïwenn, Anne Le Ny, Jean-François Lepetit, Claire Nebout, Clément Sibony, Erick Zonca

• Grand Prix: Alice's House (A Casa de Alice) directed by Chico Teixeira
• Best Director: Emmanuel Mouret – Shall We Kiss? (Un baiser s'il vous plaît)
• Best Actress: Laetitia Casta – Born in 68 (Nés en 68)
• Best Actor: Patrick Bruel – A Secret (Un secret)
• Female Revelation: Anne Marivin – Welcome to the Sticks (Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis)
• Male Revelation: Yannick Renier – Born in 68 (Nés en 68)

Short film

• Best Director: Samuel Tilman – Voix de garage
• Best Actress: Julie Gayet – S'éloigner du rivage
• Best Actor: Dominique Wittorski – 6ème Ciel

Special award

• Youth Jury Prize: Cherry Blossoms directed by Doris Dörrie

2009 edition

Feature film

Jury: Sam Karmann (President), Marie-Anne Chazel, Mélanie Doutey, Julie Gayet, François Kraus, Vahina Giocante, Jacques Fieschi, Jérôme Bonnell, Nicolas Giraud

• Grand Prix (ex-æquo):
  • Somers Town directed by Shane Meadows
  • Sometime in August directed by Sebastian Schipper
• Best Director: Stephen Frears – Chéri
• Best Actress: Émilie Dequenne – The Girl on the Train (La Fille du RER)
• Best Actor: Benoît Poelvoorde – Coco Before Chanel (Coco avant Chanel)
• Female Revelation: Anaïs Demoustier – Les Grandes Personnes
• Male Revelation: Jérémy Kapone – LOL (Laughing Out Loud)

Short film

Jury: Robin Renucci (President), Jeanne Cherhal, Cécile Cassel, Bouraouia Marzouk, Francois Vincentelli, Nicolas Rollinger

• Best Director: Rúnar Rúnarsson – Two Birds
• Best Actress: Camille Claris – En Douce
• Best Actor: Nazmi Kirik – Sidewalk

Special award

• Youth Jury Prize: Somers Town directed by Shane Meadows
• Audience Award: Tengri: Blue Heavens directed by Marie-Jaoul de Poncheville
• Prix Premiers Rendez-vous:
  • Firat Ayverdi – Welcome
  • Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey – The Sea Wall (Un Barrage contre le Pacifique)

2010 edition

Feature film

• Grand Prix (ex-æquo):
  • Air Doll directed by Hirokazu Koreeda
  • Come Undone (Cosa voglio di più) directed by Silvio Soldini
• Best Romantic Comedy: Heartbreaker (L'Arnacœur)
• Best Director: Julie Delpy – The Countess (La Comtesse)
• Best Actress: Marina Hands – Ensemble, nous allons vivre une très très grande histoire d’amour
• Best Actor: Éric Elmosnino – Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque))
• Female Revelation: Leïla Bekhti – Tout ce qui brille
• Male Revelation: Vincent Rottiers – Silent Voice (Qu'un seul tienne et les autres suivront)

Short film

• Best Director: Amal Kateb – On ne mourra pas
  • Special mention: Vincent Vizioz – Tremblay-en-France
• Best Actress: Yelle – Une pute et un poussin
• Best Actor: Joseph Malerba – Le Cygne

Special award

• Youth Jury Prize: Me Too (Yo, también) directed by Antonio Naharro and Álvaro Pastor
• Audience Award: The Names of Love (Le Nom des gens) directed by Michel Leclerc
• Coup de Cœur:
  • Christophe Lambert – Trivial (La Disparue de Deauville), Cartagena (L’Homme de chevet) and White Material
• Coup de Foudre: Mammuth directed by Gustave Kervern and Benoît Delépine
• Prix Premiers Rendez-vous:
  • Alice de Lencquesaing – The Father of My Children (Le Père de mes enfants)
  • Mehdi Dehbi – He Is My Girl (La Folle Histoire d'amour de Simon Eskenazy )

2011 edition

Feature film

Jury: Radu Mihaileanu (President), Astrid Berges-Frisbey, Audrey Dana, Virginie Despentes, Emmanuel Mouret, Tomer Sisley, Saïd Taghmaoui

