Mr. & Mrs. Adelman, A Woman’s Life, A Bag of Marbles, Call My Agent, Thank You Mister Imada All Win at COLCOA French Film Festival

COMPLETE 2017 COLCOA AWARDS

COLCOA CINEMA

- AUDIENCE :

COLCOA AWARD: Mr. and Mrs. Adelman (Monsieur et Madame Adelman - W/D by Nicolas Bedos)

SPECIAL PRIZE: A Bag of Marbles (Un sac de billes - W/D by Christian Duguay)

SPECIAL MENTIONS: Like Crazy (Folles de joie - W/D by Paolo Virzi) &

A Kid (Le fils de Jean - W/D by Philippe Lioret)

- JURY :

COLCOA AWARD: A Woman's Life (Une Vie - W/D by Stéphane Brizé)

SPECIAL PRIZE: Elementary (Primaire - W/D by Hélène Angel)

Other Prizes:

BEST FIRST FEATURE FILM: Hedi (Hedi, un vent de liberte - W/D by Mohamed Ben Attia)

BEST DOCUMENTARY: Little Gems (Les Pépites - W/D by Xavier de Lausanne)

AMERICAN STUDENT AWARD (New in 2017): Polina (W/D by Angelin Preljocaj, Valérie Müller-Preljocaj)

COMING SOON AWARD: A Woman’s Life (Une Vie - W/D by Stéphane Brizé)

COLCOA TELEVISION

- AUDIENCE:

TV SERIES AWARD: Call My Agent (10 Pour Cent - written by Fanny Herrero, Benjamin Dupas, Sabrina B. Karine, Anaïs Carpita, directed by Laurent Tirard)

TV DRAMA AWARD: Plessis' Girls (Elles…Les Filles du Plessis - W/D by Bénédicte Delmas)

- JURY :

TV SERIES AWARD: Beautiful Loser (Irresponsable - co-written by Frédéric Rosset, directed by Stephen Cafiero)

TV SERIES SPECIAL PRIZE: Midnight Sun (Jour Polaire - written by Måns Mårlind, directed by Björn Stein, Måns Mårlind)

TV DRAMA AWARD: Marion Forever 13 (Marion 13 ans pour toujours - W/D by Boulem Guerdjou)

TV DRAMA SPECIAL PRIZE: Box 27 (W/D by Arnaud Sélignac)

COLCOA SHORTS

- AUDIENCE:

COLCOA AWARD: Thank You Mister Imada (Merci Monsieur Imada - W/D by Sylvain Chaumet)

SPECIAL PRIZE: The Fisherman and the Business Man (Le pecheur et l'homme d’affaires - W/D by Simon Francois)

SPECIAL MENTION: Chasse Royale (W/D by Romane Gueret, Lise Akoka)

- JURY:

COLCOA AWARD: Chasse Royale (W/D Romane Gueret, Lise Akoka)

SPECIAL PRIZE: What Tears Us Apart (Ce qui nous sépare - W/D by Wei Hu)

SPECIAL MENTION: Thank You Mister Imada (Merci Monsieur Imada - W/D by Sylvain Chaumet)

COLCOA WEB SERIES

COLCOA WEB SERIES AWARD (New in 2017): Amnesia (written by Jérôme Fansten, directed by: Patrick De Ranter and Jérôme Fansten)

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