• Grand Prix: Declaration of War (La Guerre est déclarée) directed by Valérie Donzelli
  • Special mention: Happy, Happy directed by Anne Sewitsky
• Best Romantic Film: Les Yeux de sa mère directed by Thierry Klifa
• Best Director: Patrice Leconte – Voir la mer
• Best Actress: Isabelle Carré  – Romantics Anonymous (Les Émotifs anonymes)
• Best Actor: Jean Dujardin – A View of Love (Un balcon sur la mer)
• Female Revelation: Pauline Lefèvre – Voir la mer
• Male Revelation: Raphaël Personnaz – The Princess of Montpensier (La Princesse de Montpensier )

Short film

Jury: Gustave Kervern (President), Déborah François, Isabelle Frilley, Michèle Simmonet, Vénus Khoury-Ghata, Heremoana Maamaatuaiahutapu

• Best Short Film: J'aurais pu être une pute directed by Baya Kasmi
  • Special mention: Prochainement sur vos écrans directed by Fabrice Maruca
• Best Actress: Vimala Pons – J'aurais pu être une pute
• Best Actor: Franc Bruneau – Cheveu

Special award

• Youth Jury Prize: Barney's Version directed by Richard J. Lewis
• Audience Award: Where Do We Go Now? (Et maintenant, on va où ?) directed by Nadine Labaki
• Coup de Cœur: Sylvie Vartan
• Coup de Foudre: Si tu meurs, je te tue directed by Hiner Saleem
• Prix Premiers Rendez-vous:
  • Ana Girardot – Lights Out (Simon Werner a disparu...)
  • Jérémie Duvall – Jo's Boy (Le Fils à Jo) & Mon père est femme de ménage

2012 edition

Feature film

Jury: Yann Samuell (President), Bertrand Burgalat, Pierre Aïm, Thomas Anargyros, Amira Casar, Mathieu Demy, Marie Denarnaud, Anne Marivin, Christa Theret

• Grand Prix: Laurence Anyways directed by Xavier Dolan
• Best Film: Rust and Bone (De rouille et d'os) directed by Jacques Audiard
• Best Director: Robert Guédiguian – The Snows of Kilimanjaro (Les Neiges du Kilimandjaro)
• Best Actress: Léa Seydoux – Farewell, My Queen (Les Adieux à la reine) & Sister (L'Enfant d'en haut)
• Best Actor: Jérémie Rénier – My Way (Cloclo)
• Best Composer: Alex Beaupain
• Female Revelation: Soko – Bye Bye Blondie
• Male Revelation: Pierre Niney – 18 Years Old and Rising (J'aime regarder les filles)

Short film

Jury: Pascal Greggory (President), Anne Azoulay, Natacha Régnier, Niels Schneider, Sarah Stern

• Best Short Film: Les Navets blancs empêchent de dormir directed by Rachel Lang
• Best Actress: Sophia Leboutte – A New Old Story
• Best Actor: Sébastien Houbani – La Tête froide

Special award

• Youth Jury Prize: Laurence Anyways directed by Xavier Dolan
• Audience Award: My Lucky Star (Ma bonne étoile) directed by Anne Fassio
• Coup de Cœur: Corinne Masiero – Louise Wimmer
• Swann d'honneur: Vanessa Paradis
• Prix Premiers Rendez-vous:
  • Abraham Belaga – A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (Une bouteille à la mer)
  • Fleur Lise – My Lucky Star (Ma bonne étoile)

2013 edition

Feature film

• Grand Prix: Grand Central directed by Rebecca Zlotowski
• Best Film: Just a Sigh (Le Temps de l'aventure) directed by Jérôme Bonnell
• Best Actress: Emmanuelle Devos – Just a Sigh (Le Temps de l'aventure)
• Best Actor: Pierre Niney – It Boy (20 ans d’écart)
• Female Revelation: Lola Créton – Something in the Air (Après mai)
• Male Revelation: Félix Moati – Télé gaucho

Short film

• Best Short Film: On the Beach directed by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo
• Best Actress: Joanne Nussbaum – On the Beach
• Best Actor: Olivier Duval – L'Amour bègue

Special award

• Youth Jury Prize: My Sweet Pepper Land directed by Huner Saleem
• Audience Award: Queens of the Ring (Les Reines du ring) directed by Jean-Marc Rudnicki
• Coup de Cœur: Catherine Deneuve – On My Way (Elle s'en va)
• Prix Premiers Rendez-vous:
  • Victoire Belezy – Fanny
  • François Civi – Macadam Baby

2014 edition

Feature film

Jury: Catherine Corsini (Co-President), Martin Provost (Co-President), Pauline Étienne, Gilles Henry, Jean-Louis Martinelli, Gilbert Melki, Natacha Régnier, Laura Smet, Anne-Dominique Toussaint

• Grand Prix (ex-æquo):
  • Party Girl directed by Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger, Samuel Theis
  • Matterhorn directed by Diederik Ebbinge
• Best Film: Not My Type (Pas son genre) directed by Lucas Belvaux
• Best Director: Pierre Salvadori – In the Courtyard (Dans la cour)
• Best Actress: Émilie Dequenne – Not My Type (Pas son genre)
• Best Actor: Loïc Corbery – Not My Type (Pas son genre)
• Female Revelation: Alice Isaaz – Les Yeux jaunes des crocodiles
• Male Revelation: Pierre Rochefort – Going Away (Un beau dimanche)

Short film

Jury: Guillaume Nicloux (President), Victoire Bélézy, Pascal Bourdiaux, Florence Loiret Caille, China Moses, Stéphanie Murat, Julien Poupard

• Best Short Film: Bruine directed by Dénes Nagy
• Best Cinematographer: Fiona Braillon – Solo Rex
• Best Actress: Liv Henneguier – Loups solitaires en mode passif
• Best Actor (ex-æquo): Wim Willaert & Lucas Moreau – Solo Rex

Special award

• Youth Jury Prize: Marina directed by Stijn Coninx
• Audience Award: Coming Home directed by Zhang Yimou
• Coup de Cœur: Zhang Ziyi
• Prix Premiers Rendez-vous:
  • Flore Bonaventura – Chinese Puzzle (Casse-tête chinois)
  • Paul Hamy – Suzanne

2015 edition

The 29th edition of the festival was held between 10–14 June 2015.

Feature film

Jury: Juliette Binoche (President), Mélanie Thierry, Céline Sallette, Jérôme Bonnell, Gilles Taurand, Raphaël Personnaz, Guillaume Schiffman, Luís Galvão Teles, Maxime Nucci

• Grand Prix: Short Skin - I dolori del giovane Edo directed by Duccio Chiarini
• Special Jury Prize: Zurich directed by Sacha Polak
• Best Film: Caprice directed by Emmanuel Mouret
• Best First Film: Blind Date (Un peu, beaucoup, aveuglément) directed by Clovis Cornillac
• Best Director: Arnaud Desplechin – My Golden Days (Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse)
• Best Actress: Anaïs Demoustier – All About Them (À trois on y va)
• Best Actor: Benoît Magimel – Standing Tall (La Tête haute)
• Female Revelation: Joséphine Japy – Respire
• Male Revelation: Kévin Azaïs – Love at First Fight (Les Combattants)

Short film

Jury: Christophe Barratier (President), Alma Jodorowsky, Félix Moati, Marie Modiano, Finnegan Oldfield, Élisabeth Perez, Serge Riaboukine

• Best Short Film: Copain directed by Jan Roosens and Raf Roosens
• Best Actress (ex-æquo): Louisiane Gouverneur & Ilys Barillot – À qui la faute
• Best Actor: Benoit Hamon – Monsters Into Lovers (Jeunesse des loups-garous)

Special award

• Coup de Cœur: Michel Legrand
• Youth Jury Prize: Short Skin - I dolori del giovane Edo directed by Duccio Chiarini
• Essilor Audience Award: Words and Pictures directed by Fred Schepisi
• Prix Premiers Rendez-vous:
  • Sophie Verbeeck – All About Them (À trois on y va)
  • Rod Paradot – Standing Tall (La Tête haute)

See also

• Film festivals in France

External links

• Official website
• Cabourg Film Festival at IMDb